Active cases: 1,23,225
Total discharges: 58,48,693
Death toll: 1,23,030
Coronavirus News Highlights: India’s brutal second wave of COVID-19 pandemic is receding but the cases of Delta plus variant, classified as a variant of concern (VOC), are increasing in the country. So far, the country has recorded over 3.05 crore confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 4,02,005 deaths. A total of 2,96,58,078 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far. There are 4,85,350 active COVID-19 cases in the country, which comprises 1.59 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. India's recovery rate now stands at 97.09 percent. Globally, more than 18.33 crore people have been infected by the coronavirus and 39.69 lakh have died so far. India has begun the third phase of the vaccination drive in which everyone above 18 years of age will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 35.12 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Active cases: 1,23,225
Total discharges: 58,48,693
Death toll: 1,23,030
Telangana on Sunday recorded 605 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of positive cases in the State to 6,26,690. Seven more people succumbed to the virus pushing the death toll to 3,691, a bulletin said. The number of active cases stood at 11,964. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation reported the highest number of cases with 107 followed by Karimnagar (54) and Suryapet (36). A total of 71,800 samples were tested today. Cumulatively, the number of samples tested was 1,90,66,401. The bulletin said there were 1,088 recoveries during the day and it saw the total number going up to 6,11,035. The recovery rate and case fatality rate in the State was 97.10 per cent and 0.58 per cent compared to the national average of 97.07 per cent and 1.3 per cent, it said.
Odisha on Sunday achieved a milestone by inoculating over 1 crore people, out of the states 4.5 crore population, with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare PK Mohapatra said. According to information available in the CoWIN portal, as many as 1,00,06,081 people have been administered the first dose of the vaccine, while 22,10,303 received both doses.
Nagalands COVID-19 tally rose to 25,519 on Sunday as 68 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.
The state also reported more COVID-19 recoveries than fresh cases for the seventh consecutive day with 86 persons recuperating from the disease in the last 24 hours. "68 positive cases detected today are Mokokchung: 22, Kohima: 20, Dimapur: 18, Kiphire: 4, Mon: 2 and Longleng and Phek: 1 each," said State Nodal Officer for Integrated Disease Surveillance Project, Dr. Nyanthung Kikon in the daily COVID- 19 bulletin. He also said that 86 positive patients Kohima: 25, Dimapur: 23, Peren: 19, Mokokchung: 9, Phek: 6, and Kiphire: 4 recovered during the day increasing the number of recovered patients to 23,077.
Goa reports 164 new COVID cases, 202 recoveries and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active cases: 2,087
Total recoveries: 1,62,276
Death toll: 3,073
Active cases: 44,846
Total discharges: 27,73,407
Death toll: 35,367
PM Narendra Modi would be sharing his thoughts on CoWIN Global Conclave tomorrow as India offers CoWIN as a digital public good to the world to combat COVID19: National Health Authority (NHA)
Sikkim's COVID-19 tally rose to 21,131 on Sunday as 176 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.The state's coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 308 as no fresh fatality was reported.South Sikkim registered the highest number of new cases at 87, followed by 58 in East Sikkim and 31 in West Sikkim.Sikkim now has 2,101 active cases, while 18,469 people have recovered from the disease and 253 patients have migrated to other states.The recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state stands at 87.4 per cent.The Himalayan state has tested over 1.67 lakh samples for COVID-19 thus far, including 1,367 in the last 24 hours, it said, adding the positivity rate stands at 12.8 per cent.
The Odisha government has made necessary preparations to tackle the possible third wave of Covid19. "My dept has prepared an SOP on June 17, 2021 & shared it with all collectors, municipal commissioners & heads of medical colleges," State health minister Naba Kisore Das said.
There will be no weekend lockdown in 13 districts - Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Poonch, Rajouri, Udhampur, Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Budgam, Ganderbal, Pulwama and Shopian. However, the daily night curfew will continue from 8 pm to 7 am: Govt of Jammu and Kashmir
Andhra Pradesh reports 3,175 fresh COVID cases, 3,692 recoveries, and 29 deaths in the past 24 hours
Active cases: 35,325
Total recoveries: 18,54,754
Death toll: 12,844
Russia reported more than 25,000 new coronavirus cases, the highest number of daily infections since early January as the country battles the surging Delta variant.
Delhi recorded 94 fresh COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths on Sunday while the positivity rate stood at 0.13 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here. The national capital has recorded 14,34,554 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began last year. So far, over 14.08 lakh patients have recovered.The death toll stands at 24,995. On Saturday, Delhi had recorded 86 cases and five deaths with a positivity rate of 0.11 per cent, according to official data.
