Coronavirus Highlights: India recorded less than 50,000 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 91 days, taking the total tally of cases to 2,99,77,861, while active cases fell below 7 lakh after 79 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 42,640 Covid infections were reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 3,89,302 with 1,167 daily fatalities, the lowest in 68 days. According to the data published at 7 am, India administered 86.16 lakh vaccine doses, the highest ever single-day vaccination achieved in the world so far, the Health Ministry said. Cumulatively, 28.87 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide inoculation drive. The active cases have further declined to 6,62,521, comprising 2.21 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 96.49 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed. A net decline of 40,366 cases has been recorded in the caseload in a span of 24 hours. Also, 16,64,360 tests were conducted on Monday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 39,40,72,142, while the daily positivity rate has declined to 2.56 per cent. It has been less than 5 per cent for 15 consecutive days, the ministry said. The weekly positivity rate has declined to 3.21 per cent.
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| Tamil Nadu reports 6,895 new cases, 13,156 recoveries, and 194 deaths in past 24 hours.
Active cases: 56,886
Total recoveries: 23,48,353
Death toll: 31,580
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| Punjab reports 409 new cases, 880 discharges, and 20 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Active cases: 5,968
Total discharges: 5,71,207
Death toll: 15,888
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Vaccination will not happen in Maharashtra's Pimpri Chinchwad tomorrow as workers of vaccination centres will be given weekly off, says Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
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| Maharashtra reports 8,470 new cases, 9,043 recoveries and 1188 deaths in 24 hours.
Recovery Rate: 95.9%
Case Fatality Rate: 1.98%
Positivity Rate: 15.01%
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| Telangana reports 1,175 new #COVID cases, 1,771 recoveries and 10 death in 24 hours.
Active cases: 16,640
Total recoveries: 5,95,348
Death toll: 3,586
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|5.52 lakh people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Maharashtra today: State Health Department
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine linked to rare neurological disorder in India, UK
Eleven people who received the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine have developed a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome, clinicians in India and England have reported in two separate studies.While seven cases were reported from a medical centre in Kerala, where about 1.2 million people were administered the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, known as Covishield in India, four were reported from Nottingham, UK, in an area in which approximately 700,000 (7 lakh) people received the jab.All 11 had received the Covid preventive 10-22 days earlier.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Mumbai reports 570 COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths
Mumbai reported 570 new coronavirus infections and 10 fatalities on Tuesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. With this, the tally of cases rose to 7,22,461 and death toll increased to 15,315, it said. On Monday, the financial capital of the country had recorded 521 new cases and seven deaths. There are 14,453 active COVID-19 cases in the city. With 742 patients discharged from hospitals during the day, the total of recovered patients rose to 6,90,417. So far 68,73,621 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in the city including 32,307 in the last 24 hours. The rate of recovery in the city is 95 per cent, while the average growth rate of cases between June 15 and June 21 was 0.9 per cent. The period during which the caseload doubled was 722 days, as per the BMC update. Mumbai currently has 11 containment zones in slums and chawls besides 86 sealed buildings. The city had reported its highest 11,163 COVID-19 cases on April 4 while the highest 90 deaths were recorded on May 1, during the second wave.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | 22 cases of Delta plus mutant found in Maharashtra, MP, Kerala; not yet a 'variant of concern': Govt
