Covid-19 LIVE: Over 68,500 new cases in Maharashtra, another record spike

Coronavirus live updates: Modi asks civil servants to press entire national capacity for vaccine production as daily cases and deaths rise. Stay tuned for news on Covid-19

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Coronavirus LIVE: Tamil Nadu reports 9,344 new cases

Tamil Nadu reports 9,344 new coronavirus cases, 5,263 discharges and 39 deaths, according to the state health department.

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Coronavirus LIVE: Uttarakhand reports 2,757 new cases

Uttarakhand reports 2,757 new coronavirus cases including 1,179 cases in Dehradun, 617 cases in Haridwar; taking the total number of cases to 121,403, according to the state health department.

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Coronavirus LIVE: Nagpur reports 6,956 new cases

Coronavirus LIVE: Nagpur district reported 6,956 new cases, 5,004 recoveries and 79 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to health officials.

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Coronavirus LIVE: Goa sees 762 new cases, 4 deaths

Goa on Saturday reported 762 fresh coronavirus positive case and four deaths, taking the tally of infections to 66,261 and the toll to 872, a health official said, adding that the state is now left with 6,643 active cases.

 

A total of 436 patients were discharged after treatment during the day, taking the count of recoveries in Goa to 58,746, he said.

 

With 3,494 new tests, the total number of samples tested so far in Goa has gone up to 588,751, the official added. (PTI)

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Coronavirus LIVE: Jamia Millia Islamia defers PhD entrance test

Jamia Millia Islamia has postponed the PhD Entrance Test till further order in view of the Covid-19 surge in Delhi and weekend curfew.

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Coronavirus LIVE: Four arrested for allegedly selling fake Rremdesivir in Pune

Four arrested for allegedly selling fake Rremdesivir in Maharashtra's Pune district, say Police

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Coronavirus LIVE: 175 seers who attended Kumbh Mela have test positive today

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Instead of listening to suggestions, Union Minister have been attacking opposition leaders: Sonia Gandhi

Instead of listening to constructive suggestions of our party and other Opposition leaders, some Union Ministers have been pressured into service to attack Opposition leaders for giving suggestions. This convoluted me vs you debate is completely childish, says Sonia Gandhi

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Thundering silence by Centre even as states running out Oxygen: Sonia Gandhi

Some of our chief ministers told me that they were left with a few days of vaccines. They had no oxygen and they were running out of ventilators. But there has been a thundering silence on the part of the government, says Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi

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Coronavirus LIVE: Karnataka reports 17,489 new cases

Coronavirus LIVE: Karnataka reports 17,489 new cases, 5,565 discharges and 80 deaths, according to the state health department.

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MP govt directs all district collectors to quarantine people returning from Kumbh

Madhya Pradesh govt directs all district collectors to quarantine people returning from Kumbh Mela. The returnees will have to inform the district collector about their arrival

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Top seer ends Kumbh Mela hours after PM's request to keep event 'symbolic'

The Kumbh Mela is now concluded for Juna Akhara, says Swami Avdheshanand Giri of Juna Akhara. PM Narendra Modi had earlier spoken to him, requesting that Kumbh Mela should now only be symbolic, in the wake of pandemic.

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Kumbh: People returning to Gujarat will have to undergo RT-PCR test, says CM

People returning to Gujarat after attending will have to undergo RT-PCR test: CM Vijay Rupani

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Coronavirus LIVE: Kerala reports 13,835 cases

Coronavirus LIVE: Kerala reports 13,835 cases, and 27 deaths in last 24 hours, according to the state health department.

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Coronavirus LIVE: Govt reduces price of Remdesivir Injection is now reduced