Coronavirus live updates: Over 83,000 cases, India sees new high; recoveries cross 30 lakh

Israel announces partial national lockdown after coronavirus surge, reports Reuters

Positive sign in five high caseload states

While active cases of Covid-19 are rising on a daily basis led by rapidly rising positive cases across the country, the health ministry data show that the trajectory of average daily active cases in the five high burden states have declined during the last week (August 27-September 2), as compared to the week of August 13-19.

Read: Over 83,000 cases, India sees new high; recoveries cross 30 lakh

Led by a massive jump of more than 18,000 cases in Maharashtra, India’s Covid-19 daily tally touched another new high on Thursday, with fresh infections topping 83,000 for the second consecutive day. The day’s reported deaths from the virus too rose to 1,088, the second highest single-day toll so far.

Odisha reports 3,631 new Covid-19 cases, eight fresh fatalities

India only country in worst-hit 20 with cases yet to peak

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