Highlights: 371 new Covid-19 cases reported in Jharkhand today

371 new Covid-19 cases reported in Jharkhand today. Total number of cases in the State is now at 10,399, including 6,120 active cases, 4,176 recovered & 103 deaths: State Health Department

Himachal Pradesh's Covid-19 case tally rises to 2,506. There are 1,090 active cases, 1,387 recovered cases and 12 deaths in the State: Himachal Pradesh Health Department

2,112 new Covid-19 cases detected in Assam out of 41,028 tests in the last 24 hrs. The total number of cases in the State stands at 38,407 including 27,832 recovered, 10,478 active cases and 94 deaths: Himanta Biswa Sarma, State Health Minister

623 new Covid-19 cases reported in Haryana today; the total number of cases in the State reaches 34,254. There are 6,497 active cases; death toll stands at 417: State Health Department

511 new Covid-19 cases reported in Punjab today. The total number of cases now stands at 15,456 including 4,577 active cases, 10,509 discharged cases and 370 deaths: Department of Information & Public Relations, Punjab Government

Suspension of flights to Kolkata from 6 cities- Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Nagpur & Ahmedabad has been extended till 15th August: West Bengal Additional Chief Secretary (Home) in a letter to Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Maharashtra records 4,11,798 total Covid-19 cases with 11,147 new cases.

Total Deaths : 14,729 (266 new cases)

People recovered so far : 248,615 (8860 today)

Total Tested : 20,70,128

In Mumbai -

Total Cases: 1,13,199

New Cases: 1208

Total Deaths : 6300 (53 new cases)

Kerala reported 506 positive cases and 794 recoveries on Thursday as the death toll climbed to 70 with two more fatalities.

The infection tally has now touched 22,297.

Bihar government has extended coronavirus lockdown till August 16

1,159 Covid-19 cases and 22 deaths reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours. State tally rises to 60,285 including 13,793 active cases, 44,074 cured/discharged and 2,418 deaths: State Health Department

Karnataka reports 6,128 new Covid-19 cases and 83 deaths today. The total number of cases in the State stands at 1,18,632 including 69,700 active cases and 2,230 deaths: State Health Department

British authorities are worried about a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe and will not hesitate to bring back more quarantine measures, possibly within the next few days, as they did with Spain.

The US on Thursday provided Pakistan 100 ventilators to help it fight the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed nearly 6,000 lives and infected over 277,000 people in the country.

The Philippines reported nearly 4,000 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, a record daily jump in infections for the fourth time this month, just as President Rodrigo Duterte prepared to announce a major shift in his government's Covid-19 response.

Amid spiralling Covid infections and deaths, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh says that plasma will be provided free of cost by the state government to all those in need: Punjab Chief Minister's Office