Coronavirus live updates: India records highest ever single day recoveries of 51,706 patients

Revenue of mall operators is likely to halve this fiscal because of the coronavirus-driven lockdowns as multiplexes, food courts, restaurants and gaming zones continued to remain closed, according to a report.Much of the impact on mall revenue is because multiplexes, food courts, restaurants and gaming zones have not yet opened in many locations as per government orders, Crisil Ratings said in a report.

Three officers of the vigilance unit of the Uttar Pradesh power department, including the father of Bollywood actress Disha Patani, have tested positive for coronavirus.Jagdish Patani and the two other officers, who came here from Lucknow, have tested positive for Covid-19, Additional CMO Ashok Kumar said on Wednesday.

The United States government will pay Johnson & Johnson over $1 billion for 100 million doses of its investigational coronavirus vaccine, the drugmaker said on Wednesday.It said it will deliver the vaccine to Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) on a not-for-profit basis to be used after approval or emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

North Korea’s test results for a man suspected of being the country’s first coronavirus case were inconclusive, though authorities have quarantined over 3,635 primary and secondary contacts, a World Health Organization official told Reuters.

7 deaths have been reported in the state today: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday recalled the significance of the path of 'maryada' associated with Lord Ram in the backdrop of the situation created byCovid-19 and emphasised the importance of social distancing and wearing face masks. He said that the current situation demands 'maryada' should be 'do gaz ki doori, mask hai zaroori' and exhorted everyone to follow it. Read more

A team of Indian-origin researchers has found that patients experiencing severe Covid-19 symptoms had improved outcomes when administered an Interleukin-6 (IL6ri) inhibitor, sarilumab or tocilizumab -- used in treating autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other several inflammatory conditions.

The Canadian government will make an announcement on the next steps in procuring vaccines at 10 am Eastern Time (1400 GMT) on Wednesday, an official statement said.The statement did not give any more details. There are no approved vaccines for the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, but 19 vaccines are being trialled in humans around the world.