Coronavirus LIVE Update: India's Cases Rise To 59,92,532; 94,503 Dead

Bangalore Archbishop Tests Positive For COVID-19

The Bangalore Archbishop Emeritus Reverend Bernard Moras has tested positive for COVID-19, the Archdiocese of Bangalore said in a statement. Rev. Moras had gone to St. John's Hospital for a routine checkup after not feeling well. The Archdiocese said that Rev. Moras' condition is currently stable.

Kolkata Stops Flight Operations From Six Cities

The Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International airport has announced that no flights will be operated from Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur,Chennai & Ahmedabad from 6th to 19th July 2020.

Andhra Pradesh Reports 765 New COVID-19 Cases

Andhra Pradesh has reported 765 new COVID-19 cases till 9 am on Saturday. The total case count stands at 765 while the death toll is 218.

WHO Team To Investigate Coronavirus Origins In China

WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan told ANI that a WHO team will be visiting China to investigate the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. "What is needed now is a good investigation going back before December to find out where and how it jumped from animal to human. Was there any intermediate animal or not or it directly jumped from bat to humans which are also possible? Bats have been implicated in other viral diseases -- Nipah for example. It is possible it came directly. It is also possible that there was an intermediate animal-like in the case of SARS. That thorough investigation still needs to be done," Dr Swaminathan said.

India Reports Highest One-day Spike In New COVID-19 Cases

India reported 22,771 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours to take the total case count to 6,48,315. The number of active cases are 2,35,433 while 3,94,226 patients have been cured or discharged. 442 patients succumbed to the disease as the death toll rose to 18,655.

India Extends Ban On International Flights Till July 31

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has extended the ban on international flights from July 15 to July 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. India suspended international flights since March 23 while it allowed domestic flights to resume operations from May 25.

Single Day Highest Spike In Maharashtra

Maharashtra reported 6364 new cases on July 3 taking the total number of positive cases to 1, 92,990. This is the second striaght day that the state has reported over 6000 cases.  Mumbai's cases decreased by 200 in the past 24 hours as it reported over 1372 cases. Around 1700 people recovered from the virus today. 

The other satellite towns in the Mumbai Metropolitan region saw an increase in cases with the Kalyan-Dombivali belt reporting 617 cases on July 3.

The number of recovered patients stands at 1,04,487 as 3515 patients were discharged today. The state has a recovery rate of 54.2%. 

Currently, the state has 79,911 active cases.  

Uber Shuts Mumbai Office; Employees To Work From Home

The ride-sharing company Uber has shut its Mumbai office as part of its global downsizing exercise that affected around 6,700 employees worldwide, reports Livemint. According to the report, Uber employees will continue to work from home till December but it's unclear if the company will move into a new office. The ride-sharing giant had earlier laid off 600 employees from India due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tamil Nadu Crosses 1 Lakh Cases

Tamil Nadu became the second state to cross 1 lakh COVID-19 cases in the country as it recorded over 4,300 cases for the second day. The state reported 4329 fresh cases reported on July 3, raising the state total to 1,02,721. Chennai reported 2082 positive cases taking the city's total to 64,689 cases.

The state recorded 64 deaths on Friday with which the state toll stands at 1385. Around 2357 patients were discharged following treatment today, putting the total number of discharged patients at 58,378.

As of Friday, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu is 42,955

Goa Legislative Assembly To Be Curtailed To One Day Due To Pandemic

The Goa Legislative Assembly will be curtailed in one day instead of the scheduled two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reports PTI. Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat told PTI that the decision was taken unanimously in a meeting chaired by Speaker Rajesh Patnekar.