Highlights: Punjab records 353 new Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths in a day

The number of coronavirus cases reported in India in a span of 24 hours dropped below 40,000 after over three months, while the new fatalities registered during the same period remained under 500 for the second consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday, reports PTI.

Amid the surge in Covid-19 cases across many European nations, the drastic step that no politician wanted to take again is back on the agenda, which is a lockdown. With health-care services gradually coming under strain, one blunt tool remains: shutter the economy and order people to stay home, reports Bloomberg.

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 99,906 as 220 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Tuesday. Six more patients succumbed to the disease, pushing the state's coronavirus death toll to 872, he added, reports PTI.

India's daily Covid-19 tally witnessed a major fall on Tuesday after 36,470 cases and 488 deaths were registered in the last 24 hours, as per the Union health ministry's dashboard. The total Covid-19 cases have now climbed to 7,946,429 which include 625,857 active cases, over 7.2 million recoveries and 119,502 deaths.

South Korea's economy returned to growth in the third quarter, climbing out of the slump brought about by the coronavirus as its major trading partners began lifting pandemic restrictions, reports Reuters.

Britain announced wider coronavirus restrictions on Monday which will take the number of people under England’s highest category of alert to nearly 8 million, as the government battles a sharp rise in cases. The number of new Covid cases has risen by almost a quarter over the past week to 153,483, and deaths were 50% higher than the week before at 1,272, taking fatalities over the course of the pandemic to 44,998, the highest in Europe, reports Reuters.

837 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Telangana, taking the total number of cases in the state to 232,671 which includes 17,890 active cases, 213,466 recoveries and 1,315 deaths, reports ANI.

Telangana recorded 837 #COVID19 cases, 1,554 recoveries and 4 deaths yesterday, taking total cases to 2,32,671 including 2,13,466 recoveries, 1,315 deaths and 17,890 active cases: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/9063jd5r09

— ANI (@ANI) October 27, 2020

Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of dying from Covid-19 and, for the first time, a study has estimated the proportion of deaths from the coronavirus that could be attributed to the exacerbating effects of air pollution for every country in the world. The study, published in Cardiovascular Research on Tuesday, estimated that about 15% of deaths worldwide from the disease could be attributed to long-term exposure to air pollution, reports ANI.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 8,617,022 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 63,195 from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 380 to 224,601, reports Reuters.

Japan Airlines Co is likely to post a record net loss of about 230 billion yen ($2.20 billion) in the business year ending in March 2021, battered by a coronavirus-led plunge in demand, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday, reports Reuters.

The United States, Russia, France and many other countries are setting records for coronavirus infections as a tidal wave of cases washes over parts of the Northern Hemisphere, forcing some countries to impose new curbs, reports Reuters.

Mexico's health ministry reported on Monday 4,166 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and 247 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of cases to 895,326 and the death toll to 89,171, reports Reuters.