Coronavirus live updates: India's Covid-19 count climbs up to 15.31 lakh with 768 deaths in last 24 hours

Nagpur: Number of Covid-19 positive deaths in the district increased to 100 on Wednesday. The district had registered 25 deaths in 112 days between March 11 and June 30 and 75 in just 29 days of July.

11 people, including 6 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and a policeman, have tested positive for Covid-19 in Mizoram, taking the state's tally to 395: Official

Existing guidelines say that if any patient’s antigen test is negative but has symptoms, RT-PCR test must be done on him. I directed the officers today to ensure strict compliance of these guidelines: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

48,513 new Covid-19 cases and 768 deaths reported across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 15,31,669 till date : Ministry of Health

India's Covid-19 tally crosses 15-lakh mark

India's Covid-19 tally went past 15 lakh on Wednesday, two days after it crossed the 14-lakh mark, with 48,513 fresh cases recorded in a day while the recoveries surged to 9,88,029, according to the Union health ministry data. The total coronavirus cases climbed to 15,31,669, while the country's death toll due to the disease rose to 34,193 with 768 deaths being reported in a 24-hour span, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Complete lockdown on weekends in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Three more staff tested positive in Raj Bhavan in Tamil Nadu. Following doctor's advice for seven days isolation, TN governor Banwarilal Purohit has kept himself in isolation. He is fit and healthy: Raj Bhavan

328 fresh Covid-19 cases reported in Rajasthan today till 8.30am. The total number of cases in the state is now 38,964 including 10,745 active cases, 27,569 recovered cases and 650 deaths: State Health Department

1068 new Covid-19 cases reported in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 29,175. The number of recovered cases is 18,060 and active cases are 10,920: State Health Department

Colaba Police has registered a case against a Sudan national who had tested Covid-19 positive and is now absconding. He was staying at a lodge in Colaba. A case has also been registered against the lodge owner: Mumbai Police

First Covid-19 death reported in Manipur's Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal.

The patient had multiple co-morbidities: Prof. Ch. Arunkumar Singh, Medical Superintendent, RIMS Hospital, Imphal

Trump defends use of hydroxychloroquine, says it works in early stages of Covid-19 infection

US President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, saying many frontline medical workers agree with him that the malaria drug works in the early stages of Covid-19 infection, despite mounting evidence that it is ineffective in treating the disease.

1,77,43,740 samples tested for Covid-19 in India till July 28: ICMR

A total of 1,77,43,740 samples for Covid-19 were tested across the country as of Tuesday, said the Indian Council of Medical Research."The total number of Covid-19 samples tested up to July 28 is 1,77,43,740 including 4,08,855 samples tested yesterday," said the ICMR in a bulletin shared on Twitter.

UP: Noida Stadium reopens for athletes, public with curtailed timings after staying closed for more than four months due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

With 5,09,447 active cases, India's Covid tally has increased to 1,531,669 cases. As many as 9,88,029 have been discharged from the hospitals, while 34,193 have died due the infection.