Coronavirus Covid 19 cases in India Highlights, Coronavirus Vaccination Latest News, Delta Plus variant updates June 27: With the decline in daily new caseload for some time, India is yet again witnessing the surge in Covid-19 cases. In the last 24 hours, the country has reported 50,040 new cases, data provided by the Union Health Ministry highlighted. The cases surge amid reports of rise in cases of Delta Plus variant which is believed to be more infectious.
On the vaccination front, PM Modi said that the government is satisfied with the pace of the vaccination drive in India and added that in order to keep the ball rolling, there is a need to involve other organizations as well as NGOs for expansion of inoculation against Covid-19 infection in the country. The centre, on Saturday, has also told the apex court in India that by the end of this year, the country is expected to get 188 crore vaccine doses from five manufacturers. This is believed to fully vaccinate 94 crore population in the country that is above the age of 18 years.
Meanwhile, as the national capital reports the lowest single-day cases since May 1, the state government is opening up gyms and banquet halls to host marriages. The cap set by the government for marriage events is 50. Gyms will also function at 50 per cent capacity.
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Chandigarh reports 15 new cases, 37 discharges, and zero deaths today; the total number of active cases in the UT is 203 (ANI)
Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram starts SputnikV trial run for the general public. (ANI)
COVID-19 | Punjab reports 298 new positive cases, 641 recoveries, and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Total positive cases: 5,94,883
Active cases: 4,020 (ANI)
Bihar reports 185 new COVID-19 cases in the state today. Active cases stand at 2,141: Bihar Health Department (ANI)
Mumbai reports 746 new COVID-19 cases, 1,295 recoveries and 13 deaths today.
Active cases: 8,582
Total recoveries: 6,94,082
Death toll: 15,396 (ANI)
Maharashtra reports 9,974 fresh Covid cases, tally rises to 60,36,821; 143 more fatalities take death toll to 1,21,286. Recoveries surge to 57,90,113, while active cases stand at 1,22,252: State Health Department (PTI)
West Bengal reports 1,836 new COVID-19 cases, 2,022 recoveries, and 29 deaths today.
Active cases: 21,884
Total recoveries: 14,55,453
Death toll: 17,612 (ANI)
An alert has been raised on Delta Plus variant of coronavirus in the country but it is yet to detected in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday. Of the two variants- Delta and Delta Plus- a ‘red flag has been raised in the country for the latter’, the chief minister told PTI. ‘We are doing genomic sequencing but as of now we have not found the Delta Plus variant in Assam’, he said. | Read More
Accused Debanjan who organised fake vaccine camps, wrote letters to govt agencies, would put receipt stamps on them to convince victims. He claimed of writing a mail to Serum Institute for Covishield. He confessed to having organised 2 camps – City College & Kasba: Kolkata Police (ANI)
Goa reports 215 new COVID-19 cases, 301 recoveries and 7 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active cases: 2511
Total recoveries: 1,60,548
Death toll: 3039 (ANI)
Tamil Nadu reports 5,127 new COVID-19 cases, 7,159 recoveries and 91 deaths today.
Active cases: 42,801
Total recoveries: 23,90,783
Death toll: 32,290 (ANI)
Manipur reports 669 new COVID cases, 509 recoveries and 16 deaths in the last 24 hours
Active cases: 5824
Total recoveries: 61,038
Death toll: 1124 (ANI)
COVID-19 | Karnataka reports 3604 new cases, 7699 discharges and 89 deaths today.
Active cases: 1,01,042
Total recoveries: 26,98,822
Death toll: 34,743 (ANI)
Apprehensive about a possible third Covid wave, owners of many yoga institutes in the national capital said they prefer to continue conducting their classes in the online mode for some more time despite the Delhi government allowing them to operate in-person from Monday.
