New Delhi: Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Monday.
2:38 p.m.
A senior health official assisting in a COVID-19 facility in Goa has tested positive for novel coronavirus.
2:32 p.m.
Arunachal Pradesh’s COVID-19 tally rises to 359.
Singapore deports 10 Indians and bars their re-entry for violating circuit breaker rules.
2:02 p.m.
Chennai City police commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal welcomes 72 police personnel back to duty after their recovery from COVID-19.
1:48 p.m.
Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan are stable and don’t require aggressive treatment, hospital sources say.
1:45 p.m.
Tripura’s COVID-19 tally mounts to 2,068 with 105 fresh cases.
1:39 p.m.
Puducherry reports 50 new COVID-19 cases as overall tally rises to 1,468.
More than 18,000 people fined in Mizoram for violating lockdown norms.
1:37 p.m.
A longer wait for a vaccine against COVID-19 virus may lead to a contraction of up to 7.5 per cent in the Indian GDP in FY21, a foreign brokerage says.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address a star-studded virtual summit next week on building a better future for both the countries and the world, amidst the COVID-19 and China’s aggressive actions.
1:31 p.m.
New Zealand’s top cricketers returned to squad training on Monday at the country’s High Performance Centre in Lincoln after a prolonged break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
1:17 p.m.
A 38-year-oldpoliceman died of COVID-19 in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, officials say.
Postal voting for over 700,00 Sri Lankan officials begins amid new COVID-19 threat.
12:30 p.m.
Karnataka opposition parties urge govt to enforce lockdown in entire state.
12:17 p.m.
Nagaland’s COVID-19 tally rises to 845 with 71 new cases.
Glenmark Pharma cuts price of COVID-19 drug by 27 per cent to Rs 75 per tablet.
11:57 a.m.
Odisha COVID-19 death toll mounts to 70 with six more fatalities and 616 new cases.
11:37 a.m.
Strict lockdown restrictions reimposed in parts of Kashmir after spike in COVID-19 cases.
11:26 a.m.
Actor Amit Sadh says he has tested negative for coronavirus.
11:24 a.m.
Understanding bat immune system may help identify new COVID-19 drug targets, scientists say.
10:24 a.m.
Karnataka Minister for Tourism, Kannada and Culture C T Ravi has tested positive for coronavirus.
10:21 a.m.
Mizoram reports four new COVID-19 cases as state’s tally rises to 231.
10:10 a.m.
One COVID-19 patient died while seven others tested positive for the virus in UP’s Shamli district, official says.
9:49 a.m.
Record spike of 28,701 COVID-19 cases takes India’s tally to 8,78,254, Union Health Ministry data says.
4:09 a.m.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced an extension of the country’s national state of disaster till August 15 as the number of COVID-19 cases has increased exponentially in the country.