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Gujarat coronavirus update: Death toll crosses 3,000; cases now over 95K

Gujarat's death toll due to coronavirus crossed the 3,000 mark with 17 more deaths on Sunday to reach 3,008, while the state recorded 1,272 more cases to take its tally to 95,155

UAE coronavirus update: With 362 new Covid-19 cases, total reaches 69,690

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday announced 362 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 69,690

Assam coronavirus update: State reports 7 deaths, 1,980 new positive cases

Seven more COVID-19 patients died in Assam taking the total fatalities to 296, while 1,980 new cases pushed the states tally to 105,774, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said

3,308 Covid-19 patients recover in West Bengal; discharge rate nears 82%

The discharge rate of Covid-19 patients in West Bengal rose to 81.9 per cent after 3,308 patients recovered from the disease on Sunday

Pune coronavirus update: District's Covid tally crosses 168,000; 73 die

Pune district in Maharashtra reported 3,856 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total infection count to 168,381

Goa coronavirus update: State reports 451 new Covid cases; tally at 17,004

A total of 451 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Goa on Saturday taking the total count of cases in the state to 17,004

Rajasthan coronavirus update: State reports 1,450 new cases, 13 deaths

As many as 1,450 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths were reported in Rajasthan on Sunday, said the State Health Department

Coronavirus case count will be under control by Diwali: Dr Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday expressed confidence that the country's Covid-19 count will be "under control" by Diwali this year

Singaporean missions thank India's 'Corona warriors' for working tirelessly

As India enters Unlock 4.0, our colleagues across India take the opportunity to thank all Covid-19 warriors for working tirelessly and selflessly to keep us safe, the Singaporean missions said

Over 3 million recovered from coronavirus in Brazil, tally at 3,846,153

Country's coronavirus death toll stands at over 120,000, according to the latest data from the Health Ministry

Diagnostics too sensitive: Your Covid test is positive. Should it be?

The usual diagnostic tests may simply be too sensitive and too slow to contain the spread of the virus

In China, where the Covid pandemic began, life is starting to look normal

While the United States and much of the world are still struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic, life in many parts of China has in recent weeks become strikingly normal

At least 9 children dead from AES at Muzaffarpur hospital, 70 diagnosed

As per the hospital's report on August 29, a total of 56 children were discharged so far after recovering post-treatment from the hospital

Global death toll from coronavirus surpass 840,000: Johns Hopkins

With total COVID-19 cases around the world reaching 24,892,543, the death toll worldwide rose to 840,341 as of 6:28 p.m. (2228 GMT), the CSSE data showed

Tamil Nadu reports 6,352 new Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 415,590

With 1,285 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Chennai alone, the tally rises to 1,33,173 including 13,653 active cases

India has one of the lowest global Covid-19 fatality rates: Harsh Vardhan

"As of now, only 0.29 per cent of cases are on ventilators, 1.93 per cent on ICU and only 2.88 percent of cases are on oxygen," he said

Uttarakhand reports 658 fresh Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 18,571

With 11 more deaths, the state's Covid-19 death toll has mounted to 250

Assam facing financial stress due to Covid-19: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Sarma also announced the withdrawal of some of the free services offered to Covid-19 patients like reaching them to their homes after discharge from hospitals and levied charges on dedicated cabins

More hospitals, fewer schools: India's population trends require solutions

There will be more people in the north, but wealth will be in the south: good governance can manage such rifts, write T N Ninan

How coronavirus pandemic has disrupted India's routine healthcare services

Fewer women accessed maternal healthcare in March and April 2020