Covid LIVE: Maharashtra sees 9k new cases; Goa extends curfew till July 26

Coronavirus LIVE updates: India says it has given 400 million Covid-19 vaccine doses; 2 foreign athletes test positive for Covid-19 at the Tokyo Olympic Village

Coronavirus updates: India recorded 41,157 fresh coronavirus cases over 24 hours and 518 deaths from the disease, said the health ministry on Sunday. New cases were 7.4 per cent higher than Saturday.

India has 311,060,65 Covid-19 cases in total and 413,609 people have died of the disease yet, said the ministry.

India said it had administered 400 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, with over 46.38 lakh shots given on Saturday. France said it would accept vaccination by Covishield, a copy of the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India, for its health pass.

World coronavirus update: The Tokyo Olympics registered its first case at the athletes’ village, less than a week before the opening ceremony. The UK reported 54,674 new Covid cases on Saturday, the most since January 15, Bloomberg reported.

To read updates from our yesterday's blog, click here.

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PM Modi likely to give a presentation on Covid situation on July 20

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Goa extends coronavirus curfew till July 26

The Goa government on Sunday extended the coronavirus-induced curfew till July 26.

 

The restrictions on movement and businesses, termed by the government as curfew, were first imposed on May 9 and extended from time to time. 

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Maharashtra sees 9,000 new cases, 180 deaths in a day

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 9,000 fresh COVID-19 cases and 180 fatalities, taking the tally of infections to 62,14,190 and the toll to 1,27,031, the state health department said.

 

With 5,756 patients getting discharged during the day, the count of recoveries in Maharashtra rose to 59,80,350 so far, leaving the state with 1,03,486 active cases, it said.

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Tamil Nadu reports 2,079 new cases

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Delhi reports 0 deaths, 51 new cases in last 24 hours

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Govt is terribly mismanaging COVID situation, says Tharoor

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Karnataka reports 1,708 new Covid cases

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Delhi cancels Kanwar Yatra

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Kerala reports 13,956 new cases

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Nearly 3,000 new cases in AP

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Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami raises the stipend of MBBS intern doctors

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Delhi Police advises farmers to reconsider their protest plan near Parliament

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Haryana government extends Covid restrictions till July 27 with more relaxations

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Thailand extends curbs

Thailand extended virus containment measures to three more provinces, including the closure of malls, a night time curfew and advisory against interprovincial travel, as daily coronavirus cases and deaths surged to new records, Bloomberg reported.