Breaking News July 10, 2020 | As it happened

WHO chief Dr Tedros Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned Dharavi to drive home point that even when coronavirus outbreak is intense, it can be brought under control.

Today the world recorded 12 million cases. In the last 6 weeks cases have more than doubled: Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) MP from Rajasthan's Nagaur writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to declare locust attack a national calamity and provide relief to the farmers.

Discussions, consultations, and dissent in a political party are an entirely internal and sometimes regular phenomenon.These issues will be solved by party&concerned leaders through dialogue.Patience&restraint are required for it: Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli in his televised address to the nation

A 25-year-old junior resident doctor lost his life after he jumped from 10th floor of the hostel building. The incident took place in the morning. The doctor succumbed to his injuries in the evening.

Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu has also reacted on Vikas Dubey's encounter. The actress wrote on Twitter, "Wow! We did not expect this at all !!!! And then they say our Bollywood stories are far from reality."Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu has also reacted on the Vikas Dubey encounter saying, "... We did not expect this at all."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated 750 MW Solar Power Plant -- Asia's largest -- set up at Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, via video conferencing.

An Army man was killed in a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said.

Pakistan troops opened fire and shelled forward posts along the LoC in Nowshera sector in the early hours.

An Army personnel suffered injuries and was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to injuries, they added.

Officials said Indian troops guarding the borderline retaliated, resulting in exchanges.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted his senior Cabinet colleague Rajnath Singh on his birthday, saying he is at the forefront of efforts to build a strong and secure India. Singh, who holds the Defence portfolio, turned 69 on Friday.

"Birthday wishes to Shri Rajnath SinghJi. Rajnath Ji's wisdom is greatly beneficial to the government," Modi wrote on Twitter.

India reports 475 deaths and the highest single-day spike of 26,506 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The overall death toll in the country has risen to  21,604 while the number of recovered patients has gone up to 4,95,512. India currently has 2,76,685 active COVID-19 cases.

India has the third-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world after the United States (30,54,695) and Brazil (17,13,160).

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Over 7.24 lakh tests for coronavirus have been conducted in the national capital till Thursday, according to official data of the Delhi government. As many as 12,750 rapid antigen tests were conducted in the last 24 hours while 9,719 RT-PCR tests were carried out during the same time, the data said.

The national capital has conducted 38,113 tests per million population, it added. Since June 18, when COVID-19 testing through the rapid-antigen method started, over three lakh tests have been conducted in Delhi -- around 17,000 tests per day.

Over 45 percent of the tests for coronavirus here were conducted after the government commenced testing through the rapid-antigen methodology in and around containment zones of the city.

Nearly two lakh people have been tested through the antigen kits, according to the Delhi government's health bulletin.

A 41-year-old police sub-inspector (PSI) who had tested positive for coronavirus died at a hospital in the city on Thursday, an official said.

So far 45 personnel of the city police have died due to the virus infection.

The PSI was attached to Vikhroli police station. A resident of neighbouring Thane district, he is survived by wife and two children, the official said.

Telangana on Thursday reported 1,410 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths, taking the total infection count to 30,946 and the toll to 331. As many as 918 of the cases were from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits, followed by Ranga Reddy and Sangareddy districts with 125 and 79 cases respectively.

Hello and welcome to today's live coverage of coronavirus news in India and across the world, with me, Vani Mehrotra and my colleagues Himanshu Shekhar, Shashwat  Bhandari, Priya Jaiswal and Sidhant Mamtany. You can get in touch with us directly on twitter​​ ​​@himaanshus, @ShashBhandari​ @vani_mehrotra​ @priyajais and @SidMamtany for news, tips, photos, questions and comments. Stay tuned to Indiatvnews.com (@indiatvnews) for all the latest updates on what's happening around the world. 

Here's a quick overview: 

The total number of global cases has surpassed 12.3 million, including more than 5,557,000 fatalities. More than 7,186,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Total positive cases country-wise: