The United States passed 7,00,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University.

With the highest number of cases and deaths of any country in the world, the US has now recorded 7,00,282 cases of COVID-19 and 36,773 deaths. 3,856 deaths have also been recorded in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, global COVID-19 deaths have surpassed 1,50,000 with over 22 lakh infections as international institutions are intensifying their collective efforts on battling the pandemic.

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1:34 PM: Public Interest Litigation filed in Supreme Court seeking permission to return home for those migrant labourers, who test negative for COVID19. The PIL also states that “government should allow for their safe travel to their hometowns and villages and provide necessary transportation.”

1:15 PM: We have received 42,000 rapid kits, they will be used in containment zones starting from tomorrow: Satyendar Jain, Delhi Health Minister

1:05 PM: A 43-year-old police constable and his wife tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra’s Pune city and were shifted to an isolation facility in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area, an official said.

12:35 PM: An 85-year-old coronavirus patient, who was declared cured and was under treatment for kidney and heart-related ailments died early Saturday at a hospital in Kerala.

12:30 PM: Seven more people die due to COVID-19 in Gujarat; state death  toll rises to 48: Official

12:18 PM: There are 1767 COVID19 positive cases in Delhi, out of which 67 were reported yesterday. There have been 42 deaths in the national capital, 911 patients are admitted at hospitals, of which 27 are in ICUs and 6 are on ventilators: Satyendar Jain, Delhi Health Minister

11:48AM: Coronavirus cases surged past the 600 mark in Andhra Pradesh, touching 603 on Saturday as 31 more tested positive to the infection in the last 24 hours.

11:46AM: A 65-year-old COVID-19 patient died at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad city in the early hours of Saturday.

11:01AM: Two more coronavirus patients died in Jaipur on Friday night, taking the total number of deaths due to the virus in Jaipur to nine.

10:10AM: Two more people died of coronavirus during treatment at a state-run hospital in Jaipur, pushing the death toll due to the virus in Rajasthan to 19, an official said.

9:39AM: 991 new Covid-19 cases and 43 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. 

9:35AM: India’s total number of COVID-19 cases crosses the 14,000 mark; currently at 14,378 (including 11,906 active cases, 1992 cured/discharged/migrated and 480 deaths): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

8:45AM: The number of coronavirus-related deaths in France rose by 761 to 18,681 in the past 24-hours, the head of the public health agency Jerome Salomon has said.

8:43AM: US President Donald Trump has announced a $19 billion relief program to help farmers and ranchers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

8:41AM: At least 20 Indian Navy personnel test positive for coronavirus in Mumbai, according to news agency PTI.