Coronavirus LIVE updates: India cases at 8,728,795; active cases at 484,547

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,736,329 coronavirus cases, Karnataka 855,912, Andhra Pradesh 849,705, Tamil Nadu 752,521 and Kerala 508,256. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

9:40 PM

Punjab reports 17 more Covid-19 deaths, 388 new cases

Punjab reported 17 more Covid-19 fatalities on Friday, taking the death toll to 4,428, while 738 new cases took the state's infection tally to 1,40,605.

 

There are 5,771 active cases of the disease in the state at present, according to an official bulletin issued here.

 

The places that reported new cases of the infection include Mohali (124), Jalandhar (113) and Ludhiana (85).

9:28 PM

G-20 agrees on framework for more debt relief amid Covid-19

The Group of 20 nations, representing the world's biggest economies, announced on Friday that low-income countries hardest hit by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic could potentially get an extension on their debt payments beyond mid-2021, and in the most severe cases, a debt write-off.

 

The G-20 statement, released after a virtual gathering of the group's finance ministers and central bank governors, declared that the countries had agreed on a "common framework" for "timely and orderly" debt restructuring that aims to treat creditors equally and negotiate debt on a case-by-case basis.

9:18 PM

Punjab reports 17 more Covid-19 deaths, 388 new cases

Punjab reported 17 more Covid-19 fatalities on Friday, taking the death toll to 4,428, while 738 new cases took the state's infection tally to 1,40,605.

 

There are 5,771 active cases of the disease in the state at present, according to an official bulletin issued here.

 

The places that reported new cases of the infection include Mohali (124), Jalandhar (113) and Ludhiana (85).

9:14 PM

47 more test Covid-positive in Muzaffarnagar

A total of 47 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday in Muzaffarnagar, taking the number of active patients in the district to 340.

 

The discovery of new patients took the total number of cases in the district till date to 6,282, said District Magistrate Selva Kumari J.

8:55 PM

Punjab reports 738 new Covid-19 cases

8:37 PM

Chandigarh reports 93 new Covid-19 cases

8:20 PM

Manipur reports 214 new Covid-19 positive cases

7:59 PM

Karnataka reports 2,016 new Covid-19 cases

7:41 PM

Haryana reports 2,688 new Covid-19 cases, 27 deaths

7:12 PM

Andhra Pradesh reports 1,593 new Covid-19 cases

6:52 PM

Uttarakhand reports 467 new Covid-19 positive cases and 4 deaths

6:28 PM

Rajasthan reports 2,144 new Covid-19 cases

6:05 PM

Sri Lanka reports 17,67 new Covid-19 cases, 19 deaths

The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Sri Lanka has reached 15,723, the Johns Hopkins University and Medicine reported on Friday.

5:41 PM

Ensure compliance of Covid-19 norms during festival season: UP CM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed the officials to ensure compliance of all necessary precautions during the festival season in view of Covid-19 pandemic.

5:13 PM

India's Covid-19 active caseload drops below 485,000; daily new recoveries outnumber fresh cases