| Welcome to The Morning Filter, your guide to the busy news day ahead. We hope you are staying safe. Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today: 1. Coronavirus | Latest numbers The number of coronavirus cases in India stands at 246520 with the death toll at 6941. Registering a new high in the number of daily cases detected, India has overtaken Spain to become the country with the fifth highest confirmed COVID-19 infections. 2. Amit Shah Bihar 'virtual rally' on Sunday Bihar BJP leaders have said the party has made arrangements at most of the over 72,000 booths in the State for its workers and the masses to hear Shah's address. 3. Delhi health infra should be used for its residents only: Panel formed by AAP govt. A Delhi government official said that a Cabinet meeting will be held on Sunday when a final decision on the report is expected to be taken.  4. RML Hospital reduces COVID-19 screening centre timings The RML Hospital will run the screening centre for COVID-19 patients for a reduced duration from Sunday to not "keep test results pending", an official said, days after the AAP alleged the Centre-run facility was giving out erroneous test results and delaying reports. 5. Online music concert by Kashmiri artists on Sunday Named 'Qarar' (Solace), the three-hour (6-9 p.m.) concert on Sunday by Kashmiri vocalists and instrumentalists on Facebook will try to cheer people up, famed singer and chairman of The Kashmir Music Club, which is organising the event, Waheed Jeelani said.  6. Singaporean experts to check Assam oil well gas leak A three-member expert team from a Singapore-based emergency management firm is likely to start work on Sunday night to control the 10-day gas well blowout in the Tinsukia district of Assam. 7. Washington, other U.S. cities gear for more protests over police brutality - follow up The largest U.S. demonstration appeared to be in Washington, where streams of protesters flooded streets that were closed to traffic.  Morning Filter will return tomorrow. | 
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