Coronavirus live updates: Total number of Coronavirus cases in India stands at 1,964,536

Tests and mask for U.S. health chief on Taiwan visit , reports Reuters

Philippine economy dives into recession in worst slump on record as economic activity is hammered by one of the world’s longest and strictest coronavirus lockdowns (Reuters)

Ten more patients die, Odisha Covid toll rises to 235, says health department

Number of deaths of Covid patients due to non-Covid reasons increases to 45 after another death.

In the highest single day spike, 1,699 more test positive for Covid-19, raising total positive cases in Odisha to 40,717, says state health department

Total 25738 patients have recovered while the state has 14699 active positive cases,

Ukraine daily new coronavirus cases hit record high of 1,318, reports Reuters quoting security council

539 new Covid-19 positive cases reported in Rajasthan till 10:30am today, says Rajasthan health departement (ANI)

Total in the state rises to 48,383. Death toll mounts to 753 & 34,318 recovered in the state so far.

56,282 new cases push India's Covid-19 count to 19,64,536; death toll mounts to 40,699

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 2,21,49,351 samples have been tested up to August 5 with 6,64,949 samples being tested on Wednesday.The fatality rate has further dropped to 2.07 per cent. This is the eighth consecutive day that Covid-19 cases have increased by more than 50,000. Read full story

13 deaths and 2,092 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Telangana

Total no of cases mounts to 73,050 of which 20,358 are active cases.

Vietnam to open makeshift COVID-19 hospital as cases surge in Danang, reports AFP

The city is converting a sports complex into a 2000-bed hospital to treat COVID-19 patients. The city has reported more than 180 cases since July 25. It recorded its first coronavirus death on July 31.

The total number of Coronavirus cases in India reached, 1,964,536

Of these 59,5501 are active cases, 1,32,8336 people have been discharged and 40,699 people have lost their lives.

New York City to implement quarantine check points at key entry points, reports Reuters

Coronavirus in US Congress: 15 members have tested or been presumed positive, reports Reuters

Republican congressman Rodney Davis says he has Covid-19

The total number of Covid-19 samples tested up to August 5, is 2,21,49,351 including 6,64,949 samples tested yesterday, says Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (ANI)

Covid is claiming 1 life every 15 seconds; global toll tops 7 lakh

Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from Covid-19 on average, according to Reuters calculations based on data from the past two weeks. That equates to 247 people per hour, or one person every 15 seconds. Latin America surpassed Europe on Tuesday to become the region with the highest novel coronavirus death toll. The region has now recorded more than 2,06,000 deaths, approximately 30% of the global total. Read full story

Anthony Fauci expects tens of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses at start of 2021, reports Reuters

US adds 1,262 more deaths to its Covid-19 toll in the past 24 hours, Johns Hopkins University reports (AFP)

The US has now recorded 4,818,328 total cases and 157,930 deaths, making it by far the worst-hit country in the world.

Brazil's Covid-19 cases rise to 2,859,073, reports ANI

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 57,152 to 2,859,073 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Wednesday. The death toll has risen by 1,437 to 97,256 people within the same period of time.

Mexico health ministry reports 6,139 new coronavirus cases, 829 more deaths: Reuters

Mexico's health ministry on Wednesday reported 6,139 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 829 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 456,100 cases and 49,698 deaths.