India toll nears 70,000 with 1,000+ deaths, caseload breaches 40lakh

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Sep 05, 2020: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday issued a new advisory on Covid-19 testing strategy, allowing ‘testing on demand’ for individuals, but left it to the states to modify the approach as per their discretion. It also advised ‘testing on demand’ for “all individuals undertaking travel to countries or Indian states mandating a negative Covid-19 test at the point of entry”.

 

The World Health Organization, meanwhile, said it did not expect widespread immunisation against the novel coronavirus until mid-2021, tempering hopes just as research revealed encouraging early results from a Russian vaccine. The virus which has killed nearly 870,000 people worldwide continues to spread, with Italy’s flamboyant former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi now in hospital after becoming the latest high-profile figure to test positive for Covid-19.

Total number of samples tested up to September 4 is 4,77,38,491 including 10,59,346 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

India’s Covid-19 tally crosses 40 lakh with single-day spike of 86,432 new cases and 1,089 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.The total case tally stands at 40,23,179 including 8,46,395 active cases, 31,07,223 cured/discharged/migrated and 69,561 deaths: Ministry of Health.


courtesy: News18