9.17 am: India’s coronavirus count rises to 66,23,815 as the country reports 74,422 new cases in the last 24 hours. India’s toll goes up b...

9.17 am: India’s coronavirus count rises to 66,23,815 as the country reports 74,422 new cases in the last 24 hours. India’s toll goes up by 903 to 1,02,685. So far, more than 55 lakh people have recovered from the virus in India. The recovery rate is around 84% now.
9.14 am: US health experts criticise Trump’s “stunt” of waving at supporters, reports Bloomsberg. “Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days,” says James Phillips, chief of disaster medicine at George Washington University. “They might get sick. They may die. For political theatre. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theatre. This is insanity.”
8.59 am: Mexico’s confirmed coronavirus cases rises to 7,61,665 with 3,712 new cases while the toll stands at 79,088.
8.58 am: India has exceeded 140 tests per day per million population as advised by the World Health Organisation by nearly 6 times, says the health ministry.
8.57 am: No new case was reported in Mizoram in the last 24 hours. The state’s tally stands at 2,120 including 313 active cases.
The #COVID19 tally in Mizoram stands at 2120, including 1807 discharges. Active cases stand at 313. No new cases reported in the last 24 hours: Department...