Gymnasiums, on the other hand, have geared up to reopen with 50 per cent capacity with several of them starting the sanitization process at their facilities and even offering special discounts for customers vaccinated against COVID-19. | Read More
Fulfilling its commitment, Serum Institute of India has produced over 10 crore doses of its COVID-19 vaccine Covishield in June so far as India ramps up the pace of its vaccination drive in the face of a possible third wave of the viral infection.
India’s COVID-19 inoculation drive has picked up pace under the new phase of universalisation of COVID-19 vaccination that commenced on June 21 with around 69 lakh vaccine doses being administered on an average daily in the last six days. | Read More
For the wedding industry in the national capital, it is the permission to reopen rather than the hope to make some profit that has shown a sliver of hope after three months of no business.
The Delhi government on Saturday allowed weddings at banquet, marriage halls and hotels with 50 people in attendance, and reopening of gyms and yoga centres at 50 per cent capacity under the phased unlock process initiated with an improvement in the city’s COVID-19 situation. | Read More
Delhi govt wrote to Centre for 45 lakh COVID vaccine doses in July to keep up current vaccination rate of 1.5 lakh jabs daily: AAP MLA Atishi (PTI)
Kerala reports 10,905 new COVID-19 cases, 12,351 recoveries and 62 deaths today.
Active cases: 99,591
Death toll: 12,879 (ANI)
COVID19 Punjab government will set up 75 more oxygen plants in state by July end: Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan READ MORE
Uttar Pradesh’s COVID-19 tally rises to 17,05,596 with 222 fresh cases, 45 more fatalities push death toll to 22,518; recoveries surge to 16,79,913: Official statement
India has the capacity to store vaccines that may require a lower temperature in the range of minus 15 to minus 20 degrees Celsius and there are over 29,000 cold chain points (CCPs) across the country where vaccines are stored at the recommended temperatures, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. In an affidavit filed in the apex court in a suo motu case on distribution of essential supplies and services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centre has said that at present, the two vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — are required to be stored at a temperature range of two to eight degrees Celsius. (PTI)
Delhi registers 89 COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths in a day; positivity rate 0.12 per cent: Health Bulletin
Delhi reports 89 new COVID19 cases, 285 recoveries and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Active cases: 1,568
Total recoveries: 14,07,401
Death toll: 24,965
Positivity rate: 0.12% (ANI)
Inability to mourn with family members or cope with grief alone due to Covid constraints has led to an increase in cases of depression, anxiety, insomnia and other mental health disorders among people in Delhi who have been affected directly or indirectly by the pandemic, experts said. Several hospitals and clinics in the national capital are registering a spike in the number of patients complaining of symptoms related to pyschological ailments triggered by post-traumatic stress, they said. Delhi had reeled under a brutal second wave of the pandemic which claimed a massive number of lives daily, with the oxygen supply shortage issue at various hospitals, having added to the woes. (PTI)
Israel’s new prime minister is urging the country’s youth to get vaccinated as coronavirus case numbers have crept up in recent days due to a localized outbreak of the Delta variant. Naftali Bennett’s comments came at a meeting of the government Sunday in Jerusalem. (AP)
Trial for Zydus Cadila vaccine is almost complete. By July end or in August, we might be able to start administering this vaccine to children of 12-18 age group: Dr NK Arora, Chairman, COVID working group
Criticising the handling of the COVID-19 crisis in Uttar Pradesh, a ruling party leader has claimed that at least 10 people died in every village during the second wave as no lessons were learnt from the first one. State BJP working committee member Ram Iqbal Singh, who made the remarks on Saturday, is the latest among the party’s own leaders who have questioned the management of the novel coronavirus infection in the state. (PTI)
Making COVID-19 vaccine available for children will be a milestone achievement and pave the way for reopening of schools and resumption of outdoor activities for them, AIIMS Chief Dr Randeep Guleria has said. He said the data of phase two and three trial of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin on two to 18 years age group is expected by September. The vaccine can be available for children in India around that time following approval from the drug regulator, he said. “If the Pfizer vaccine gets approval before that, then it can also be an option for children,” Dr Guleria told PTI on Saturday. (PTI)
