Highlights: Punjab’s Covid-19 death toll crosses 1,000; tally at 40,643

Singapore on Saturday reported 50 new Covid-19 cases, including five imported infections, taking the national tally to 56,266, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. The five imported cases have been placed under stay-home notices upon their arrival in Singapore, reports PTI.

Indonesia reported 2,090 new coronavirus cases on Saturday taking the total tally to 151,498, according to the the country's health ministry dashboard.

The number of new deaths reported on Saturday was 94 deaths, taking the total to 6,594, the highest coronavirus death toll in Southeast Asia.

The total coronavirus caseload in Telangana crossed the one lakh-mark with 2,474 fresh cases, health officials said on Saturday.

With seven more people dying of the infection, the toll in the state has gone up to 744.

Russia on Saturday reported 4,921 new coronavirus cases and 121 deaths in the past 24 hours.

Puducherry posted 520 fresh coronavirus cases and eight related deaths on Saturday, raising the overall tally to 10,112 in the union territory.

In an interview to ABC, Biden said, "I would shut it down; I would listen to the scientists. I will be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus."

Pakistan's confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday reached 292,174 after 586 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said.

Ukraine registered a record 2,328 cases of the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. The country's tally has gone up to 102,971, while the toll stands at 2,244.

Former chief minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) founder Shibu Soren, and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus disease.

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren shared the former CM's health update on Twitter.

With restrictions on movement due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ganesh Chaturti celebrations in Maharashtra began on a low-key note.

According to guidelines issued by the Maharashtra government, people are not allowed to take out processions before installing and immersing the idols of the deity.

A study led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis says a vaccine has been developed that targets the SARS-CoV-2 virus and can be given in one dose via the nose is effective in preventing infection in mice.

As a new coronavirus outbreak was observed in South Korea's capital Seoul, the country has decided to toughen social distancing guidelines to curb the spread. The norms will be rolled out countrywide starting Sunday.

With 69,878 cases and 945 fatalities reported in the last 24 hours, India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 2,975,701. The country's death toll stood at 55,794.

A total of 549,734 people in Mexico have been infected with the coronavirus disease with 5,928 cases reported in last 24 hours, deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. The country has recorded 59,610 fatalities from the infection so far.

Venezuela has offered to assist Russia, China and Cuba in producing Covid-19 vaccines, officials said.

"We have already established communication and voiced our readiness to ... provide our platform for producing the vaccine ... in the talks with China, Russia as well as are discussing the issue with Cuba," vice president Delcy Rodriguez was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.