Coronavirus LIVE: Top Headlines This Hour

West Bengal reported the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases with 427 cases reported today. The total number of cases in the state is now at 7,303. the death toll is at 294 with 11 deaths reported today. 

Gujarat reported 35 deaths and 510 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. State tally rises to 19,119 including 13,011 cured/discharged and 1,190 deaths.

Bihar detected 47 more COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total number of cases to 4,598.

182 more COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir - 108 from the Kashmir division and 74 from the Jammu division. Total positive cases in the Union Territory stand at 3,324 including 2,202 active cases. 

Delhi reported 1,330 new COVID-19 positive cases, the total number of positive cases is now 26,334. The death toll stands at 708. There are 15,311 active cases.

Mumbai reports 1,150 new COVID-19 positive cases and 53 deaths. The total number of positive cases in Mumbai reaches 45,854. The death toll stands at 1,518.

Rajasthan reported 222 new COVID-19 positive cases till 8:30 pm today, taking the total number of cases to 10,084. The number of active cases stands at 2,507.

Karnataka reported 515 new COVID-19 positive cases from 5 pm yesterday to 5 pm today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 4,835 including 3,088 active cases. The death toll stands at 57.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state stands at 389 including 197 active cases and 183 recovered. The death toll is at 5. 

7 new cases of COVID-19 reported in ITBP in the last 24 hours. There are total of 31 active cases and 177 have recovered till date.

Total of 104 positive COVID-19 cases have been reported in Puducherry till date, of which 62 are active cases and 42 have been treated/discharged.

111 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the state today, taking the total number of cases to 1,697, of which 973 are active cases.

20 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Mumbai's Dharavi area today. The total number of positive cases in the area rises to 1,889, the death toll stands at 71.

12 deaths and 1,438 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Tamil Nadu today. "We are more transparent with the publication of the COVID bulletin. Tamil Nadu Govt is following all protocols of ICMR. There is no underplay in publishing data," said State Health Minister Dr C Vijaya Baskar.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Punjab is now 2461 with 46 new positive cases reported today. The death toll stands at 48.

In the last 24 hours, 502 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Uttar Pradesh. There are 3828 active cases in the state and 5,648 people have been cured/discharged. The death toll stands at 257.

Uttarakhand detects 46 more positive cases of COVID-19, taking total positive cases in the state to 1199. Active cases stand at 874 while 11 deaths have been reported so far. 

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Arunachal Pradesh reported one more COVID-19 infection, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 42 in a span of 12 days, a senior health
official said on Friday. The fresh case was reported from Namsai district late on Thursday, he said.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Andhra Pradesh is now 3427, with 50 new positive cases reported in the last 24 hours.

The death toll due to COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir rose to 36 as a woman died at a hospital here, officials said on Friday. The woman, a resident of the Batamaloo area of the city, died at SHMS Hospital on Thursday and her samples came back positive for COVID-19, they said.

According to the officials, the woman was brought to the hospital on Thursday morning and had many underlying ailments, including pneumonia.

With the latest fatality, the death toll due to coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the union territory has gone up to 36.

Five persons who returned to Mizoram recently tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 22, an official said.

Rajasthan reports 68 new COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total number of cases to 9930. Death toll stands at 213.

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Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Jharkhand stands at 843 including 447 active cases, 390 recovered and 6 deaths.

130 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Odisha, taking the total number of positive cases to 2608. The number of active cases stands at 1117.

Assam reported 42 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of people infected in the state to 2,115, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The state has witnessed a steep rise of 554 positive cases in the last two days, recording the biggest single-day spike of 285 new cases on Thursday. Of the 285 cases, 42 were detected late Thursday night and 243 through the day.

Thirty-eight of the new cases were reported from Dhubri and four from Darrang, the minister said. Forty-six more patients were discharged from various hospitals on Thursday, taking the total number of recovered patients to 459.

There are 1,649 active cases in the state at present, 459 people have recovered, four persons died and three migrated out of the state, he said.

Coronavirus cases in India have crossed 2.26 lakh mark taking positive patients toll to 2,26,770 including 1,10,960 active cases 1,09,462 recovered and 6,348 deaths, according to health ministry's figures released on Friday. READ MORE

China is reporting five new confirmed coronavirus cases, all of them brought by Chinese citizens from outside the country. No new deaths were reported Friday, continuing a trend stretching back weeks. Chinese officials say just 66 people remain in treatment and 299 more are under isolation and being monitoring as suspected cases.

China has reported 4,634 deaths among 83,027 cases since the virus was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.

China has drawn criticism of its initial handling of the outbreak and allegations it withheld crucial information, but it has repeatedly defended its record. On Thursday, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Beijing is committed to the “development of global public health.”

Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company will buy 1.85 per cent stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 9,093. 6 crore, RIL said on Friday.

RIL's Jio Platforms-Mubadala deal. 5 takeaways

1. The investment from Mubadala comes in Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.16 lakh crore.
2. Mubadala's investment will translate into a 1.85 per cent equity stake in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis.
3. Mubadala owns electronic chip manufacturing company Global Foundries and has stake in several technology companies like AMD.
4. The telecom services arm Reliance Jio comes under Jio Platforms
5. It has an investment portfolio across several fields, including petroleum, renewable energy, aerospace, satellite communications, agriculture, healthcare, metals and mining.

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Twenty Delhi Metro staff, staying in Delhi-NCR, have tested positive for COVID-19 till date, sources said on Thursday. Many Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials have been coming to office or to station premises to ensure smooth resumption of services, whenever the orders come from the government. Twenty Delhi Metro staff, living in Delhi and its neighbouring cities, have tested positive for COVID-19 till date, the sources said.

The DMRC on Thursday also put out a tweet, saying, "Along with the rest of the country, DMRC is also fighting the battle against COVID-19.
Delhi Metro's employees have shown exemplary resilience in reporting back to their duties to keep the Metro system in all readiness for eventual resumption of services. #DMRCFightsCOVID".

The tweet carried a poster showing the Metro girl, DMRC's mascot, wearing a mask and a pair of gloves.

The Lancet Medical Journal said that after the study was published “several concerns were made with respect to the veracity of the data” involved. The study claimed patients taking hydroxychloroquine faced higher mortality rates, causing trials of the drug as a treatment for COVID-19 to be halted. A third-party peer review of the paper was unable to gain access to all the data required and its author requested it be retracted. WHO has since resumed trials of the drug.

Hello and welcome to today's live coverage of coronavirus news in India and across the world, with me, Rashi Hardaha and my colleagues Himanshu Shekhar, Shashwat  Bhandari, Vani Mehrotra, Priya Jaiswal,  Sidhant Mamtany and Sushmita Panda. You can get in touch with us directly on twitter ​@rashihardaha, @himaanshus, @ShashBhandari​ @vani_mehrotra​ @priyajais, @SidMamtany, and @sushmitapanda for news, tips, photos, questions and comments.

Here's a quick overview: 

The total number of global cases has surpassed 6.6 million, including more than 393,000 fatalities. More than 3,244,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Deaths by country:

• United States- 1,10,173
• Brazil- 34,039
• Italy- 33,689
• Spain- 27,133
• France- 29,065
• United Kingdom- 39,904
• Belgium - 9,548

Coronavirus in India: Total COVID-19 positive cases cross 216,000-mark
Coronavirus Death Toll in India: As of Thursday evening, the death toll stood at 6,075