Highlights: Tripura’s Covid-19 tally nearing 6,000-mark

Odisha's Covid-19 tally crossed the 44,000-mark on Saturday with 1,643 fresh infection and the toll increased to 259 as the recovery figure surpassed 30,000, a health department official said. Twelve persons succumbed to the contagion during the day to take the toll to 259, the official said, reports PTI.

A total of 259 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Goa on Saturday taking the state's count of coronavirus cases to 8,206. Goa Health Department said the total count includes 2,332 active cases and 72 deaths, reports ANI.

Bihar was jolted by close to 4,000 fresh Covid cases on Saturday which caused its tally to shoot past 75,000 on a day when the state also conducted a record number of tests and reported 19 casualties. According to the state health departments bulletin, the number of fresh cases was 3996 which left the tally climbing to 75,786 while the death toll stood at 419, reports PTI.

One more person succumbed to Covid-19 in Tripura taking the death toll due to the disease to 37 during the last 24 hours, a government bulletin said on Saturday. They said that 128 fresh cases were also detected during the period pushing the states coronavirus caseload to 5,853, reports PTI.

With 10,080 new Covid-19 cases reported in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, the state's tally has risen to 217, 040. Ninety seven deaths were also reported during the day, taking the toll to 1,939. There are now 85,486 active cases and 1,29, 615 recovered cases in the state: State Covid19 Nodal Officer.

Tamil Nadu reported 5,883 new Covid-19 positive cases and 118 deaths today. Total number of cases now at 2,90,907 including 53,481 active cases, 2,32,618 discharged cases and 4,808 deaths: State Health Department

Kerala recorded 1,420 new Covid-19 cases, 1,715 recoveries and four deaths in the last 24 hours. 485 cases reported in Thiruvananthapuram today: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

India’s total recoveries cross 14.2 lakh as recovery rate continues to improve. It stands at 68.32% today. National case-fatality rate has further dipped to 2.04%: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

Delhi reported 1,404 Covid-19 cases, 1,130 recoveries and 16 deaths on Saturday. The total number of cases in the national capital now stands at 1,44,127, including 1,29,362 recoveries, 10,667 active cases & 4,098 deaths: Delhi Health Department

Brazil's death toll from Covid-19 is expected to hit 100,000 on Saturday and continue to climb as most Brazilian cities reopen shops and dining even though the pandemic has yet to peak, reports Reuters.

Confronting its most lethal outbreak since the Spanish flu a century ago, Brazil reported its first cases of the novel coronavirus at the end of February. The virus took three months to kill 50,000 people, and just 50 days to kill the next 50,000.

The five hockey players, who tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, are doing well. They are being attended to by Sports Authority of India's (SAI) in-house doctor as well as one doctor from the state government, who has been deputed on SAI request: Sports Authority of India

The Uttarakhand government on Saturday announced that it will impose a fine of ₹200- ₹500 on people who do not wear face masks in public places.

Issuing the order while reviewing the Covid situation in the state, chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said first time offenders should be fined ₹200 and second time offenders ₹500. The government will also provide four washable masks to violators of the Covid guidelines, he said.: PTI

A Covid-19 patient in Kolkata was saved by alert health workers when he tried to jump off hospital building after breaking windowpane with oxygen cylinder: Police

56 more people test Covid-19 positive in Himachal Pradesh, tally rises to 3,207; active case count 1,158: Officials

Minister of State for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Kailash Choudhary on Saturday said that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and asked those who came in contact with him in the recent past to get tested and isolate themselves.

बीती रात शुरूआती लक्षण दिखने पर मेरे स्वास्थ्य परीक्षण के तहत कोरोना पॉज़िटिव की रिपोर्ट आई है। कृपया बीते कुछ दिनों में मुझसे सम्पर्क में आए सभी मित्रगण अपने परिजनों से दूरी बनाए रखें एवं अपना स्वास्थ्य परीक्षण कराएं। मेरे स्वास्थ्य की जानकारी लेने वाले सभी शुभचिंतकों का आभार।

— Kailash Choudhary (@KailashBaytu) August 8, 2020