Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

New Delhi, Jul 2 () Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Thursday.

12:09 p.m.

As many as 63 new COVID-19 cases take overall tally in Puducherry past 800 mark.

11:57 a.m.

A review of studies has found major weaknesses in the evidence base for diagnostic accuracy of COVID-19 antibody tests.

11:53 a.m.

Rajasthan reports five more COVID-19 deaths and 115 fresh cases.

11:34 a.m.

RJD MLA Shahnawaz Alam tests positive for COVID-19, the third legislator in Bihar to have contracted the disease.

11:33 a.m.

Pfizer, BioNTech experimental COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in early trial, study says.

India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past six lakh with a single-day increase of 19,148 cases, just five days after it crossed the five-lakh mark, Union Health Ministry data says.

11:11 a.m.

District jail in Muzaffarnagar sets up quarantine area for new inmates after five prisoners test COVID-19 positive.

11:01 a.m.

A 10-day complete lockdown begins in Thane and two other civic administrations adjoining Mumbai city.

9:47 a.m.

Two more COVID-19 deaths reported in Jammu and Kashmir as the UT's total fatalities rises to 107.

Four more people test COVID-19 positive in Arunachal Pradesh as state's tally rises to 195. VIS VIS