Covid update: China's Beijing claim; India 1.6 lakh active cases; HCQ export

Covid update: China's Beijing claim; India 1.6 lakh active cases; HCQ export

From India's recovery rate reaching 52.9%, to the Union government allowing export of the drug hydroxychloroquine - here are the top ten news updates on the Covid-19 pandemic.

A study has suggested that people who are suffering from Covid, but don't show symptoms, may have a weaker immune response to the disease.

Tamil Nadu has become the second Indian state to cross the 50,000-mark with regard to total Covid cases so far, even as Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, saw its tally cross 1 lakh, 20 thousand.

Chinese officials have claimed that the recent wave of infections in capital city Beijing is contained.

Fitch ratings agency has downgraded India's economic outlook to 'negative' from 'stable' on account of the pandemic's impact on the economy.

Watch the full video for the other updates on the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus.