Coronavirus LIVE: Delhi reports 53 Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Coronavirus live updates: President Kovid says India must keep its guard up; Russia reports biggest-ever rise in daily deaths.

6:51 PM

Covid hospitalisation rates for young adults hits record in US

Amid the surge of the Delta variant in the US, hospitalisation rates for the adults in their 30s due to Covid-19 have hit record highs, making it the "pandemic of the young".

6:41 PM

Kerala reports 18,582 new Covid-19 cases, 102 deaths in past 24 hours

6:16 PM

Goa CM Pramod Sawant says Covid-19 curfew has been extended till August 23

6:03 PM

Sri Lanka tightens Covid-19 restrictions amid spread of Delta variant

The Sri Lankan government on Sunday decided to ban all public gatherings and the restaurants will have to function at 50 per cent capacity following the rapid spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus across the country.

5:50 PM

Lockdown extended till August 31 in Puducherry

The Puducherry government on Sunday extended the existing lockdown till August 31.

The lockdown will have restrictions as were adopted so far and the night curfew would be in force from 10.30 p.m. to 5 a.m the next day, it was stated.

5:45 PM

Covid Curfew in Andhra Pradesh extended till 21

With at least half of the districts in the state reporting a good number of new cases daily, the Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday further extended the Covid curfew till August 21.

5:15 PM

Local train services resume in Mumbai from today for fully vaccinated passengers

5:03 PM

Active coronavirus cases dropped by 345 to 17,865 in Andhra Pradesh

Active coronavirus cases dwindled by 345 to 17,865 in Andhra Pradesh even as the state reported 1,506 fresh positives and 1,835 recoveries on Sunday.

4:51 PM

One more Covid death in UP, total fatality 22,784: Govt

Uttar Pradesh on Sunday reported one more death due to Covid-19, taking the fatality toll due to the fatal infection in the state to 22,784.

4:38 PM

Delhi reports 53 Covid cases and 18 discharges in the last 24 hours

4:18 PM

Russia records 21,624 Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours

Russia registered 21,624 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 22,144 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,600,836, the federal response center said on Sunday.

3:54 PM

India takes pride in in world's largest Covid-19 vaccination programme: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that India takes pride in having the world's largest COVID-19 vaccination programme and more than 54 crore people have already taken the vaccine doses.

3:40 PM

Over 56 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses given to states, UTs, says Centre

More than 56.76 crore (56,76,14,390) COVID vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through all sources and a further 5,00,240 doses are in the pipeline, the Centre informed on Sunday.

3:29 PM

Puducherry adds 79 fresh Covid-19 cases, overall tally rises to 1,22,282

The union territory of Puducherry registered 79 new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 1,22,282, a senior official of the Health Department said on Sunday.

3:02 PM

Australia secures more Covid vaccines amid lockdowns

Australia has acquired extra 1 million doses of coronavirus vaccines amid the country's major cities currently subject to lockdowns to battle recent outbreaks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday.