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Latest all-India figures
India has reported highest single-day spike of 9996 new Covid-19 cases and 357 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are the figures now.
- Active - 137448
- Cured - 141028
- Deaths - 8102
- Migrated - 1
6 doctors test positive at Muzaffarnagar
- A hostel for resident doctors at the Muzaffarnagar Medical College in Begrajpur in the district has been sealed after six of them tested positive for coronavirus.
- They were shifted to a COVID-care hospital, PTI quoted an official as saying
- The remaining over 70 resident doctors have been quarantined in their hostel rooms at the medical college
South Korea's new cases becoming harder to track
- South Korea has reported 45 new cases of COVID-19, all but two of them in the greater capital area.
- Health workers are struggling more and more to track transmissions that are spreading quickly and unpredictably as people increase their activities and practice less social distancing.
BCCI looking at all options to hold IPL this year, including playing in empty stadiums
- Sourav Ganguly, President BCCI
WHO expert clarifies remarks on virus spread
- WHO expert has tried to clear up ``misunderstandings'' about comments she made to suggest that people without COVID-19 symptoms rarely transmit the coronavirus.
- Van Kerkhove said: ``What I was referring to yesterday were very few studies, some two or three studies that have been published, that actually try to follow asymptomatic cases.''
- Asymptomatic transmission globally is very rare, she added.
UN warns 'food systems are failing' in pandemic
The U.N. secretary-general is calling for immediate action to avoid a ``global food emergency,'' saying more than 820 million people are hungry, about 144 million children under the age of 5 have stunted growth, and the COVID-19 pandemic is making things worse.
85% of people tested positive for coronavirus in Nepal are those who returned from India: PM
Amid global controversy, Greece moves forward with chloroquine
Austria opens borders June 16 to most of Europe
All being tested at Srikalahasti temple in Andhra after priest test COVID-19 positive.
SDMC reserves Punjabi Bagh crematorium ground for bodies of COVID-19 victims
India nears 2.8 lakh cases. almost one-third of the total getting detected in just 10 days of June.
EU eyes reopening borders as virus grinds down global economy
Worldwide coronavirus cases at 7.32 million, death toll about 413,000
China reports 11 new virus cases, all imported