Twenty-two cases of the Delta plus variant of the coronavirus have been detected in India, with 16 of them being reported from Maharashtra and the remaining from Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, the government said on Tuesday.India is among the nine countries where the Delta plus mutation has been found so far, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said at a press briefing, underlining that it is currently a 'variant of interest' and has not yet been classified as a 'variant of concern'.Besides India, the Delta plus variant has been found in the US, UK, Portugal, Switzerland, Japan, Poland, Nepal, China and Russia. The Delta variant has been detected in 80 countries, he said.Cases of the Delta plus variant have been detected in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri and Jalgaon and parts of Kerala and Madhya Pradesh.'Any variant's transmissibility and virulence decides whether it is a variant of concern or interest. Delta variant is found in 80 countries around the world, including India and it is a variant of concern. 'Delta plus variant has been detected in nine countries including India. In India, 22 cases of Delta Plus variant have been found and it is in the category of variant of interest, (and) yet not a variant of concern,' Bhushan said.He said the Health Ministry has released an advisory on the kind of public health response that Maharashtra, MP and Kerala should initiate to address this issue which 'presently looks fairly small in terms of number but we would not want this to assume significant proportions'.He further said that INSACOG has 28 laboratories and they have sequenced 45,000 samples, of which 22 cases of delta plus variant have been found.'The labs of INSACOG bring this information to the notice of Health Ministry which then in timely and prompt manner indicates to the concerned states what are the activities that have to be initiated to curb the spread. The public health response is standardised for the variants,' he said.INSACOG, or Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics, was set up to conduct genome sequencing of the coronavirus.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says in final stages of reaching COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with Indian govt
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on June 22 said the US-based drug maker is final stages to sign an agreement with Indian government to supply COVID-19 vaccines."We are discussing with India govt, we are in final stages of finalising agreement," Bourla said at the 15th annual BioPharma & Healthcare Summit, USA-India Chamber of Commerce (USAIC).
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Government of India:
States Chief Secretaries have been advised to take up immediate containment measures in the dists & clusters (as identified by INSACOG) incl preventing crowds& intermingling of people, widespread testing, prompt tracing as well as vaccine coverage on priority basis.
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Union Health Ministry has advised Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh that the Public Health Response measures, while broadly remaining the same as have been implemented by them earlier, have to become more focused and effective.
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Union Health Secretary has communicated to these 3 states this variant has been found in genome sequenced samples from Ratnagiri & Jalgaon districts of Maharashtra; Palakkad & Pathanamthitta districts of Kerala; & Bhopal and Shivpuri districts of Madhya Pradesh.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Government of India:
Based on the recent findings of INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia), the Union Health Ministry has alerted and advised Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh regarding the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19being found in some districts in these States.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Antibody cocktail therapy begins at AIIMS, Rishikesh
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences here has begun antibody cocktail therapy to treat Covid-19 patients.'We have begun antibody cocktail therapy here and six patients from different states have already availed it so far,' AIIMS, Rishikesh Director Ravi Kant said.Antibody cocktail is a combination of two drugs and its vial costs nearly Rs 60000 in the market.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Germany's Angela Merkel gets Moderna as second shot after getting AstraZeneca as the first
German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a Moderna coronavirus vaccine as her second jab, after getting AstraZeneca as the first, a spokesman said Tuesday.The 66-year-old took her first dose of AstraZeneca's vaccine in April, more than two weeks after German authorities then recommended use of the jab only for people aged 60 and over.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | AAP MLA Atishi says Delhi did not receive single dose of vaccine on June 21
Delhi didn't receive single dose of vaccine on June 21. After Delhi govt raised voice against Centre's fake vaccination campaign, Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted that Delhi can use doses, which were meant for people of above 45 age, to vaccinate 18+ age group, says AAP MLA Atishi
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Delhi reports 134 new COVID-19 cases, 467 recoveries and 8 deaths
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Detection of multiple COVID variants puts Jharkhand on high alarm
