Covid LIVE: TN extends lockdown till July 31 with few more relaxations

Coronavirus LIVE updates: India has recorded a spike of 38,949 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 31,026,829, according to MoHFW. The death count increased to 412,531 with 542 new fatalities, the data showed.

Kerala reported 13,773 new infections, Maharashtra 8,010, followed by Tamil Nadu (2,405), Karnataka (1,977), Andhra Pradesh (2,526), West Bengal (891) and Delhi (72).

From the northeastern states, Assam reported 1,992 new cases and Manipur 796.

The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (6,189,257), Kerala (3,117,083), Karnataka (2,878,564), Tamil Nadu (2,528,806), and Andhra Pradesh (1,932,105).

World coronavirus update: Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with 189,693,153 confirmed cases and 4,082,510 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 34,883,325 cases, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and France. 

To read updates from our yesterday's blog, click here