Coronavirus LIVE: India tally nears 10.1 million; global cases past 78 mn

Coronavirus live updates: With 19,174 fresh Covid-19 cases, India's caseload now stands at 10,099,303. The country's death toll has mounted to 146,476. With 1,902,458 cases, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 911,382, Andhra Pradesh 879,339, Tamil Nadu 809,014, and Kerala 713,000.
 

At least 20 passengers from the UK tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday as the government issued a stringent set of SOPs mandating RT-PCR tests at airports for each traveller from the country and isolation in a separate unit of an institutional facility for positive cases in view of the new coronavirus strain.
 

World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 78,306,500. While 55,076,291 have recovered, 1,722,322 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 18,645,630 cases, and 330,317 have died from the disease there. It is followed by India, which has 10,099,303 cases, Brazil (7,320,020), Russia (2,906,503), France (2,490,946).
 

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