A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab from a construction worker for a rapid antigen test at a construction site, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ahmedabad.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India’s Covid-19 count crossed the 68 lakh mark on Thursday with an increase of 78,524 new cases and 971 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
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- Last update: October 8, 2020, 10:30 am IST
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Coronavirus LIVE updates: India’s Covid-19 count crossed the 68 lakh mark on Thursday with an increase of 78,524 new cases and 971 deaths reported in the past 24 hours. With this, the total number of cases amounts to 68,35,656, including 9,02,425 active cases, 58,27,705 cases cured / discharged / migrated and 1,05,526 deaths, the Union Ministry of Health reported today. India’s Covid-19 recoveries have seen an exponential increase, from 50,000 in May to more than 57 lakh in October. Notably, more than 75,000 recoveries are reported every day. Recoveries are 6.3 times the number of active cases. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a campaign to encourage people’s participation in the battle against Covid-19, where he emphasized the importance of wearing masks, following physical distancing and maintaining hand hygiene.
Here are the live updates on the coronavirus pandemic:
◕ ‘We have to protect our citizens from the virus’: PM Modi | “India’s fight against COVID-19 is people-driven and draws great strength from our COVID warriors. Our collective efforts have helped save many lives. We need to continue the momentum and protect our citizens from the virus. # Unite2FightCorona, “wrote Prime Minister Modi on Twitter.
India’s fight against COVID-19 is driven by people and draws great strength from our COVID warriors. Our collective efforts have helped save many lives. We have to keep up the momentum and protect our citizens from the virus. # Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/GrYUZPZc2m
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 8, 2020
◕ Today’s Highlights:
– Fall of active cases for the fifth consecutive day. Total active cases now at 9.02 lakh down from a high of 10.02 lakh 20 days ago.
– Deaths below 1k for the fifth consecutive day
– 78.5 thousand new cases, compared to 72 thousand new cases yesterday. Total cases: 68.36 lakh
– Active cases in Andhra Pradesh now below 50k. The highest active cases in Andhra were 1.04 lakh on September 4. Andhra has the second highest case total (7.34 lakh) in India behind Maharashtra (14.8 lakh). Andhra is ranked No. 4 in India in active cases.
– Only three states now have more than 50,000 active cases: Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala
– Kerala reports more than 10,000 new cases in one day for the first time. Total cases in Kerala crosses 2.5 lakh with 92k active cases
– India’s tests per million population cross the 60,000 mark. 60.32k tests / million inhabitants.
– Brazil crosses 5 million cases
◕ Two More Kerala Ministers Test Positive for COVID-19 | Kerala ministers MM Mania and KT Jaleel tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. With this, five members of the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet have so far been infected by the deadly virus. While Mani, the Minister of Electricity, has been admitted to the hospital of the government medical school, Jaleel, the Minister of Higher Education, is under observation at his official residence. Mani, 75, in a Facebook post, asked everyone who had been in contact with him in recent days to be on guard.
◕ Seen here, a member of the White House cleaning staff spraying the press conference room and more scenes from inside the White House as a growing number of Trump administration staff and high-level Republicans tested positive for COVID-19.
◕ Wall Street bets on the hope of a partial stimulus agreement of the coronavirus | US stocks rose on Wednesday as investors were optimistic that at least a partial deal on increased US fiscal stimulus could occur. After abruptly suspending negotiations on a comprehensive bill on Tuesday, President Donald Trump later that day urged Congress to pass a series of smaller stand-alone bills that would include a rescue package for the airline industry hit by the coronavirus pandemic. United Airlines was up 4.3%.
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