Coronavirus live updates: WHO warns some nations still face 'long, hard' battle with Covid-19

CRPF reports 134 fresh Covid-19 infections, taking the total number cases in the country's largest paramilitary force to 1,385: Officials

6 more people, including a nine-month-old infant, test positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh; union territory's tally rises to 446: Medical bulletin

Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which bans assembly of four or more people, extended till July 31 in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district in view of the Covid-19 outbreak: Official order

Mumbai's Covid-19 tally rises to 78,708 with addition of 1,511 new cases; 75 deaths take toll to 4,629: BMC

Telangana recorded 1,018 new Covid-19 cases and 7 deaths today. Total number of cases rise to 17,357 including 9,008 active cases, 8,082 discharged cases and 267 deaths: State health department

The Delhi government has directed all district magistrates to ramp up testing for Covid-19 and ensure 2,000 rapid-antigen tests are conducted every day in their respective areas: Officials

WHO warns some nations still face 'long, hard' battle with Covid-19

"Some countries ... have taken a fragmented approach. These countries face a long, hard road ahead," Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing from WHO headquarters in Geneva.

From July 27, schools will reopen for teachers and non-academic staff only in Haryana and students will not attend schools: State education minister Kanwar Pal

States/UTs have been advised to facilitate testing at the earliest by enabling all qualified medical practitioners, including private practitioners, to prescribe Covid-19 test to any individual fulfilling the criteria for testing as per ICMR guidelines: Health ministry

Maharashtra's Covid tally mounts to 1,80,298 with the addition of 5,537 new cases; death toll rises by 198 to 8,053: Health department

Delhi records 2,442 fresh Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 89,802; death toll mounts to 2,803: Authorities

Haryana's Covid-19 case tally rises to 14,941 with 393 new positive cases reported today: State Health Department

Coronavirus death toll in West Bengal shoots up to 683 with 15 more fatalities; 611 fresh cases push infection tally to 19,170: Officials

Karnataka reports 1,272 new Covid-19 positive cases including 735 cases from Bengaluru Urban, taking the total number of cases to 16,514. Death toll rises to 253 after 7 deaths were reported today: State health department

Health secretary Preeti Sudan and ICMR DG Dr. Balram Bhargava write to states and Union territories to increase testing. Letter states,"It is strongly advised that you should take all possible steps to ensure full capacity utilization of all Covid19 testing laboratories in the State/UT"

Uttarakhand reports 66 new Covid-19 positive cases till 7 pm today; taking the total number of cases to 2947: State Control Room

Punjab reported 101 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking total number of cases 5,668 including 3,989 discharges and 149 deaths: State Health Department

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says Covid-19 situation is brought under control with joint efforts of Delhi & central governments.

14 new Covid-19 positive cases reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 2,282: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)