Covid LIVE: Maharashtra sees 5,609 new cases, 137 deaths in last 24 hours

Coronavirus live updates: India allows foreigners to use its vaccine registration website; Singapore inoculates 70% of its population.

4:37 PM

We need to look for new mutants, says govt official

4:32 PM

52 new cases in Delhi in last 24 hrs

4:15 PM

Kerala reported 51.5% of total cases recorded in India in past seven days: Govt

3:48 PM

We are on alert regarding Delta Plus: Maharashtra Health Minister

2:52 PM

'Delta variant has been detected in at least 80% of samples sent for genome sequencing'

2:49 PM

Not received any letter from Centre seeking info on deaths due to oxygen scarcity: Sisodia

1:34 PM

Ladakh records seven new cases

Ladakh recorded seven new cases of Covid-19 to take the total to 20,400, PTI reported quoting unnamed government officials. Ladakh has registered 207 Covid-related deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. 

1:01 PM

Oil recovers from three-week low as Covid cases surge

Oil prices rose more than 1% on Tuesday, recouping some of the losses in the previous session when prices hit a three-week low, but gains are likely to be limited on worries that rising Covid-19 cases and restrictions in China will dent fuel demand.

12:41 PM

China has administered 1.795 bn vaccines in total

China administered about 12.5 million doses of covid-19 vaccines on Aug. 9, bringing the total number of doses administered to 1.795 billion, Reuters reported citing data from a national commission on Tuesday.

12:29 PM

Arunachal logs 302 new cases

Arunachal Pradesh reported on Tuesday 302 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 50,372, PTI reported quoting the state’s health department. Death toll increased to 246 after four more died of the disease in the past two days.

12:16 PM

Sri Lanka to open vaccinations to below 30 age

Sri Lanka will extend Covid-19 vaccinations to people younger than 30, responding to young people filling up a third of the hospital admissions in the country. Of the total 21 million population, 3.5 million are younger than 30 in the country. PTI reported this quoting a civil servant.

12:05 PM

Puducherry logs 101 new cases

Puducherry reported on Tuesday 101 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total to 121,766. No death due to the disease was reported in 24 hours, PTI reported.

 

11:49 AM

Odisha allows indoor pandals for festival season

Odisha government will allowed Durga, Ganesh, Laxmi, Kali puja events at indoor pandals without public participation, PTI reported. Organisers will have to take permission from a district magistrate.

11:05 AM

More than 525 million vaccine doses given to states: Centre

More than 20 million "balance and unutilised" Covid-19 vaccine doses are available with the states, union territories and private hospitals, said India’s health ministry on Tuesday. More than 525 million vaccine doses have been provided to states and UT.

10:37 AM

UK reports another 25,161 coronavirus cases

Britain has reported another 25,161 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6,094,243, according to official figures released on Monday.

 

The country also recorded another 37 coronavirus-related deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 130,357. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test, the Xinhua news agency reported.