Highlights: Covid-19 daily death toll in India less than 500 for past five days

With most of Switzerland preparing for tighter lockdown restrictions because of Covid-19, the region of Geneva is going in the other direction — allowing restaurants to reopen on Thursday after a drop in cases from one of the world's highest rates of infection roughly a month ago, reports AP.

Odisha's Covid-19 caseload on Thursday climbed to 3,22,642 after 343 more people tested positive for the infection, while five fresh fatalities pushed the toll in the coastal state to 1,794, a senior health department official said, reports PTI.

There are 18,800 #COVID19 beds in Delhi of which over 13,000 are vacant. There is no other city in the country that has so many vacant beds. COVID numbers fluctuate, so it is important that trend gets stabilized: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain pic.twitter.com/tSuDWyN20N

— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2020

Indonesia has secured 155.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccines and is seeking another 116 million through deals with Pfizer, AstraZeneca and global vaccine programme COVAX, government data showed on Thursday, reports Reuters.

South Korea authorities scrambled on Thursday to build hospital beds in shipping containers to ease strains on medical facilities stretched by the latest coronavirus wave, which shows little sign of abating with 682 new cases, reports Reuters.

India's cumulative tests for detection of Covid-19 has crossed 15 crore with one crore tests added in just 10 days, the Union Health Ministry said underlining comprehensive and widespread testing on a sustained basis has resulted in bringing down the positivity rate, reports PTI.

The number of new coronavirus infections in Japan’s capital topped 600 in a day for the first time Thursday, while experts warned of the increased burden on hospitals, reports AP.

Senior actor Neetu Kapoor who had been shooting for Raj Mehtaa's 'Jug Jug Jeeyo,' in Chandigarh on Thursday revealed that she tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, reports PTI.

Russia confirmed 27,927 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours on Thursday, pushing the national tally to 2,569,126, reports Reuters.

Israel is scheduled to start a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus on December 27, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late on Wednesday, reports ANI/Sputnik.

Puducherry logs 24 new Covid-19 cases, two fatalities take toll to 617, reports PTI.

Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine faces one final hurdle as it races to become the first shot greenlighted in the US: a panel of experts who will scrutinize the company's data for any red flags, reports Ap.

A total of 643 new Covid-19 cases, and 02 deaths have been reported in Telangana. The state Health Department said the state's coronavirus count has increased to 2,75,904 which includes 2,66,925 discharges, reports ANI.

The number of registered cases of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Mexico has surpassed 1.2 million, with more than 111,000 deaths, a senior health official said, reports ANI/Sputnik.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 23,679 to 1,242,203, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The reported death toll rose by 440 to 20,372, the tally showed, reports Reuters.