Coronavirus live updates: India's recovery rate jumps to 72.51%

82 deaths and 1,829 positive cases reported in the last 24 hours in Pune district

The death toll rises to 3,104 while total positive cases are 127,026

930 new cases reported in Madhya Pradesh today, taking the total number of cases to 46, 385

Figure includes 10,232 active cases and 35,025 discharged cases

355 newcases reported in Goa today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 11,994

Figure includes 3,825 active cases, 8,058 recovered cases and 111 deaths

The number of Covid-19 positive patients in Himachal Pradesh is 4,174 including 1,281 active cases, 2,834 recovered and 17 deaths, reports ANI quoting state government

Uttarakhand reports 6 more Covid-19 deaths, 319 fresh cases

887 new cases and 12 deaths reported in Haryana today

Total number of cases now 48,040 and death toll 550. Active cases stand at 6,880

6,317 new cases (including 2,053 cases from Bengaluru Urban) and 115 deaths reported in Karnataka today

The total number of cases rises to 2,33,283 including 80,643 active cases, 1,48,562 discharges and 4,062 deaths

Twenty Uttar Pradesh Assembly staff members test positive for coronavirus ahead of session: Speaker

Record 3,088 new cases take West Bengal's tally to over 1.19 lakh; toll rises to 2,473 with 45 more fatalities

Boxer Sarita Devi tests positive for coronavirus

Delhi reports 787 new COVID19 cases, 740 discharges/recoveries and 18 deaths

Total number of cases now at 1,53,367 including 1,38,301 recovered/discharged/migrated cases, 10,852 active cases and 4,214 deaths

Goa: 28 inmates and five staff of Colvale Central Jail have tested positive

Harish Rawat booked for violating COVID guidelines

A case has been registered against former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat, three Congress legislators and 150 others for allegedly violating coronavirus guidelines and holding a protest in Haridwar district, police said on Monday. Rawat led a bullock cart rally from Dhandera to Landhaura near Roorkee on Independence Day to raise the issue of dilapidated condition of roads, especially NH-58 that links Uttarakhand with Delhi. A large number of people had gathered for the rally violating social distancing norms and COVID-19 guidelines, SSP Senthil Avudai Krishna Raj said.

Maharashtra Covid-19 tally tops 6 lakh to reach 604,358 with 8,493 new cases; 228 deaths take toll to 20,265

1,492 new cases and 51 deaths reported today in Punjab

The total cases in the state rise to 32,695 including 862 deaths and 20,180 patients discharged. Active cases stand at 11,653

The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration meets leading domestic vaccine manufactures

Representatives from Serum Institute of India, Pune; Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad; Zydus Cadila, Ahmedabad; Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, Pune; and Biological E, Hyderabad were present

Covid-19 has given chance to structurally re-imagine public health infrastructure: Harsh Vardhan

"This pandemic has given us a chance to revisit and structurally re-imagine a robust public health infrastructure for our country," Vardhan was quoted as saying by a statement. Citing India's successful approach in containing and curing this novel health risk, he lauded the country's capacity to turn government schemes into a broader social movement that saw “the complete eradication of small-pox and polio from a time when India contributed 60 per cent of the global cases of polio".

Gujarat in 24 hours added 1,033 positive cases, taking the total to 79,816

The state also recorded deaths of 15 patients, taking the death toll to 2,802. he deaths include three each from Ahmedabad and Surat, two each from Morbi, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Vadodara, and one from Gir Somnath.