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

New Delhi: Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Saturday.

11:20 a.m.

One of T20 cricket’s well-known journeymen, Sandeep Lamichhane has tested positive for COVID-19, the Nepalese leg-spinner said on Saturday, less than two weeks before the start of Big Bash League in which he’d signed to play for Hobart Hurricanes.

11:08 a.m.

Arunachal Pradesh’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 16,231 as 27 more people tested positive for the virus, a health department official said here on Saturday.

10:54 a.m.

The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) will hold its elections on December 18, a process due for the past three months but delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

10:41 a.m.

India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 93.51 lakh with 41,322 new infections being reported in a day while the death toll climbed to 1,36,200 with the virus claiming 485 more lives in the last 24 hours, official data says.

10:23 a.m.

The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,689 as seven more persons tested positive for the infection, a health official said on Saturday.

10:08 a.m.

At least 18 people, including four security personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the state’s tally to 3,806, an official said on Saturday.

9:11 a.m.

Jharkhand’s COVID-19 tally mounted to 1,08,577 as 189 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said on Saturday.

Nationalist Congress Party MLA Bharat Bhalke died here on Saturday while undergoing treatment for post-COVID complications, a hospital official said. (PTI)