In the last 24 hours, 11,72,179 samples were tested, the highest single-day tests so far, taking the total number of tests past 4.55 crore.

An additional 1,043 deaths linked to the highly contagious disease have pushed the total number of fatalities to 67,376. Over 29 lakh have recovered from the infection in the country so far. Maharashtra remains the state hit hardest by the pandemic followed by three southern states – Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

According to health ministry data, twice as many men have died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as women in India, with men accounting for 69 percent of all fatalities. More than 90 percent of the people who died, both men and women, were above 40 years of age.

As part of Unlock 4.0, metro services will resume across the country, except Maharashtra, in a graded manner between September 7 and 12, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said, urging commuters to follow Covid-19 restrictions and “name and shame” those violating them.

Meanwhile, some 500 regular trains will be discontinued and 10,000 stops across the Indian Railways’ network will be erased in a new timetable for operations that will be adopted once the pandemic ends and services return to normal.

Globally, over 25 million have been infected with the novel coronavirus till now. While 861,668 while succumbed to the virus, over 17 million have recovered so far.

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This is the third straight day that India has reported over 50,000 cases.

As per the health ministry’s website, there are 5,65,103 active cases while 10,94,374 patients have been recovered.

765 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll of 36,511.

However the fatality rate further dropped to 2.15 percent.

According to ICMR a total of 1,93,58,659 samples have been tested upto July 31.

Despite the flurry of new cases, restrictions on the movement of individuals outside containment areas at night will be lifted from today. Lockdowns will continue to be strictly implemented in the containment zones till August 31.

Globally, cases had crossed 1.73 crore leaving over 6.68 lakh succumbed to the infection by Friday night.

US recorded another surge in deaths in California, Florida and Arizona reporting high numbers of fatalities. France warned that its pace of infections is accelerating with the rate of infection doubling in three weeks.

The WHO said that countries were not prepared for the pandemic because of deep under investment in public health infrastructure. The absence of affordable universal health care also aggravated the situation.

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