Nagalands Covid-19 caseload rose to 22,072 on Wednesday as 218 more people tested positive for the infection, said Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom.
Jharkhand reported nine new Covid-19 deaths, continuing with the declining trend of fatalities, even as 609 more people tested positive, a health department bulletin said on Wednesday.
The death toll rose to 5,000, while the coronavirus tally stood at 3,38,383, it said. (PTI)
The death toll due to Covid-19 in Karnataka crossed 30,000, as the state on Wednesday reported 463 fatalities and 16,387 new cases, taking the total number of infections to 26,35,122, the health department said.
The day also saw 21,199 discharges.
As of June 2 evening, cumulatively 26,35,122 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 30,017 deaths and 23,12,060 discharges, the Health department said in its bulletin. (PTI)
The Covid-19 vaccination drive will remain suspended in Mumbai on Thursday at the centres run by the city civic body and the Maharashtra government due to the unavailability of a sufficient number of doses, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Wednesday. (PTI)
France will start offering Covid-19 vaccines to all youths aged between 12 and 18 starting on June 15, President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday.
During a visit to the village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie in southern France, Macron also noted that 50 percent of French adults have now received at least one Covid vaccine jab, calling it "truly a turning point" in the country's inoculation drive. (Reuters)
Britain is in talks with AstraZeneca for additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine that will have been modified to better target the Beta coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa, health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday.
Britain has previously secured 100 million doses of the vaccine, developed at the University of Oxford and licenced to AstraZeneca. (Reuters)
Rajasthan recorded 1,276 fresh coronavirus cases and 65 deaths due to the disease on Wednesday, taking the infection tally to 9,42,236 and the toll to 8,515, according to an official report.
Jaipur recorded a maximum of seven such deaths, followed by Jodhpur (6) besides fatalities registered in other cities, the report said. (PTI)
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Wednesday virtually inaugurated a 500-bed hospital set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for Covid-19 patients in Haldwani, the defence ministry said.
This is the second Covid care centre built by the DRDO in the state, after Rishikesh.
"This facility comprises 375 oxygen beds and 125 ICU beds with ventilators. With 100 per cent power backup, it is centrally air conditioned for all weather conditions," the ministry mentioned. (PTI)
Russia has administered at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to more than 18 million people, around 12 per centof the population, the TASS news agency cited Health Minister Mikhail Murashko as saying on Wednesday.
The figure suggests another 1 million people have been vaccinated in the past week. (Reuters)
Time has come for Karnataka to move forward and "re-open" the economy as the State has reached a stage where it can resume industrial operations in a staggered phase, Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar said on Wednesday, as he took note of the impact of Covid lockdown on industries.
The state government today held a meeting with industry representatives and office-bearers from industry bodies to discuss issues concerning business impact due to Covid lockdown, during which they also sought for waiver of tariff, taxes, and to boost vaccination drive. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has donated Rs 2 crore as a contribution from the employees, to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund.
TNAU Vice-chancellor Dr N Kumar handed over the cheque for the amount, which was voluntary contribution of employees' two-day salary, to Chief Minister M K Stalin recently to support the government's efforts in fighting the Covid pandemic, a TNAU release said on Wednesday. (PTI)
Over 22 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the country, Ministry of Health has stated. (ANI)
West Bengal Higher Secondary Board has formed an expert committee to discuss whether Class 12 examination can be conducted during the prevailing Covid-19crisis. The report will be submitted within 72 hours, reports ANI.
Uttarakhand Board Class 12 exams have been cancelled, announcedstate's Education Minister Arvind Pandey
Andhra Pradesh has reported12,768 new Covid-19 cases, 98 deaths, and 15,612 recoveries in the last 24 hours
Over 8,700 people were mowed down on railway tracks in 2020 even though passenger train services were severely curtailed due to the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, with officials saying many of the victims were migrant workers.
