Highlights: Uttarkhand’s Covid-19 count reaches 8,623

1298 new Covid-19 positive cases, three deaths and 800 recoveries reported in Kerala today. The number of active cases now stands at 11,983, total death toll at 97: Kerala Health Minister

A flight carrying 179 Indians from UAE landed at Chandigarh International Airport on Thursday afternoon as part of the repatriation drive to bring back stranded Indians from abroad amid the Covid-19 outbreak

A flight carrying 179 Indians from UAE landed at Chandigarh International Airport at 1431 hours today as part of the repatriation drive to bring back stranded Indians from abroad amid the #COVID19 outbreak: Chandigarh International Airport Limited (CHIAL) pic.twitter.com/shmfLQJv7b

— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2020

Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 10 deaths and 499 fresh Covid-19 infections, taking the total number of positive cases in the Union territory to 23,454, officials said.

Delhi reported 1,299 Covid-19 cases and 15 deaths from the disease on Thursday. The number of those who have recovered is now 1,008 recovered. Total number of cases in the national capital is now at 1,41,531, including 1,27,124 recovered, 10,348 active cases & 4,059 deaths: Delhi Health Department

Mumbai's Dharavi locality reported eight new cases of Covid-19 today. Active cases in the area now stand at 82 while 2,257 people have been discharged. Total number of positive cases in Dharavi stands at 2597: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari inaugurated the new Covid-19 testing laboratory (molecular lab) on Thursday.

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari inaugurates the new #COVID19 testing laboratory (molecular lab) of the Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mira Bhayandar through the digital platform from Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. Governor asks the hospital to give ‘motherly affection’ to patients pic.twitter.com/OcsJMmYP7t

— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2020

Unemployment in virus-hit Brazil reaches 13.3%, worst in 3 years: Official

Number of Covid-19 cases reaches 1,327 in Chandigarh; active cases and deaths stand at 529 and 20 respectively: Chandigarh Administration

Nepal on Thursday reported 381 new Covid-19 cases, taking the country's total count to 21,390, reports news agency PTI

Nepal has reported 60 deaths due to the corornavirus disease.

Forty four more Covid-19 cases in Meghalaya, tally now at 983, active cases 633: Health officials

Uttar Pradesh records highest single-day spike of 4,586 Covid-19 cases and 61 deaths; tally climbs to over 1.08 lakh: PTI quoting state official

Delhi government sends proposal to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal recommending to open hotels, gyms and weekly markets, citing fall in the number of Covid-19 cases in national capital: Government Sources

Poland will introduce new containment measures against Covid-19 in some of the most affected areas in the country of 38 million people after fresh infections set records in the past weeks, reports Bloomberg.

With 2,092 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths reported in Telangana, the total number of coronavirus cases has surged to 73,050 on Thursday.

The total number of deaths rose to 589 in the state.

Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam could peak in the coming 10 days, a health official warned on Thursday.

Since the outbreak returned to Vietnam two weeks ago after more than three months, 270 local infections have been confirmed, most of them traced to a cluster of hospitals in Da Nang.