Seven more people succumbed to Covid-19 in Jharkhand, pushing the death toll to 648, while 1,141 fresh cases raised the tally in the state to 75,089, a senior health department official said on Thursday.
Jharkhand currently has 12,882 active cases, while 61,559 have recovered so far.
As many as 21,755 samples were tested for Covid-19 on Wednesday, the official added.
6,74,36,031 samples tested up to 23rd September for #COVID19. Of these, 11,56,569 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) pic.twitter.com/pmTtRYp7fv
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France imposed new restrictions on bars and public gatherings in several cities as it tries to tamp down a resurgence of the virus. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said a recent uptick of Covid-19 cases in neighborhoods of south Brooklyn requires “urgent action.”
Johnson & Johnson has begun dosing as many as 60,000 volunteers in a study of its Covid-19 vaccine, the first big U.S. trial of an inoculation that may work after just one shot.
Globally, cases topped the 31.7 million mark while deaths exceeded 973,000.
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