Coronavirus live updates: Bihar becomes 8th state to cross 1L Covid case tally

The United States hopes that Russia's vaccine against coronavirus will be effective, said United States President Donald Trump on Friday."I don't know much about it. We hope it works," Trump told reporters during a White House briefing.Russia becomes the first country in the world to register the coronavirus vaccine."As far as I know, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection was registered this morning," President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying at a meeting with the government."I hope we will be able to start mass production of this medication in the near future, which is very important," he further said.

The Centre plans to expand the Ayushman Bharat health insurance framework to include 45 crore ‘nonpoor population’ who are not covered under any government or private insurance scheme and are only a little better off than the PM-JAY beneficiaries.

Thirty-one people were arrested and 20 vehicles impounded across Noida and Greater Noida on Friday over alleged violation of the curbs imposed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Gautam Buddh Nagar police said.Also, owners of more than 1,800 vehicles were issued challans for similar violations across the district, which has so far recorded over 6,300 positive cases of COVID-19, including 43 deaths, according to official figures.

Only the US and Brazil have more Covid-19 cases. In August, India has so far added nearly 8.3 lakh cases, the highest in the world. The gap between second-placed Brazil and India has narrowed from 9.7 lakh cases on July 31, to 7.7 lakh.

Total number of cases now at 128,550 including 101,861 recovered/discharged cases, 19,354 active cases and 7,035 deaths

Delhi's coronavirus tally breached the 1.50-lakh mark on Friday, thirty-nine days after crossing 1 lakh, according to official figures. Delhi government data shows that while the national capital recorded its first 50,000 cases in 110 days, the second 50,000 cases came in just 18 days, while the third 50,000 in 39 days. Delhi had reported its first case on March 1, and the tally reached 50,000 on June 19, taking 110 days, while the 1-lakh mark was breached in the next 18 days, on July 6.

The over a month-long COVID-19 induced lockdown in Thiruvananthapuram corporation limits will be lifted from midnight following which malls, hypermarkets and salons will open Saturday morning. The order will be effective only in non-containment zones, a circular from the District Collector, Dr Navjot Khosa said.

Figure includes 9,954 active cases and 731 deaths

Total number of cases is 4,198 in the state. There are 1,825 active cases & 2,360 recovered cases till date. Death toll stands at 13