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Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Today is the 309th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 1,06,89,527 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,53,724 deaths. A total of 1,03,59,305 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far. There are 1,76,498 active cases in the country as of date, which comprises 1.65 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. India's recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 96.91 percent. Globally, more than 10 crore people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 21.54 lakh have died so far. Many countries, including India, have granted emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines and have started vaccinating healthcare workers and high-risk groups. India's regulator has granted restricted emergency use approval for two vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin. Over 20 lakh people have been given their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in India so far.
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|Maharashtra reports 2,171 new COVID-19 cases; tally rises to 20,15,524; toll up to 50,894 as 32 die, according to an official (PTI)
| The Health Department of Gujarat has reports 353 new COVID-19 cases, tally rises to 2,60,220; toll goes up to 4,382 as one dies.
| In the light of rising COVID-19 cases in the state, the Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan chaired a review meeting. The decision has been made to impose tight restrictions & deploy police to monitor compliance with the COVID-19 protocol. (With ANI inputs)
|Karnataka reports 428 new COVID-19 cases, 760 discharges and three deaths in the last 24 hours, as per State Health Department. Total cases: 9,37,383, Active cases: 6,298, Total discharges: 9,18,859 and Death toll: 12,207.
|Maharashtra reports 2,171 new COVID-19 cases; tally rises to 20,15,524; toll up to 50,894 as 32 die, according to an official. (PTI)
|MHA guidelines: Cinema halls can operate with higher capacity, swimming pools for all now
|Ministry Of Home Affairs: Guidelines for surveillance, containment & caution
All activities have been permitted outside Containment Zones, with a few exceptions.
|Delhi sees 96 new Covid cases in last 24 hours; cases below 100 for first time since April 30: Health Department
|Active cases in the country are only 1.65 per cent of total infections. (PTI)
|Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have announced that Covaxin has been found to work against the UK-variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus. The joint study conducted by Bharat Biotech and ICMR, published in bioRxiv, an open access preprint journal biological sciences, found that the Sera collected from Covaxin receipients neutralised UK-variants. Read the full story here.
