Daily Covid-19 cases in India went past 49,000 as the total caseload crossed 14 lakh, capping the deadliest week of the pandemic so far, when total cases grew by 28% and the death toll jumped by 19%.
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have both crossed the 100,000-case mark, while Tamil Nadu’s Covid tally has risen to 220,716.
As many as 16,629,652 people around the world have been diagnosed with Covid-19. While more than 10,217,573 have recovered, 655,873 have died so far. The US on Monday recorded 60,500 new cases and Brazil 23,467.
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"Don’t let the guard down! Don’t let your mask down! Only get numbers down!" he added.
Eighty-one more people, including 14 BRTF and two Assam Rifles personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, taking the Northeast state's caseload to 1,239, a senior health official said.
Keeping borders closed to halt the spread of Covid-19 is unsustainable, the World Health Organization said Monday, urging countries to adopt comprehensive strategies based on local knowledge of where the virus is spreading.
Pakistani authorities are encouraging people to buy sacrificial animals online or at least wear masks when visiting cattle markets, fearing preparations for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha could reverse a decline in Covid-19 infection numbers.
Chinese health authority said on Tuesday that it received reports of 68 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Chinese mainland on Monday, including four imported cases and 64 locally-transmitted ones. Fifty-seven of the 64 locally-transmitted cases were reported in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, six in Liaoning Province, and one in Beijing Municipality, the National Health Commission said in its daily report, Xinhua reported.