LIVE: West Bengal reports highest single-day spike of 3,080 cases

Uttar Pradesh reported 4,186 Covid-19 cases, 4,376 cases of discharge and 69 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. Total active cases in the state stands at 50,893. Death toll stands at 2,515, a total of 1,04,808 patients discharged till date: Government of Uttar Pradesh

Kerala reports 1725 fresh Covid-19 cases. The total numbers of active and recovered cases are 15,890 and 30,009 respectively: State Government

Dharavi's Covid-19 tally rises to 2,672 with addition of four new cases: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said that he is not averse to taking harsher measures to check further spread of the coronavirus amid a spike in Covid-19 infections and deaths.

Punjab has over 31,000 cases and more than 800 fatalities, reports PTI.

Jammu and Kashmir reported 422 new Covid-19 cases on Monday - 81 from Jammu division and 341 from Kashmir division, taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 28,892. The death toll due to the coronavirus infection now stands at 548, according to authorities: ANI

Andhra Pradesh reported 6,780 new Covid-19 cases, 7,866 recoveries and 82 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases stands at 2,96,609 including 84,777 active cases. 2,09,100 recovered cases and 2,732 deaths so far: State Health Department, Andhra Pradesh

As many as 17 inmates of Dhanbad Divisional Jail in Jharkhand have tested positive for novel coronavirus, an official said, reports PTI.

Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Dhanbad Raj Maheswaram said, rapid antigen tests were conducted on 76 prisoners on Sunday and 17 results came out positive.

Nepal's Covid-19 tally crossed 27,000-mark on Monday after 581 new coronavirus cases were reported across the country, a senior heath official has said, reports PTI.

Addressing a virtual press briefing, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population Jageshwar Gautam said that 581 people were found infected with Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the national tally to 27,241.

The total number of cases rises to 789 cases in Mizoram, including 372 cured cases, and 417 active cases: State Health Department, Mizoram

Vietnam's health ministry reported 14 more coronavirus infections on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 976, with 24 fatalities, reports Reuters.

Nagaland reported 61 new positive cases of Covid-19 out of 577 samples tested on Monday, reports ANI. Of these, 34 were in Dimapur, 24 in Kohima, two in Zunheboto & one in Mokokchung. Necessary contact tracing has been activated and all primary contacts are under self-isolatio, said S Pangnyu Phom, Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland

Greece’s government spokesman says schools in the country are set to reopen on Sept. 7, according to an AP report.

Stelios Petsas said schools will face challenges making sure children adhere to measures such as maintaining social distance, frequently washing their hands and wearing masks where necessary.

Greek authorities have been alarmed by a significant increase in the number of daily coronavirus cases detected, with the numbers steadily over 200 for the past five days. Total confirmed cases now top 7,000, with 228 deaths.

Tripura on Monday reported 143 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the state's tally to 7,222, while the death toll reached 59 as four more patients succumbed to the disease, a health department official said, reports PTI.

More than 21.74 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 774,785​ have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Bathinda senior superintendent of police (SSP) Bhupinder Jit Singh Virk and district Congress leader Khushbaz Singh Jattana tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. Both of them were present at the district-level Independence Day function, where state finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal was the chief guest on Saturday.

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