Coronavirus live updates: Vehicles carrying oxygen to be treated as ambulance in Maharashtra

South Korea has reported its lowest daily virus tally in about a month as it began easing its tough social distancing rules in the greater Seoul area. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Monday that the 109 new cases added in the past 24 hours took the country's total to 22,285 with 363 deaths. It's the 12th consecutive day for South Korea's daily jump to stay in the 100s. The 109 additional cases are also the lowest daily tally since mid-August.

Jharkhand's Covid-19 caseload rose to 61,474 on Monday as 1,014 more people tested positive for the infection, while 13 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 555, a health bulletin said. The fresh infections have taken the number of active cases to 14,336, while 46,583 people have been cured of the disease so far, it said.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 927 to 260,355, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday.The reported death toll rose by one to 9,350, the tally showed.

Mexico reported 4,408 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 217 additional fatalities on Sunday, bringing its totals to 668,381 infections and 70,821 deaths, according to updated Health Ministry data.

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised him for doing a great job in coronavirus testing, as he continued to slam his Democratic opponent Joe Biden for being a complete disaster in handling the swine flu during the previous administration.

The sharp rise in deaths last week would be a source of worry, especially since fatalities had hitherto been rising only gradually. As against 8,069 fatalities and a growth of 14.5% during the week, deaths in the previous week had risen by 1.7% with a count of 7,050. For the first time, the national death toll remained above 1,000 on all days of the past week.

India has three vaccines in advanced stages of trial. The vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca and proposed in India by Serum Institute is ahead and is set to enter phase 3. The other two locally developed candidates by Bharat Biotech and Cadila are in phase 2 trials.

According to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), spending under credit cards in June 2020 was Rs 42,818 crore, which was 36% lower than Rs 67,000 crore in January 2020. On the other hand, debit card spends stood at Rs 47,252 crore, which was only 24% lower than Rs 62,153 pre-Covid.

Patients are advised to constantly monitor their health and look for early warning signs, such as drop in oxygen level or unexplained chest pain. It also recommends physical exercise and immunity boosting medicines after recovery. The new protocol states that recovered patients should continue to practise “Covid-appropriate behaviour” at the individual level that includes wearing a mask, hand hygiene and following social distancing norms. There is a wide variation in recovery and in some cases, patients have taken several weeks to fully recoup. Doctors are also watching out for long-term effects.