Lockdown, Day 81: Another grim milestone

Ten days after recording two lakh infections, India has surpassed the three lakh-mark with the worst daily spike of 11,458 infections. India took 64 days to cross the 1 lakh-mark from 100 cases.

Some experts, meanwhile, have come down hard on the ICMR for its assertion that there was no community transmission of COVID-19, saying it was not reflective of the current situation.

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COUNT SO FAR

• AP reports largest single-day spike in cases at 186, tally at 4,588
• UP reports 20 deaths, over 500 new cases
• 225 new cases take Odisha's tally to 3,723
• 39 more test positive in Tripura, total tally 964
• With one more death, fatalities rise to 54 in J&K
• Three more deaths in Rajasthan, tally of fatalities rise to 275
• 3 more test positive in Mizoram, total count 107
• Virus spreads tentacles in MP villages; rural tally at 951

World		India
Tally	Toll	Tally	Toll
7,617,591	424,587	308,993	8,884

LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN

• Schools, colleges in Sikkim to reopen in August
• Maha govt slashes charges for tests by private labs
• Goa govt orders random testing at slums near COVID-19 hospital
• 'Radio classes' helping students in J&K's Doda complete syllabus
• Up to 45% of infections may be asymptomatic, says study

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

• Economic plunge in April points to steep climb for world economy
• SII signs deal with Astra Zeneca to manufacture vaccines in India
• Surat's 8 diamond firms partly shut after +ve cases
• Dr Reddy's inks pact with Gilead for Remdesivir

AROUND THE WORLD

• Brazil now second in virus deaths, as US states see rising cases
• Russia's infections pass 520,000
• Germany's confirmed cases rise by 348 to 186,022
• Over 6,000 new cases reported in Pakistan, death toll reaches 2,551
• Cases in Singapore cross 40,000
• Beijing shuts food market after 7 new cases
• Indonesia reports 1,014 new cases, 43 deaths
• Italy's active infections drop below 30,000
• Uncertainty as Spain puts virus death toll 'on hold'
• Hundreds protest against Nepal's virus response; 7 foreigners held
• South Korea capital adds more cases

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