Covid LIVE: Tamil Nadu sees 21,410 new cases, cancels Class 12 exams

Coronavirus live updates: India reported 120,529 new Covid-19 infections today, taking the caseload tally to 28,694,879. Death toll stands at 344,082. Stay tuned for corona-related news

Coronavirus live updates: Fresh infections continue to fall in India as the deadly second Covid wave wanes. India reported 120,529 new Covid-19 infections today (lowest since April 7), taking the caseload to 28,694,879. Deaths, however, have not seen a proportionate decline. Today is the 47th consecutive day of over 2,000 daily Covid deaths reported from the country. With 3,380 new fatalities, the death toll is now at 344,082, according to MoHFW. It continues to be the second worst-hit nation. 

With 22,651 cases reported in the past 24 hours, Tamil Nadu is leading the state list. It is followed by Karnataka with 16,068 new infections. Kerala  reported 16,229 cases. Maharashtra 14,152, and Andhra Pradesh 10,413 cases.

The six most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (5,805,565), Karnataka (26,35,122), Kerala (2,584,853), Tamil Nadu (2,172,751), and Andhra Pradesh (1,738,990).

World coronavirus update: The world is seeing a slight decline in the number of fresh coronavirus cases that are recorded daily. 173,311,647 has been infected across the globe by the deadly contagion since November 2019. While 156,283,294 have recovered, 3,727,174 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 34,191,915, followed by India, Brazil, France and Turkey. However, in the past seven days, India has added the highest number of fresh cases at 1,073,053, followed by the Brazil (444,641) and Argentina (230,021).

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Coronavirus LIVE: Tamil Nadu government cancels class 12 state board exams due to Covid-19 situation

Coronavirus LIVE: Tamil Nadu government cancels class 12 state board exams due to Covid-19 situation

 

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Over 2.3 million in 18-44 age group vaccinated in Gujarat: State govt

Over23 lakh persons in the 18-44 age group have been vaccinated against Covid-19 free of cost in Gujarat so far since the inoculation for this cohort began on May 1, the state government said on Saturday.

 

"So far, 23,63,254 youngsters (in the age group of 18 -44 years) have been vaccinated against Covid-19.

 

"In a single day on Saturday, 2,63,507 beneficiaries from this group were covered," said an official release. (PTI)

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Coronavirus Latest: MP records 718 fresh cases

Madhya Pradesh on Saturday reported 718 fresh coronavirus cases and 38 fatalities, taking the caseload to 7,84,461 and death toll to 8,295, the health department said.

 

Six out of 52 districts in the state recorded no case since Friday evening.

 

Also, 2,225 patients were discharged from hospitals during this period, taking the count of recoveries to 7,64,822, the department said. (PTI)

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Coronavirus LIVE: 21,410 new cases in Tamil Nadu

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Coronavirus LIVE: Goa CM announces extension of curfew till June 14

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Coronavirus LIVE: 866 new cases in Mumbai

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Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra sees 13,659 new cases

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Coronavirus Latest: Telangana logs 2,070 new cases

Telangana on Saturday recorded 2,070 Covid-19 cases, taking the infection count to over 5.89 lakh, while the toll stood at 3,364 with 18 more deaths, a government bulletin said.

 

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with245followed by Khammam (172) and Nalgonda (156), the bulletin said.

 

The state has29,208 active cases and over 1.38 lakh samples were tested. (PTI)

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Coronavirus LIVE: Himachal Pradesh cancels class 12 exams, extends curfew till June 14

Coronavirus LIVE: Himachal Pradesh government cancels class 12 exams, extends curfew till June 14

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Coronavirus LIVE: Manipur sees 717 new cases

Manipur reports 717 new cases, 9 deaths and 740 recoveries; active cases at 9,016; recovery rate is at 81.82 per cent, according to the state health department

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Coronavirus LIVE: Nepal detects 5,042 new infections

Nepal's Covid-19 caseload jumped close to 600,000 on Saturday as 5,042 more people have been infected with coronavirus.

 

According to the health ministry, 3,540 cases were detected through 11,471 RT-PCR tests and 1,502 through 5,343 antigen tests.

 

Nepal has so far carried out 3,132,591 PCR and 66,689 antigen tests. With this, the Covid-19 infection tally has reached to 598,204, it said. (PTI)

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Coronavirus LIVE: Goa sees 567 new cases in last 24 hours

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Coronavirus LIVE: 10,373 new cases in Andhra Pradesh

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Coronavirus LIVE: Kerala reports 17,328 fresh infections

Kerala reports 17,328 fresh infections, 209 deaths and 24,003 recoveries today; the number of active cases in the state is 167,638, according to the state health department

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New unlock guidelines in Maharashtra will end up in fiasco: BJP leader

BJP leader Pravin Darekar on Saturday said the new set of 'unlock' guidelines issued by the Maharashtra government would lead to a fiasco.

 

The government on late Friday night announced a five- level plan to relax coronavirus-induced restrictions.

 

"The notification issued at midnight is full of discrepancies," said Darekar, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council.

 

Its scheme of five categories or levels is complicated and has created confusion among people, the BJP leader said. (PTI)