Coronavirus live updates: Tamil Nadu lockdown extended till September 30, announces CM Palaniswami

Andaman & Nicobar reports 23 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 3,104 including 473 active cases, 45 deaths and 2,586 recoveries: Union Territory Health Department

272 new Covid-19 cases reported in Madhya Pradesh's Indore today, taking the total number of cases in the district to 12,992. Death toll in the district stands at 393: Chief Medical and Health Officer, Indore district

District administrations will arrange free transportation for JEE Mains & NEET candidates to and from their examination centres. One person can travel with each candidate, if they want: Madhya Pradesh government

Number of Covid-19 cases reaches 5,945 in Himachal Pradesh out of which 1,460 cases are active: State Health Department

French virus surge threatens nationwide back-to-school plan

Not all French classrooms can safely reopen Tuesday, the country's education minister acknowledged Sunday, as a persistent rise in coronavirus infections jeopardizes the government's push to get France's 12.9 million schoolchildren back into class this week. Like many governments around the world, France and Britain want to reopen schools starting Tuesday to reduce the learning gaps between rich and poor students that were worsened by the virus lockdown this spring, and to get parents back to work and revive the ailing economy.

Around 30 pc non-resident Covid-19 patients admitted to Delhi hospitals in Aug: Govt data

Around 30 per cent of the coronavirus patients admitted to Delhi hospitals in August were from other states, according to government data. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in June, had predicted an exponential rise in the number of coronavirus cases in the national capital and decided to reserve beds in Delhi government-run hospitals only for city residents. But, the decision was overturned by Lt Governor Anil Baijal.

78,761 new cases take India's Covid-19 count to 35,42,734

With a spike of 78,761 new cases, India's Covid-19 tally crossed 35-lakh mark, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Sunday.The country reported 948 deaths in the last 24 hours.A total of 35,42,734 coronavirus cases have been reported in the country, as per MoHFW, which includes 7,65,302 active cases, 27,13,934 cured/discharged/migrated and 63,498 fatalities.

Madhya Pradesh government to transport candidates appearing in NEET and JEE exams, from block/district headquarters to their exam centres for free, says CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

104 Covid-19 patients were discharged after treatment through Plasma Therapy in Odisha today, says State Health and Family Welfare Department

1,170 new Covid-19 cases in Nashik, tally reaches 36,490

The count of Covid-19 cases in Nashik district of Maharashtra reached 36,490 on Sunday with a single-day addition of 1,170 such patients, health officials said.The virus claimed six more lives, which took the death toll in the district to 862, they said.

Hyderabad: Masjid-e-Mustafa in Rajendra Nagar turned into community health care centre, during Covid-19 pandemic.

Mosque Imam says, "A portion of the mosque is being run as a community health care centre especially for women & children. Treatment&medicines provided free of cost."

3,308 Covid-19 patients recover in West Bengal; state reports 3,019 new infections, 50 fresh deaths: Health Department

30 deaths and 1,237 new positive reported in Mumbai today. The total number of positive cases is now 1,44,626 including 20,325 active cases, 1,16,351 recoveries and 7,623 deaths: Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai

Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Mishra turns down Supreme Court Bar Association invite for a farewell function to be organised ahead of his retirement on Sept 2.

Justice Mishra says, my conscience doesn't permit me to participate any farewell function, due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid-19 tally in Punjab rises to 52,526 with 1,689 fresh cases; 56 more fatalities push death toll to 1,404: Medical bulletin

3,019 new Covid-19 cases, 3,308 recovered cases & 50 deaths reported in West Bengal today. Total number of Covid cases stands at 1,59,785 in the state, including 25,657 active cases, 1,30,952 discharged cases & 3,176 deaths so far: Department of Health, Govt of West Bengal

Haryana reported 1,295 Covid-19 cases, 909 discharges and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, total cases rise to 63,282 including 51,620 discharges and 682 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 10,980: State Health Department

Tamil Nadu's Covid-19 case tally now at 4.22 lakh with 6,495 fresh infections and 94 deaths reported today. Actives cases-52,721, discharged cases- 3,62,133; death toll 7,231: State Government

Multiplex Association, filmmakers request Centre to open cinema halls

Several Bollywood producers, actors along with the Multiplex Association of India (MAI) on Sunday urged the Centre to open the cinema halls, which have remained shut amid the coronavirus pandemic. The country went into lockdown from March 25 to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The government started unlocking in phase-wise manner from June with opening up of domestic travel, offices, markets, shopping complexes, etc in non-containment zones.

French tennis player Benoit Paire tested positive for the coronavirus and was removed from the US Open field, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Sunday.