Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports 57,000 new cases for the first time

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Coronavirus live updates: India reported a record 93,249 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday pushing the overall tally to 12,493,414, according to MoHFW. The death toll from the deadly infection jumped to 164,686.

The Maharashtra government on Sunday announced a weekend lockdown in the state from 8 pm on Friday to 7 am on Monday in a bid to curb the growing numbers of Covid-19 cases in the state.

Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Haryana are states of "grave concern". Delhi recorded 3,567 Covid-19 cases on Saturday and the positive rate continued to rise to 4.48 per cent from 4.11 per cent a day ago while 10 more people succumbed to the deadly virus. According to official data, the positivity rate has mounted from just below one per cent to 4.48 per cent in the last two weeks.

World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 131,332,131. While 105,719,856 ​have recovered, 2,858,291 have lost their lives. Meanwhile, the US continues to be the worst-hit country with 1831,382,205 cases. 

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10:14 PM

Bengal reports 1,957 new Covid-19 cases, 4 fresh fatalities

West Bengal's Covid-19 tally mounted to 5,93,615 on Sunday as 1,957 more people tested positive for the infection, while four fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 10,344, a health bulletin said.

 

Kolkata reported the highest number of new cases at 634, followed by North 24 Parganas (462) and Howrah (174).

10:02 PM

Gujarat: Record 2,875-case spike

Gujarat on Sunday reported 2,875 Covid-19 cases, the state's highest single-day addition, taking its tally to 3,18,438, the new mark coming a day after a 2815-case spike record was set on Saturday, an official said.

 

The day also saw 14 deaths, taking the toll to 4,566, and the recovery count touched 2,98,737, or 93.81 per cent of the caseload, after 2,024 people were discharged, he added.

9:32 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Tamil Nadu reports 3,581 new cases

Tamil Nadu reports 3,581 new Covid cases, 1,813 recoveries, and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department.

 

9:27 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Punjab reports 3,019 fresh Covid cases

Coronavirus LIVE: Punjab reports 3,019 fresh Covid cases, 2,955 discharges, and 51 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department.

9:21 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Delhi reports 4,033 new cases

Coronavirus LIVE: Delhi reports 4,033 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health department

9:05 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports 57,000 new cases for the first time

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports 57,000 new cases for the first time

9:03 PM

Seven fatalities, 1,904 new coronavirus cases in Haryana

Haryana on Sunday reported seven fresh COVID-19 fatalities which took the death toll to 3,191, while 1,904 new cases pushed the tally to 2,98,133 in the state, a health department bulletin said.

 

While three fatalities werereported from Kaithal, one death each was from Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Ambala and Sonipat districts, it said.

 

The bulletin said among the districts that reported a big spike in cases were Gurgaon (555), Panchkula (200), Karnal (185), Faridabad (151), Panipat (142) and Ambala (114). The number of active cases in the state is 12,574 and the recovery rate is 94.71 per cent,as per the bulletin.

8:44 PM

43 more people test positive for coronavirus in UP's Muzaffarnagar

Forty-three more people tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on Sunday, taking the infection count in the district to 9,039, an official said.

 

According to Chief Medical Officer SK Aggarwal, they had received results of 1,013 samples, of which 43 were found positive. Now, the number of active cases has gone up to 259. Meanwhile, 13 people recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured people to 8,666 in the district, the official said.

7:59 PM

Mumbai reports 11,163 new Covid-19 cases and 25 deaths in past 24 hours

7:58 PM

PM Modi reviews Covid-19 situation amid 'alarming rate of growth' in cases, deaths

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reviewed the COVID-19 situation and vaccination exercise in the country amid an "alarming rate of growth" in infections and deaths, with 10 states contributing to more than 91 percent of them.

 

Modi said the five-fold strategy of testing, tracing, treatment, COVID-appropriate behaviour and vaccination if implemented with utmost seriousness and commitment would be effective in curbing the pandemic's spread, according to an official statement.

 

The reasons for the sharp rise in cases could be mainly attributed to the severe decline in compliance of COVID-appropriate behaviour, especially in the use of masks and social distancing, pandemic fatigue and lack of effective implementation of containment measures at the field level, it said.

7:35 PM

Kerala records 2,802 coronavirus cases, 10 deaths in a day

Kerala added 2,802 new COVID-19 cases and ten more deaths on Sunday, pushing the infection count to 11,35,233 and the toll to 4,668.

 

A total of 2,173 people recuperated from the disease today, taking the total cured in the state to 11,02,359. There are 27,893 people under treatment and 1,42,854 under observation of which 4,403 are in isolation wards of various hospitals. The State health department said the government has tested 45,171 samples in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate was 6.20 per cent.

7:13 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Karnataka reports 4,553 new Covid cases in past 24 hours

Karnataka on Sunday logged 4,553 fresh coronavirus cases and 15 deaths, taking the caseload and toll to 10,15,155 and 12,625 respectively, the health department said. According to a department bulletin, so far 9,63,419 people were discharged cumulatively, including 2,060 today.

 

There were 39,092 active cases which includes 331 in the ICU, the department added. Bengaluru urban district accounted for 2,787 fresh infections and eight deaths.The city has reported 4,47,031 infections and 4,649 deaths till date, while the active cases stood at 28,098.

6:57 PM

Maharashtra: Nagpur sees 62 Covid-19 deaths in a day, highest so far

Nagpur district in Maharashtra on Sunday reported the highest 62 COVID-19 fatalities in a day, taking the toll to 5,327, an official release said. The district added 4,110 fresh infections, taking the tally to 2,41,606.

 

With 3,497 patients getting discharged during the day, the count of recoveries in the district rose to 1,94,908, it said, adding the district is now left with 41,371 active cases. With 18,135 new tests, the overall count of samples tested so far in Nagpur district has gone up to 16,92,973. READ ON...

6:36 PM

US halts AstraZeneca jab production at Baltimore plant after 'human error'

A plant in the US which ruined 15 million potential doses of Johnson and Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine has been asked to stop producing doses for AstraZeneca, the media reported.

 

The facility at Baltimore, Emergent Biosolutions, was earlier picked as a manufacturing partner for both AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson. In a statement on Saturday, Johnson and Johnson said it was "assuming full responsibility" regarding the manufacturing of drug substance for its Covid-19 vaccine at the Emergent BioSolutions. READ MORE...

6:25 PM

Maharashtra night curfew: Essential services and transportation including buses, trains, taxis permitted