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Experts warn that while a ramp up in testing in recent months was encouraging, more needed to be done to capture the scale of the pandemic in the world’s second-most populous nation. The virus has badly hit megacities such as financial hub Mumbai and the capital New Delhi, but is now also surging in smaller cities and rural areas. “Testing per million in India at 30,000 remains the second lowest in top 10 (virus-infected) countries. Mexico is lowest at about 10,000,” virologist Shahid Jameel, who heads the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, told AFP Sunday. “We are still finding one positive in every 11 to 12 tests. This number should be one in 20 simply and means that testing is still sub-optimal and the outbreak is growing.” Doctor Hemant Shewade, a Bangalore-based community medicine expert, added that India also needed to focus on reducing deaths — the fourth-highest in the world according to a tally by John Hopkins University.
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Complete lockdown being observed in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, in order to contain the spread of Covid-19.
West Bengal: Complete lockdown being observed in Purba Medinipur, in order to contain the spread of #COVID19.
The state is observing complete lockdown for 2 days every week until end of Aug. There are total 1,59,785 COVID19 cases in the state, as per the latest health bulletin. pic.twitter.com/7AKosTsbe2
— ANI (@ANI) August 31, 2020
Today’s Data Highlights
– India reports 78,512 new cases compared to 78,761 cases the day before
– Maharashtra reports 16.4k new cases; Andhra 10.6k
– Andhra (4.24 lakh) now has more total cases than Tamil Nadu (4.22 lakh)
– Cases continue to rise in Delhi with more than 2k new cases. The last time Delhi reported more than 2k new cases was on July 11. Recovery rate falls to 88.9%
– Odisha crosses 1 lakh total cases.
Gujarat’s Covid-19 Death Toll Crosses 3,000, Cases Rise Above 95,000 | 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. During August so far, the state has seen 33,722 cases, at a daily average of over 1,100. Meanwhile, 1,095 patients were discharged on Sunday, taking the total cured to 76,757. Read full story here.
3,308 Covid-19 Patients Recover in 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, the health department said. A total of 1,30,952 people have so far been cured of COVID-19 in the state. West Bengal reported 3,019 fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday, pushing the tally to 1,59,785, while the death toll mounted to 3,176 with 50 more fatalities, the department said in a bulletin.
Over 1,800 New Cases in Telangana | 1,873 new Covid-19 cases, 1,849 recovered cases and nine deaths reported in Telangana on August 30, taking the total number of positive cases to 1,24,963, including 31,299 active cases, 92,837 recovered cases and 827 deaths so far in the state: State Health Department.
Amit Shah Discharged from AIIMS | Home Minister Amit Shah discharged from AIIMS, where he was admitted for post-Covid care after he recovers completely from the virus.
India’s Tally Tops 36L | India’s Covid-19 case tally crosses 36 lakh mark with a spike of 78,512 new cases and 971 deaths in the last 24 hours. COVID-19 case tally in the country stands at 36,21,246 including 7,81,975 active cases, 27,74,802 cured/discharged/migrated and 64,469 deaths: Health Ministry.
Lockdown in Containment Zones in Raj Till Sept 30 | Lockdown to remain implemented in containment zones in Rajasthan till September 30. Under relaxed norms, open-air theatres will be allowed to open from September 21. Inter-state and within state travel of individuals and movement of goods permitted: Rajasthan Government.
Testing Update | Total number of samples tested up to 30th August is 4,23,07,914 including 8,46,278 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Visuals from Em Bypass, Park Circus crossing and Deshapriya Park in Kolkata
Kolkata: Streets wear a deserted look as complete lockdown is being observed in West Bengal today amid #COVID19 pandemic.
Visuals from Em Bypass, Park Circus crossing & Deshapriya Park in Kolkata pic.twitter.com/qlcoh4XxPx— ANI (@ANI) August 31, 2020
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Chinese Mainland Reports No New Locally-transmitted Case | No new locally-transmitted Covid-19 case was reported across the Chinese mainland. Seventeen confirmed cases arriving from outside the mainland were reported on Sunday. Of the imported cases, six were reported in Shanghai, five in Tianjin, two in Fujian and one each in Shanxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Shaanxi, the commission said.
7 Deaths, 1,980 New Cases in Assam | Seven more Covid-19 patients died in Assam taking the total fatalities to 296, while 1,980 new positive cases pushed the states tally to 1,05,774, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The death rate in the state is currently .28 per cent which is among the lowest in the country, the minister said. The new cases were detected out of 34,102 tests conducted during the last 24 hours and the positivity rate is 5.84 per cent.
No Remote Learning for One-third of Schoolchildren: UNICEF | At least a third of the world’s schoolchildren were unable to access remote learning during Covid-19 related school closures days, says UNICEF report, which used a globally representative analysis of the availability of home-based technology and tools needed for remote learning among pre-primary, primary, lower-secondary and upper-secondary school children.
5L Recoveries in 8 Days: Govt | Last 5 lakh recoveries have been recorded in only 8 days in comparison to preceding 5 lakh recoveries which were recorded in 10 and 9 days, says govt.
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