India records over 1,000 Covid-19 fatalities, 62,064 new cases in past 24 hours

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Aug 10, 2020: Months into the pandemic, the Covid-19 continues to ravage countries across the world with the US, Brazil and India being the most affected.

On Sunday, the US crossed the 5-million case mark of Covid-19 infections, while Brazil crossed the 3-million mark, and also 100,000 deaths.

In India, Maharashtra which is among the worst affected states from Covid-19 pandemic crossed 500,000 cases.

Besides this, several other countries are reeling under the second wave of Covid-19 among them is Australia, where Victoria state recorded its deadliest day with 19 fatalities.

Meanwhile, United Nations group UN-Water said on Monday that a severe household water shortage facing two out of five people in the world is undermining efforts to contain the pandemic.

India on Monday recorded over 1,000 new fatalities due to Covid-19. While 62,064 new cases of infections were detected which pushed the total tally to 2,215,074.


courtesy:Hindusan Times