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Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million amid underreporting fears

Globally, there were 74,779 new cases over the past 24 hours, according to the Reuters tally that is based on official government data, taking total cases to around 3.52 million.

“We could easily have a second or a third wave because a lot of places aren’t immune,” Collignon said, noting the world was well short of herd immunity, which requires around 60% of the population to have recovered from the disease.Peter Collignon, an infectious diseases physician and microbiologist at Canberra Hospital, told Reuters

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General insurers receive 900 Covid-19 claims for Rs 18 cr

The general insurance companies have received 900 claims for over Rs 17 crore for Covid-19 treatment till Monday,according the General Insurance Council, the official representative body of the domestic general insurers.

Maharashtra at around 450 claims for about Rs 8 crore have remained at the top of the claim chart. The city of Mumbai itself has generated around 350 claims for around Rs 4 crore.

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Covid-19 Pandemic:Confirmed cases cross 40,000,1,323 dead,record 2,644 new cases detected in last 24 hours

In a significant milestone in its fight against the novel Coronavirus,India has completed over 1 million Covid-19 RT-PCR tests (Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction).According to ICMR, a total of 1046450 samples have been tested as on 03 May 2020, 9 AM IST.RT-PCR is the only diagnostic test for Covid-19 approved by the World Health Organization.​​​​​​​India is current carrying out an average of 75,000 tests per day at 419 approved laboratories across the country.

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Covid-19 will make life tough for non-life insurers: experts

“The Covid-19 will surely have its negative impact on the Indian non-life insurance industry as the lockdown is expected to continue in one way or other. There will be a drop in the business for the first quarter while improvement is expected in the second quarter of FY 21,” G. Srinivasan,Director, National Insurance Academy and former chairman-cum-managing director, New India Assurance

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