| 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 and developments The number of coronavirus cases reported from India stands at 8,50,359 with the death toll at 22,686. India recorded 27,746 new cases on Saturday.
2. Amitabh Bachchan tests COVID-19 positive The 77-year-old actor announced on Twitter that his family and staff members too have been tested for COVID-19 but their results are awaited. It was later confirmed that his son Abhishek had also tested positive.
3. Chinese military further withdraws troops from Pangong Tso area: Sources There has been further withdrawal of Chinese troops in the ridgeline of Finger Four and they have removed some boats from Pangong lake, the sources said.
4. M.P. CM to allocate portfolios to new inductees on Sunday Nine days after they were inducted into the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet, 28 Ministers will finally get portfolios on July 12.
5. Lockdown in Assam's Kamrup metropolitan district extended till July 19 The ongoing lockdown in Kamrup Metropolitan district, under which Guwahati city falls, has been further extended for a week from July 12 due to large scale spread of COVID-19 cases, Assam Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna said. 6. Flooding in parts of north Bengal, heavy rains in Kolkata, Siliguri The weatherman has forecast thunderstorms in Gangetic West Bengal on Sunday. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. | 
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