New Delhi, October 13:
India’s coronavirus tally has gone past the 7.1 million mark with 66,732 cases between Sunday and Monday. Since October 4, the country has been recording less than 80,000 cases per day; during this time, the highest spike was 78,524 on October 8 while the lowest was 61,267 on October 6. Also, on Monday, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur said he had tested positive for Covid-19, while vice president M Venkaiah Naidu’s office said he has recovered from the infection. Naidu had tested positive on September 29.
On the global front, British PM Boris Johnson announced a three-tier system of Covid-19 alert levels. Under this system, Covid-19 alert levels will categorise local lockdowns across the United Kingdom inti medium, high and very high. The highest level will apply in areas where transmission rates are rising most rapidly.
