India News Live Updates: With 75,829 new cases, the coronavirus tally in India on Sunday crossed the 65 lakh-mark. As many as 940 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, pushing the toll to 1,01,782. Of the 65,49,374 cases, 9,37,625 are active, while 55,09,967 patients have been discharged. Only the United States, where over 2.12 lakh people have died and Brazil, where about 1.45 lakh have succumbed, are ahead of India. Globally, over 34 million people have been infected while more than one million have succumbed to the virus.
With Covid-19 cases continuing to spike across Kerala, prohibitory orders under CrPC Section 144 have been clamped across the state. Although prohibitory orders have been declared across Kerala, there is no ban on mobility of people or functioning of offices and trade centres.
President Donald Trump, who was admitted to a military hospital for treatment of COVID-19, said he has started to “feel much better” and thanked the American people and global leaders for their support. “I came here. Wasn’t feeling so well. I feel much better now. We’re working hard to get me all the way back. I have to be back because we still have to Make America Great Again,” Trump said in a video message from the military hospital in a suburb of Washington on Saturday. However, White House physician Sean Conley has said the president is “not yet out of the woods”.
