Breaking News July 9, 2020 | As it happened

Uttar Pradesh Government imposes lockdown in the State from 10 pm tomorrow till 5 am on 13th July. All offices, markets and commercial establishments will remain closed. However, essential services will be allowed. Trains will continue to operate.

500 COVID-19 positive cases, 9 deaths, 204 recovered and 219 recovered till 8:30 PM today in Rajasthan. The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 22,563 including 491 deaths, 17,070 recovered and 16,712 discharged: State Health Department

Uttar Pradesh government has imposed a lockdown from July 10 to July 13

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1,410 COVID-19 positive cases, 7 deaths and 913 discharged in Telangana today. The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 30,946 including 331 deaths and 18,192 discharged: Government of Telangana

Central government said that number of active coronavirus cases has exceeded number of active cases by 2,06,588. The recovery rate among Covid-19 patients has increased to 62 per cent.

RK Jenamani, Senior Scientist told ANI that moderate rains were expected in Delhi. However, he warned that the city and surrounding areas may see thunderstorms starting tonight.

"As on 8th July 2020, against a total number of 6,61,352 persons who registered their request with our Missions abroad for repatriation to India, over 5,80,000 have returned under this mission," said MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava. He was quoted by ANI.

Rain lashes parts of Ludhiana in Punjab. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted generally cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers in the city for today.

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Thursday.

• Odisha reports highest single-day spike of 577 COVID-19 cases as state's tally reaches 11,201.
• Domestic cricket will only happen when travelling is safe, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly says.
• Pakistan's coronavirus cases cross 2,40,000-mark.
• Bangladesh plans to hold incomplete season of DPL in two venues.
• India saw a record single-day surge of 24,879 COVID-19 cases taking the caseload to 7,67,296 on Thursday, with Maharashtra, TN, Karnataka, Delhi, Telangana, UP, and AP contributing to around 75 per cent of the new cases, Union Health Ministry data says.
• With diamond units closed in Surat in view of the COVID-19 outbreak, a number of workers employed in these units are leaving the Gujarat city every day as they are now left with no source of income.
• America's top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci says he is cautiously optimistic over the results from the current clinical trials and the possibility of developing a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of this year or early next year.
• Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi tested negative for coronavirus on Thursday.
• Three girls make paintings to raise funds for COVID-19 battle.
• India's COVID-19 tally climbs to 7,67,296.
• Goa Board may reduce syllabus to make up for academic loss.
• A fault in a key transmission line has disrupted power supply in three districts of
• Arunachal Pradesh since Sunday afternoon, posing a serious challenge for the authorities to manage COVID-19 care centres, a minister has said.
• The Ayurvedic practitioners and researchers in India and the US are planning to initiate joint clinical trials for Ayurveda formulations against the novel coronavirus.
• Harvard and MIT file lawsuit against ICE rule on international students.
• New visa regulations likely to cause uncertainties and difficulties for some Indian students, official says.
• US lawmakers seek probe into efforts made by Chinese government to exploit COVID-19 outbreak.
• The US is considering additional actions against China, the White House says.

At least two people, including a child, were killed while 18 others went missing as several houses were swept away by floods triggered by incessant rain in Nepal’s Sindhupalchowk district on Thursday

Dr. Harsh Vardhan said: "During our discussions today, experts again stated that there is no community transmission in India. There may be some localised pockets where transmission is high but as a country, there's no community transmission."

Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi tested negative for coronavirus on Thursday, a day after an employee of the Raj Nivas here was found to be infected with the virus.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with representatives from Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) based Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

Punjab: Light drizzle in Amritsar this morning. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted generally cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers in the city for today.

Gangster Vikas Dubey, wanted in connection with the Kanpur ambush in which eight policemen were killed, was on Thursday arrested at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh

India reports the highest single-day spike of 24879 new COVID-19 cases and 487 deaths in the last 24 hours. Positive cases stand at 767296 including 269789 active cases, 476378 cured/discharged/migrated and 21129 deaths

Ayurvedic practitioners and researchers in India and the US are planning to initiate joint clinical trials for Ayurveda formulations against the novel coronavirus

A huge fire broke out at a logistics godown here in Mundka on Wednesday night, officials said. At least 34 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to control the blaze.

Thunderstorm with rain would occur over and adjoining areas of Shamli, Muzaffarnagar (of Uttar Pradesh) during the next 2 hours

Prabhat Mishra, one of the 3 men who was arrested yesterday, is dead after he was shot at by police while he tried to escape custody

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Seventy-eight people tested positive for COVID-19 in Jharkhand on Wednesday, taking the state's infection tally to 3,134, a government bulletin said. Of the total 3,134 COVID-19 cases, 942 are active

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Here's a quick overview: 

The total number of global cases has surpassed 12.1 million, including more than 5551,000 fatalities. More than 7,021,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Total positive cases country-wise: