Coronavirus LIVE: Mumbai sees 696 cases; 468 in Chennai; 1,263 in Bengaluru

Coronavirus unlock live updates: In view of declining Covid-19 cases, states like UP, Kerala, MP, Rajasthan have relaxed lockdown curbs. Stay tuned for corona-related news

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Coronavirus LIVE: Mumbai sees 696 cases in a day

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Telangana coronavirus update: 1,362 cases and 10 deaths in last 24 hours

Telangana reports 1,362 coronavirus cases, 1,813 recoveries, and 10 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the state health department

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Coronavirus LIVE: 23 fresh cases in Chandigarh

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Coronavirus LIVE: 8,183 fresh cases in Tamil Nadu in a day

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Coronavirus LIVE: Punjab govt cancels class 12 exams

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Bangladesh records 3,057 new cases, 67 more deaths

Bangladesh reported 3,057 new Covid-19 cases and 67 more deaths on Saturday, bringing the tally to 848,027 and the death toll to 13,466, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

 

The official data showed that 16,964 samples were tested in 24 hours till 8:00 a.m. local time Saturday across Bangladesh.

 

The total number of recovered patients in the country stood at 780,146 including 1,725 new recoveries Saturday, said the DGHS. (ANI)

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Coronavirus Latest: Afghanistan running out of oxygen as surge worsens

Afghanistan's is racing to ramp up supplies of oxygen as a deadly third surge of Covid-19 worsens, a senior health official told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday.

 

The government is installing oxygen supply plants in 10 provinces where the increase in Covid cases in some areas is hovering around 65 per cent, health ministry spokesman Ghulam Dasigi Nazary said.

 

By WHO recommendations, anything higher than 5 per cent shows officials aren't testing widely enough, allowing the virus to spread unchecked. Afghanistan carries out barely 4,000 tests a day and often much less. (AP)

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10 deaths, 239 fresh virus cases in Himachal Pradesh

Ten more people died from Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday as 239 fresh cases pushed the state's infection count to 2,00,282, an official said.

 

So far, the virus has killed 3,423 people in the state.

 

According to the state Health Department, the number of active cases have now dipped to 2,990. (PTI)

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Railways helping to bring back workers, as cities gradually unlock, says govt

Railways is helping to bring back workers, as cities gradually unlock.  During the past 7 days (from 11.6.21 to 17.6.21) approximately 32.56 lakh passengers including migrant workers and other passengers traveled by long distance mail express trains (with average occupancy of trains being 110.2%) from areas like Eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal & Odisha to various destinations including Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad, & Chennai areas. Read full release here

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Coronavirus LIVE: All shops, hotels allowed to open till 5 pm in Karnataka unlock

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Coronavirus LIVE: Manipur reports 592 new cases

Manipur reports 592 new coronavirus cases, 294 recoveries and 6 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department

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Coronavirus LIVE: Karnataka sees 5,815 fresh cases in a day

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Coronavirus LIVE: Uttar Pradesh records 294 cases

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Covid LIVE: Book those who assault doctors, home secretary tells states, UTs

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Full Covid-19 vaccination of adults will take 7 months if pace doubled

Fully vaccinating India’s entire adult population by December looks like an uphill task as current estimates show that even by doubling the daily pace, the vaccination exercise can be completed only by the end of January 2022. At the current rate, it would take around 15 more months, or September 2022, to vaccinate adult Indians. Read here