Highlights: 8,308 new Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra takes tally to 2,92,589

Indian Council of Medical Research has asked all States and Union Territories to apply to obtain district-wise login credentials for data entry of testing data into the ICMR portal, reports ANI.

583 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Germany, taking the total number of cases to 200,843. The death toll due to the infection has now reached 9,082, reports Reuters.

Foreign students coming from Europe are exempted from a travel ban which was imposed by the United States due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. President Donald Trump in March had banned travelers from a majority of European nations as Covid cases soared in the region before the infection took hold in the United States, reports Reuters.

Victoria, the second most populous state of Australia reported a record increase in daily new coronavirus cases for the second straight day. Victoria recorded 428 new daily infections, Premier Daniel Andrews said, a day after logging its previous high of 317 new cases, reports Reuters.

The White House said that after the United States, which carried out a total of 42 million Covid-19 tests, India has done the second largest number of tests which stands at 12 million. More than 3.5 million have been infected with Covid-19 in the United States, reports PTI.

Manila, the capital of Philippines may return to lockdown as the country witnesses spike in the number of cases due to the novel coronavirus, reports Bloomberg.

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it had trimmed its workforce across geographies and teams as it entered a new fiscal year from July 1. The software giant declined to elaborate on the roles which had been eliminated, their numbers or their locations, reports Reuters.

On Thursday evening, the federal health ministry reported that the country had passed 2 million confirmed cases of virus infections and 76,000 deaths. Even as cases wane somewhat in the biggest and hardest-hit Brazilian cities, the virus is peaking in new locations across the largest country in Latin America, reports AP.

The United States reported at least 70,000 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, a record daily increase for the seventh time this month, according to a Reuters tally, reports Reuters.

Kerala recorded its highest single-day spike of 722 new active Covid-19 cases on Thursday, with the total cases reaching 10,275 of which 5,372 are active cases.

Briefing media persons after the Covid-19 review meeting on Thursday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the situation in the state is changing fast and people have to strictly follow the guidelines to prevent a possible community spread, reports ANI.