Highlights: Spain's total coronavirus cases rise to 326,612

With President Donald Trump advocating re-opening of schools in US, the surfacing of packed school hallways in Georgia and news of positive tests on the first day of classes in Indiana and Mississippi has sparked discussions over the risk of coronavirus infections on children, The Washington Post reported. Citing a report by leading pediatric health groups, it was stated that more than 97,000 US children had tested positive for the Covid-19 in the last two weeks of July, reports ANI.

New Zealand reported one new case of Covid-19 on Tuesday, with the number of active cases in the country at 22, all in managed isolation or quarantine facilities, according to the country's health ministry. It has been 102 days since the last case of Covid-19 was acquired locally from an unknown source, according to the ministry, reports ANI.

Office for National Statistics said that the number of people in employment in Britain fell by 220,000 in the three months to June, the most since 2009, as the coronavirus crisis hit the labour market, reports Reuters.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a video conference with the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh to review the Covid-19 situation in these respective states.

PM Narendra Modi holds a video conference with Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, to discuss corona related situation. pic.twitter.com/6ECvrGVJsS

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1,341 new Covid-19 infections in Odisha have pushed the state's tally to 48,876 which includes 15,427 actives cases & 33,020 recoveries till date, Information & Public Relations Dept, govt of Odisha said, reports ANI.

1,896 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Telangana, taking the total number of cases in the state to to 82,647, which 22,628 active cases, 59,374 recoveries and 645 deaths so far, Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, Telangana said, reports ANI.

1,896 new #COVID19 cases, 1,788 recoveries, and 8 deaths reported in Telangana on August 10, taking the total number of cases to 82,647, including 22,628 active cases, 59,374 recoveries and 645 deaths so far: Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, Telangana pic.twitter.com/BjF4pdBKoA

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Ahead of Janmashtami, The ISKCON Temple in Vrindavan has been sealed after 22 people, including priests tested positive for Covid-19, reports ANI.

ISKCON Temple in Vrindavan sealed after 22 people, including priests, from the temple tested positive for #COVID19, ahead of #Janmashtami.

Official says,"Movement of people has been restricted and the temple has been sealed." pic.twitter.com/K646uuJePU

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a video conference with Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh today, to discuss corona related situation, reports ANI.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) total number of samples tested 2,52,81,848 have been tested for the novel coronavirus in the country. Nearly 7 lakh samples were tested on Monday, reports ANI.

The total number of #COVID19 samples tested up to 10th August is 2,52,81,848 including 6,98,290 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) pic.twitter.com/CxBQ2LQYcL

— ANI (@ANI) August 11, 2020

Victoria reported only a small rise in new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, boosting hopes that case numbers are stabilising after a second wave forced authorities to put the city of Melbourne back into lockdown. Victoria, which currently accounts for nearly all of Australia's new Covid-19 cases, detected 331 cases and 19 deaths in the past 24 hours, up from 322 infections and the same number of deaths a day earlier, health officials said, reports Reuters.

More than 53,000 people tested positive for Covid-19 in India, taking the total number of cases in the country to 2,268,675. The death toll has now climbed to 45,257.

966 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Germany, taking the total number of cases in the country to 217,293, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed. The death toll has now reached 9,201, reports Reuters.

Oil pushed higher following the biggest daily advance in a week as Saudi Aramco’s upbeat assessment of the crude market and signs the spread of the coronavirus in the US is decelerating aided sentiment, reports Bloomberg.

Singapore’s recession was deeper than first estimated in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic dealt a major blow to Asia’s trade-reliant economies.

The city-state has been hit hard by Covid-19 with the country under a lockdown for most of the second quarter to curb the spread of the virus, reports Reuters.

Australian employment was steady through July, weekly data showed on Tuesday, though the southeastern state of Victoria, which is grappling with a fresh wave of coronavirus infections, suffered a setback, reports Reuters.