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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

Covid-19: South Korea enforces limits on diners, shuts gyms in Seoul

The 17th consecutive day of triple-digit increases brought the national caseload to 19,699, including 323 deaths

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

Coronavirus: 27 patients discharged in Chinese mainland post recovery

Altogether 80,153 patients had been cured and discharged from hospitals by Saturday, the report said

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

Canada scraps coronavirus vaccine trial with Chinese pharma company

According to the South China Morning Post, it is unclear if political tensions between the two countries had anything to do with the snag at the Chinese customs

Unlock 4: Metro services from Sept 7; schools, colleges to remain closed

Cinema halls, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres (excluding open air theatre) and similar places will continue to remain shut

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

Covid-19: Assam may face oxygen crisis, Tripura's situation alarming

After Assam, Tripura with 10,879 Covid-19 positive cases is the second most affected state among the eight northeastern states

Jammu and Kashmir reports 546 new Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 36,377

According to a daily media bulletin, 7,672 cases are still active in the state, while 685 persons have succumbed

No lockdown in Odisha for 12 days to facilitate JEE, NEET examinees

Odisha govt, in a partial modification of its August 28 order, said that there will be no lockdown in force from August 30 to September 7 in the first phase and from September 12-14 in the next phase

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

Surat reports 258 new coronavirus cases, tally crosses 20,000-mark

With two fatalities, death toll due to the pandemic in the district rose to 80

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

1,442 new coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh, 22 deaths, 1,017 recover

The coronavirus death toll rose to 1,345 after 22 patients succumbed to the viral infection since Friday evening

Ramp-up efforts to contain Covid-19 spread, follow SOPs: Centre to UTs

Central govt advised the UTs to improve testing facilities, surveillance for early detection of Covid-19 cases, contact tracing and house-to-house surveillance by medical staff

Chhattisgarh reports 1,157 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths

The state now has 12,313 active cases as 15,818 people have recovered

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

Goa records 547 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday; tally rises to 16,553

At least 433 patients were discharged after recovering from the deadly infection, taking the number of recoveries to 12,729