7.26 am: Counties in Arizona, Texas order coolers, refrigerated trucks for bodies, reports Reuters. 7.24 am: Brazil surpasses 2 million...
7.26 am: Counties in Arizona, Texas order coolers, refrigerated trucks for bodies, reports Reuters.
7.24 am: Brazil surpasses 2 million coronavirus cases, reports AFP.
7.18 am: US registers record 68,428 new cases in 24 hours, reports AFP. As many as 974 people have died from the virus.
7.16 am: Assam’s caseload crosses the 20,000-mark with 892 new cases and the toll reaches 50 with two deaths, says Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma.
📌Alert ~ 892 new #COVID19 ve+ patients in Assam
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 16, 2020
Out of these, 598 patients are from Kamrup (Metro), which include 184 from Guwahati Jail#StaySafeStayfit
↗️Total cases 20646
↗️Recovered 13554
↗️Active cases 7039
↗️Deaths 50
11:55 PM/July 16/ Day's total 892#AssamCovidCount pic.twitter.com/E33Ibl0vyk
7.10 am: Here are the top updates from Thursday
- India reported 32,695 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the total to 9,68,876. The toll rose by 606 to 24,915. This is the highest daily rise in the number of infections as well as deaths. More than 6.12 lakh people have recovered.
- Gujarat-based pharmaceutical giant Zydus Cadila’s coronavirus vaccine candidate entered the human trials stage. The clinical trials will be conducted across multiple sites in India with over 1,000 subjects.
- Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Centre aims to start operating 55% to 60% of the pre-coronavirus capacity of domestic flights by Diwali in November. Puri added that India will soon use...
