India logs 39,070 new COVID cases, 491 deaths in past 24 hours
India | August 08, 2021 9:33 ISTMeanwhile, health officials fear that cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to soar if more Americans don't embrace the vaccine.
Meanwhile, health officials fear that cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to soar if more Americans don't embrace the vaccine.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
For third day in a row, India recorded over 40,000 Covid cases amid concerns of rise in trajectory of fresh infections. The total fatalities in India jumped to 426,754.
US President Joe Biden has said the US is helping India and other countries to be able produce the vaccines by themselves.
The pandemic has greatly disrupted normal life and business, but it has also given an opportunity to look at things differently and be self-dependent in the future to tackle such sudden challenges, DST Sec Ashutosh Sharma has said.
Meanwhile, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation on Sunday claimed to have become the only civic body to have tested 92.86 per cent of the population or a total of 13.93 lakh people for coronavirus infection so far.
Meanwhile, around 150 people participated in a religious procession in the Surendranagar district of Gujarat in violation of the coronavirus norms, following which police have registered an offence against two organisers of the event and a disc jockey (DJ) operator.
The active cases of COVID-19 in India are now at 4,08,920, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 4,23,810.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said it recorded around 16.9 lakh passenger journeys till 8 pm on Tuesday, after trains were allowed to run with full seating capacity.
The United Nation's deputy humanitarian chief on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting conflict-ridden and impoverished countries much worse this year than in 2020.
The active cases of COVID-19 in India are now at 4,11,189, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 4,20,967.
No death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi on Saturday, while 66 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.09 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
Meanwhile, a hospital based in the American state of Maryland has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and two continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) machines for COVID-19 relief in India.
Meanwhile, experts believe the Delta variant could be the most dominant strain in the United States in the coming weeks.
The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 3,11,74,322 with 4,06,130 active cases, the data showed. The total death toll in the country is now at 4,14,482.
America’s Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Sunday expressed concern over the "significant increase" in COVID-19 cases in the US, especially among the unvaccinated population.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
Meanwhile, NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr VK Paul has said the next 100-125 days are critical in the fight against COVID-19.
Over 900 beneficiaries have applied for monetary assistance under a scheme of the Delhi government to provide financial aid to families who lost their loved ones to COVID-19.
Ladakh recorded four new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the infection tally to 20,241, officials said.
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