Himachal Pradesh’s Covid-19 tally crosses 7,000; death toll at 52

Schools in Iran re-opened to 15 million students on Saturday after a seven-month closure despite concerns over increased spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. Iranian media said that seminaries also reopened on Saturday to about 50,000 students, reports Reuters.

Railways to run 40 pairs of new special trains from September 12. Reservation for these will begin from September 10, Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman Railway Board said.

Another Covid-19 patient has died in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar taking the death toll in the district to 30, officials said on Saturday. A patient, who was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a hospital in Meerut, died on Friday evening, Chief Medical Officer Dr Praveen Chopra said, reports PTI.

Regular bus operations resumed in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, following the state government's announcement that vehicle tax will be waived for the Covid-19 lockdown period, reports PTI.

Six members of the Argentina national rugby have tested positive for Covid-19.

The players are asymptomatic and have been placed in managed isolation, the Argentina Rugby Union said in a statement Friday.It named the players as Emiliano Boffelli, Juan Cruz Mallia, Bautista Delguy, Bautista Pedemonte, Rodrigo Fernandez Criado and Lucas Bur.

Russia reported 5,205 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, pushing its national tally to 1,020,310, the fourth largest in the world.

Odisha's Covid-19 tally jumps to 1,20,221 with 3,543 new cases; seven more fatalities push death toll to 538: Official

There is no shortage of hospital beds for Covid-19 patients in Delhi; out of 14,000 beds, only 5,000 are occupied: CM Arvind Kejriwal.

As per data between August 15 and today, fatality rate among Covid-19 patients is 1% in Delhi against 1.7% of national fatality rate. Our recovery rate is 87% against 77% on national level. Covid-19 cases are rising in Delhi because we've increasing testing: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Amid rise in Covid-19 cases in Delhi, CM Arvind Kejriwal says there is no need to panic as situation is under control

Telangana Finance minister T Harish Rao on Saturday said he tested positive for Covid-19 and was 'fine.'In a tweet, the minister said, "On displaying initial symptoms of coronavirus, I got tested and the report came back positive.

3,543 new positive cases were reported in Odisha on 4th September. The total number of positive cases in the state is 1,20,221 including 90,331 recoveries, 29,299 active cases and 538 deaths: State Government

We have more than doubled the testing in Delhi, in the last week. 37,000 tests were conducted yesterday. Positivity rate is close to 8%. The case fatality rate is around 0.5%. The situation in Delhi is under control: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain.

718 fresh positive cases reported in Rajasthan today till 10.30 am. The total number of positive cases in the state is now 88,515 including 71,990 recoveries, 15,409 active cases and 1,116 deaths: State Health Department

India's Covid-19 tally crosses 40 million with single-day spike of 86,432 new cases and 1,089 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

The total case tally stands at 40,23,179 including 8,46,395 active cases, 31,07,223 cured/discharged/migrated & 69,561 deaths: Ministry of Health.