India’s health ministry reported a single-day spike of 92,071 confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday, as well as another 1,136 deaths. Meanwhile, New Zealand will keep its virus restrictions in place for at least another week as the country continues to battle a small outbreak that began in Auckland last month. South Korean officials have reported the country’s lowest daily virus tally in about a month as it began easing tough social distancing rules in the greater Seoul area. In the Indonesian capital Jakarta, main streets were less crowded at the start of two weeks of social restrictions to curb a rise in infections that has pushed its critical-care hospital capacity to unsafe levels. Indonesia’s virus task force said more than 54,000 of the nation’s 218,000 cases of Covid-19 are in Jakarta.

Source: Irish Independent September 14, 2020 07:52 UTC