Coronavirus News: India's Covid-19 tally crosses 8k mark for third day with 8,084 fresh infections; active cases at 47,995

India reported 8,084 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths, according to data released by the Union Health Ministry Monday.

As of Monday, active cases of Covid-19 stood at 47,995.

The death tally rose to 5,24,771 and the number of people discharged from hospitals stands at 4,26,57,335, the health ministry's data also showed.

With 1,803 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Sunday, the count of active patients rose to over 16,000 in Mumbai.

The state, meanwhile, recorded 2,946 cases and two deaths. With the fresh figures, the state's Covid-19 tally rose to 79,10,577 and the toll to 1,47,870 on Sunday.

In a separate development, China's capital Beijing is facing an "explosive" Covid-19 outbreak connected to a bar, a government spokesman warned on Saturday, as the commercial hub of Shanghai began mass testing to contain a jump in cases tied to a popular beauty salon.