Coronavirus News Highlights: Maharashtra reports 7,243 COVID-19 cases, 196 deaths; 10,978 patients recover

The West Bengal government may not completely lift the coronavirus-related restrictions that have been imposed in the state till July 15, a senior official said on Tuesday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to review the COVID-19 situation on Wednesday and the final call, he said. "Though the pandemic situation in the state has improved a lot, withdrawing the restrictions completely might still be risky. Nearby states like Tripura and Odisha and even Bangladesh have reported a surge in cases. "Therefore, we need to be extra cautious... The CM will decide on it," the official told PTI. He said that warnings by experts regarding a possible third wave will have to be considered as well before coming to a decision on lifting the restrictions. "The positivity rate in the city and its surrounding districts are yet to settle at a satisfactory level, too," he added.

Maharashtra reported 7,243 new coronavirus cases and 196 fatalities on Tuesday, taking the tally of infections to 61,72,645 and death toll to 1,26,220, a health department official said. As many as 10,978 patients were discharged from hospitals since Monday evening, taking the number of recovered cases to 59,38,734, he added.The state now has 1,04,406 active COVID-19 cases. Maharashtra's COVID-19 recovery rate is 96.21 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.04 per cent, the official said.

The national capital vaccinated 36,342 people against the coronavirus on Monday, according to the Delhi government's vaccination bulletin issued on Tuesday. The first dose of the Covid vaccine was administered to 22,262 beneficiaries while another 14,080 received the second dose, it said.Meanwhile, a 'pink vaccination centre', which will exclusively cater to women, was set up in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar area. The city has administered 89,37,969 vaccine doses so far, and a total of 20,94,502 people have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to the bulletin.

Mumbai on Tuesday reported 441 new coronavirus positive cases, the lowest after February 9 this year, and eight fatalities, the city civic body said. With the new additions, the tally of COVID-19 infections in Mumbai reached 7,28,615 and the toll 15,644, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) update. The city is now left with 6,950 active cases.Tuesday is the second consecutive day when Mumbai recorded sub-500 cases and less than 10 COVID-19 fatalities. A day before, the financial capital reported 478 new cases and nine deaths. On February 9, Mumbai had reported 375 COVID-19 cases

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Total cases 25,23,943
Total recoveries 24,59,223
Death toll 33,502

Active cases 31,218

Recoveries continued to outnumber new cases in JaammuandKashmir on Tuesday as 416 patients recovered while 143 new COVID19 cases and one death was reported during the last 24 hours.

Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes, those travelling abroad for educational & employment purposes can now be vaccinated from Monday to Saturday, at seven dedicated COVID vaccination centers. Kasturba Hospital, KEM Hospital, SevenHills Hospital, Dr Vile Parle Covid19 preventive vaccination facility provided to students, employees & Olympic athletes going abroad at 7 places namely Cooper Hospital, Municipal Corporation Centenary Hospital, Rajawadi HospitaGreater Mumbai Municipal Corporation

Karnataka's Covid tally reaches 28,74,597 with 1,913 new cases, 48 more deaths push toll to 35,944; recoveries surge to 28,04,396: Health bulletin

India’s cumulative COVID Vaccination Coverage exceeded 38.50 crores (38,50,19,469), as per the 7 pm provisional report today. More than 34.10 lakhs (34,10,974) vaccine doses have been administered today, as per the 7 pm provisional report: Government of India

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Not only adults but also children who have battled COVID are coming to hospitals in the city with post-coronavirus symptoms like gastric issues, headaches, brain fogging, shortness of breath, doctors at private hospitals here said.Apart from complaints of MISC (multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children), experts are also seeing children, who had mild COVID, coming to them with delayed recovery.

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The Uttarakhand government has decided to cancel Kanwar Yatra this year in view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation, news agency ANI reported on July 13.The decision to cancel Kanwar Yatra comes a day after Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said "God would not want people to die".The erstwhile Uttarakhand government headed by Tirath Singh Rawat had decided to cancel the pilgrimage this year, but Dhami, after assuming the chief ministerial post, had decided to reconsider the move.

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