Coronavirus LIVE: 6 mn doses given Thurs; 109 new cases in Delhi

Corona updates: India has recorded 54,069 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's total coronavirus caseload to 30,082,778. With this, the country's test positivity rate stands at 2.9 per cent. India also recorded a spike in new deaths with 1,321 fatalities being reported yesterday. The death toll now stands at 39,1981.

Kerala reported 12,787  new infections, followed by Maharashtra (10,066), Tamil Nadu (6,596), Andhra Pradesh (4,684), Karnataka (4,436), Delhi (111) and West Bengal (1,852).

The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (5,997,587), Kerala (2,842,247), Karnataka (2,819,465), Tamil Nadu (2,443,415), and Andhra Pradesh (1,862,036).

World coronavirus update: Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with 180,344,772 confirmed cases and 3,906,774 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 34,448,896, followed by India, Brazil, France and Turkey.

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