Highlights: 9,431 fresh Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, tally climbs to 3.75 lakh

The annual New Year's Eve celebrations that witness participation of millions on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro have been cancelled this year as the Covid-19 cases in the country continue to soar, city authorities said.

A hospital in Bengaluru is all to increase its bed capacity for Covid-19 patients from 340 to 500 in two weeks as cases across the city continue to surge.

The MS Ramaiah Hospital took the decision after a meeting with deputy chief minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, who visited the hospital.

China reported 46 cases of the new coronavirus in the mainland for July 25, the health commission said on Sunday. Of the new infections, 22 were in the western region of Xinjiang, while 13 were in the northeastern province of Liaoning, while the remaining 11 were imported cases.

Mexico's health ministry on Saturday reported 6,751 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 729 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 385,036 cases and 43,374 total deaths.

The United States on Saturday recorded a spike of 68,212 coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours taking the country's tally to 4,174,437, the highest in the world.

According to Johns Hopkins University’s dashboard on Sunday morning, the nation reported 1,067 fatalities from the disease pushing the toll to to 146,391.

Florida passed New York as the US state with the second-highest number of total virus cases of coronavirus disease behind California. Infections across the US increased by the second-highest daily count on record.

New York added 750 positive tests for a total of 411,200 while Florida reported 414,511 total positive tests on Saturday compared with 402,312 a day earlier, an increase of 12,199.

Still, deaths among Florida residents dropped for a second straight day to 124, for a total of 5,777.

Brazil registered a spike of 51,147 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours pushing the country's infection tally to 2,394,513 while the toll from the disease has gone up to 86,449, according to the latest data from the country's health ministry.

A total lockdown will be imposed in Tripura Monday 5 am onwards till 5 am on July 30. This will be in continuation of the night curfew to be imposed from 9 pm on 26th July, the state government said on Saturday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday the a lockdown in Kaesong City, near the South Korea border, following a suspected case of Covid-19, KCNA reported.

The move was taken as “preemptive measure”, KCNA said.

As many as 15,980,425 people across the world have so far contracted the coronvairus disease. The United States with 4,174,437 cases and Brazil with 2,394,513 continue to be the worst hit.