Coronavirus live updates: US to withdraw student visas for foreigners students whose classes move online

Maharashtra's coronavirus case count on Saturday rose to 2,00,064 with a record single-day spike in patients of 7,074. With 295 deaths, the death toll due to the pandemic in the state rose to 8,671, said the health department. 3,395 patients were discharged, taking the number of recovered patients to 1,08,082.

More than 11.15 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 526,088? have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

University and college examinations in Punjab have been cancelled in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Saturday.The students will be promoted on the basis of their previous years' results and will also have an option to take the exams later, Singh announced in his weekly 'AskCaptain' Facebook live. However, the online exams being conducted by some universities will continue uninterrupted. Universities and colleges are in the process of working out the modalities for implementing the decision which will be announced in the next few weeks, the chief minister said.

As experts cautioned against rushing the process for developing a Covid-19 vaccine after the ICMR stated it plans to launch one by August 15, the apex health research body on Saturday stressed that it is acting in accordance with the globally accepted norms to fast-track vaccine development for diseases of pandemic potential.