Highlights: Total number of Covid-19 cases in Assam stand at 27,744

As many as 1, 078 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 19,835, informed state health department.

The total number of cases include 6,387 active cases and 13,309 recovered, it also said.

China's Xinjiang province reported nine new domestically transmitted cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, ANI reported while quoting local media report.

All new confirmed cases were in the capital Urumqi.

According to the report, by Tuesday, Xinjiang had reported 64 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 69 asymptomatic cases, and 3,162 people were still under medical observation.

A small South Korean survey of people with no history of Covid-19, but living in a city with the most cases, showed that one in nine had antibodies to the novel coronavirus, indicating the virus may have spread more widely than thought.

The study said based on the survey, roughly 185,290 people could have contracted the virus in Daegu city, which is the country's fourth-largest city with a population of 2.5 million.

"It was estimated that the number of undiagnosed missing cases may be 27-fold higher than the number of confirmed cases based on PCR testing in Daegu," the study said.

India registered 37,724 Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 1,192,915. While 648 fresh fatalities were reported which pushed the death toll to 28,732 on Wednesday.

Australia reported a record 501 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, nearly four months after the pandemic supposedly peaked in the country.

Most of the cases were reported in Victoria state, where authorities have struggled to bring an outbreak in Melbourne under control despite Australia's second-biggest city being locked down for nearly two weeks.

Tokyo’s total coronavirus cases surpassed 10,000 after counting another 230 to 240 cases of infections on Wednesday, Governor Yuriko Koike told reporters in remarks streamed by local broadcaster.

Residents of Australia's second-most populous city Melbourne must wear masks when leaving home from Wednesday, as tougher border restrictions were put in place with neighbouring New South Wales state to prevent the spread of coronavirus, reports Reuters.

One of Brazil's leading indigenous chiefs, Aritana Yawalapiti, is battling a severe case of the new coronavirus, AFP reported quoting his son.

Chief Aritana, who is about 70 years old, tested positive for the virus after having trouble breathing in his village in the Xingu indigenous reserve.

Coronavirus death toll in Mexico surpassed 40,000 mark as the country continues to struggle with the pandemic, AFP reported.

Japan’s health ministry approves the use of dexamethasone, a steroid, as second drug for coronavirus treatment, according to public broadcaster NHK, reports Bloomberg.