Coronavirus LIVE: US reports 100,000 fresh cases for 26 days on the trot

Coronavirus LIVE updates: India's coronavirus caseload inched close to 9.4 million with 41,810 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease crossed 8.8 million-mark, pushing the national recovery rate to 93.71 per cent.  The country's Covid-19 death toll has risen to 136,705.

At 1,808,550, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 881,086, Andhra Pradesh 866,000, Tamil Nadu 777,616 and Kerala 587,578. Delhi recorded 5,482 fresh Covid-19 cases in a day, while 98 more fatalities linked to the disease pushed the city's death toll to 8,909.

World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 62,573,187. While 43,193,984 have recovered, 1,458,305 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 13,608,696 cases, and 271,025 have died from the disease there. It is followed by India, which has 9,390,791 cases, Brazil (6,290,272), Russia (2,242,633), France (2,208,699).

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