Breaking news: June 20, 2020 | As it happened

178 new COVID-19 positive cases and 4 deaths have been reported in Jharkhand till 10 PM today. The total number of cases stand at 5,777 including 2,889 active cases and 53 deaths.

2,601 COVID-19 positive cases and 44 deaths reported in the last 24 hours in Pune district. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the district is 54,013, death toll 1,387.

956 new COVID-19 positive cases and 9 deaths have been reported in Rajasthan till 8:30 PM today. The total number of cases rise to 30,390 including 7,627 active cases and 568 deaths.

710 new COVID-19 positive cases and 17 deaths have been reported in Madhya Pradesh today. The total number of cases rise to 23,310 including 6,888 active cases and 738 deaths.

751 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir today, 240 from Jammu division and 511 from Kashmir division. The total number of cases stands at 14,650. The death toll rises to 254 after 10 deaths were reported today.

West Bengal recorded 2,282 new COVID-19 positive cases and 35 deaths today. The total number of cases rise to 44,769 including 17,204 active cases, 26,418 discharged cases, and 1,147 deaths.

954 new COVID-19 positive cases, 1784 recovered/discharged/migrated and 35 deaths reported in Delhi today. The total number of positive cases now rises to 1,23,747 including 1,04,918 recovered/discharged/migrated and 3,663 deaths.

Condition of Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Lal Ji Tandon is critical, he is on a ventilator, said Medical Director of Medanta Lucknow.

Kerala reported 794 new COVID-19 cases today, taking active cases to 7,611. A total of 5,618 patients have been discharged so far in the state.

4,985 new COVID-19 positive cases and 70 deaths have been reported in Tamil Nadu today. Total number of cases rise to 1,75,678  including 51,348 active cases and 2,551 deaths.

22 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Chandigarh today, taking the total number of cases to 739. The number of active cases are now at 209.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Himachal Pradesh stands at 1,561 including 473 active cases, 1,062 recoveries and 9 deaths.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar met Union Home Minister Amit Shah today and discussed several issues of the state.

In the last 24 hours, 4,074 new COVID-19 positive cases and 54 deaths have been reported in Andhra Pradesh. The total number of cases rise to 53,724 including 28,800 active cases, 24,228 discharged cases, and 696 deaths.

An unidentified man's body with a severely disfigured head was found along a road in Noida on Monday, police said. Passersby spotted the body along a service road in Sector 94 police post area and alerted the police around 9.30 am

Singapore reported 123 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 112 foreign workers living in dormitories, the health ministry said. The rest 11 cases include five Singaporeans and six permanent residents (foreigners).

75-year old woman succumbed to COVID-19 in Puducherry while 93 fresh cases were reported on Monday taking the overall tally in the union territory to 2,092, the Health department said.

India saw a record single-day jump of 40,425 COVID-19 cases, pushing its tally past the 11-lakh mark on Monday, while the total number of recoveries crossed 7 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The entire Thiruvananthapuram Corporation continues to be under strict lockdown upto the midnight of 28th July in view of COVID-19.

Six more people have lost their lives in flood-related incidents in Assam, taking the death toll to 84

Water enters houses after incessant rainfall in the state capital, normal life affected; Visuals from Kadamkuna area in Patna.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain to join work from today after recovering from COVID-19

Congress leader Aslam Sheikh tweeted: "This is to inform that I’ve tested positive for COVID-19. I’m currently asymtomatic and isolating myself. I request all those who have come in close contact with me to get themselves tested. I will continue to work from home to serve the people of my state."

Postmortem report of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey states 'hemorrhage and shock due to ante-mortem firearm injuries' as the cause of his death. He was wanted in Kanpur Encounter case and was killed in a Police encounter on July 10th.

Critical early-stage human trial data on Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine will be published today, according to the Lancet medical journal

India's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin got a nod from the AIIMS Ethics Committee on Saturday to start human trials from Monday. AIIMS-Delhi is among the 12 sites selected by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for conducting phase I and II human trials of Covaxin. In phase I, the vaccine would be tested on 375 volunteers and a maximum of 100 of them would be from AIIMS.

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Here's a quick overview: 

The total number of global cases has surpassed 14.4 million, including more than 604,000 fatalities. More than 8,611,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Total positive cases country-wise: