Coronavirus live updates: India's tally goes past 40 lakh, Maharashtra adds over 20,000 cases in a day

"He was admitted to the hospital on Thursday evening after his COVID-19 test came positive," Atul Londhe, state Congress spokesperson, told PTI.

Telangana continued to witness a spurt in coronavirus cases with 2,478 additions and 10 related deaths, taking the aggregate of those affected in the state to 1.35 lakh.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and all other Chennai Super Kings players, except for the Covid-19 afflicted duo of Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad, will start training from Friday evening after clearing a third round of testing for the virus here. The results are a major relief to the franchise, which was hit by 13 positive cases last week. The event is due to start on September 19 and will be played in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.

The total number of Covid-19 cases mounted to 39,36,747, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 68,472 with 1,096 people succumbing to it in a day, the ministry's data updated at 8 am showed. The Covid-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.74 per cent in the country.

"Steve Mandanda therefore will not be able to take part in the game in Sweden and will leave the squad on Friday morning," the French Football Federation said in a statement late on Thursday.

Compulsory antigen tests for legislators, distribution of COVID-19 kits and a new seating arrangement to ensure physical distancing among members are some of the measures undertaken for the two-day monsoon session beginning here on September 7, Vidhan Bhavan officials said.

An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organisation to review its coordination of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic will have full access to any internal UN agency documents, materials and emails necessary, the panel said Thursday as it begins the probe.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday it confirmed 198 additional cases in the latest 24-hour period, taking the country's total to 20,842, with 331 deaths. About 70 per cent of the new cases were in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area.