Highlights: With fresh 8,593 Covid-19 cases, Delhi crosses 8k-mark for first tim

The Czech Republic's health ministry has said the country on Wednesday logged 9,016 new Covid-19 cases and 249 related deaths. Total cases at 429,880 including 5,323 deaths.

Mongolia on Wednesday recorded its first local Covid-19 transmission case. The country has so far reported a total of 376 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no deaths.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has said Germany has said the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 18,487 to 705,687. 261 more deaths take death toll to 11,767.

Three times more tests are being done now as compared to last peak. No doubt third peak is here, hope cases fall in next couple of days. 17000 RTPCR tests were conducted yesterday, we've increased testing: Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain

A total of 120,796,151 samples tested for Covid-19 up to 10th November - of these 1,153,294 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

India scales an unprecedented peak. Active cases drop below 5 lakh mark for the first time after 106 days: Health ministry

India scales an unprecedented peak. Active cases drop below 5 lakh mark for the first time after 106 days. This assumes significance in the context of many countries reporting a surge in their active caseload: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/LlSaGYfeii

— ANI (@ANI) November 11, 2020

Arunachal Pradesh's Covid-19 tally rose to 15,581 on Wednesday as 97 more people, including 32 security personnel, tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said.

After services remained shut for seven months in view of the coronavirus pandemic, suburban train services resumed in West Bengal on Wednesday after with authorities maintaining a strict vigil and passengers largely adhering to the Covid-19 protocol.

Over eight million people have recovered from Covid-19 in India. While the country's total caseload stands at 8,636,011, the number of active cases had come down to 494,657.

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 1,04,940 on Wednesday as 252 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Five fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 910, he said.

A senior US government official complained Tuesday that the World Health Organization has not shared enough information about its planned mission to China to investigate the animal origins of the coronavirus.

Stock markets gained on Wednesday, as news of a working Covid-19 vaccine seemed to inoculate investors against worry about surging infections in Europe and the United States, news agency Reuters reported.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro drew criticism Tuesday for telling the people of the country to not to deal with Covid-19 like "a country of fags." Bolsonaro, who has consistently downplayed the virus even as it has killed 163,000 people in Brazil.

The US has surpassed 1 million new confirmed coronavirus cases in just the first 10 days of November, with more than 100,000 infections each day becoming the norm in a surge that shows no signs of slowing.