Coronavirus live updates: Single-day spike of 37,148 cases push India's Covid-19 caseload to 11.55 lakh

Middle East mythbusters battle virus 'infodemic'

Browse through Arabic-language social media pages and you could walk away thinking Covid-19 is an American hoax, isn't deadly and can be swiftly cured with a garlic clove. Arabic pages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are brimming with fake news stories on the novel coronavirus, from benign inaccuracies to full-throated conspiracy theories.

Odisha Covid update: 647 more test positive, number of total infected rises to 18757, according to health department

Single-day spike of 37,148 Covid-19 cases; India's tally rises to 11,55,191

India recorded 37,148 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing its tally to 11,55,191 , while the total number of recoveries increased to 7,24,577, according to Union health ministry data on Tuesday.

Coronavirus complicates South Korea, US military exercises

South Korea and the United States are trying to agree on the scale, scope and timing of annual military exercises with the novel coronavirus threatening to disrupt the travel of U.S. troops, South Korean officials said on Tuesday.

Fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi fall below 1,000 for 1st time in 49 days

The daily count of fresh Covid-19 cases in the city dropped to three figures for the first time in 49 days on Monday, with 954 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours. Before this, Delhi had last recorded a daily count in three figures on June 1 when 990 new cases were recorded. Thereafter, daily cases started increasing, with the highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases being reported on June 24.

Two more Covid deaths reported in Goa today. Total death count rises to 25.

A 65-year-old man and a woman of the same age, succumbed to the disease.

Trump defends his handling of Covid-19 pandemic

US President Donald Trump in an interview aired on Sunday defended his handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which has so far claimed over 1,37,000 lives in the country. The Washington Post reported, in an hour-long sit-down with "Fox News Sunday" Chris Wallace, President Trump "defended his fumbled management of the pandemic with a barrage of dubious and false claims, and revealed his lack of understanding about the fundamental science of how the virus spreads and infects people."

Finally, UP allows asymptomatic Covid patients to isolate at home

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday allowed home isolation of asymptomatic patients, relaxing its earlier position that anybody found to have Covid needs to be admitted to hospitals. The move comes at a time when cases have been rising by leaps and bounds in Noida and Ghaziabad and amid concerns about infrastructure to tackle this increasing infection rate.

Spike of 37,148 cases and 587 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours.

Total Covid-19 positive cases stand at 11,55,191 including 4,02,529 active cases, 7,24,578 cured/discharged/migrated and 28084 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Odisha police to issue special appreciation letters to 95 personnel for joining duty after Covid recovery

In order to encourage police personnel amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Odisha Director General of Police Abhay has announced to issue 'special appreciation letters' to police personnel, who have resumed duty following their recovery from the coronavirus.

1,43,81,303 samples tested for Covid-19 up to 20th July. Of these 3,33,395 were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Read: Oxford vaccine offers hope, Serum to seek clinical trials in India

The first set of results from early-stage clinical trials of the Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine candidate show the vaccine is safe and induces an immune reaction, according to results published in the Lancet, a medical journal, on Monday.

Global Covid-19 cases top 14.6mn: Johns Hopkins

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has increased to over 14.6 million, while the deaths have topped to more than 609,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.As of Tuesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 14,655,405, while the fatalities rose to 609,198, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

EU leaders resume talks on Covid recovery package, deal awaits approval -officials

European Union leaders will resume their negotiations on Europe's post-pandemic economic recovery package at 0315 GMT, a spokesman said on Twitter and several officials said a deal was ready and awaiting the leaders' approval.

Troubled Trump to relaunch coronavirus briefings, backs mask wearing

US President Donald Trump promised Monday to resume televised coronavirus briefings and finally spoke out in favor of mask-wearing - a marked change of tune as polls show him headed for election disaster. With only just over 100 days until the election against Democrat Joe Biden, Trump is scrambling to respond to public anger over his troubled months-long handling of the pandemic.

UN headquarters in New York starts phase one reopening

The United Nations headquarters in New York started its phase one reopening after it had remained physically close over the past four months to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. "Phase one means that no more than 400 people should be in headquarters at any given day," Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said at the noon briefing on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.

Read: Wave of promising study results raise hopes for coronavirus vaccines

Early data from trials of three potential Covid-19 vaccines released on Monday, including a closely-watched candidate from Oxford University, increased confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to recognize and fight the novel coronavirus without serious side effects.

Vietnam confirms 12 new coronavirus cases, all imported

Vietnam's health ministry on Tuesday reported 12 new coronavirus infections, all among citizens held in quarantine after coming back from Russia.The Southeast Asian country has not recorded any local transmission of the virus for more than three months after a successful programmes to contain the outbreak.