Covid LIVE: Cumulative vaccine doses administered cross 926 million

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Kerala recorded 9,735 cases, Maharashtra 2,401, Delhi 27, Karnataka 523, Tamil Nadu 1,531 cases in the last 24 hours. Stay tuned for corona updates

7:05 PM

ICMR DG Dr Balram Bhargava released MUDRA Toolbox

6:43 PM

We applaud India's decision to resume vaccine exports: US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R Sherman

6:14 PM

West Bengal govt issues guidelines for Durga Puja; pandals should be kept open from all sides

5:33 PM

Russia reports record daily Covid death toll

Russia has confirmed 929 Covid-19-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, the highest daily count in the country, bringing the national death toll to 212,625, the official monitoring and response centre said on Wednesday.

A total of 25,133 new infections were registered, taking the nationwide tally to 7,662,560. The number of recoveries increased by 19,841 to 6,778,900, Xinhua news agency reported.

5:23 PM

Covid vaccine hesitancy in India at lowest level, only 7% adults now hesitant: Survey

Only 7 per cent Indian adults are currently hesitant to getting inoculated against COVID-19, the lowest vaccine hesitancy level in the country so far, according to a new survey.

The study conducted by the online community platform LocalCircles received 12,810 responses from citizens -- 67 per cent men and 33 per cent women -- across 301 districts.

5:09 PM

Odisha logs 593 new Covid-19 cases, 4 more fatalities

Odisha on Wednesday reported 593 new Covid-19 cases, 140 more than the previous day, with the tally rising to 10,29,412, a health department official said.

Four more fatalities raised the coronavirus death toll to 8,227, he said.

The daily positivity rate stood at 0.82 per cent, marginally up from 0.77 per cent on the previous day, as the fresh cases were detected from 71,749 sample tests in the last 24 hours.

4:38 PM

Andhra sees 800 new cases

4:09 PM

WHO says number of new cases fell last week

The World Health Organization says the number of newly reported coronavirus cases fell in the last week, continuing a declining global trend that first began in August.

 

In its latest assessment of the pandemic, the UN health agency reported Tuesday that there were 3.1 million new COVID-19 cases, a 9% fall, and about 54,000 deaths in the last week, roughly similar to the week before. WHO said there were declines in case numbers in all world regions except for Europe, where the number was about the same as the previous week.

3:52 PM

Uttarakhand govt issues SOPs for Char Dham Yatra

3:24 PM

Cabinet approves setting up of 7 mega investment textile parks

3:15 PM

Cabinet approves bonus for non-gazetted Railway employees

2:22 PM

Cabinet briefing at 3 pm

1:34 PM

Mongolia logs 2,409 new Covid cases; 14 more deaths

Mongolia reported 2,409 new Covid-19 cases and 14 more deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the national caseload to 317,010 and death toll to 1,303, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

 

One of the latest confirmed cases was imported from abroad, and the remaining ones were local infections, said the ministry, Xinhua news agency reported.

 

Currently, 22,158 Covid-19 patients are being hospitalised across the country, while 55,363 patients are receiving home-based care due to a shortage of hospital beds and medical staff, according to the ministry.

1:19 PM

Arunachal logs 19 new Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 54,771

Arunachal Pradesh's Covid-19 tally climbed to 54,771 with 19 fresh cases, a senior health department official said on Wednesday.

 

The death toll in the northeastern state, however, remained at 277.

 

Arunachal Pradesh now has 414 active cases, while 54,080 people have recovered from the disease so far, he said.

 

Lower Dibang Valley district has the highest number of active infections at 72, followed by Lohit (70), West Kameng (64) Tawang (48) and East Siang (41).

12:56 PM

US Deputy Secretary of State meets medical researchers, public health advocates in Delhi

United States' Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has met medical researchers and public health advocates in New Delhi and held discussions on Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine production.

 

Taking to Twitter, Sherman said, "It was a pleasure to meet with medical researchers and public health advocates in New Delhi today. We talked about everything they're doing to save lives in the Covid-19 pandemic--and India's leadership on vaccine production and assistance."

 

US Deputy Secretary of State arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday to review India-US bilateral agenda and discuss regional and global issues.

 

During her visit from October 5-7, she will hold talks with External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval.