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Highlights: West Bengal govt extends Covid-19 lockdown till Sept 30

According to the union health ministry’s dashboard, India on Sunday logged 78,761 cases, 948 deaths due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The total cases have climbed to 3,542,733 which includes 765,302 active cases, over 2.7 million recoveries and 63,498 deaths.

By Shivani | Updated: Sep 01, 2020 06:15 IST
Highlights: West Bengal govt extends Covid-19 lockdown till Sept 30

Countries around the world raced to develop a vaccine for coronavirus (Covid-19) as the pandemic continues to rage. Worldwide there are 25,376,442 million coronavirus cases and 850,069 confirmed deaths, according to worldometer. According to the union health ministry’s dashboard, India's Covid-19 case tally crossed 36 lakh-mark with a spike of 78,512 new cases and 971 deaths in the last 24 hours.

The Centre has issued guidelines for Unlock 4 which will come into effect from Tuesday, and stated that metro rail services can resume in a graded manner from September 7 while public gatherings - political, social, religious - will be allowed with crowds of not more than 100 people.

The home ministry said the aim of Unlock 4 is to reopen more economic activities outside containment zones. However, the ministry has extended lockdown in containment zones till September 30.

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01:07 PM IST

Ban on international flights into India extended till September 30

Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights have been extended till September 30.

01:01 PM IST

Doing aggressive Covid-19 testing: Satyendar Jain

Doing aggressive Covid-19 testing, aim not to leave any positive case in Delhi untraced: Health Minister Satyendar Jain.

11:47 AM IST

5 deaths and 645 fresh Covid-19 cases take Rajasthan's case tally to 80,872

5 deaths and 645 fresh Covid-19 cases take Rajasthan's case tally to 80,872. The numbers of active and recovered cases in the state are 14,515 and 65,309, respectively. Death toll 1,048: State Health Department

11:47 AM IST

341 more Maharashtra police personnel tested Covid-19 positive while 2 died in last 24 hours

341 more Maharashtra police personnel tested Covid-19 positive while 2 died in the last 24 hours. Total number of positive cases in the police force rise to 15,294 including 2,832 active cases, 12,306 recoveries & 156 deaths till date: Maharashtra Police

11:08 AM IST

2,602 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths reported in Odisha on August 30

2,602 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths reported in Odisha on 30th August. 57,877 samples were tested across the state: State Health Department, Odisha

11:05 AM IST

Mizoram's Covid-19 tally rises to 1,011

Three more persons tested positive for Covid-19 in Mizoram, taking the state's tally to 1,011, an official said on Monday.

10:58 AM IST

Preparations on for second phase of human clinical trial of Covaxin vaccine

Preparations are underway at a hospital here for the commencement of the second phase of human clinical trial of ‘Covaxin’, India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, officials said.

09:49 AM IST

1,873 new Covid-19 cases, 1,849 recovered cases and 9 deaths reported in Telangana on August 30

1,873 new Covid-19 cases, 1,849 recovered cases and 9 deaths reported in Telangana on 30th August, taking the total number of positive cases to 1,24,963, including 31,299 active cases, 92,837 recovered cases and 827 deaths so far in the state: Health Department, Govt. of Telangana

09:48 AM IST

With 78,512 fresh cases, India’s Covid-19 tally at 3,621,245

India's Covid-19 case tally crosses 36 lakh mark with a spike of 78,512 new cases and 971 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Covid-19 case tally in the country stands at 36,21,246 including 7,81,975 active cases, 27,74,802 cured/discharged/migrated & 64,469 deaths: Health Ministry

09:28 AM IST

Total number of samples tested up to August 30 is 4,23,07,914: ICMR

Total number of samples tested up to 30th August is 4,23,07,914 including 8,46,278 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

09:28 AM IST

Amit Shah admitted at AIIMS Delhi for post-Covid care discharged

Home minister Amit Shah admitted at AIIMS Delhi for post-Covid care discharged

08:21 AM IST

Jordan reports its highest daily tally of Covid-19 cases

Jordan reported 73 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, its highest daily tally since the start of the outbreak, the health ministry said.

07:38 AM IST

Mexico's coronavirus death toll surpasses 64,000

Mexico's health ministry on Sunday reported 4,129 new confirmed novel coronavirus infections and 339 additional fatalities, bringing the total number to 595,841 cases and 64,158 deaths.

07:27 AM IST

South Korea sees 248 new cases as coronavirus spikes

South Korea has counted its 18th straight day of triple-digit daily jumps in coronavirus cases as its health minister warned about an increase in transmissions gone untraced, and infections among senior citizens.

06:51 AM IST

More than 120,800 deaths from Covid-19 in Brazil

Brazil's Covid-19 death toll surpassed 120,800 with more than 360 deaths registered in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.

First published: Aug 31, 2020 04:46 IST