Making COVID-19 vaccine available for children will be a milestone achievement and pave the way for reopening of schools and resumption of outdoor activities for them, AIIMS Chief Dr Randeep Guleria has said. He said the data of phase two and three trial of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin on two to 18 years age group is expected by September. The vaccine can be available for children in India around that time following approval from the drug regulator, he said. “If the Pfizer vaccine gets approval before that, then it can also be an option for children,” Dr Guleria told PTI on Saturday. (PTI)
Malaysia’s leader says the country will indefinitely extend a near-total lockdown that’s been in place for a month, as coronavirus infections remain high. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Sunday said the lockdown won’t be eased unless daily new cases fall below 4,000, the vaccination rate reaches 10 per cent and demand is reduced for intensive care in hospitals. The national Bernama news agency quoted Muhyiddin as saying he hopes this will happen by mid-July. The lockdown was set to expire Monday. (AP)
Jharkhand recorded three more COVID-19 deaths and 98 new cases in the last 24 hours, a health department bulletin said on Sunday. The deaths which were reported from East Singhbhum, Bokaro and Khunti district pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 5,110. (PTI)
Encouraged after a chat with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who urged people to shed hesitancy against COVID-19 vaccine, a villager from Madhya Pradesh got inoculated along with his family members. Seeking to make people shed their reservations about vaccines against coronavirus, Modi spoke to residents of Dulariya village in MP’s Betul district. The chat was aired on the PM’s monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast on Sunday. Modi counselled them to take the vaccine amidst their doubts about the inoculation exercise. (PTI)
Ladakh recorded 21 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 19,941, while active cases in the region dropped to 281 after 33 more patients recovered from the disease, officials said on Sunday. The Union territory has so far registered 202 Covid deaths, with Leh accounting for 144 fatalities followed by 58 in Kargil district. Of the new cases, 18 persons tested positive in Leh, taking the infection tally in the district to 16,454, while three new cases in Kargil pushed the district tally of infections to 3,487, they said. (PTI)
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said his government was ready to tackle a possible third wave of the coronavirus infection with a committee of experts and required infrastructure in place. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, he said a pediatric intensive care unit and a neonatal intensive care unit have already been established with trained staff, while the task force headed by him was ready to purchase equipment as and when required. (PTI)
In a first of its kind exercise in Karnataka, a month-long extensive health check-up drive for children below 16 years has been launched across Haveri district as part of the preparation to face a possible third wave of COVID-19, state Home Minister Basavaraj S Bommai said. “Haveri has become the first district in the State to start a first-of-its-kind health check-up drive exclusively for children. (PTI)
The Delta plus variant of COVID-19 has greater affinity to lung tissues as compared to other strains but it does not mean that it will cause severe disease or is more transmissible, head of coronavirus working group NTAGI Dr N K Arora said. A new viral variant of the coronavirus, Delta Plus, was identified on June 11. It was recently classified as a variant of concern. Till now, 51 cases of Delta Plus have been detected across 12 states, with Maharashtra reporting the maximum cases of this variant. (PTI)
Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally rose to 19,324 on Sunday as 233 more people, including 62 children, tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 91, a health official said. Aizawl district registered the highest number of new cases at 127, followed by Kolasib (41) and Lunglei (15), he said.
Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally rose to 19,324 on Sunday as 233 more people, including 62 children, tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the state’s coronavirus death toll to 91, a health official said. Aizawl district registered the highest number of new cases at 127, followed by Kolasib (41) and Lunglei (15), he said.
PM Modi ensured free vaccination for all in the country but you (Rahul Gandhi) are spreading lies, misconceptions & putting people’s lives in danger. While, PM spoke to villagers of Dulariya, counseled them to take vaccine & cleared their doubts regarding vaccination: Madhya Pradesh CM (ANI)