Coronavirus LIVE: Tamil Nadu sees 26,513 new cases in a day; 831 in Mumbai

Coronavirus live updates: India reported 127,510 fresh Covid-19 infections today, taking the caseload tally to 28,175,044. Death toll stands at 331,895. Stay tuned for corona-related news

5:09 PM

Antibody cocktail treatment begins at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

The Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Tuesday started administering monoclonal antibody cocktail (MAC) to coronavirus patients, the medical facility said in a statement.

 

The hospital is administering a combination of casirivimab and imdevimab to consenting patients with mild and moderate COVID-19 symptoms at high risk of developing serious illness, it added.

 

The MRP of one MAC dose for a patient is Rs 59,750, the statement said.

5:04 PM

Continued focus on Covid appropriate behaviour is crucial: Health Ministry

4:56 PM

Covid LIVE: Mixing of vaccine is not the protocol yet, says Health Ministry

Mixing of vaccine is not the protocol yet, same vaccines (Covishield and Covaxin) to be administered for both doses. Stick to the SOP. There's international research underway on the mixing of vaccines as the possibility of a positive effect is also plausible, but a harmful reaction cannot be ruled out either. It is an unresolved scientific question, science will settle it: Union Health Ministry

4:48 PM

Processing of insurance claims introduced under 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package': Govt

4:47 PM

Pediatric population is generally asymptomatic: Niti Aayog

4:40 PM

No change in schedule (gap of 12 weeks between two doses) of Covishield jabs: Govt

4:38 PM

69% decline in Covid cases since the peak recorded on May 7: Health Ministry

There has been almost 69 per cent decline in Covid cases since the peak recorded on May 7: Health Ministry

4:38 PM

30 states have reported decline in active Covid-19 cases since last week: Centre

30 states have reported decline in active Covid-19 cases since last week: Centre

4:36 PM

Confident of vaccinating whole population of India by December: ICMR

4:35 PM

India's Biological E. to make Providence Therapeutics' mRNA Covid-19 vaccine

India's Biological E. said on Tuesday it has entered into a licensing agreement with Providence Therapeutics Holdings to manufacture the Canadian company's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in India, Reuters reported.

 

Biological E., which also has a separate deal to produce about 600 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 shot annually, will run a clinical trial of Providence's vaccine in India and seek emergency use approval for it, the company said in a statement.

 

Providence will sell up to 30 million doses of its mRNA vaccine, PTX-COVID19-B, to Biological E., and will also provide the necessary technology transfer of the shot, with a minimum production capacity of 600 million doses in 2022 and a target capacity of 1 billion doses.

4:28 PM

Since May 28, India reporting less than 200,000 Covid cases: Health Ministry

4:27 PM

Total 21.60 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India: Health Ministry

4:24 PM

Delhi records 623 new Covid cases, 62 deaths

Delhi on Tuesday reported 623 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in two and a half months, and 62 more deaths, while the positivity rate fell below one percent for the second consecutive day. This is the third day that the daily deaths in the city remained below 100. On April 12, the figure was 72.

 

Delhi on Monday had reported 648 fresh COVID-19 cases and 86 more deaths, while the positivity rate fell was 0.99 percent.

 

On Sunday, Delhi had recorded 946 COVID-19 cases and 78 deaths and the positivity rate stood at 1.25 percent, according to a health department bulletin. The fresh cases recorded on Tuesday are the lowest since March 18, when 607 people were diagnosed with the disease.

4:18 PM

India's Covid recovery rate has improved to 91.2%: Ministry of Health

4:14 PM

SC seeks information on Centre's scheme for kids orphaned by Covid-19

The Supreme Court Tuesday took note of the Centre's welfare scheme to provide relief to children who have lost parents to COVID-19 pandemic, and sought details of the plan along with the mechanism devised to monitor it.

 

A bench comprising justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose also directed states and Union Territories (UTs) to appoint nodal officers of level of Secretary or Joint Secretary who will interact with its amicus curiae Gaurav Agrawal for providing all the information on orphans, their identification and about the welfare measures for them.

 

The bench said it would hear on Monday the cases of ten states first Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Jharkhand where more kids have bread winner guardians.

 

The top court has been hearing an application, in a pending sup motu case on spread of COVID-19 in children homes, filed by the amicus curiae highlighting the woes being faced by kids orphaned by the deadly virus.