Highlights: Madhya Pradesh registers 1,463 Covid-19 cases, 1,708 recoveries

The Delhi govt has removed Bara Hindu Rao hospital from list of designated Covid-19 hospitals with immediate effect due to the low average bed occupancy of the hospital and request received from the NDMC.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has said gatherings of more than six people will be banned from October 14 as a measure to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Argentina's Covid-19 caseload has crossed the 900,00 mark to reach 903,730 with 9,524 new infections over the last 24 hours, the country's health ministry has said. Death toll reaches 24,186 with 318 deaths in last 24 hours.

Delhi's Jhandewalan temple says will not allow senior citizens and children below ten years of age during 'Navratri' celebrations.

Bhandara to be distributed in closed containers. Thermal screening & sanitisation will be done at all places; devotees won't be allowed without mask. Senior citizens & children below the age of 10 years not allowed: Trustee of Jhandewalan Temple on 'Navratri' arrangements #Delhi pic.twitter.com/RWNR0hMOGn

— ANI (@ANI) October 13, 2020

Swiss drugmaker Roche has said it plans to sell a higher-volume Covid-19 antigen test to laboratories by the end of the year.

After JJP chief and Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, party's state unit chief Nishan Singh announces on Facebook he has tested positive for coronavirus; urges those who have come in contact with him to get tested.

Russia registers a record 13,868 new cases of Covid-19, up from 13,592 on Monday, taking the country's tally to 1,326,178.

UK housing secretary Robert Jenrick has warned the govt may have to impose stricter restrictions if the second wave of Covid-19 accelerates in high-risk areas.

Officials in the Chinese city of Qingdao have said they have completed Covid-19 tests on three million people following first local outbreak in mainland China in two months.

"For the past 14 days, our number of active cases is less than 1 million. As compared to other countries, we have the highest recovery rate of 87% with a fatality rate of around 1.53%. Plus, over 1 million tests are being conducted every day," Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday.

French minister Marlene Schiappa on Tuesday said the French government could not rule out imposing a curfew on cities such as Paris to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari writes to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, seeks reopening of places of worship with Covid-19 precautions.

Maharashtra Governor wrote to CM Uddhav Thackeray, seeking re-opening of places of worship with COVID precautions

"I wonder if you're receiving any divine premonition to keep postponing re-opening or you've suddenly turned 'secular' yourselves, the term you hated?" letter states pic.twitter.com/BedTgTSP2d

— ANI (@ANI) October 13, 2020

Addressing a virtual meet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges people of Maharashtra to not be careless about wearing masks and social distancing as the situation there is a little more worrying.

Puja committees will have to get the pujaris tested for Covid-19 on 'panchami', they should be re-tested on day of 'visarjan'. Puja pandals to remain open only till 10pm and restaurants till 9pm, announces Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

2,275 new Covid-19 cases and 2,257 recoveries in Odisha till October 12. The total number of cases rises to 2,56,937, including 2,30,192 recoveries and 25,635 active cases: Govt of Odisha