Coronavirus live updates: Union minister Nitin Gadkari tests positive

Of them 277 recorded in GHMC Online & 1,781 in districts. Total no. of cases mounts to 1,60,571 of which 30,400 are active. 2,180 discharged. 51,247 samples also tested today.

Total Covid-19 cases reach 4,930,236. Active cases now stand at 9,90,061. The total number of discharged are 3,859,399, while deaths due to the virus have risen to 80,776.

A growing coterie of Chinese companies are betting on a bright future for plant-based meat products as consumers take their health more seriously in the wake of the pandemic. Though still a niche business compared to China’s giant meat supply chain, vegetarian alternatives to meat are gaining ground following health scares like the novel coronavirius and African swine fever, analysts and industry insiders have said.

The data is part of a UN Women report — “From Insights to Action: Gender Equality in the wake of COVID-19”. The report on 129 countries shows that the pandemic will push 96 million people into extreme poverty by 2021, 47 million of whom are women and girls.