Breaking news: July 16, 2020 | As it happened

13 new positive cases reported in Himachal Pradesh today, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 1,377 including 382 active cases, 971 recovered, and 9 deaths.

Haryana Government allows state government employees with physical disabilities of 50 percent or above and also those who are totally vision impaired to work from home.

Telangana's COVID-19 case tally rises to 41,018 with 1,676 new cases reported today. So far, 27,295 patients have recovered/ discharged. Death toll is 396.

207 new COVID-19 positive cases and 4 deaths reported in Jharkhand today. The total number of positive cases in the state is now 4,783, death toll 42.

Delhi Government extended bans on manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of gutka, pan masala, for one more year.

Odisha government has announced a 14-day complete lockdown in Ganjam, Khordha, Cuttack, Jajpur district, and Rourkela Municipal Corporation area from 9 pm of July 17 to July 31 midnight.

199 new coronavirus cases reported in Uttarakhand today, taking total cases in the state to 3,982 including 2,995 recovered and 904 active cases.

Goa reported 157 new COVID-19 cases today, taking the total number of cases to 3,108 including 1,272 recoveries and 19 deaths. The number of active cases stands at 1,817.

737 new COVID-19 positive cases and 8 deaths have been reported in Rajasthan today. The total number of cases stands at 27,174 including 6,666 active cases and 538 deaths.

Delhi reported 1,652 new COVID-19 cases and 58 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 17,407 and death toll to 3,545. There are 658 containment zones.

Punjab recorded 298 new COVID-19 cases and 9 deaths today, taking the total number of cases to 9,094 and death toll to 230. Total 6,277 patients have recovered till date.

Maharashtra reported 8,641 new COVID-19 cases and 266 in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 1,14,648 and death toll to 11,194. A total of 1,58,140 patients have recovered so far. Mumbai has the highest number of cases at 97,950.

696 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Haryana today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 24,002 including 18,185 recovered cases, 5495 active cases and 322 deaths.

4,169 new COVID-19 cases and 104 deaths reported in Karnataka today, taking the total number of cases to 51,422 cases including 19,729 recoveries and 1,032 deaths. Bengaluru reported 2,344 new cases and 70 deaths in the last 24 hours.

1,498 new COVID-19 positive cases and 56 deaths reported in Mumbai today. The total number of positive cases rise to 97,751 including 68,537 discharged cases, 23,694 active cases, and 5,520 deaths reported till now.

In the last late 24 hours, 64 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Manipur, taking the total number of cases to 1,764 including 635 active cases and 1,129 recoveries.

490 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today, 62 from Jammu division and 428 from Kashmir division. The total number of cases stands at 12,156 including 5,488 actives cases, 6,446 recoveries, and 222 deaths.

Portion of Bhanushali building at Fort in Mumbai, collapsed on Thursday. The search operation underway, 4 fire tenders present at the spot.

India got consular access for Kulbhushan Jadhav.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar tested positive for coronavirus in the state's Latur district on Thursday, a senior official said.

Himachal Pradesh detects 2 new COVID-19 positive cases, taking the total number of positive cases to 1343 including 350 active cases, 969 recoveries and 9 deaths

Tripura registered its third COVID-19 fatality after a 38-year-old man died at a hospital here, while 98 fresh cases pushed the state's tally to 2,282, an official said on Thursday.

Puducherry reports 147 new #COVID19 positive cases today, taking the total number of cases to 1743 including 774 active cases, 947 discharged cases and 22 deaths

The results for Class XII exams in Tamil Nadu that were held in March were declared on Thursday, with 92.3 per cent students clearing them and girls
outshining boys by a margin of over five per cent.

India has asked Pakistan to give unconditional access to Kulbhushan Jadhav. Earlier Pakistan had claimed that he had refused to file a review plea. India said that he had been coerced into doing that.

Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 100 points in early trade on Thursday led by gains in index-heavyweight Infosys even as Asian peers traded with significant losses.
 

Highest single day spike of 32,695 COVID-19 cases and 606 deaths reported in the last 24 hours in India. Total positive cases stand at 9,68,876 including 3,31,146 active cases, 6,12,815 cured/discharged/migrated and 24,915 deaths

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29 new COVID-19 positive cases confirmed in the state in last 24 hours, taking the total positive cases' tally to 267 including 159 cured/discharged

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 13.6 million, including more than 586,000 fatalities. More than 8,037,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Total positive cases country-wise: