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Coronavirus live updates: India's recovery rate jumps to 72.51%
India's Covid-19 tally crosses the 26-lakh barrier on Monday, as per the latest health ministry numbers Deaths due to the coronavirus are now 50,921. Globally, the virus has taken over 7 lakh lives. Stay here for all live updates
18:36 (IST) Aug 16
PM Modi 'anguished' on Chetan Chauhan's passing away
Shri Chetan Chauhan Ji distinguished himself as a wonderful cricketer and later as a diligent political leader. He… https://t.co/z3XWKH9i7E
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 159758247300018:33 (IST) Aug 16
79 new Covid-19 cases detected in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar; district's tally rises to 6,486, reports PTI quoting officials
18:22 (IST) Aug 16
652 new Covid-19 cases in Delhi, tally 1,52,580; toll rises to 4,196 with 8 more deaths, reports PTI
18:20 (IST) Aug 16
Tracking the spread of Covid-19
18:16 (IST) Aug 16
145 inmates of Thiruvananthapuram central jail test positive for Covid-19, reports PTI quoting officials
18:12 (IST) Aug 16
Delhi: 3024 RTPCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests and 7685 Rapid antigen tests conducted today
18:11 (IST) Aug 16
Kerala: 1530 positive cases and 1,099 recoveries were reported today
Ten more deaths took state toll to 157. Total contact cases reported today 1,404 of which 53 are health care workers. 519 cases were reported in Thiruvananthapuram today
17:57 (IST) Aug 16
My elder brother Shri Chetan Chauhan has left us today after fighting a good battle. I sincerely thank everyone who had prayed for his recovery. His son Vinayak will be reaching anytime and we will then perform last rites
Pushpendra, Chetan Chauhan's younger brother (As told to PTI)
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Mizoram's coronavirus tally rises to 777 with record 64 new cases, reports PTI
17:08 (IST) Aug 16
17:03 (IST) Aug 16
South Korea reports 279 new Covid-19 cases, most in 5 months
South Korea has reported 279 new coronavirus cases in the highest daily jump since early March, as fears grow about a massive outbreak in the greater capital region. The figures released by the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday brought the national caseload to 15,318, including 305 deaths. The number of new cases is the highest since 367 on March 8, when the country was concentrating public health tools and personnel nationwide to bring an outbreak in the less populated southern region under control.
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French government pushes for wider mask use
After France recorded its highest one-day rise in virus infections since May, the government is pushing for wider mask use and tighter protections for migrant workers and in slaughterhouses.
16:12 (IST) Aug 16
15:49 (IST) Aug 16
The US health watchdog has authorised the emergency use of a new and expensive saliva based laboratory diagnostic test for Covid-19 that could be a game changer in the diagnosis of the infection as it will enable rapid testing amongst more people easily.
15:36 (IST) Aug 16
63 more test positive for Covid-19 in Meghalaya, tally 1,354
At least 63 more people, including 39 BSF personnel, have tested positive for Covid-19 in Meghalaya, taking the northeastern state's virus count to 1,354 on Sunday, an official said. Sixty more people were discharged from hospitals following their recovery, he said. Of the 63 new cases, 48 were reported from West Garo Hills district -- 39 of them BSF personnel and nine civilians, the official said.
15:20 (IST) Aug 16
Russia has shown self-reliance through vaccine, says Raut
Russia has shown that it is aatmanirbhar (self-reliant) by producing the first coronavirus vaccine, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Sunday. In India, there is only talk of being self-reliant, Raut said in his weekly column Rokhtokh in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced his country has developed the first vaccine against Covid-19, adding one of his daughters has already been vaccinated. There is a lot of skepticism about Russia's vaccine among international experts, who say it has not gone through the rigorous process of human trials. The World Health Organisation has said the Russian vaccine is not among the nine it considers in advanced stages of testing.
14:30 (IST) Aug 16
Singapore reports 86 new Covid-19 cases; tally reaches 55,747
Singapore reported 86 new coronavirus infections, including two community and six imported cases, taking the nationwide tally to 55,747, the health ministry said on Sunday. Most of the new cases are work permit holders currently under quarantine, the ministry said without giving the exact figure. The six imported patients are placed on stay-home notice or isolated upon arrival in Singapore, the ministry said. Of the two community cases, one is a Singaporean national and the other is a foreign worker, it said. The new figures come a day after the health ministry on Saturday confirmed that 10 more seafarers, all Filipinos, who had arrived on a vessel from India on August 8 had contracted the deadly viral disease.
13:22 (IST) Aug 16
Sanjay Raut takes dig at Centre with Russian Covid-19 vaccine example
In a dig at the Narendra Modi government over its push for self-reliance, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said Russia gave the first lesson to the world on being 'Aatmanirbhar' by introducing a Covid-19 vaccine while India has just been preaching about it. Lauding Russia for the vaccine, Raut, in his weekly column 'Rokhtokh' in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', said this was a sign of being a superpower, and added that Indian politicians will not follow Russia's example as a model since "they are in love with America".
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