Coronavirus LIVE: Night curfew to be imposed in Gujarat's four cities

Coronavirus live updates: Globally, nearly 109.4 million people have been infected by the virus and the death toll stands at 2,410,914

Coronavirus live update: India recorded 12,143 fresh Covid-19 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The country reported net increase in active Covid cases for a third straight day to 139,637. The caseload tally stands at 10,916,589. The country continues to be second-most-affected globally, and ranks 17th among worst-hit nations by active cases.

The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (2,064,278), Kerala (1,004,135), Karnataka (945,270), Andhra Pradesh (888,869), and Tamil Nadu (845,120).

Nearly 8.5 million beneficiaries vaccinated against Covid-19 in the country so far, according to the Union Health Ministry.
 

World coronavirus update: Coronavirus cases rise unabated across the globe, with nearly 109.4 million infected by the deadly contagion. While 81,612,088 have recovered, 2,410,914 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 28,260,839, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom. However, it terms of the total number of active cases, US tops the charts, followed by France, UK, Brazil and Belgium.

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11:20 PM

Covid immunisation: 14,965 beneficiaries receive vaccine shots in Delhi

Nearly 15,000 beneficiaries in Delhi received COVID-19 vaccine shots on Monday and of them 2,191 got their second dose, officials said. The immunisation drive, which started on January 16, picked up pace in the last one week. On Saturday 1,856 healthcare workers got their second dose after receiving the first shot on the inaugural day of the vaccination drive.

 

The turnout for the second dose on Saturday was about 43 per cent. On Monday, 14,965 beneficiaries were vaccinated. Among the healthcare workers, 4,571 got their first dose and 2,191 the second shot. Also, 8,203 frontline workers got their first jabs on Monday, a senior official in the health department said.

10:57 PM

MP sees 203 new Covid-19 cases, 194 recoveries, 4 deaths

Madhya Pradesh on Monday reported 203 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the tally of the infections to 2,57,849 while four fatalities pushed the toll to 3,838, the state Health department said. No fresh COVID-19 case was reported in 30 of the total 52 districts in the state on Monday. A total of 194 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recoveries in Madhya Pradesh to 2,52,164, the department said.

With 89 new cases, Indore's caseload went up to 58,087 while that of Bhopal rose to 43,296 with the addition of 40 cases. Indore has so far reported 927 deaths and Bhopal 617. Bhopal is now left with 556 active cases while Indore has 340 such cases.

10:45 PM

Jharkhand reported 38 new Covid-19 cases, 33 recoveries

10:10 PM

Over 8.5 mn vaccinated against coronavirus so far: Health Ministry

The number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against the coronavirus in the country has surpassed 85 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday, according to PTI. A total of 85,16,771 beneficiaries have been vaccinated through 1,83,664 sessions, according to a provisional report till Monday 6 pm. Those vaccinated include 61,54,894 healthcare workers (HCWs), out of whom 60,57,162 have been administered the first dose and98,118 given the second dose. Besides, 23,61,491frontline workers (FLWs) have been inoculated so far.

The 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccination started from Saturday for those beneficiaries who have completed 28 days after receipt of the 1st dose. The vaccination of the FLWs had started from February 2. "A total 2,31,476 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6 pm on Monday, the thirty-first day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination. Out of which, 1,57,919 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 73,557 HCWs received 2nd dose of vaccine as per the provisional report," the ministry said, adding the final report would be completed by late in the night. As many as 9,935 sessions were held till 6 pm on Monday and all states and union territories conducted the vaccination.

9:52 PM

Centre approves Rs 5 lakh each for families of 39 journalists who died due to Covid

The Centre on Monday approved the proposal of the Press Information Bureau's journalist welfare committee to provide as financial relief Rs 5 lakh each to families of 39 journalists who died due to the coronavirus, a panel member said, according to PTI. The Narendra Modi government has earmarked an additional fund for this purpose for the Journalist Welfare Committee (JWC), and journalists from across India will be covered under the scheme, the member said.

As per PTI, in its meeting, the JWC decided to provide Rs 5 lakh to the family members of 39 deceased journalists. The JWC meeting was held under the chairmanship of Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare. Additional Secretary Neerja Shekhar, Joint Secretary Shri Vikram Sahay and Press Information Bureau (PIB) Principle DG K S Dhatwalia were also present at the meeting.

Santosh Thakur, who is a member of the JWC, Amit Kumar, Umeshwar Kumar and Ganesh Bisht represented journalists in the meeting. Thakur thanked Prime Minister Modi and Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar for this effort. Thakur said the JWC also discussed other welfare measures for journalists which include health insurance and life insurance schemes. The issue of including journalists in the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme was also discussed at the meeting.

9:29 PM

Manipur reports 8 new Covid-19 cases and 7 recoveries

9:26 PM

Karnataka reports 368 new Covid-19 cases, 430 discharges

7:19 PM

Nearly 8.5 million beneficiaries vaccinated against Covid-19: Union Health Ministry

7:08 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Night curfew to be imposed in four Gujarat's metro cities

Night curfew will be imposed in four metro cities of Gujarat from midnight to 6 am from 16th to 28th February: Pankaj Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary of State Home Department.

7:01 PM

Andhra Pradesh records 30 fresh coronavirus cases, one death

Andhra Pradesh reported 30 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in the past 11 months, taking the tally to 8,88,899, the government said on Monday. One death was recorded pushing the toll to 7,163.

 

The state also reported 69 more recoveries in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Monday, a health department bulletin said. Recoveries mounted to 8,81,041, while the active cases stood at 695, it said. With 18,834 clinical examinations, the total number of tests conducted in the state stood at over 1.35 crore, the bulletin added.

6:36 PM

India to ship Covid-19 vaccines to Canada as diplomatic tension eases

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday said it will provide Rs 100 crore loan to hospital chain Medanta for healthcare services and medical equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

The project will support the purchase of personal protective equipment, basic hygiene products, and patient care equipment such as ventilators and beds. It will also support staff training programmes on infection prevention and control.

 

"Private sector healthcare services play a life-saving role during health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic," said Aniruddha Patil, Head of Health and Education Investments at ADB's Private Sector Operations Department.

5:50 PM

About 18-19 vaccine candidates against Covid-19 in pipeline: Harsh Vardhan

About 18-19 vaccine candidates against COVID-19 are in the pipeline and in different clinical trial stages, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday. Addressing the media, Vardhan said that in the next 2-3 weeks, vaccinations against COVID-19 will be started for people above 50 years of age.

 

"About 18-20 vaccine candidates against COVID-19 are in the pipeline and are in preclinical, clinical and advanced stages," Vardhan said.

 

He further said that India will be supplying vaccines to 20-25 other countries. Dispelling rumours surrounding the vaccines, Vardhan said the vaccines in the public domain are safe and effective.

5:38 PM

80-85% frontline workers vaccinated against Covid-19: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan

5:33 PM

Hyderabad nurse robs old couple after fake Covid-19 vaccine shot

A nurse, who sedated an old couple in Hyderabad with a fake Covid vaccine shot and stole 80 grams of gold jewellery from them, has been arrested, police said on Monday.

 

The incident occurred at Lalitha Nagar under Meerpet police station limits of Rachakonda police commissionerate on Saturday.

 

Accused Anusha was arrested on Sunday, within hours of the couple lodging a police complaint. K. Laxman (80), a retired government employee and his wife Kasturi (70) complained to police on Saturday night that the nurse duped them in the name of Covid vaccine.

5:21 PM

Covid-19 strengthened country's health potential: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan