A woman is instructed by medics at a COVID testing centre in New Delhi (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Coronavirus India News Live Updates: Sixty-seven more people died from coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday while the state registered a record daily spike of 6,233 cases, pushing its COVID-19 tally 2,25,632. The previous highest single-day rise of 5,898 cases was reported on August 26.
The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday released fresh SOPs for the month of September while extending the lockdown in the state till September 30 with several relaxations. In a statement, the government said that the Sunday lockdown and e-pass system within districts has been scrapped. It also added that places of worship will be opened to the public soon, and metro will be made functional from September 7.
With a record over 10.5 lakh tests conducted in a day for detection of COVID-19, the number of such tests performed in the country has crossed 4.14 crore, the Union health ministry said on Sunday. With a record 10,55,027 tests conducted on Saturday, the country has further strengthened the national diagnostic capacity of testing more than 10 lakh samples for COVID-19 daily.
The country detected 78,761 cases of the novel coronavirus in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Sunday, taking the country’s tally beyond 35 lakh. Of the 35,42,734 cases of Covid-19 in India, 7,65,302 patients are under treatment for the disease, 27,13,934 have recovered and 63,498 have died, the Union Health Ministry said. Globally, in another grim milestone, the number of people infected by the virus crossed 25 million, according to a Reuters tally. There are over 841,000 deaths due to the disease.
Em relação à , a Índia não tem muito o que comemorar nos últimos dias: ontem, 30 de agosto, com 78.761 novas contaminações, o país bateu o recorde mundial de novos casos por dia, superando os Estados Unidos, que havia registrado 77.255 em 19 de julho; e hoje, dia 31, assumiu o 3º lugar no ranking de mortes, com 64.469 fatalidades, deixando para trás o México. 

No entanto, comparado aos dois países que estão na ponta do ranking de infectados e óbitos, Estados Unidos e Brasil, a Índia apresenta uma Taxa de Letalidade muito menor, o que pode indicar que há muitos casos de não-notificação ou sub-notificação. 




+ Tabela Comparativa



 País 

 Contaminações 

 Óbitos 

 Taxa de Letalidade



 Estados Unidos 

 5.997.737 

 183.068 

 ~3,05%



 Brasil 

 3.862.311 

 120.828 

 ~3,12%



 Índia 

 3.621.245 

 64.469 

 ~1,78%



Tentando conter o aumento de casos, autoridades ligadas à Saúde, como Satyender Jain, secretário da Saúde de Deli, disse que compraria mais kits de testagem, tentando alcançar a meta de fazer 40 mil testes por dia. 

O governo nacional também anunciou que o funcionamento dos aeroportos para voos regulares continua proibido até 30 de setembro.