Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Delhi Set to Use Hotels, Banquets for Covid Care as Amit Shah Holds Meet With L-G, Kejriwal Today

Mexico Reports 3,494 New Coronavirus Cases | Mexico's health ministry reported 3,494 new confirmed coronavirus infections along with 424 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 142,690 cases and 16,872 deaths. The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the official count.

UPDATE | Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to hold a meeting with Delhi LG Anil Baijal and CM Arvind Kejriwal and members of State Disaster Management Authority to review the situation in the capital regarding COVID-19, today at 11 am.

The new cluster of domestic infections has prompted fresh lockdowns with people ordered to stay home in 11 residential estates near to the market.

Brazil Registers 850,514 Confirmed Cases and 42,720 Deaths of New Coronavirus | Brazil has registered 850,514 confirmed cases of new coronavirus and the total death toll reached 42,720, the Ministry of Health said. Brazil registered 21,704 new cases over the last 24 hours and 892 deaths.

Delhi's LNJP Hospital Nodal Officer To Visit Wards Daily | Delhi's LNJP Hospital nodal officer Arava Gopi Krishn, senior doctors to visit wards daily, maintain a log of patients seen by them. The logbook shall contain dates, time of visit and number of patients seen. Delhi govt appointed Arava Gopi Krishna, a bureaucrat in the north corporation, the "nodal officer" for LNJP Hospital after SC has taken suo motu congnisance regarding the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

So far, Poland has recorded 29,017 cases and the death toll increased to 1,237, according to Worldometre. 

A spike in reported #coronavirus cases in Poland's coal mines puts the country on edge but residents worried about jobs are playing down the health crisis https://t.co/NwI4ifHxuy pic.twitter.com/u4pEGGDIJs

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Association Backs NDMC Resident Doctors Over Pending Salary Issue, Threatens Mass Resignation | An association of medics has extended support to the resident doctors of two municipal hospitals in Delhi and threatened mass resignation if their "reasonable demands" for payment of salaries pending for three months are not met within a week.

Chile President Replaces Health Minister Amid Covid-19 Deaths Controversy | Chile President Sebastian Pinera replaced Health Minister Jaime Manalich amid controversy over the country's figures for deaths from the coronavirus outbreak. Pinera said Manalich had spared "no effort" in carrying out his "difficult and noble duty" to protect Chileans` health. 

Assam Mulling to Reimpose Lockdown in Guwahati | With a spike in coronavirus infections, the Assam government is considering to reimpose lockdown in its main city Guwahati, depending on the result of 50,000 COVID-19 sample tests to be conducted soon, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. 

Nursing Homes in Delhi With 10 to 49 Beds Declared as Covid Facilities | The Delhi government declared small and medium multispeciality nursing homes having 10 to 49 beds as "COVID nursing homes" to increase the bed capacity for coronavirus patients, according to an official order.  Only standalone exclusive eye centres, ENT centres, dialysis centres, maternity homes and IVF centres are presently exempted, the order said.

The tally of confirmed cases also saw the biggest one-day jump of over 14,000 and reached 3.13 lakh as per the latest numbers announced by states and union territories.

Despite Risks, Greek Islands Keen to Reopen to Tourists | Heavily reliant on tourism, Greece officially opens to foreign arrivals Monday. Its hopes are pinned on prime destinations like the islands of Mykonos, Rhodes, Corfu, Crete and Santorini, where regular ferry services have already resumed and direct international flights will start July 1.

12 Succumb to Covid-19 in West Bengal, Death Toll Rises to 463 | Twelve people in West Bengal succumbed to COVID-19, taking the death toll to 463, a bulletin of the state health department said. All of the 12 deaths were because of comorbidities where COVID-19 was incidental, it added.

Delhi Hotels, Banquet Halls To Be Converted Into Makeshift Hospitals Amid Surge in Cases | The Delhi government is preparing for a surge in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases and plans to use a total of 40 hotels and 77 banquet halls as makeshift hospitals, a move that is expected to add over 15,800 beds to the city-state’s health care infrastructure, reports HT. 

Brazil Now Has 2nd Highest Covid Death Total | Brazil's health ministry says the country has recorded a total of 41,828 deaths during the coronavirus pandemic, meaning it has surpassed the United Kingdom and now has the second-highest total in the world, according to tally by Johns Hopkins University.

UPDATE | China reports 57 new virus cases in the last 24 hours.