Covid LIVE: WHO's chief scientist warns the pandemic isn't slowing down

Corona updates: India on Saturday recorded 42,766 fresh cases taking the total caseload to 30,795,716, according to MoHFW. The death count increased to 407,145 with 1,206 new fatalities, the data showed. 

Kerala reported 13,563 new infections, Maharashtra 8,992, followed by Tamil Nadu (3,211), Andhra Pradesh (3,040) and Delhi (93).

From the northeastern states, Assam reported 2,493 new cases, Manipur 852 and Mizoram 537.

The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (6,131,976), Kerala (3025,,466), Karnataka (2,864,868), Tamil Nadu (2,510,059), and Andhra Pradesh (1,914,213).

World coronavirus update: Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with 186,812,865 confirmed cases and 4,034,726 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 34,710,303 cases, followed by India, Brazil, France and Russia. 

To read updates from our yesterday's blog, click here