Coronavirus live updates: Goa extends corona curfew till June 28

Russia's capital Moscow on Saturday registered 9,120 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours, a second consecutive new daily record, according to government figures. The record topped Friday's total of 9,056 new infections, according to statistics published on the stopcoronavirus.rf website. Moscow's mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said the city's surging outbreak is due to the Delta variant first identified in India.

With a rise in mucormycosis or black fungus cases in Jharkhand, the state government has directed the health machinery to be on high alert and extend all possible care to the affected people, an official said on Saturday. A total of 79 confirmed and 53 suspected cases have been reported to date in 18 of the 24 districts, he said.

In the last seven days ending Thursday, Brazil registered 4,88,882, narrowly inching ahead of India's count of 4,88,626, as per data from worldometers.info. This was the first time since late March that the seven-day average of daily Covid cases in India has been overtaken by another country.

The easing of Covid-related lockdown norms has led to crowding in some markets and other places, the Centre said on Saturday, as it urged states to ensure the "extremely important" five-fold strategy of Covid-appropriate behaviour, test-track-treat and vaccination to prevent the spread of the disease.