Highlights: Madhya Pradesh records 635 fresh Covid-19 cases

A four-week partial shutdown has started in Germany, with restaurants, bars, theaters, cinemas and other leisure facilities closing down until the end of the month. This time around, schools, kindergartens, non-essential shops and hairdressers are to remain open, reports AP.

After easing its fiscal rules and raising taxes, Russia is running out of options to bolster public finances strained by the coronavirus pandemic and the collapse in the price of oil, its main export. Moreover, some analysts question whether Moscow can ultimately return to the tight fiscal regime which won it investor trust before the coronavirus emerged, reports Reuters.

Indonesia reported 2,618 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the total number of infections to 415,402, data from the country's Covid-19 task force showed, reports Reuters.

Over 80 per cent of 200 Covid-19 patients in a hospital in Spain have vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Russia reported 18,257 new coronavirus cases on Monday, including 4,796 in Moscow, pushing the national tally to 1,655,038 since the pandemic began.

The union territory of Puducherry reported no fresh Covid-19 death while the new infections dipped to 70, a top Health department official said on Monday.

Odisha's Covid-19 tally mounts to 2,93,214 with 1,389 new cases, nine fresh fatalities push death toll to 1,340: Official.

Karnataka: Beaches in Mangaluru re-open for public after months of closure due to Covid-19 pandemic

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday informed that Governor Ganeshi Lal and his wife Susheela Devi have been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19.

India continues to occupy the top global position as the country with the maximum number of recoveries. The total recoveries have crossed 75 lakhs today (7,544,798): Ministry of Health.

Single-day recoveries outnumbered new Covid-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday as 114 people were cured of the disease and 29 tested positive for the infection, a health department official said.

Telangana reported 922 new Covid-19 cases taking the tally to2,40,970while sevenmore deaths pushed the toll to 1,348, the state government said on Monday.

India on Monday registered 45,231 fresh Covid-19 cases and 496 deaths, taking total tally to 8,229,313.

Jharkhand's Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,02,087 on Monday as 326 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

Brazil registered 190 deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 160,074, the Ministry of Health said Sunday.