Alarmed by the detection of several variants of coronavirus in Jharkhand with 328 confirmed cases surfacing so far, the state government has directed the authorities to despatch samples within 48 hours of a patients death for conducting a genetic study to understand the mortality rate and evolve a strategy to contain the spread, a top official said Tuesday.Battling the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 that has claimed 5,100 lives in tribal-dominated Jharkhand, the state government is concerned as these variants like Delta, Alpha, and Kappa are said to be more transmissible."As many as 328 of the 364 samples have tested positive for variants like Delta, Alfa, and Kappa in the state in course of whole genomic sequencing", State Health Secretary, Arun Kumar Singh told PTI.The state is committed to taking all necessary steps to stop the spread of the virus to protect its citizens by adopting evidence-based containment measures, the health secretary said.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | : Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla:
Pfizer now in final stages to get approval for COVID-19vaccine in India. I hope very soon we will finalize an agreement with the govt.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Goa sees 303 new COVID-19 cases; 11 fatalities
Goa on Tuesday added 303 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally of infections to 1,64,957, an official from the state health department said. At least 11 patients died of the infection, while 438 were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the toll to 3,008 and the count of recoveries to 1,59,029, the official said. With this, the coastal state is now left with 2,920 active cases, he said. As many as 4,311 swab samples were tested during the day, raising the total number of tests conducted in the state to 8,95,409, the official added. Goa's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,64,957, new cases 303, death toll 3,008, discharged 1,59,029, active cases 2,920, samples tested till date 8,95,409.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Dr. Naveet Wig, Chairman of AIIMS COVID task force on Covaxin efficacy of 77.8%:
Vaccine is safe. It is immunogenic and it will save lives. All the doubts have now been laid to rest. We need to vaccinate more people as fast as possible because Delta variant is all around.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Dr. VK Paul, Member-Health, Niti Aayog:
No decision has been taken on Moderna indemnity clause. Discussion is underway.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | IIT-B scientist gets DCGI nod to launch algo-based COVID-19 testing tool
Bengaluru-based tech startup Algorithmic Biologics has received regulatory approvals to launch its COVID-19 testing method that can help scale up testing for the deadly virus infection at half the prevailing cost and one-tenth of the time.Called Tapestry, the new testing tool is developed by the startup launched by IIT-Bombay professor Manoj Gopalkrishnan.It enables the safe reopening of places of work and education as it is affordable and can be used frequently using a single round quantitative pooling algorithm with the gold-standard RT-PCR test, the professor who teaches machine learning at the IIT- Bombay told PTI on Tuesday from Hyderabad.Gopalkrishnan said Tapestry, which has been under development since last March, has just been cleared by the Drugs Controller General (DCGI) for commercial use as a non-regulated medical device and has also been registered with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Moscow to require anti-Covid pass to enter restaurants
Moscow authorities announced Tuesday that residents will soon have to present an anti-Covid pass to enter restaurants, as the city battles a surge in infections driven by the Delta variant.In a post on his blog, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote that from June 28 restaurant-goers will have to present a QR code showing a negative coronavirus test valid for three days -- or proof they have been vaccinated or were sick with coronavirus within the previous six months. (AFP)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Vandana Dadel, Jharkhand Cabinet Secretary:
Jharkhand cabinet approves the proposal to declare black fungus as an epidemic.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Standard Chartered commits Rs 20 crore for COVID relief in India
Foreign lender Standard Chartered on Tuesday committed Rs 20 crore towards community initiatives aimed at fighting COVID-19 in the country.The initiatives from the bank and its global business services unit (which supports overseas operations through back-office support) will include setting up dedicated health care centres and putting oxygen generator plants, as per an official statement.It can be noted that since the beginning of the pandemic, a slew of corporates have donated money for COVID relief and the commitments went up with the start of the ravaging second wave in April.Working with multiple non-government organisations (NGO) partners and relevant governing authorities towards providing medical equipment, the bank targets to provide 9,000 PPE kits, 33 ventilators, 600 oxygen concentrators, 250 pulse oximeters and 9,000 N95 masks across the eight dedicated COVID care centres and seven healthcare facilities including government hospitals.This assistance will be provided to establishments in the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, it added.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Rural areas administered more doses than urban in record vaccination on June 21: Govt
