India's Covid-19 tally inched closer to the 59-lakh mark on Friday with the country's death toll climbing to 93,308. Kerala reported its highest daily spike in Covid-19 cases so far; while the tally of fresh cases remained high in states like Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, among others. India's recovery rate touched 82% & death rate stood at less than 1.6%. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that India’s healthcare effectively kept Covid-19 mortality at 'minimum', recovery at 'maximum'. Globally, WHO said that two million virus deaths were 'likely' without collective action. Stay tuned for more updates.
Huge infrastructure buildup including dedicated Covid-19 hospitals & quarantine centres, supply of PPEs & medical equipment helped India in recording recovery rate of 82% & death rate of less than 1.6%. Aim to bring this under 1% soon: Dr Harsh Vardhan
18:1425 Sep 2020
When S P Balasubrahmanyam tuned a song on coronavirus, its deadly effects
"I composed this number. Let us listen to this... it is not more musical, it is more lyrical," he had said months ago in his foreword to the song, penned by renowned lyricist Vairamuthu. Popularly known as 'SPB', he had in the three-minute plus video post urged his fans to pay attention to the depth and import of the words and act accordingly to help prevent the virus spread.
Covid-19 testing samples in Tamil Nadu hit new high
Chennai topped in the number of new cases today with 1,193 infections, followed by Coimbatore 661, Salem 297, Chengalpet 277, Cuddalore 235, Thiruvallur 229. Twelve districts also reported over 100 cases each. Chennai also came out on top in the number of cases recording 1,60,926 till date out of 5.69 lakh in the state.