Breaking news: July 2, 2020 | As it happened

245 new COVID-19 cases, 160 discharged and 8 deaths reported in Madhya Pradesh today. The total number of cases in the state is now at 14,106, including 10,815 discharged, 2,702 active cases, and 589 deaths. 

11 deaths and 568 new COVID-19 cases reported in Haryana today. The total number of positive cases in the state is now 15,509 including 11,019 recovered and 4,239 active cases. 

1,213 new COVID-19 cases, 987 discharged and 8 deaths reported in Telangana today. The total number of cases in the state is now at 18,570, including 9,226 active cases, 9,069 discharged, and 275 deaths. 

60 new COVID-19 cases and 57 recoveries reported in Jharkhand today. The total number of cases in the state is now at 2,585, including 582 active cases, 1,988 recovered/discharged, and 15 deaths. 

350 new cases of COVID-19 reported today, taking the total number of cases in the state to 18,662 including 3,284 active cases, 14,948 recovered cases, and 430 deaths. 

290 more COVID-19 positive cases reported in Bihar today, taking the total case tally to 10,683. 

Goa reported 95 new COVID-19 positive cases today, taking the case tally in the state to 1,482 including 744 active cases, 734 recovered and 4 deaths. 

6,330 new COVID-19 cases, 8,018 discharged and 125 deaths reported in Maharashtra today. The total number of cases in the state is now at 1,86,626, including 1,01,172 discharged and 8,178 deaths.

57 deaths and 1,554 new positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 80,262. 5,903 patients recovered and discharged today. 

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs 5 lakhs to the family of the 7-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in Pudukkottai district. 

37 new COVID19 positive reported in the state till 7 pm today, taking the total case tally to 2,984 including 510 active cases, 2,405 recovered, and 42 deaths. 

57 deaths and 4,343 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Tamil Nadu today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 98,392. 

Nagaland reported 34 new COVID-19 cases, taking the northeast state's tally to 535 on Thursday, officials said. Of the total 535 cases, 338 are active while 197 have recovered, they said.

Coronavirus tally rises to 16,097 in Andhra Pradesh with 845 fresh cases. Toll mounts to 198 as five new casualties were reported. 

Andhra Pradesh recorded 845 new COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 16,097 out of which 8,586 cases are active. Number of deaths due to the disease stands 198

The Institute of Chattered Accountants of India (ICAI) today told Supreme Court that there may be difficulties in conducting the Chartered Accountants (CA) examinations, as there is a spike in COVID-19 cases in India. The Court fixed the matter for further hearing to July 10.

Madurai bench of Madras High Court orders police to give paid leave to the woman police official who is an eyewitness. CB-CID, which is probing the case, tells the court, "We've booked 5 police personnel from Sathankulam Police Station for murder."

• Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal briefs the media; inaugurates country's first 'Plasma Bank' via video conference 
• If you have recovered from COVID-19 & your age is between 18 and 60 & your weight is above 50 kg, then you may donate plasma for COVID-19 patients. However, women who have given birth or the persons with comorbidities, are not eligible to donate plasma
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• Our doctors will then get in touch with you to further confirm your eligibility

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to chair a meeting today via video conference with UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, to review the COVID-19 situation in Delhi-NCR.

115 new COVID-19 positive cases and 5 deaths have been reported in Rajasthan till 10:30 am today. Total number of cases rise to 18427 including 3358 active cases and 426 deaths

At least 50 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide

The rupee appreciated 10 paise to 75. 50 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday tracking weakness in the greenback and gains in the domestic equity market.

Forex traders said positive domestic equities and weak US currency supported the local unit. Moreover, investor sentiment strengthened after Pfizer reported encouraging vaccine test results.

The rupee opened at 75. 51 against the US dollar, gained further ground and touched 75. 50 against the US dollar, up 10 paise over its previous close.

It had settled at 75. 60 against the greenback on Wednesday.

PTI

Bahraich:  BJP MLA here has started a campaign to provide free face masks to all those who delete Chinese applications from their mobile phones.
"After banning of 59 Chinese apps in the country by the Centre, I have started a campaign of providing free face masks for deleting Chinese apps," PTI quoted Bahraich BJP MLA Anupama Jaiswal.

The campaign is being run with the help of the party's Mahila Morcha. Jaiswal was Minister of State for Basic Education but was removed last year by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after allegations of corruption were made against her.

(PTI)

India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past six lakh cases on Thursday with a single-day increase of 19,148 cases, just five days after it crossed the five-lakh mark, while the death toll rose to 17,834, according to the Union health ministry data.

Two more COVID-19 positive patients in Jammu and Kashmir died at a hospital here on Thursday, taking to 107 the number of coronavirus-related fatalities in the union territory

CB-CID arrests Inspector Sridhar; he has been booked under Section 302 of IPC. A total of 5 Police officials have been arrested so far.

The total number of samples tested up to July 1 is 90,56,173 of which 2,29,588 samples were tested yesterday

According the Mizoram's health department, no new cases found out of 382 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Total COVID-19 positive cases in the state stand at 160, cured/discharged 123, active cases 37 and 0 deaths

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Here's a quick overview: 

The total number of global cases has surpassed 10.8 million, including more than 518,000 fatalities. More than 5,938,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Total positive cases country-wise:

United States- 2,779,953
Brazil- 1,453,369
Russia - 654,405
India - 605,220
UK - 313,483
Spain - 296,739