India scaled a new high by testing over 8.3 lakh samples in last 24 hours, the highest tested for Covid-19 in a day so far, even as new cases continued to increase registering a record single-day surge of 66,999 cases. The government maintained that increasing number of positive cases should be seen in tandem with the positivity rate and recovery of patients.
The case fatality rate in the country has declined to 1.96 per cent. There are 6,53,622 active COVID-19 cases in the country presently, which accounts for 27.27 per cent of its total caseload. India crossed the 20-lakh mark in terms of COVID-19 cases on August 7.
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Maharashtra reports 11,813 new Covid-19 cases, state count at 560,126
Nearly five months after the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra was suspended as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Jammu and Kashmir administration announced that the Yatra would be resumed on August 16.
A three-day-old baby died in Tripura on Wednesday, barely an hour after his swab sample was collected for testing at Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC). His father has alleged that the baby suffered a nasal injury while his swab was being collected, which caused his death, reports Biswendu Bhattacharjee. The mother of the baby had tested positive for Covid-19 in a rapid antigen test on August 10. Following doctors' advice, health workers collected swabs from the baby. "But soon afterwards, my son started bleeding profusely from the nose and died," the father said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lifted a lockdown in a major city near the border with South Korea where thousands had been quarantined for weeks over coronavirus worries, state media said Friday.But Kim during a ruling party meeting on Thursday also insisted the North will keep its borders shut and rejected any outside help as the country carries out an aggressive anti-virus campaign and rebuilds thousands of houses, roads and bridges damaged by heavy rain and floods in recent weeks.
The Philippines will begin large-scale human testing of Russia’s vaccine in October, but President Duterte will not receive the inoculation until regulators guarantee its safety. Duterte had offered himself up as a guinea pig for the very first jab, expressing “huge trust” in the vaccine. But his spokesman said Duterte was to receive the vaccine no earlier than May 1 — weeks after the Russian-funded Phase 3 clinical trial is due to end in March.