Coronavirus live updates: As Covid cases spike, several states extend curbs

Just as we need to consider resourcing and regulatory parameters set out for WHO, to address and resolve shortcomings, so too do we need dispassionate scrutiny and reform of all multilateral entities to make them purpose-built for our times and representative of this century, says S Jaishankar (ANI)

Resolution adopted at World Health Assembly last month is an opportunity to use facts & science to assess our response to this pandemic & take lessons to prepare better for the future. As Chair of WHO Executive Board, India is ready to work towards these goals: EAM S Jaishankar (ANI)

A pandemic has devastated our globalized economic system; apart from taking a toll of over 4,00,000 lives, it has fundamentally affected the way we live, work, travel & relate to each other: EAM S Jaishankar at Virtual Ministerial Meeting of Alliance for Multilateralism

985 new Covid-19 cases and 7 deaths recorded in Telangana today; total number of cases mounts to 12,349.

Gautam Buddh Nagar in UP records 136 fresh cases, tally rises to 1,946: Official data

COVID-19 'situation still under control', govt will set up ICU beds on large scale, says Kejriwal (PTI)

As coronavirus cases continued to spiral in the national capital and crossed the 77,000 mark on Friday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said his government will set up ICU beds on a large scale, but asserted that the COVID-19 situation in the city was still under control. The national capital saw 3,460 cases on Friday, taking the coronavirus count to 77,240. With 63 fresh deaths, the toll climbed to 2,492. There are 27,675 active cases in Delhi.

BMC directs all hospitals in Mumbai to report deaths due to Covid-19 within 48 hours, sets deadline of June 29 for reporting earlier fatalities (PTI)

Jharkhand government extends lockdown till July 31, reports ANI

Delhi records 3,460 fresh coronavirus cases, taking tally to over 77,000; death toll mounts to 2,492: Authorities

UK Covid-19 death toll rises to 43,414, up 186: Reuters

Britain's official death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose by 186 to 43,414, the Department of Health said on Friday. The total included a revision in which two deaths had previously been counted twice. Including deaths from suspected cases of the disease, Britain's toll is over 54,000.

Over $30 bn needed to develop COVID-19 tests, treatments, vaccines: WHO

The World Health Organization said Friday that a global initiative to speed up the development and production of COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments will require more than $30 billion over the next year. Providing details of the so-called ACT accelerator, launched in April and aimed at pooling international resources to conquer the pandemic, WHO said "the costed plans presented today call for $31.3 billion in funding."

In West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that night curfew will remain in force between 10 pm and 5 am, instead of current 9 pm to 5 am, during the extended coronavirus lockdown till July 31.

In Tamil Nadu, capital Chennai is under an intense 12-day lockdown from June 19. It has reported over 700 deaths so far.

Covid-19: 12-hour night curfew in Assam, Hyderabad market traders to shut shops for 8 days, reports PTI

The Assam government announced a 12-hour night curfew across the state from Friday and a 14-day complete lockdown in Kamrup (Metro) district, of which Guwahati city is a part, from June 28 while traders of Hyderabad's largest wholesale market Begum Bazar decided to shut shops for eight days from Sunday.

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Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has inducted 11 new labs in last 24 hours. India now has 1016 diagnostic labs dedicated to Covid-19. During the past 24 hours, 2,15,446 tests have been conducted. The total number of samples tested, as on date, is 77,76,228: Govt of India

Delhi schools will remain closed till July 31: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia (ANI)

Haryana government caps Covid-19 treatment cost in private hospitals