Highlights: Gujarat's Covid-19 tally past 50k after highest single-day spike

People who came from Maharastra and Tamil Nadu added to the Covid-19 cases in Karnataka... Experts have suggested a 5T strategy - Trace, Track, Test, Treat and Technology: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa

Karnataka CM: "There'll be no lockdown from tomorrow, people need to get back to work, economy is also very important. We have to fight Covid-19 while maintaining stable economy. Lockdown is not the solution, now restrictions will be placed only in containment zones,"

Government of India will leave no stone unturned to ensure people of India and the international community have access to an Indian vaccine as early as possible. Every possible facilitation will be ensured making sure trials conducted scientifically and ethically, and we arrive at an affordable option, says Dr VK Paul of NITI Aayog.

India's two Covid-19 vaccines are in phase 1 and 2 of trials. Discussions have already begun how will the vaccines be made available to all those who need it: Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog

Aggressive testing is necessary to bring down Covid-19 positivity rate; the aim is to maintain this level of testing to bring down positivity rate below 5%: Rajesh Bhushan, OSD, Health Ministry

A total of thirty states and union territories have positivity rate lower than India average, said health ministry on Covid-19 situation in the country.

Nineteen states and union territories are performing more than 140 tests per day per million population, the union health ministry said on Tuesday in a media briefing.

Iran on Tuesday recorded a new single-day record death toll of 229 from the novel coronavirus, after weeks of rising numbers in the Middle East's worst-hit country.

"Sadly, we lost 229 of our compatriots to the Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours," health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said.

"This raises the overall toll to 14,634," she said in televised remarks.

Singapore reported 399 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, a large majority of them from the dormitories of foreign workers, which have emerged as the main virus hotspots in the country.

With no deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the coronavirus death toll in the island nation remained at 27 with 48,434 confirmed cases, PTI reported.

Two members of the South African cabinet have been admitted to hospital with Covid-19, the presidency said on Tuesday.

Thembelani Nxesi, the minister for employment and labour, and Gwede Mantashe, the minister for mineral resources, were taken to hospital on Monday. Both men had been self-isolating after testing positive for the novel coronavirus around a week ago.

Microsoft Corp's professional networking site LinkedIn said on Tuesday it would cut about 960 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce, as the coronavirus pandemic is having a sustained impact on demand for its recruitment products, reports Reuters.

Over 200 more people, including 19 BSF personnel, have tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura, taking the total number of cases in the state to 3,094, officials said on Tuesday. The state also reported two fresh deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours, they said, reports PTI.

10 more people tested for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh, taking the total number of cases in the state to 1,641 which includes 547 active cases, 1,067 recoveries and 10 deaths, the state's health department said, reports ANI.

Himachal Pradesh reports 10 new #COVID19 positive cases, taking the total number of cases in the state to 1641 including 547 active cases, 1067 recoveries and 10 deaths: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/zMzBdEnDTK

— ANI (@ANI) July 21, 2020

Six more people succumbed to Covid in Rajasthan on Tuesday, taking the toll to 574, while 351 fresh cases pushed the state's tally to 30,741, an official statement said, reports PTI.

Government of India (GoI) said the results of sero-prevalence study show that nearly six months into the epidemic, only 23.48% of people were affected in Delhi, which has several pockets of dense population, reports ANI.

Results of sero-prevalence study show that nearly 6 months into the epidemic, only 23.48% of ppl are affected in Delhi, which has several pockets of dense population.This can be attributed to efforts taken by Govt as well as citizen compliance to COVID appropriate behaviours: GoI https://t.co/kdobGqlWcj

— ANI (@ANI) July 21, 2020