As India achieved a 'historic milestone' of administering 88.09 lakh coronavirus vaccine doses in a single day on June 21, nearly 64 per cent of the jabs were given in rural areas, the government said on Tuesday.Madhya Pradesh administered the maximum number of doses on June 21, followed by Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Assam, an official said.Addressing a joint press conference on the pandemic situation and vaccination status, the official said, 'A historic milestone was achieved on 21st June 2021 -- 88.09 lakh doses administered in a single day.' Among the doses, 36.32 per cent were administered in urban areas and 63.68 per cent in rural areas, the official said.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan:
In spite of criticism at times, CoWIN has mostly received praises. It has established itself as a very robust, all-inclusive, simple IT-based platform. Therefore, a large number of countries are interested in taking the technology & using it.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan:
The National Health Authority, Union Health Ministry & MEA together are planning a global webinar in which such potentially interested countries would be invited & we would be more than willing to share the technology and solution with them.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan says Delta Plus found in 9 nations including India
Delta variant is found in 80 nations, including India. It's considered 'variant of concern'. Delta Plus found in 9 nations -US, UK, Portugal, Switzerland, Japan, Poland, Nepal, China & Russia; 22 cases found in India. Variant is in category of 'variant of interest.In India, 16 of the 22 cases of Delta Plus variant have been found in Ratnagiri and Jalgaon (Maharashtra) and some cases in Kerala and Madhya Pradesh.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Union Health Secy:
Delta variant is found in 80 nations, incl India. It's considered 'variant of concern'. Delta Plus found in 9 nations -US, UK, Portugal, Switzerland, Japan, Poland, Nepal, China & Russia; 22 cases found in India. Variant is in category of 'variant of interest'.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Karnataka allows further ease in Covid curbs in these districts
Karnataka government on Tuesday eased Covid-related curbs in Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Davanagere, and Chamarajanagara districts. The state government allowed all shops to open from 6 am to 1 pm until 5 am of July 5, 2021. However, air-conditioned shops, air-conditioned shopping complexes and malls have been excluded from this order.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Dr VK Paul, Member-Health, Niti Aayog:
More than half of the doses administered over the last few weeks were inoculated in rural areas, which makes it clear that rural outreach is possible. We are fully hopeful & confident that it's completely possible for us to cover rural areas.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Dr. VK Paul, Member-Health, Niti Aayog:
46% of the people who received the vaccine yesterday were women and 53% were men. We have to work on this imbalance, create awareness among women and bring them forward.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Dr. VK Paul, Member-Health, Niti Aayog:
Rural coverage of vaccines has been remarkably emphasized. 63.7% of the total vaccine doses administered yesterday were in villages and 36% in urban areas.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Michigan reopens 15 months after pandemic
Michigan is fully open again.After facing 15 months of capacity restrictions and being hit by the country’sworst surge of coronavirus infectionsthis spring, restaurants, entertainment businesses and other venues can operate at 100% occupancy — instead of 50% — starting Tuesday.Limits on large indoor gatherings like weddings and funerals are gone. So is a broad requirement that the unvaccinated be masked indoors, a rule that remains in about a dozen states. Unvaccinated teen athletes will no longer have to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.Michigan is among the last states tolift gathering caps, which has frustrated the business community. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and public health officials say the restrictions were needed until enough residents could be vaccinated in a state with about 21,900 suspected virus-related deaths. Last year, Whitmerfaced an alleged plotto kidnap her over her coronavirus restrictions.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Covid chaos disrupts England and Scotland at Euro 2020
