Donald Trump could be discharged as soon as Monday, says doctors

US president Donald Trump ould be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for Covid-19 as soon as Monday, according to his doctors, although his condition remains unclear, Reuters has reported.

5,395 new Covid-19 cases, 5,572 recoveries and 62 deaths in Tamil Nadu today. Tally rises to 625,391, including 569,664 recoveries, 9,846 deaths &and45,881 active cases: State health department

Delhi reports 1,947 new Covid-19 cases, 3,588 recoveries and 32 deaths today. Total number of cases rise to 2,92,560 including 2,63,938 recoveries and 5,542 deaths. Active cases stand at 23,080: Delhi government

Mizoram reported 30 new recovered Covid-19 cases today. The total positive cases stand at 2,120, including 1,837 discharges, 283 active cases and no death till date in the state: Department of Information and Public Relations, Govt of Mizoram

The ministry of education has announced SOPs for reopening schools from October 15.

Assessment to be learner-friendly & involving different formats rather than pen-paper test. No assessment till up to 2-3 weeks of reopening. Online learning to be encouraged. SOP provides for guidelines on ensuring emotion well being of students & teachers: Ministry of Education https://t.co/Ji5GMSDCip

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According to Nepal's health ministry, the country's Covid-19 count has reached 89,263 after 2,440 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, including 1,531 in capital Kathmandu. Highest single-day death toll of 19 recorded today, says ministry.

In the last 24 hours, 3,064 new Covid-199 cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh. Active cases stand at 45,024 while 3,66,321 people have been discharged, out of which 4,269 were discharged in the last 24 hours: UP principal health secretary Amit Mohan Prasad

907 new positive cases have been reported on October 4. Taking total count of active cases in Bihar to 12,833: State health department

The UK’s under-fire coronavirus test-and-trace system failed to capture more than 15,000 positive tests, piling pressure on Boris Johnson’s government to fix a program seen as essential to control the epidemic, reports Bloomberg.

Ukraine's health minister Maksym Stepanov on Monday said that the daily number of Covid-19 cases in the country could exceed 5,000 later this week. Ukraine registered a record of 4,661 new cases on Saturday, but the number fell to 4,140 cases on Sunday and 3,774 on Monday, reports Reuters.

Russia's daily Covid-19 tally rose to its highest since May 12 after 10,888 cases were logged on Monday. Authorities said 117 people had died overnight, pushing the official death toll to 21,475, reports Reuters.

Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Monday announced its novel coronavirus vaccine (under development) Covaxin, which was approved for human trials, will use adjuvant Alhydroxiquim-II to boost immune response and longer lasting immunity, reports PTI.

Singapore said on Monday it would extend relief programmes on mortgages and loans for individuals and small firms into next year because of the prolonged impact of the coronavirus pandemic, reports Reuters.

As many as 933 people tested positive for Covid-19 in Jharkhand, taking the total number of cases in the state to 87,210, a health department official said on Monday. The toll climbed to 743 after nine more related fatalities were registered, he added, reports PTI.

Telangana's Covid-19 tally crossed the 200,000-mark with 1,335 new cases, a state government bulletin said on Monday. The fresh infections took the total count to 2,00,611, while the death toll rose to 1,171 with eight more fatalities, it added, reports PTI.