Coronavirus LIVE: Tamil Nadu adds record 20,768 fresh Covid infections

Coronavirus live updates | Surge in infections has overwhelmed hospitals, morgues and crematoriums and left families scrambling for medicines and oxygen.

10:27 AM

217 new cases push Arunachal's Covid-19 tally at 18,636

Arunachal Pradesh''s COVID-19 tally mounted to 18,636 as the state reported its highest single-day spike of 217 new cases on Sunday, a health official said.

The death toll remained unchanged at 59 as no fresh fatality was reported, PTI reported quoting a civil servant.

9:59 AM

India reports a record 3,689 deaths in a day

A record 3,689 daily COVID-19 fatalities pushed India’s death toll to 2,15,542, while the infection count reached to 1,95,57,457 with 3,92,488 more people being confirmed positive for the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The active cases have crossed the 33-lakh mark, PTI reported.

 

8:54 AM

Modi too meet experts at 9.30am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet experts at 9:30 am to review oxygen and medicine availability in the country, multiple news organisations say.

8:50 AM

AIIMS chief suggests nationwide lockdown

India's health infrastructure is "stretched to the limit" and "aggressive lockdowns" - like the one imposed in March last year - in areas with positivity rates over 10 per cent are needed to contain the second COVID-19 wave, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria has said. He was speaking to NDTV.

8:48 AM

Aadar Poonawalla tweets

Aadar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India, says his company's production of Covishield vaccine is in full swing in Pune and he will review the operations once he is back in India. Poonawalla is in the UK now. "Had an excellent meeting with all our partners & stakeholders in the UK. Meanwhile, pleased to state that COVISHIELD''s production is in full swing in Pune. I look forward to reviewing operations upon my return in a few days," Poonawalla said on Twitter. 

8:55 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra record 63,282 cases in last 24 hours

8:36 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: EC moves SC challenging Madras HC order

Election Commission approaches Supreme Court challenging the Madras HC order where it lambasted on the poll panel for failure to maintain Covid protocol during poll campaigns & said poll panel “should be put up on murder charges" for being the "most irresponsible institution".

8:27 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Mumbai reports 3,908 new cases

8:10 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Karnataka records 40,990 new cases

Karnataka records 40,990 new cases and 271 fatalities in the last 24 hours; case tally at 15,64,132 and active cases at 405,068, according to the state health department

8:03 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Entire world shaken by what they're seeing in India, says Rahul

As India logged a world record of over four lakh coronavirus infections on Saturday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the entire world is shaken by what is happening here and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "dropping the ball and throwing it to states" after prematurely taking credit for having "won against Covid-19" when the second wave was already underway.

 

"Rely on yourself is the motto. No one will come to help you. Definitely, not the prime minister," Gandhi said, while alleging that the Covid-19 situation has gone completely out of control for the Modi government, and wondered whether it was their way of making the states and the citizens truly 'Aatmanirbhar'.

 

In an exclusive interview to PTI, the former Congress chief alleged that the government completely failed to understand or to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, right from the very beginning, despite repeated warnings including from scientists. Read here

7:55 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Andhra Pradesh reports 19,412 new cases

Andhra Pradesh reports 19,412 new cases, 61 deaths in past 24 hours; active cases 130,752, according to the state health department

7:38 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Himachal Pradesh reports 2,751 new cases

Himachal Pradesh reports 2,751 new cases, 1,220 recoveries and 28 deaths during the past 24 hours in the state, according to the state health department

7:25 PM

Sputnik V vaccine will add to India's arsenal to fight the pandemic, says MEA

Sputnik V vaccine will add to India's arsenal to fight the pandemic, says MEA

7:06 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Goa reports 2,303 new cases

Goa reports 2,303 new cases, 54 deaths and 1,310 recoveries; active cases 23,884, according to the state health department

7:05 PM

Covid-19 has brought absolute devastation, says Rahul Gandhi

Covid-19 has brought absolute devastation; this is not a wave, it's a tsunami that has destroyed everything: Rahul Gandhi to PTI