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The total number of COVID-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh rises to 1,664; active cases stand at 560.

Uttarakhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,849 on Tuesday with 210 more people testing positive, according to a state health department bulletin.

A 7-day lockdown will be enforced in municipal limits of Raipur and Birgaon in Chhattisgarh from Wednesday during which only essential activities will be
allowed, officials said. A similar lockdown will be in place in twenty other urban bodies, including three municipal corporations of four districts, an official said.

The Karnataka government has hiked the salaries of doctors under the National Health Mission (NHM) to Rs 45,000 per month, said a Minister on Tuesday.

"NHM doctors' salary hike to Rs 45,000 per month, state government to bear the cost," said Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar.

Widespread rains lashed Haryana and many parts of neighbouring Punjab on Tuesday, causing maximum temperatures to drop sharply, the Meteorological Department in Chandigarh said.

Kerala on Tuesday reported 720 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the number of infected people in the state to 13,994, while 1,62,444 people are under observation in the state.

The coronavirus tally in Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi surpassed the 2,500-mark on Tuesday with the addition of 10 new cases, the city civic body said. According to a senior BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) official, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the slum-dominated area rose to 2,502 with 10 new infections.

He said Dharavi now has 151 active COVID-19 cases, while the number of recovered patients stood at 2,101.

India's COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped significantly to 2.43 per cent from 3.36 per cent on June 17 due to effective clinical management of coronavirus cases, the Centre said on Tuesday, asserting the country has handled the pandemic "relatively well".

Gold prices rose by Rs 192 to Rs 50,214 per 10 gram in the national capital on Tuesday following rally in international prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 50,022 per 10 gram.

Silver prices also jumped Rs 1,832 to Rs 56,441 per kg from Rs 54,609 per kg in the previous trade.

Shooting further up with the addition of nearly 5,000 cases, Andhra Pradeshs COVID-19 tally touched 55,773 while the state saw 62 deaths, the highest in a day so far, on Tuesday. The latest bulletin said 1,232 patients also got cured and discharged from hospitals as the cumulative recoveries rose to 22,896.
The state now has 32,119 active cases.

The COVID-19 toll in the state now stood at 758 with 62 fresh deaths.

The Ballia district administration on Tuesday extended the lockdown in the district headquarters and adjoining areas till July 26 amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases.

Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which they say generates antibodies that "potently neutralise" the novel coronavirus in mice and primates with a single immunisation.

Singapore reported 399 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a large majority of them from the dormitories of foreign workers, which have emerged as the main virus hotspots in the country.

With no deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the coronavirus death toll in the island nation remained at 27 with 48,434 confirmed cases.

A fresh spell of heavy rains lashed the national capital on Tuesday, inundating low-lying areas and affecting traffic movement in parts of the city.

Nepal will resume domestic and international flight operations starting from August 17, over four months after they were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A wall near Har Ki Pauri collapsed in an incident of a lightning strike in Haridwar last night. No injuries reported.

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Pakistan reported 1,013 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, its lowest daily infection count in more than two and a half months, taking the nation-wide tally to 2,66,095 cases.

COVID-19 cases reach 1,641 in Himachal Pradesh; active cases stand at 547

The death toll due to COVID-19 in Odisha crossed the 100-mark on Tuesday, with six more fatalities taking the total to 103, a health department official said. At least 647 more people have tested positive for the disease, pushing the tally to 18,757, he said.

Lucknow Police has announced a reward of Rs 20,000 for providing information related to whereabouts of Vikas Dubey's brother Deep Prakash Dubey. Deep Prakash is absconding since #KanpurEncounter: Prashant Kumar, UP ADG Law & Order.

Villages in West Garo Hills have been flooded following rainfall in the region; normal life disrupted.

Spike of 37,148 cases and 587 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours. Total COVID-19 positive cases stand at 11,55,191 including 4,02,529 active cases, 7,24,578 cured/discharged/migrated and 28084 deaths

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Severe waterlogging near Indraprastha Metro Station following heavy rainfall in parts of the national capital tonight.

Severe waterlogging in parts of Muzaffarpur following incessant rainfall in the district in Bihar

Hello and welcome to today's live coverage of coronavirus news in India and across the world, with me, Sushmita Panda and my colleagues Himanshu Shekhar, Shashwat  Bhandari, Vani Mehrotra, Priya Jaiswal,  Sidhant Mamtany and Rashi Hardaha. You can get in touch with us directly on twitter ​​@sushmitapanda, @himaanshus, @ShashBhandari​ @vani_mehrotra​ @priyajais, @SidMamtany, and  @rashihardaha 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 14.8 million, including more than 613,000 fatalities. More than 8,906,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Total positive cases country-wise: