Highlights: Record 1,282 Covid-19 cases take Gujarat tally to 93,883

India's Covid-19 recoveries crossed 26 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 76.47 per cent, which the Centre said has been made possible due to the strategic policy of "testing aggressively, tracking comprehensively and treating efficiently" in supervised home-isolation, facility-isolation and hospitals.

Onam festival is taking place this year, when state is witnessing a spike in Covid-19 cases. It is a festival that gives hope for the future. We should celebrate it following all Covid-19 protocol. All public gatherings and public celebrations should be avoided, said Kerala CM

Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Premchand Aggarwal on Saturday quarantined himself after he heard about state BJP president Bansidhar Bhagat testing positive for Covid-19.

Aggarwal was in touch with Bhagat two days ago, his PRO Tajendra Negi said, reports PTI.

Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported 546 new Covid-19 cases. Out of 546, 214 from Jammu division and 332 from Kashmir division.

The total number of cases now at 36,377 including 7,672 active cases, 28,020 recoveries and 685 deaths, said J&K govt.

Iran reported 1,905 new cases on Saturday, its lowest daily total in three months and the first time since late May that the number was under 2,000.

Nepal on Saturday reported 12 more deaths from Covid-19 and 884 new cases, taking the country's toll to 207 and total infections to 37,340.

At a virtual press briefing, Dr Jageshwar Gautam, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, said that there were 16,578 active coronavirus cases in the country.

Tamil Nadu has achieved a recovery rate of 85.45 per cent with 3,49,682 people having been cured of coronavirus, the "highest" in the country, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said here on Saturday.

The state's mortality rate was a "very low" 1.7 per cent, he said.

Bangladesh has extended the shutdown of educational institutions, except madrasas, till October 3 due to the pandemic, the education ministry said on Saturday.

Schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions are closed since the first cases of Covid-19 appeared in March.

Home Minister Amit Shah has recovered and is likely to be discharged in a short time, AIIMS hospital said in a statement said.

He was admitted to AIIMS on August 18 for post Covid care.

South Korea reported 323 new cases of the Covid-19 as health officials prepare to tighten distancing restrictions.

The 16th consecutive day of triple-digit jumps brought the national caseload to 19,400. Fatalities reached 321 after five more deaths overnight.

During the meeting, the Harsh Vardhan informed the group of ministers that only 0.29% of Covid-19 patients are on ventilators, 1.93% on ICU and 2.88% of cases are on oxygen support.

More than 9 lakh samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan chaired a meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on Covid-19 in New Delhi today.

The minister expressed satisfaction at various coordinated efforts of the Centre and states, UTs, said government today.

Jharkhand's transport department issued guidelines for the operation of buses in the state in view of Covid-19 pandemic.

Passengers will need to wear face masks and gloves; driver and conductors will be wearing face masks and face shields.

The Philippines reported 3,637 new coronavirus infections and 94 more deaths on Saturday, taking its tally to 213,131 cases and a toll of 3,419, the health ministry said in a bulletin. The country is grappling with the highest number of virus infections in Southeast Asia, reports Reuters.

Ukraine registered a record 2,481 cases of the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday, up from 2,438 in the previous day. The increase comes after the government this week imposed a temporary ban on most foreigners from entering the country until September 28 and extended lockdown measures until the end of October, reports Reuters.