Coronavirus LIVE: Kerala sees 15,058 new Covid cases; 2,740 in Maharashtra

Coronavirus live updates: Kerala logs over 20,000 cases; no fresh death in Delhi. Catch all the live updates here

12:56 AM

Punjab sees 3 Covid deaths, 37 new cases

Punjab on Monday reported three more Covid-related deaths, taking the toll to 16,457, according to a medical bulletin.

 

With 37 fresh Covid cases, the tally in the state climbed to 6,01,072.

 

The number of active cases in the state was 309, it said.

 

Jalandhar reported six cases, followed by five in Mohali and four each in Gurdaspur and Ludhiana, among the new COVID-19 cases, the bulletin said.

 

Twenty-five people recovered from the infection, taking the number of those who have recovered to 5,84,306, it said.

 

Chandigarh reported six cases, taking the tally to 65,160.

 

The toll stood at 817.

 

The number of active cases in the city was 32 while the number of those recovered was 64,311.

11:41 PM

Assam reports increased COVID-19 tally, less fatalities

Assam on Monday reported 564 fresh COVID-19 cases, more than double the tally the day before.

 

The daily count had dropped to 259 on Sunday.

 

However, the coronavirus deaths declined to seven as against 11 on Sunday, while the caseload has increased to 5,95,669, the National Health Mission said.

 

The COVID-19 death toll in the state has increased to 5,758 from 5,751 on Tuesday and the number of active cases declined to 4,268 as against 4,355 on the previous day.

 

Three deaths were reported from Kamrup (Metro) and one each from Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Kamrup Rural, and Karimganj, according to the bulletin.

10:49 PM

Gujarat records 12 new COVID-19 cases, zero death; no new patient in Ahmedabad

Gujarat recorded 12 new coronavirus cases on Monday with only three districts reporting new infections, pushing the tally to 8,25,629, while no fresh death due to the disease was reported in the state, the health department said.

 

A total 16 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, which increased the number of recovered patients in the state to 8,15,386, it said in a release. With this, there are now 161 active cases of which the condition of five patients is critical, the department said. The total number of fatalities remained unchanged at 10,082 as no COVID-19-linked death was reported during the day, said the release. As many as 1,49,486 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in the state on Monday, raising the number of doses administered so far to 5,25,77,634. Surat district reported the highest number of seven new COVID-19 cases, followed by Vadodara four and Jamnagar one, said the department.

10:02 PM

Active covid cases in Tamil Nadu on the rise

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu continued its upward graph on Monday, while 1,580 new cases pushed the cumulative tally beyond 26.35 lakh.

 

New cases outnumbered the 1,509 recoveries today, while 22 persons succumbed to the virus, according to a government medical bulletin. The number of active cases stood at 16,522, 43 more than Sunday's tally. Active cases have been showing an increasing trend for the past few days, with new infections outnumbering daily recoveries.

9:21 PM

IRDAI permits insurers to sell short-term Covid policies till Mar 2022

Regulator IRDAI on Monday allowed insurers to continue selling and renewing short-term Covid specific health insurance policies till March 2022.

 

Amid rising number of coronavirus cases in the country, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) had last year asked all insurance companies to come out with 'Corona Kavach' policies (standard indemnity based health policy) and Corona Rakshak policies (standard benefit-based health policy).

 

Several insurance companies had come out with short-term products, which became popular because of lower premiums compared to regular health insurance policies.

9:10 PM

Maharashtra adds 2,740 new COVID-19 cases, lowest since Feb 9; tally tops 65 lakh

The cumulative coronavirus tally in Maharashtra crossed the 65-lakh mark on Monday with the addition of 2,740 new cases, the lowest since February 9, while 27 patients succumbed to the infection, a daily toll not seen since March 8, a health department official said.

 

The official said with these additions, the tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 65,00,617, while the death toll increased to 1,38,169. The number of daily cases and fatalities witnessed a significant dip as compared to Sunday, when the state had reported 3,623 COVID-19 cases and 46 deaths. On February 9, Maharashtra had reported 2,515 new COVID-19 cases, while 22 deaths were registered on March 8.

7:23 PM

Covid curfew in Uttarakhand to continue till Sept 21

7:15 PM

673 new cases in Karnataka

6:42 PM

Kerala's TPR at 16.39%

6:30 PM

15,058 new cases in Kerala

5:59 PM

864 new cases in Andhra

5:45 PM

India reached 750 mn doses from 650 mn doses in just 13 days: WHO

4:32 PM

Delhi sees 17 new cases

4:05 PM

WHO approval for Covaxin this week?

1:31 PM

Delhi HC committee clarifies terms for granting interim bail in pandemic

A committee headed by a Delhi High Court Judge and set up to decongest jails during the pandemic has clarified that offences like dacoity, robbery and kidnapping for ransom are not covered under its criteria for granting interim bail to prisoners.