Deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic in India crossed 30,000 and India’s toll rose to the sixth highest in the world on Thursday, even as fresh cases surged to another new high, crossing 48,000 for the first time.
Worldometer recorded 278,877 new cases worldwide in the past 24 hours. 15,407,081 people around the world have been diagnosed with Covid-19, while more than 9,382,400 have recovered, 631,036 have died. The US has recorded over 71,000 new cases and Brazil 65,339.
India and Israel will work together to develop a set of new-generation Covid-19 tests that aim to bring the entire testing process down to a few seconds and make the tests widely available.
The positivity rate of Covid-19 in Delhi came down to 5.7% on Thursday with only 1041 out of 18,226 samples testing positive in 24 hours.
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Domestic fares will now remain capped till November 25. Domestic flights had resumed on May 25 after remailing suspended for two months. The government had at that time fixed minimum and maximum fares for domestic flights and airlines need to sell 40% seats below the midpoint of the fare band on each flight. This capping was to remain till 11.59 pm of August 24, 2020.
Karnataka reported 5,007 new COVID19 cases on Friday. With this, the total number of positive cases in the state have surged to 85,870. It includes 1,724 deaths and 31,347discharges.
Coimbatore has become the latest district to undergo lockdown in Tamil Nadu. In a bid to curb the rise of Covid-19 cases, district collector K Rajamani announced Friday that there will be a complete lockdown in the district from Saturday (July 25) 5 pm till Monday (July 27) 6 am. The announcement comes after the district saw a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in the past few days. In the statement, the collector said strict action will be initiated against persons who are found wandering around unnecessarily in the lockdown period.
India's Covid-19 case fatality rate drops to 2.38 pc, recovery rate rises to 63.34%
The Punjab government has opened COVID Care Centres in 10 districts for mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic patients under the age of 60. The total capacity of these centres is 7520 beds.
Bihar has reported 1,820 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of cases to 33,511, according to the state health department.
A janta curfew will be imposed in Nagpur city on July 25 and 26 to curb the spread of coronavirus. Only essential services will remain functional, said Nagpur Municipal Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe.
The first dose of Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, has been given to a 30-year-old volunteer undergoing treatment in the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Delhi. He will be kept under observation for two hours at the hospital.
Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh on Friday tested positive for Covid-19 and went on home quarantine. The samples of other family members of the minister have been taken and their test reports are expected by Saturday.
The Centre has asked all states to avoid large congregation of people, and ensure social distancing and wearing of masks while celebrating the Independence Day amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Federal prosecutors have charged four Chinese individuals with visa fraud for lying about their status as members of the Chinese Army, while they were conducting research in the US, the justice department said.
An Israeli company is developing a coronavirus breathalyser test that gives results in 30 seconds, billing it as a "front line" tool that can help restore a sense of normality during the pandemic.
Brazil said it registered 59,961 new COVID-19 cases in the previous 24 hours, its second-highest one-day increase. A day earlier, it reported a record 67,860 new cases in a single day.
All rail tickets, including platform tickets, will now come with QR code for contactless entry to stations and trains on the lines of airports. Railway Board chairman V K Yadav on Thursday also said the experience of booking tickets online will change from next month with the launch of a revamped IRCTC website, which will use artificial intelligence for quick search and suggestions for alternative trains.