The Railway Board shared the data on such deaths for the period between January and December 2020 in its reply to a question by Madhya Pradesh-based activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur under the Right to Information Act. (PTI)
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Pro-chancellor Ibne Saeed Khan died at his home here due to Covid complications, his family said on Wednesday.
Khan, 98, passed away on Tuesday night, according to a release issued by the university.
He was the longest living alumnus of the AMU and had held several posts in different governing bodies of the university, including that of honorary treasurer for the past thirty years. (PTI)
Mamata Banerjee has claimed that the Centre's promise of vaccinating all citizens before December2021 is just a hoax. "They just say baseless things.The Centre is not sending vaccines to state governments. The Centre should procure vaccines for states and give it free of cost to all," she said.
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot on Wednesday said the firm was working with the COVAX vaccine-sharing mechanism and governments to boost Covid-19 vaccine supplies to the scheme, including through donations of doses.
"Restrictions in international trading create ripple effects in the supply chain. It is also clear that vaccine donations are essential," Soriot said, welcoming a pledge by Japan to increase its support for the COVAX programme. (Reuters)
Delhi records 576 fresh Covid-19 cases, 103 fatalities; positivity rate 0.78 per cent. (PTI)
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Japan's most senior medical adviser said on Wednesday that hosting the Olympics during the nation's current state of coronavirus infections was "not normal" in one of the strongest warnings yet about risks from the troubled Games.
Doctors have said the Olympics, due to start on July 23 after postponement from last year, would strain a healthcare system already seeing record numbers in critical condition.
Only 2.7 per centof Japanese have completed inoculations, a Reuters tracker shows. The pace of new infections has, however, slowed. (Reuters)
The Tamil Nadu government has urged the Centre to 'frontload' its June vaccine supplies from the first week itself, saying it has "almost exhausted" the doses and the vaccination programme in the state was coming to a "grinding halt." Chief Minister M K Stalin wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, also reiterating Tamil Nadu's earlier demand to operationalise the Integrated Vaccine Complex (IVC) at Chengalpattu near here. (PTI)
India stands third compared to other countries, in terms of vaccinating its citizens. We have simplified import rules so private hospitals can import vaccines. Vaccination drive will run for the next 7-8 months. Be assured that everyone will get vaccine: MoS (Home) G Kishan Reddy
Centre has made action plans to vaccinate all by end of December (2021) andfor production of 250 crore Covid vaccine doses after speaking to several pharma companies. Sputnik arrived in Hyderabad yesterday, discussions are on to get Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson too: MoS (Home) G Kishan Reddy
The Covid death toll in Ladakh has climbed to 190 following a fatality in Kargil, while 88 fresh cases pushed the overall tally to 18,750 in the union territory, officials said on Wednesday.
The number of active cases in Ladakh stand at 1,581 which includes 1,386 cases in Leh district and 213 cases in Kargil district, they said. (PTI)
Arunachal Pradesh reported 370 new infections, pushing the tally in the state to 27,642, a senior health department official said on Wednesday.
The Covid-19 death toll in the state increased to 116 after a woman succumbed to the infection on Tuesday, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said. (PTI)
A pandemic lockdown in Australia's second largest city will be extended for a second week due to concerns over a growing cluster of coronavirus infections.
Victoria state acting Premier James Merlino on Wednesday confirmed that Melbourne will remain in lockdown for seven more days from Friday, but pandemic restrictions will be eased elsewhere in the state.(PTI)
Israel's Health Ministry said on Tuesday it found the small number of heart inflammation cases observed mainly in young men who received Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in Israel were likely linked to their vaccination.
Pfizer has said it has not observed a higher rate of the condition, known as myocarditis, than would normally be expected in the general population.
In Israel, 275 cases of myocarditis were reported between December 2020 and May 2021 among more than 5 million vaccinated people, the ministry said in disclosing the findings of a study it commissioned to examine the matter. (Reuters)
The CBSE and CISCE Class 12 examinations have been cancelled owing to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, ending weeks of uncertainty that had students and parents on the edge.
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