Coronavirus news highlights: Gujarat suspends vaccination for next two days

India, on Sunday, recorded its lowest tally of daily cases in nearly a month, even as deaths remained above the 4,000 mark in what seems to indicate the Covid wave is far from over. Meanwhile, Delhi and Haryana have extended the lockdown by another week and PM Modi has called on 4 chief ministers to discuss the situation in these states. Stay tuned for more updates

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam on Sunday said 93 per cent of the reportedCovid-19 fatalities in the past one month occurred in unvaccinated people in the union territory. (PTI)

Gujarat suspends vaccination against Covid-19 on May 17 and May 18 owing to cyclone Tauktae.

Mumbai halts vaccination for one day

Madhya Pradesh on Sunday reported 7,106Covid-19 cases and 79 deaths, taking its tally to 7,31,385 and the toll to 6,992.

Karnataka reports 31,531 new cases; 8,344 from Bengaluru

Karnataka reported 31,531 new cases and 403 deaths. Bengaluru saw 8,344 new cases with 143 deaths in the last 24 hours.

A week after the implementation of a complete lockdown, the Covid-19 cases in Kerala started showing a downward trend with the state on Sunday reporting 29,704 fresh cases, taking the total caseload to 21,17,912.

Andhra Pradesh registers record high of 24,171 Covid-19 cases and 101 related deaths in a day.

Centre asks states to keep ration shops open on all days, for longer duration

The Centre on Sunday asked the state governments to keep ration shops, also called fair price shops, open for a longer duration and on all days to ensure timely and safe distribution of both subsidised and free foodgrains to the poor. (PTI)

Two Air India flights, carrying 34,200 kg of zeolite, used in oxygen production plants, arrived at the Bengaluru airport from Rome on Sunday, airport operator BIAL said. (PTI)

The number of Covid cases is decreasing in Delhi and recovery has increased but we do not want to lose this gain, therefore, lockdown is extended: CM Arvind Kejriwal

In the past 24 hours, Delhi has reported around 6,500 cases and the positivity rate has come down to 10% from 11%, said CM Arvind Kejriwal.

India's pace of daily Covid-19 infections slows as more vaccines awaited

India reported a smaller rise in daily coronavirus infections for a third straight day on Sunday, as the government said it was working to boost vaccine supplies to avert deaths beyond the pandemic toll of more than 270,000.

(Reuters)

M L Khattar inaugurates 500-bed Covid Care Center in Panipat

More than 1.84 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs, while nearly 51 lakh doses are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next three days, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.

(PTI)

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij extends 'Mahamari Alert/Surakshit Haryana' from May 17 to May 24

PM Modi had a detailed discussion on Covid-19 situation in UP with CM Yogi Adityanath

Union Minister Sadananda Gowda shares state-wise allocation of Remdesivir injections from April 21-May 23

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Bhagel asks PM Modi for adequate vaccines for the state

Odisha government bans indoor, outdoor shooting of films, television in the state

In Punjab's Ludhiana district, Covid-19 restrictions extended till May 23

Odisha sends 777 tankers/containers with medical oxygen to 13 states in the country

Centre, states suppressing Covid death figures, alleges Congress

Congress on Saturday said it suspected that the Modi government was suppressing the true numbers of new infections and Covid-related deaths in conjunction with some state governments.

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Coronavirus India Tracker: State-wise Covid-19 cases, deaths on May 16

The single-day rise in new coronavirus infections in India was at 3,11,170 on Sunday. This takes the country's total caseload to2,46,84,077according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

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SOPs on Covid-19 containment in peri-urban, rural and tribal areas issued by Health Ministry

PM Modi called on chief ministers of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Puducherry to discuss the Covid-19 situation

Delhi extends Covid-19 lockdown till May 24

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that the lockdown in Delhi will be extended by another week. The national capital will now remain shut till May 24.

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Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh declared containment zone till May 31st, complete lockdown on Sundays

J P Nadda flags off medical aid for Himachal Pradesh under the 'Seva hi Sanghatan' programme

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Satav succumbs to Covid-19

Rajeev Satav, the Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra, succumbed to Covid-19 on Sunday. He was in critical condition. Satav (46) was part of the core team of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

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4,077 more die of Covid-19; new infections lowest in nearly a month

4,077 more people died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours while 3,11,170 more contracted the infection in that time period, Union Health Ministry data on Sunday showed.

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UP government letter acknowledges Covid victims among bodies found in Ganga

Bodies of Covid-19 victims have been found dumped in some rivers, a state government said in a letter seen byReuters, the first official acknowledgement of an alarming practice it said may stem from poverty and fear of the disease in villages.

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First oxygen express reaches Kerala from Kalinganagar with medical oxygen

31,48,50,143 samples were tested for Covid-19 by May15, says ICMR

Expect to increase Sputnik V production in India to 850 million doses per year: Russian Ambassador to India

Hyderabad receives second shipment of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

Covid probably India's greatest challenge since independence: Raghuram Rajan

Covid-19 pandemic is probably India's greatest challenge since independence, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Saturday and added that in many places the government was not present to help the people for various reasons.

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Covid-19 crisis: Jolt for ‘Brand Modi’?

'Time’ magazine had Narendra Modi on the cover of its June 2, 2014 edition – hailing him as the “New Face of India”. He had just taken over as the new Prime Minister after leading the Bharatiya Janata Party to a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections held in April-May that year. The magazine published from New York again had in its April 16, 2015 edition an article on Modi, written by none else but the then American President Barack Obama himself, and titled “India’s Reformer-in-Chief”.

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Following the announcement of a two-week lockdown, people were seen leaving for their hometowns in West Bengal

Ladakh reported 177 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday

On Saturday, Mizoram reported 181 new Covid-19 cases

Karnataka faces severe shortage of drug to treat black fungus

Critical shortage of an anti-fungal drug required to treat mucormycosis or black fungus, which is increasingly being found in Covid patients and those who have recovered from the disease, has become a new source of worry for Covid-battered Karnataka.

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Amid low testing, govt says Covid-19 has peaked in Bengaluru

With the introduction of a more stringent lockdown from May 10, the state government has managed to reduce the number of Covid-19 cases by a third. Municipal officials believe the second wave has peaked. But just how much of this is due to official containment efforts is questionable.

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