Highlights: Arvind Kejriwal meets Amit Shah over coronavirus situation in Delhi

Maharashtra recorded its highest single day jump in Covid-19 cases with 3,254 new infections on Wednesday. The total cases in the state stand at 94,041

Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported an all-time single day high of 1,927 new coronavirus cases while 19 people died, taking the infection count to 36,841 and the toll to 326, the government said.

A total of 17,675 samples were tested, taking the total number of specimens examined so far to 6,38,846.

Two Covid-19 patients, including an undertrial prisoner, who escaped from different hospitals in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district in last three days, have been found and sent back to the medical facilities, officials said on Wednesday.

Junior doctors at the state- run Gandhi hospital here continued their protest on Wednesday against the attack on a doctor allegedly by the kin of a Covid-19 patient who died, even as state Health Minister E Rajender invited the protestors for talks.

A pregnant woman has tested positive for Covid-19 in Meghalaya, taking the state's tally to 44, officials said on Wednesday.

The woman, who is in an advanced stage of pregnancy, had recently returned to the state from Delhi along with her husband and both were placed under institutional quarantine, a senior health official told PTI.

Coronavirus infections in Africa have surpassed 200,000. The 54-nation continent has 202,782 cases and 5,516 deaths. South Africa leads the continent with 52,991 cases, with almost two-thirds of them in the Western Cape province centered on the city of Cape Town, reports AP.

26 more people tested for Covid-19 in Tripura, taking the total number of cases in the state to 867, chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb said, reports PTI.

Congrees MP Shashi Tharoor slammed Centre over the lockdown imposed to control the spread of Covid-19. He said that the condition of farmers is worsening thanks to the unplanned lockdown and completely broken supply chain. He also said that last harvest didn't yield good monetary value since farmers unable were to sell and they are heavily in debt and govt's package provides them nothing.

The condition of our farmers is worsening thanks to the unplanned #lockdown & completely broken supply chain. Last harvest didn't yield good monetary value since farmers unable to sell. They are heavily in debt &Govt's package provides them nothing. They need help! #किसान_के_बोल

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) June 10, 2020

Restaurants in Bengaluru city have reopened as per the state government's guidelines to open restaurants amid the Coronavirus outbreak, reports ANI.

Karnataka: Restaurants in Bengaluru reopen, following state govt's guidelines to open restaurants amid #COVID19 outbreak. A restaurant manager says,"Business is picking up now slowly. Take away numbers are really good but it seems people are still scared of dining at restaurants" pic.twitter.com/TlKivIZqyW

— ANI (@ANI) June 10, 2020

Himachal Pradesh has recorded 448 cases and 5 deaths due to the Covid-19 infection. There are 187 active cases and 245 people have recovered from the infection so far, reports ANI.

The total number of COVID19 cases in Himachal Pradesh is now 448 including 187 active cases, 245 recovered and 5 deaths: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/Xb4CXzkfxT

— ANI (@ANI) June 10, 2020

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said the global economy will contract by at least six per cent this year due to the economic shutdown across nations to contain the spread of Coronavirus. In the case of a second wave of contagion later in the year, world economic output could shrink by as much as 7.6 percent in 2020, it said, reports AFP.

42 more people tested positive for Coronavirus in Assam, taking the total number of cases in the state to 3,092. Five people have died and 1,097 have been discharged so far, the state's health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, reports ANI.

42 new COVID19 cases reported in the state till 12noon today, taking the total number of positive cases to 3092: Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma pic.twitter.com/pnpQKVto3s

— ANI (@ANI) June 10, 2020

Coronavirus cases in Russia have reached 493,657 after 8,404 new cases were reported. The country's Coronavirus crisis response centre said 216 people had died from the infection in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll to 6,358, reports Reuters.

Nineteen staffers, including two doctors, at Udhampur district hospital in Jammu and Kashmir tested positive for Coronavirus. The staff had come in contact with a pregnant woman who recently underwent a cesarean section at the hospital and were placed under quarantine after her report for Covid-19 came positive, they said, officials said, reports PTI.