Coronavirus LIVE Updates: The mayor of Thiruvananthapuram is in self-quarantine after seven of the city's Municipal Coroporation Councillors tested positive for Covid-19.
India's death toll today crossed the 30,000 mark, taking the sixth position on world chart. India's mortality rate is 2.38%, while the world average is 4.07%.
Bodies of at least 50 deceased Covid-19 patients were burnt in mass cremation in Hyderabad due to 'lack of transportation and issues with manpower'. A video of the lit up pyres in Erragadda crematorium has created outrage among residents.
The Telangana Health Department has, however, clarified that the bodies were of Covid-19 patients who died over a period of more than three days and not on single day.
Here are the latest updates on coronavirus:
* Actions undertaken by financial sector regulators and the government to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 eased operational constraints and helped in maintaining market integrity and resilience in the face of severe risk aversion, the RBI says in the 21st issue of its Financial Stability Report.
* Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro refused to let his case of coronavirus keep him down Thursday, going for a spin on a motorcycle and chatting maskless with a team of groundskeepers outside the presidential palace. Bolsonaro, 65, has been in quarantine at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia since testing positive for the new coronavirus on July 7. He had to cancel upcoming travel plans after a new test came back positive again Wednesday.
* More than 15 million cases of coronavirus have now been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO), and almost 620,000 deaths. While all countries have been affected, almost 2/3 of all cases globally, are from 10 countries, and almost half are from just three countries.
* Uttar Pradesh health minister Jai Pratap Singh has tested positive for coronavirus after he complained of mild fever. Tests have now been conducted on his family members. Their reports will come tomorrow.
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