Новости за 20.07.2020

India’s Covid-19 fatality rate is “progressively falling” and is now below 2.5% for the first time, the health ministry said on Sunday, underlining that efficient clinical management of hospitalised patients and contact tracing had helped keep the death rate at one of the lowest in world. Currently, India’s case fatality rate (CFR) is at 2.49%.

Five more people died in the last 24 hours as floods continued to wreak havoc in Assam on Sunday, taking the state’s toll in the deluge to 85. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority’s (ASDMA), the deaths were reported from Barpeta, Baksa, Dhubri, Morigaon and Nagaon. The number of affected people on Sunday came down from 27.63 lakh to 25.2 lakh from a day earlier.

As more states open up to tourists with a string of safeguards in place, the tourism ministry is lending a helping hand with its "Dekho Apna Desh" campaign and pitching India as the land of Buddha. With an eye on China and Buddhist countries in the neighbourhood, tourism minister Prahlad Patel emphasised the need to bring more Buddhist tourists to India.