Coronavirus LIVE: There is no shortage of vaccines, Centre assures states

Coronavirus live updates: Most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (2,161,467), Kerala (1,061,341), Karnataka (951,600), Andhra Pradesh (889,974). Stay tuned for corona-related news

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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi receives the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine in Rampur

Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi receives the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine at Rampur, Uttar Pradesh

12:55 PM

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat witness an upsurge in daily new cases

Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat witness an upsurge in daily new cases. States have been advised to maintain a continued rigorous vigil for containing the spread of Covid-19. No new Covid-19 Fatality reported in 19 States/UTs in the last 24 hours: Govt of India

11:27 AM

Covid-19: Apple reopens all 270 retail stores in US after almost a year

After almost a year, Apple has reopened all of its 270 retail stores in the US. It was on March 13, 2020 when Apple closed all of its retail stores outside of Greater China.

 

According to 9to5Mac, every Apple Store location in the US has reopened.

 

The tech giant also confirmed that all 270 US Apple Store locations are now open in some capacity for either in-store shopping or online order pickup.

 

Outside of the US, just over a dozen Apple Stores remain closed in France and Brazil. Read on...

10:06 AM

India reports 12,286 new Covid-19 cases

 

India reports 12,286 new Covid-19 cases, 12,464 discharged and 91 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the  Union Health Ministry 

 

Total cases: 1,11,24,527

Total discharges: 1,07,98,921

Death toll: 1,57,248

Active cases: 1,68,358 

 

9:38 AM

BJP MP from Khandwa, Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan passes away

BJP MP from Khandwa, Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan passed away in Medanta Hospital, Delhi-NCR last night. He had tested positive for Covid-19 and was undergoing treatment there.

8:49 AM

Telangana: MoS MHA G Kishan Reddy takes his first dose of Covid-19 Vaccine, at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad

8:30 AM

Twitter cracks down on misinformation over vaccine, begins labelling tweets

Twitter says it has begun labelling tweets that include misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and using a "strike system" to eventually remove accounts that repeatedly violate its rules.

 

The company said Monday that it has started using human reviewers to assess whether tweets violate its policy against COVID vaccine misinformation. Eventually, the work will be done by a combination of humans and automation, it said.