Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Sees Single-day Spike of 75,809 New Covid-19 Cases & 1,133 Deaths; Global Death Toll Tops 8,90,000

India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month on Tuesday, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed.

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.Today's Data Highlights

- India conducts more than 5 crore total tests. 36.6k tests per million population. India has been consistently conducting more than a million tests over the last      week (excluding Sunday, in which tests are generally lower)

- Following two consecutive days of more than 90k new cases, 75.8k new cases reported yesterday. Lowest in the last week.

- Deaths, however, continue to be above 1k daily for 7 days in a row. 423 deaths from Maharashtra alone. 

- Total cases in Andhra cross 5 lakh and recoveries cross 4 lakh. Similarly in Karnataka total cases cross 4 lakh and recoveries cross 3 lakh. 

- 16 states report dip in active cases.

Here's the state-wise data: 

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A total of 5,06,50,128 samples tested up to 7th September 2020. Of these, 10,98,621 samples were tested yesterday, stated the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

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Punjab: Bicycle manufactures in Ludhiana say they are unable to fulfil demands as production is hampered due to labour shortage. "The industry is booming. If we get sufficient labour, we can overcome the loss suffered due to lockdown," says AS Bhogal of Bhogal Cycles. (07.09) pic.twitter.com/4VWo0aG3gH

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Spain Becomes First Country in Western Europe to Pass 5,00,000 Cases | Spain has become the first western European country to record more than half a million Covid-19 cases, logging a total of 525,549 infections as concerns also grow over the rise in cases in France and the UK.

Global Deaths Pass 8,90,000-mark | The global coronavirus death toll has passed another milestone, exceeding 890,000, with 890,260 confirmed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

Here are the 10 worst affected countries:

United States:    189,166
Brazil:                 126,960
India:                    71,642
Mexico:                 67,558
United Kingdom:  41,643
Italy:                     35,553
France:                 30,732
Spain:                   29,516
Peru:                     29,838
Iran:                      22,410