Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra sees nearly 40,000 new Covid cases in a day
Coronavirus live updates: India has recorded 53,480 cases recorded in the last 24 hours. With active cases hitting 552,566, India is now the 6th-worst hit country. Stay tuned for corona-related news
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Coronavirus live updates: Pfizer announced Wednesday that its Covid-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12, a step toward possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to school in the fall.
India has recorded 53,480 cases recorded in the last 24 hours. With the latest addition, the country's tally has soared to 12,149,335, according to MoHFW. With active cases hitting 552,566, India is now the 6th-worst hit country. The death toll from the deadly infection jumped to 162,502.
India has recorded 53,480 cases recorded in the last 24 hours. With the latest addition, the country's tally has soared to 12,149,335, according to MoHFW. With active cases hitting 552,566, India is now the 6th-worst hit country. The death toll from the deadly infection jumped to 162,502.
Maharashtra has witnessed a dip in daily novel coronavirus cases count as the state reported over 27,000 infections in the last 24 hours as against over 31,000 cases recorded on 29 March. With 27,918 Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, the state tally has now reached 2,773,436. With fewer tests conducted on the occasion of Holi, Delhi reported just 992 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Tuesday, which is the lowest number of infections in a week. There were 36,757 tests conducted on Monday – reported a day later in Tuesday’s bulletin – in comparison to over 83,000 tests conducted daily on average during the last seven days.
The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (2,773,436), Kerala (1,121,931), Karnataka (992,779), Andhra Pradesh (900,805), and Tamil Nadu (884,094).
World coronavirus update: Coronavirus cases rise unabated across the globe with 128,777,066 infected by the deadly contagion. While 103,903,669 have recovered, 2,814,830 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 31,096,331, followed by Brazil, India, France and Russia. However, it terms of the total number of active cases, US tops the charts, followed by France, Brazil, Belgium, Italy and India.
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DCGI extends shelf life of Covishield from six to nine months
India's drug regulator DCGI has extended the shelf life of Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, from six to nine months from its manufacturing date.
In a letter to the Serum Institute of India (SII), Drugs Controller General of India V G Somani said the SII is permitted to apply the vaccine's shelf life of nine months to unlabelled vials available on hand.
Shelf life is the length of time for which an item remains fit for use. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) said it has no objection in respect of 'Extension of Shelf Life of Covishield Vaccine' in multi-dose glass vial (10 dose-5ml) from six months to nine months.
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Delhi reports 1,819 new coronavirus cases, 399 recoveries and 11 deaths
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Nearly 40,000 cases in Maharashtra in past 24 hours; highest spike since outbreak
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Third phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive for 65 lakh people aged above 45 will begin on Thursday in Delhi
Third phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive for 65 lakh people aged above 45 will begin on Thursday in Delhi
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Gujarat reports 2,360 new coronavirus positive cases in last 24 hours
Gujarat reports 2,360 new coronavirus positive cases, 2,004 discharges and nine deaths in the last 24 hours.
Total cases: 3,07,698
Total discharges: 2,90,569
Active cases: 12,610
Total deaths: 4,519
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Karnataka logs 4,225 new coronavirus cases, 26 deaths
Registering a sharp spike in daily infections, Karnataka on Wednesday reported 4,225 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 more fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9,97,004 and the death toll to 12,567, the Health department said.
The day also saw 1,492 patients getting discharged after recovery.
The state had recorded 2,975 new cases yesterday. Of the fresh infections reported on Wednesday, 2,928 were from Bengaluru Urban district alone.
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Tami Nadu reports 2,579 new coronavirus cases, 1527 recoveries, and 19 deaths in past 24 hours
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60,29,649 vaccinated against coronavirus so far in Maharashtra
The number of beneficiaries who have received COVID-19 vaccine shots in Maharashtra so far has reached 60,29,649, the state government said on Wednesday. From Tuesday, the government started administering the second dose of the vaccine to senior citizens and the people with co-morbidities in the age group of 45 to 60 years.
Altogether, 2,10,461 people were inoculated on Tuesday. A total of 9,91,812 healthcare workers have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far in the state while 4,74,723 of them have been given the second dose.
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Andhra Pradesh reports 1,184 new coronavirus cases, highest since November 20
Andhra Pradesh reported 1,184 fresh cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the highest since the 1,221 on November 20, taking the overall tally to 9,01,989. A health department bulletin said the state also saw 456 patients recovering from the infection and four more succumbing in 24 hours ending 9 am on Wednesday.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the state stood at 7,338, the highest since the 7,427 on December 1. The bulletin said the total recoveries have touched 8,87,434 and the toll 7,217.
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Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine shows 100% efficacy in 12-15 yrs old
Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech on Wednesday announced that their Covid-19 vaccine -- BNT162b2 -- demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy and robust antibody responses in a Phase 3 trial in adolescents between 12 to 15 years old.
The Phase 3 clinical trial enrolled 2,260 adolescents aged between 12 to 15 years old in the US.
"We share the urgency to expand the authorisation of our vaccine to use in younger populations and are encouraged by the clinical trial data from adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15," Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer, said in a statement.
In the trial, 18 cases of Covid-19 were observed in the placebo group (n=1,129) versus none in the vaccinated group (n=1,131).
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Uttar Pradesh reports 1,230 new coronavirus positive cases in a day
Uttar Pradesh reports 1,230 new coronavirus positive cases, 11 fatalities. Infection tally rises to 617,194, death toll 8,811. There are 9,848 active cases of the disease in the state.
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Rajasthan govt increases night curfew timings by 1 hour in eight districts
The Rajasthan government on Wednesday decided to increase the night curfew timings by one hour in eight worst-affected districts in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
Also, markets in urban areas across the state will close by 9 pm instead of 10 pm, according to an official release.
The decisions were taken in a COVID-19 review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The night curfew was imposed last week in eight cities/towns -- Ajmer, Bhilwara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Sagwada (Dungarpur) and Kushalgarh (Banswara) -- from 11 pm to 5 pm but now the curfew will start from 10 pm.
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Pfizer says its Covid-19 vaccine protects younger teens
Pfizer announced Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12, a step toward possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to school in the fall.
Most COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out worldwide are for adults, who are at higher risk from the coronavirus. Pfizer's vaccine is authorised for ages 16 and older. But vaccinating children of all ages will be critical to stopping the pandemic and helping schools, at least the upper grades, start to look a little more normal after months of disruption.
In a study of 2,260 US volunteers ages 12 to 15, preliminary data showed there were no cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents compared to 18 among those given dummy shots, Pfizer reported.
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Coronavirus LIVE: Pfizer says its vaccine protects kids as young as 12
Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine protects kids as young as 12, which could open door for expanded use in children.
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First Published: Mar 31 2021 | 6:52 AM IST