England's bid to win their Euro 2020 group has been thrown into chaos ahead of Tuesday's clash with the Czech Republic after Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell were forced to isolate following exposure to an opponent who has Covid-19.Mount and Chilwell embraced Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour, their team-mate at Chelsea, on the Wembley pitch after England's 0-0 draw with Scotland on Friday.Gilmour was revealed on Monday to have tested positive for the virus and although the England duo have since tested negative, their close contact with him means they must remain in self-isolation up to and including June 28.In a hammer blow to Scotland, the influential Gilmour must quarantine for 10 days and has been ruled out of their decisive game against Croatia in Glasgow on Tuesday.England manager Gareth Southgate will be deprived of midfielder Mount, who has started both of the team's group matches, and left-back Chilwell, yet to play in the tournament, against the Czechs at Wembley. (AFP)
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Between June 15 and June 21, there were 553 districts in the country where the positivity rate was less than 5 per cent: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | India achieved a historic milestone of 88.09 lakh doses administered on June 21; Madhya Pradesh with highest number of doses
MP administered highest number of doses over 17 Lakh. Over 11 lakh doses in Karnataka, over 7 lakh in UP, 5.75 lakh in Bihar, 5.15 lakh in Haryana & Gujarat, 4.60 lakh in Rajasthan, 3.97 lakh in Tamil Nadu, 3.85 lakh in Maharashtra & 3.68 lakh in Assam -top 10 states, saysUnion Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan
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India achieved a historic milestone of 88.09 lakh doses administered in a single day on 21st June 2021: Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan
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There've been reports alleging non-supply of free vaccines for 18+ group by Delhi govt amid the free COVID vaccination drive. It's clarified that GoI had ensured that full supplies of vaccines under direct state procurement are provided to states before June 21: Health Ministry
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Kamakhya temple in Assam closes doors for Ambubachi; devotees barred due to COVID crisis
The annual Ambubachi rituals at Assam's Kamakhya Temple here began on Tuesday, with priests symbolically closing the doors of the shrine for four days.Festivities, however, have been cancelled for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and devotees have been barred from assembling anywhere near the temple -- one of the 51 Shaktipeethas or Hindu holy sites for the followers of the Shakti cult.Mohit Chandra Sarma, the head priest (Bor Doloi) of the shrine, said all rituals and prayers would be conducted in accordance with the norms, and a decision about reopening the temple was to be taken in consultation with the Kamrup Metropolitan district administration.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Rwanda cancels weddings as Covid cases surge
Rwanda on Monday announced fresh restrictions including a ban on weddings as it struggles to contain a surge in coronavirus infections."All social gatherings including celebrations of all kinds are prohibited," a government statement said Monday evening. "Traditional, civil and religious weddings are suspended."Other measures due to come into force on Wednesday include the extension of a nationwide curfew, from 7 pm (1700 GMT) until 4 am, restrictions on movement between districts, and the suspension of air travel to neighbouring Uganda where coronavirus cases are spiralling."The public is reminded of the critical importance of complying with health measures including physical distancing, wearing face masks, and ensurehand hygiene. Penalties will be applied for non-compliance," the statement said. (AFP)
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | India tests longer-range drone flights, eyes COVID-19 vaccine deliveries
Greater use of drones could be a game-changer for medical services in the South Asian nation's hard-to-reach rural areas where healthcare is limited and roads often poor, experts say.Throttle Aerospace Systems is among 20 organisations granted permits by the government since May to conduct experimental flights beyond the current limit of 450 metres (1,475 feet).Two drones -- one that can carry up to one kilogramme(2.2 pounds) for 20 kilometres (12 miles) or nearly an hour, and another that can lift two kilos for 15 kilometres -- were tested on Monday in the southern state of Karnataka.
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Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has closed its COVID centre in Delhi's Chhawla area due to no admission of patients since last few days. Quarantine centre for jawans will remain active. 650 bedded Sardar Patel COVID centre in Chhatarpur area has one patient left.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Thane sees 363 new COVID-19 cases; 10 more casualties
With the addition of 363 new cases of COVID-19, the tally of infections in Maharashtra's Thane district has risen to 5,28,489, an official said on Tuesday. Apart from the new cases reported on Monday, the district also recorded 10 casualties that took the toll to 10,527, the official said. With this, the COVID-19 mortality rate in the region now stands at 1.99 per cent, he said. Details of recoveries and active cases were not provided by the district administration. Meanwhile, the count of infections in the neighbouring Palghar district has reached 1,15,240, while the death toll has risen to 2,492, the official added.
