Covid LIVE: Centre to give Rs 1,300 cr to NE states for emergency response

Coronavirus updates: India recorded 25,166 new Covid-19 cases and 437 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking its tally to 32,250,679 and the death toll to 432,079. Kerala reported 12,294 new infections, Maharashtra 4,145, followed by Andhra Pradesh (909), Tamil Nadu (1,851), Karnataka (1,065), West Bengal (502) and Delhi (27).

The United States has eased its travel advisory for India, lowering it to Level 2: Moderate. The new travel advisory of Level 2 – which is considered as safe – came in the wake of the significant improvement in Covid situation in India.

World coronavirus update: Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with 208,638,253 confirmed cases and 4,382,882 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 37,719,467 cases, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and France. 

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