Coronavirus live updates: Offices, shops to remain shut in Haryana on weekends

Children over 12 should follow same mask rules as adults, reports AFP quoting WHO

All shops and establishments except essential shops will remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays until further orders in Chandigarh, reports ANI

67 new Covid-19 cases reported in Andaman & Nicobar taking the total cases to 2,747 including 32 deaths and 971 active cases: Andaman and Nicobar Administration

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered that restrictions under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which bars assembly of more than four people, be imposed in the state amid rising Covid-19 cases.

The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus crisis can be over in less than two years, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. The Spanish flu that hit in 1918 took two years to end, he said.

Rajasthan reports 1,335 new Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths today, taking total cases to 67,954, including 14,525 active cases and 933 deaths: State Health Department

Punjab reports 34 more Covid-19 deaths in past 24 hours, taking the toll to 991; state's infection tally reaches 39,327 with 1,513 fresh cases, reports PTI quoting state's medical bulletin

Nagaland reports more recoveries than fresh Covid-19 cases for 7th day

The state on Friday reported 36 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 3,619 while 153 people recovered from the disease, pushing the number of recoveries to 2,074.

1,406 new Covid-19 cases, 1,235 recoveries & 42 deaths reported in Mumbai today

Total number of positive cases increase to 1,34,223 in Mumbai, including 18,297 active cases, 1,08,268 recovered cases & 7,353 deaths, reports ANI quoting Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

With 179 new cases, Ahmedabad district's Covid-19 tally rises to 29,841; death toll goes up by three to 1,677, reports PTI quoting health department

The Centre on Friday said that the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (undergraduate) will be conducted on September 1-6 and September 13, 2020 respectively as scheduled. Following the Supreme Court’s order on Monday, the National Testing Agency (NTA) released the admit cards for the JEE (main) and as on Friday, 6,49,223 aspirants have downloaded theirs.

Goa's count of Covid-19 deaths jumped to 135 on Friday as nine people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours. This is the highest single-day toll recorded so far

On Friday, Goa reported 477 recoveries and 385 new cases taking the tally of active cases to 3807.

Gujarat in 24 hours added record 1,204 positive cases, taking the total to 84,466. The state also recorded deaths of 14 patients, taking the state death toll to 2,869

Gujarat carried out record 72,858 tests in a day, taking the total to 16.2 lakh. The state is carrying out 1121 tests per day per million population, said state health department officials

Odisha: BJD Bhadrak MLA Sanjib Mallick tests Covid-19 positive, taking the total number of lawmakers infected by the virus in the state to nine, reports PTI

116 Covid-19 cases & 2 deaths reported in Chandigarh today. Total number of cases rises to 2,631, including 1,170 active cases, 1,426 recoveries & 33 deaths till now, reports ANI quoting Health Department, Chandigarh

Karnataka reports 7,571 cases (2,948 in Bengaluru), 6,561 discharges and 93 deaths, taking total cases to 2,64,546 including 1,76,942 discharges and 4,522 deaths, reports ANI quoting state health department

Jammu and Kashmir reports 654 fresh Covid-19 cases, 15 more deaths

Jammu and Kashmir's Covid-19 tally reached 31,371 after 654 fresh infections were detected in the union territory on Friday, while fifteen more deaths took the toll to 593, officials said. Of the 654 new Covid-19 cases, 540 were reported from Kashmir, while 114 were recorded in the Jammu region, they said.

President Ram Nath Kovind greets citizens on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi and prays that Lord Ganesha bless all to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic: Rashtrapati Bhavan statement