Highlights: Maharashtra reports 5,537 new Covid-19 cases, tally over 1.80k

Home Minister Amit Shah is chairing a meeting on Covid-19 situation in his office. Health Minister Dr Harshavardhan, the Cabinet Secretary and other top officials are attending the meeting, according to news agency ANI.

Schools to reopen from July 27 in Haryana after summer vacations end on July 26: Haryana Directorate School Education, according to ANI

According to a report in PTI, Mumbai police on Wednesday issued prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in the city, restricting movement of people in public places, and said the measure was taken to check rising Covid-19 cases.

With 903 new patients reported on Tuesday, coronavirus case tally in Mumbai increased to 77,197 while death toll rose to 4,554 with 93 more fatalities.

Shopping malls reopen in Faridabad. A store manager at Crown Interiorz Mall told ANI, "We are taking all precautions against Covid-19, including checking customer's temperature at the entrance and providing them hand sanitizers."

New Covid-19 cases in California rose by 8,441 on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest single-day increase since the start of the pandemic.

Goa will be open to tourists from July 2, state's tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar announced on Wednesday. The announcement comes as hotels received permission to resume their businesses in the coastal state.

Goa, one of the country's most popular tourist destinations, has remained shut for travellers since the nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown was imposed in March.

Germany relaxed restrictions on travellers from up to 11 countries outside the European Union, the country's interior ministry announced on Wednesday.

As of Thursday, people from Australia, Georgia, Canada, Montenegro, New Zealand, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay will be able to enter without restrictions. That will also apply to Japan, South Korea and China -- but only if those countries also allow people from Germany to enter.

Bangladesh has extended restrictions imposed on public activities and movement across the country until August 3 to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the number of positive cases rose to 1,45,483 and the death toll reached 1,847. (PTI)

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday warned about the further surge in Covid-19 cases as the world health body said, "as long as the virus is circulating somewhere, no country is safe."

Dr Takeshi Kasai , WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific, said, communities must be prepared for more case surges in the future.

He says as long as the virus is circulating somewhere, no country is safe.

The Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra's Thane district have nearly doubled in the last 15 days and risen considerably since May 1, a data released by the authorities revealed.

According to a health bulletin, Thane district, which had detected just 1,011 coronavirus cases till May 1, has recorded 33,324 infections till Tuesday night.

A Delhi police inspector posted with special cell died of coronavirus on Wednesday. He was admitted to Max hospital.

In the wake of Covid-19 spread in Mumbai, Section-144 is imposed in Mumbai by deputy commissioner of Police Pranaya Ashok.

It will be effective till July 15, 2020, unless withdrawn earlier.

Thailand has eased Covid-19 restrictions and allowed the reopening of schools and high-risk entertainment venues such as pubs and massage parlors that had been shut since mid-March.

Tripura government ordered complete lockdonwn for 24-hours on July 5, in a bid to control the chain of transmisison of Covid-19.

Inspired by "Janta Curfew" model, the lockdown will be in effect from 5am on Sunday to 5am of the next day.

It was predicted that by June 30, Delhi would have 1 lakh cases out of which 60,000 would be active but today we only have 26,000 active cases. This is the result of everyone’s hard work. We have been able to control the situation: CM Arvind Kejriwal