Coronavirus live updates: With over 83,000 cases, India's Covid tally crosses 39-lakh mark

Telangana continues to see surge in Covid cases, reports PTI.

Telangana continued to witness a spurt in coronavirus cases with 2,478 additions and 10 related deaths, taking the aggregate of those affected in the state to 1.35 lakh.

The Covid-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.74 per cent in the country.

New Zealand records first Covid-19 death in more than three months, reports AFP.

Robert Pattinson tests positive for Covid, halting ‘The Batman' production, reports PTI.

CSK to start training after all, except 13, test negative for Covid-19 again, reports PTI.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and all other Chennai Super Kings players, except for the Covid-19 afflicted duo of Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad, will start training from Friday evening after clearing a third round of testing for the virus here. The results are a major relief to the franchise, which was hit by 13 positive cases last week. The event is due to start on September 19 and will be played in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.

Read: India's Covid-19 tally goes past 39 lakh; number of recoveries crosses 30-lakh mark

The total number of Covid-19 cases mounted to 39,36,747, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 68,472 with 1,096 people succumbing to it in a day, the ministry's data updated at 8 am showed. The Covid-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.74 per cent in the country.

France goalie Steve Mandanda tests positive for coronavirus, reports AP.

"Steve Mandanda therefore will not be able to take part in the game in Sweden and will leave the squad on Friday morning," the French Football Federation said in a statement late on Thursday.

Maharashtra House's monsoon session from SepT 7 under Covid-19 shadow, reports PTI.

Compulsory antigen tests for legislators, distribution of COVID-19 kits and a new seating arrangement to ensure physical distancing among members are some of the measures undertaken for the two-day monsoon session beginning here on September 7, Vidhan Bhavan officials said.

India's Covid-19 tally crosses 39-lakh mark with a single-day spike of 83,341 new cases & 1,096 deaths reported in the last 24 hours: Health ministry

Read: Members named to panel probing WHO's pandemic response

An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organisation to review its coordination of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic will have full access to any internal UN agency documents, materials and emails necessary, the panel said Thursday as it begins the probe.

South Korea restrictions keep new cases under 200, reports AFP.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday it confirmed 198 additional cases in the latest 24-hour period, taking the country's total to 20,842, with 331 deaths. About 70 per cent of the new cases were in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area.

A total of 4,66,79,145 samples tested up to 3rd September 2020. Of these, 11,69,765 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR

Read: New Zealand to retain coronavirus measures across the country until mid-Sept

Rajasthan BJP President Satish Poonia tests positive for Covid.

He is asymptomatic and under home-isolation, as advised by doctors.

Read: No loan to be termed NPA till new orders, says Supreme Court

When the Indian Bankers Association offered a two-month moratorium on declaring a non-serviced loan account as NPA, a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah passed this interim order restraining banks from declaring loans as NPAs to protect borrowers, who are facing difficulties in arranging funds for loan repayment.

Read: IMF confirms India’s GDP worst-hit among G20

A tweet put out by the IMF’s chief economist Gita Gopinath confirmed that the Indian economy saw the steepest contraction in the June quarter among G20 countries. “In #GreatLockdown Q2 2020 GDP growth at historical lows. Graph puts G20 growth numbers on a comparable scale, quarter-on-quarter non-annualized. Should expect rebounds in Q3 but 2020 overall will see major contractions. China recovers strongly in Q2 after collapse in Q1,” the tweet read.

Read: Covid-19: India only country in worst-hit 20 with cases yet to peak

The three-day average of fresh cases reported by India on September 3 was 77,387, which was 92.3% of the peak of 83,883 cases, which was itself reported on September 3. In no other country among the top 20 was this even 80%. Of the 210 countries and territories for which the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) compiles daily Covid data, this ratio was the highest for India.

New Zealand PM says to retain coronavirus measures across country until mid-Sept

The largest city, Auckland, will remain on alert level 2.5, while the rest of the country will be on alert level 2.0, Ardern told a news conference. The settings would be reviewed on Sept 14, she said.

Covid-19: 11.7 lakh tests done in a day; total crosses 4.5 crore

There has been an exponential rise in daily testing with 11.72 lakh samples to detect Covid-19 tested on Wednesday, which helped the daily positivity to remain low at 7.2% even as 83,065 fresh cases — the highest in a day — were reported.