Let’s revisit the interesting things that I came across in between last Monday and today (August 30, 2020).
Positive News
- Apart from recoveries, I don’t see any positive news in the last week. As of 29th, the number of recovery is 2.712M, with total cases at 3.539M. Recovery rate @ 75+
Negative News
As if the COVID-19 pandemic is not enough, the state of Assam is worst affected by flood in Brahmaputra river.
By 21st of July, the meteorological subdivision of Assam and Meghalaya had received rainfall of 1,164mm as compared to normal rainfall of 894mm during the period, an excess of nearly 30%. - IMD
The Daily new COVID-19 cases has been consistently staying above 70K. The last 3 days are listed below,
- August 29: 78,479
- August 28: 76,657
- August 27: 76,827 Sad fact: As of today, India is having highest number of new cases.
39 Dolphins had washed up dead on the beaches of Mauritius is revealing to be another grim story. Thanks to the oil spill from a container ship.
- The culprit ship belongs to Japan with Panama’s flag and captained by an Indian.
- This turning out to be biggest environmental issue of the year, yet. Forbes is raising 8 tough questions on the oil spill.
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COVID updates
| Total COVID-19 Cases | Cases Per Million | Deceased | Deceased Per Million | Recovered | |
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| Global | 25.20M | 3,243 | 847.38K | 109 | 17.34M |
| India | 3.50M | 2,566 | 63.69K | 46 | 2.71M |
Source: As of August 30. ncov2019 live
Vaccine Tracker
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| Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker - Aug 30,2020 |
Source: NYT
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