Recoveries among COVID-19 patients in the country surged to 20,96,664 on Thursday. (File)
New Delhi:
With a record 9,18,470 tests been being done in a day, the cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in India have reached 3.26 crore even as the national positivity rate has fallen below 8 per cent, the Union Health Ministry has said. With constantly increasing testing numbers, there has been a commensurate fall in the positivity rate, the ministry said.
Recoveries among COVID-19 patients in the country surged to 20,96,664 on Thursday, pushing India’s recovery rate to 73.91 per cent, while only 0.28 per cent people of 6,86,395 active cases are on ventilator support, the ministry said.
India’s coronavirus count has risen to 28,36,926 with 69,652 new cases in the last 24 hours. The fresh cases marked the biggest one-day jump in the country so far, data from the Union Health Ministry showed.
Meanwhile, the number of total COVID-19 cases globally has surged past 263,000 in a day, while over 6,500 patients have died in the same period of time, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) data said.
The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide stands at 22,256,220, while the global death count is 782,456.
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Latin America passes 250,000 death counts due to COVID-19
The number of reported COVID-19 deaths in Latin America passed 250,000, as the virus continues to devastate the region that has become the worst affected in the world.
The grim milestone was passed as Brazil reported 1,204 deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours, according to the country’s health ministry.
Over the past week, the region has reported more than 3,000 deaths a day. According to a Reuters tally, daily caseloads continue to rise in Peru, Colombia and Argentina. Brazil is behind only the US, with the virus killing more than 112,000 people in Latin America’s largest nation
Russia looking for partnership with India in producing COVID-19 vaccine, says official
Russia is looking for a partnership with India for producing COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had announced that his country has developed the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19, which works “quite effectively” and forms a “stable immunity” against the disease.
Sputnik V has been developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, along with the RDIF. The vaccine has not been tested in Phase 3 or larger clinical trials.
China reports 22 new coronavirus cases on August 20, fifth day of zero local cases
China reported 22 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for August 20, compared to seven a day earlier, the health commission said. All 22 new infections were imported cases, according to a statement, marking the fifth straight day of zero new locally transmitted infections.
China reported 23 new asymptomatic patients, compared to 22 a day earlier. As of August 20, mainland China had 84,917 confirmed coronavirus cases, the health authority said. The COVID-19 death toll remained at 4,634.
Global COVID-19 count rises by over 263,000 in a day: WHO
The number of total COVID-19 cases globally has surged past 263,000 in a day, while over 6,500 patients have died in the same period of time, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) data said.
The WHO said that the total number of new cases in the world amounted to 263,601, while the rise in deaths to 6,554.
The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide stands at 22,256,220, while the global death count is 782,456.
