Highlights: More recoveries from Covid-19 than new cases for 41st day, says govt

Britain's transport minister Grant Shapps has said he'd be making an announcement on changes to the country's 14-day quarantine rule for travellers into the country 'very soon.'

The Philippines' health ministry on Friday recorded 1,902 new Covid-19 cases and 31 deaths. Total cases in the country rise to 404,713 including 7,752 deaths.

Russia's Covid-19 tally has reached 1,880,551 with 21,983 new cases on Friday, the health ministry said. Death toll rose to 32,443 with 411 new fatalities.

Main reason behind spike in Covid-19 cases in Delhi is pollution. Will submit assessment report to Centre's air quality commission, request it to implement Pusa biodecomposer in all states: CM Arvind Kejriwal

Covid-19 situation in Delhi should come under control in seven-10 days; we are considering taking several steps next week: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

1,018 new positive cases were reported in Odisha on 12th November. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the state is 307,004 including 293,741 recovered cases and 11,715 active cases; death toll 1,495: Odisha govt

Germany's Robert Koch Institute has said the country recorded 23,542 new Covid-19 cases, as total tally rose to 751,095. Death toll rose to 12,200 with 218 fresh fatalities.

Telangana recorded 997 new Covid-19 cases, 1,222 recoveries and fiur deaths yesterday. Total number of cases now at 255,663 including 237,172 recoveries, 17,094 active cases and 1,397 deaths: Health dept

Chile's govt in a bulletin has said it will allow allow foreign citizens to enter the country starting from November 23 after eight months of the closure over the Covid-19 pandemic.

Total number of samples tested up to 12 November is 123,101,739 including 1,139,230 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

India's Covid-19 tally crosses 8.7 million to reach 8,728,795 with 44,879 new cases in last 24 hours. 547 deaths take death toll to 128,668 while active cases stay below five lakh at 484,547.

Mizoram's Covid-19 case tally stands at 3,309 including 568 active cases, 2,739 recoveries and 2 deaths: Mizoram govt

Eight new cases of Covid-19 were reported in mainland China on November 12, down from 15 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority reported on Friday. The total number of cases has now reached 86,307.

With daily capacity of 1,500,000 tests, more than 1,100,000 tests were done on an average every day in the past six weeks: Health ministry

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From few tests in Jan, India has scaled a high of more than 12 cr total tests in Nov. pic.twitter.com/OIRxKxzmTT

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Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga has said the current Covid-19 situation in the country's doesn't require another state-of-emergency declaration. Japan on Thursday logged 1,634 cases of Covid-19, its highest in a day.