Tamil Nadu reports 470 new COVID19 cases, 479 recoveries, and 6 deaths.
Coronavirus News Highlights: Today is the 326th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 1,09,04,940 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 1,55,642 deaths. A total of 1,06,11,731 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far. There are 1,37,567 active cases in the country as of date, which comprises 1.26 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. India's recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 97.31 percent. Globally, more than 10.84 crore people have been infected by the coronavirus and 23.891 lakh have died so far. India, along with many countries, has granted emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines and has started the process of vaccinating healthcare workers and high-risk groups. India's regulator has granted restricted emergency use approval for two vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin. More than 80 lakh people have been given their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in India so far.
Tamil Nadu reports 470 new COVID19 cases, 479 recoveries, and 6 deaths.
Manipur reports 13 new COVID19 cases and 4 recoveries.
Karnataka reports 414 new COVID19 cases, 486 discharges and 2 deaths.
Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 73 new cases of COVID-19 taking the tally of infection reported to 1,25,341, while two fresh deaths were reported in a day, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 15 were from the Jammu division and 58 from Kashmir division of the Union territory, they said.
Haryana recorded 77 fresh coronavirus cases taking the infection count to 2,69,046 in the state, a health department bulletin said. With no coronavirus-linked fatality taking place in the past 24 hours, the death toll remained at 3,039, according to the bulletin. The state has a COVID-19 recovery rate of 98.55 per cent.
Maharashtra recorded 4,092 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, which took the state's infection tally to 20,64,278, while 40 deaths pushed the toll to 51,529,the health department said.
A total of 1,355 patients were discharged during the day. With this, the recovery count in the state grew to 19,75,603, it said.
Kerala's COVID-19 caseload crossed the 10 lakh mark on Sunday, with the addition of 4,612 new cases, while 15 fatalities took the toll to 3,985, the state government said.
The French Health Ministry has asked regional health agencies and hospitals to go into "crisis organisation" from February 18 to prepare for a possible surge in coronavirus cases due to highly contagious variants, Le Journal Du Dimanche reported on Sunday.
This involves increasing the number of hospital beds available, delaying non-urgent surgery and mobilising all medical staff resources.
Delhi recorded 150 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Sunday, even as the positivity rate stood at 0.26 percent, authorities said here. No death related to the disease was recorded in the national capital on Saturday, the second time in February when the single-day fatality count was nil.
Puducherry has launched a campaign called "Zero Covid by Feb 28" to ensure there are no cases by the end of this month. The daily count in the Union Territory has fallen to single digits with only eight cases reported over the last 24 hours ending at 10 am today.
Japan has formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine. Nationwide inoculations are expected to begin soon.
Telangana adds 146 new COVID-19 cases; Active cases remain low at 1,748.
Odisha COVID-19 tally mounts to 3,36,174; 73 new cases.
