Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 3,007 fresh cases of COVID-19, 91 deaths recorded in Maharashtra

3007 fresh cases of COVID-19, 91 deaths recorded in Maharashtra today, taking total number of cases to 85,975, death toll to 3060. Number of active cases stands at 43591: Maharashtra Health Department

A 36-year-old journalist working for a Telugu television channel succumbed to COVID-19 at the state-run Gandhi Hospital here on Sunday.

He was admitted on June 4 after being referred from another state-run hospital.

The journalist had bilateral pneumonia with Type-1 respiratory failure and Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome (ARDS) when he was admitted, doctors at the hospital said.

107 more COVID-19 cases reported in Kerala today taking the total number of active cases in the state to 1095: Chief Minister's Office

239 new COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours; the total number of cases in the state is now 5452: State Health Department

COVID19 tally crosses 4,000 mark in Haryana with 191 new cases, including 78 in Gurgaon, 55 in Faridabad: Health Dept

141 more COVID-19 cases reported in Bihar taking the total number of cases in the state to 4972: State Health Department

92 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Assam today. Total cases in the state now stand at 2565 including 588 recovered, 1970 active cases and 4 deaths: Himanta Biswa Sarma, State Health Minister

Jammu & Kashmir: People remain indoors, streets are deserted and shops are closed today in Srinagar as lockdown restrictions are still in place in Kashmir following the directions of the administration to control the spread of COVID-19

In the last 24 hours, 130 new positive cases of COVID-19, 2 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh. Total cases in the state rise to 3718 including 1290 active cases, 2353 discharged and 75 deaths: State Health Department

Kerala: Streets deserted & shops closed in Kottayam district, as the state observes complete lockdown today to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Delhi govt lifts 'special corona fee' on liquor from June 10, but raises VAT on all categories of alcohol from 20 per cent to 25 per cent: Official

All restaurants, malls and places of worship to open in the national capital from tomorrow: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Churches and mosques in Goa have decided to remain closed for some more time, even though the state government has allowed reopening of religious places from Monday as part of the lockdown relaxations.

Temple committees, however, are yet to take a call on opening their shrines for devotees in the coastal state.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said religious places in the state can open from Monday, but no mass activities will be allowed there in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

Till Saturday, Goa reported 267 COVID-19 cases. Of these, 202 are active cases, as per official figures.

Rajasthan reports 48 new COVID-19 positive cases and 3 deaths, taking the total number of cases in the state to 10385 and death toll to 234. Number of active cases stands at 2545: Health department

India reports highest single-day spike of 9,971 new cases; 287 deaths in last 24 hours. . Total number of cases in the country now at 246628, including 120406 active cases, 119293 cured/discharged/migrated and 6929 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

In an effort to quell the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh government has planned to reimpose area-wise lockdowns in capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country, a senior Health Ministry official said here.

Habibur Rahman Khan, also the convenor of the Bangladeshi government's media cell on COVID-19, said on Saturday that steps were underway to place parts of Bangladesh under lockdown within the next few days, reports Xinhua news agency.

The decision comes about a week after Bangladesh withdrew the nationwide lockdown at the end of the last month.

A visit to the Lucknow zoo from Monday will be marked by several conditions due to the corona pandemic.

R. K. Singh, Director of the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden in Lucknow, said, "Tickets will now have to be purchased online from the website and the ticket window will remain closed as a precaution to minimise human contact."

The timings for entry will also be divided into three parts with two-hour each to allow the sanitization process to take place in between the next set of visitors. The total number of persons who will be allowed entry in one time slot will be limited to 500.

A constable of Kolkata Police who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a state-run hospital died Saturday, a source at the health department said.

The constable, who was posted at the Shakespeare Sarani police station, succumbed late Saturday evening but the cause of his death was not stated by the health department, he said.

Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide topped 6.8 million on Saturday, reaching 6,800,604, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 396,591 people worldwide have died of the disease, the data showed, Xinhua reported.

The US suffered the most from the pandemic, with 1,908,235 cases and a death toll of 109,443. Countries with over 200,000 cases also include Brazil, Russia, Britain, India, Spain and Italy.

The number of cases outside China exceeded 6,715,000, according to the CSSE data.

South Korea reported 57 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 12 a.m. on Sunday, raising the total number of infections to 11,776.

The daily caseload hovered above 50 for the second straight day due to small cluster infections relevant to religious gatherings, night spots, a distribution centre and a health product retailer in the metropolitan area, Xinhua reported.

Of the new cases, four were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 1,292.

No more death was confirmed, leaving the death toll at 273. The total fatality rate stood at 2.32 per cent.

France saw its overall death toll of the coronavirus pandemic rise to 29,142 as it recorded 31 more deaths, the Health Ministry has said.

The updated tally only includes hospital daily fatalities as those occurring in nursing homes and medico-social establishments will be updated next Tuesday.

The number of people in hospital with coronavirus infection fell to 12,479, including 1,059 in intensive care, Xinhua reported on Saturday.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, France has registered 153,634 confirmed cases of infection, including 579 since Friday.

Italy recorded another 72 COVID-19 victims in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 33,846, the Civil Protection Department said on Saturday.

Total active infections stood at 35,877, a decrease of 1,099 from Friday. Meanwhile, another 1,297 COVID-19 patients recovered, bringing the total to 165,078 on Saturday.

Of those active infections, 293 are in intensive care, down by 23 compared to Friday, and 5,062 are hospitalized with symptoms, down by 299, the Civil Protection Department said, Xinhua reported. The remaining 30,582, or about 85 percent, are isolated at home because they are asymptomatic or have very light symptoms.