Highlights: In daily spike, US reports 56,307 new Covid-19 cases

A day after testing negative for Covid-19, Karanataka's former chief minister Siddaramaiah was discharged from the hospital on Thursday.

He was undergoing Covid-19 treatment at a private hospital in Bengaluru.

Twelve new Covid-19 cases reported in Meghalaya on Thursday. The state's tally now stands at 1,191 including active cases 638: Official

Iran recorded 174 deaths from coronavirus and 2,625 new cases on Thursday to take its death toll to more than 19,000 and total cases to 336,324, the health ministry said, reports Reuters.

Telangana reports 1,931 new Covid-19 cases taking its tally to 86,475, including active cases 22,736; Death toll rises to 665 with 11 more deaths: PTI

A 38-year-old woman suffering from Covid-19 in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram gave birth to a baby boy in an ambulance on her way to hospital with the medical support of ambulance staff. State health minister KK Shailaja congratulated ambulance staff who volunteered to carry out the delivery.

Thiruvananthapuram: 38-year-old woman suffering from #COVID19 gives birth to a baby boy in an ambulance on her way to hospital with the medical support of ambulance staff. #Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja congratulated ambulance staff who volunteered to carry out the delivery pic.twitter.com/glrxl3cKCp

— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2020

India posts highest-ever single day recoveries of 56,383 in a single day. With this number, the total recovered Covid-19 patients have touched nearly 17 lakhs (16,95,982) today. The case fatality rate has further improved to 1.96%: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

As many as 40 Tamil Nadu policemen who recovered from Covid-19, have donated plasma, state health minister Dr C Vijayabaskar said on Thursday.

"Till now, 76 persons have donated plasma and 89 patients have benefitted from it. Today, 40 Covid-19 recovered police personnel donated plasma. Our state has the highest number of plasma banks in the country," he said while addressing the media.

The International Film Festival of India 2020 will be held as per schedule in the last week of November this year. All SOPs and guidelines (for Covid-19) issued by Union Ministry for Information and Broadcasting will be followed: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

Fifty one new Covid-19 cases and 24 recoveries reported today in Himachal Pradesh, taking the tally to 3,687, including 1,257 active cases, 2,386 cured cases and 16 deaths till date: State Health Department

Union Minister and MP from Patna Sahib, Ravi Shankar Prasad, visited Patna Medical College and Hospital, to review medical facilities amid Covid-19 outbreak.

Bihar: Union Minister and MP from Patna Sahib Ravi Shankar Prasad visits Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), to review medical facilities amid #COVID19 outbreak. pic.twitter.com/rhPcwdsWDi

— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2020

Police personnel deployed in the preparations for Independence Day celebrations in Guwahati, Assam, were tested for Covid-19 on Thursday.

Assam: Police personnel deployed in the preparations for Independence Day celebrations in Guwahati, being tested for #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/EAqXEdlSbT

— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2020

Hong Kong registered 69 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, out of which which 65 were locally transmitted. Since late January, more than 4,200 people have been infected in Hong Kong, 65 of whom have died, reports Reuters.

1,981 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Odisha, taking the total number of cases in the state to 52,653. Nine more people died, which pushed the state's death toll to 314. More than 36,000 people have recovered from the infection so far, reports PTI.

Germany recorded the highest number of new coronavirus infections in more than three months, with daily infections staying above 1,000 for three consecutive days. There were 1,319 new infections in the 24 hours, the most since May 1 and bringing the total to 220,859, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, reports Bloomberg.

Russia reported 5,057 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing its nationwide tally to 907,758, the fourth largest caseload in the world. Russia's coronavirus taskforce said 124 people had died over the last 24 hours, pushing its official death toll to 15,384, reports Reuters.