Coronavirus News highlights: Delhi reports 109 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths

India reported 54,069 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, reported the Health Ministry. Meanwhile, as many as 39,78,32,667 samples were tested for Covid up to 23 June, of which 18,59,469 were tested yesterday, said the ICMR. Stay tuned to DH for latest updates.

Haryana reports 102 new Covid-19 cases, 19 deaths and 253 discharges; the number of active cases in the state is 1,990

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Don’t hasten unlock: Uddhav Thackeray amid third Covid-19 wave fears

With the threat of a third wave of Covid-19 pandemic looming large and the emergence of Delta Plus variant, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has asked the government machinery not to hasten the unlocking process.

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Tamil Nadu govt to launch post-Covid-19 clinics

Tamil Nadu government will establish post-Covid clinics at all medical college hospitals run by it to treat patients suffering from complications after recovering from Covid-19 infection.

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Delhi reports 109 new Covid-19 cases, 131 recoveries, and 8 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Total cases 14,33,475
Total recoveries 14,06,760
Death toll 24,948

Active cases 1,767

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Karnataka reports 3,979 new cases, 9,768 discharges and 138 deaths today.

Active cases: 1,10,523
Total recoveries: 26,78,473
Death toll: 34,425

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Kerala reports 12,078 new Covid-19 cases, 136 deaths and 11,469 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

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Uttar Pradesh records 229 fresh Covid-19 cases taking the state's tally to 17,05,012, while 32 more fatalities push death toll to 22,368: Official

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Andhra Pradesh reports 4,981 new Covid-19 cases, 38 deaths and 6,464 recoveries in the past 24 hours.

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Over 13,000 inmates vaccinated in Maharashtra: MVA tells HC

Egypt to allow vaccinated travellers entry without PCR test

Those from countries impacted by coronavirus variants will be subject to a rapid test upon arrival, while all non-vaccinated travellers must present a PCR test.(Reuters)

Ladakh reports lowest daily rise in coronavirus cases this year

The Union Territory of Ladakh recorded 10 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily rise this year, taking the infection tally to 19,881, officials said on Thursday. (PTI)

Pfizer says Covid vaccine highly effective against Delta variant (Reuters)

Bhutan PM says ready to mix Covid-19 doses to deal with vaccine shortages (Reuters)

Odisha logs 3,650 fresh Covid-19 cases, 44 more fatalities (PTI)

Russia says it has vaccinated 20 million people against Covid-19 (Reuters)

5 cases of Delta Plus Covid variant in Madhya Pradesh, 1 dead (PTI)

Germany to give all willing a first Covid jab by end July, early August: Minister

Indonesian cleric gets 4 years for concealing Covid-19 test (PTI)

China administered total of 1.096 billion Covid jabs as of June 23 (Reuters)

226 new cases push Mizoram's Covid-19 tally to 18,624 (PTI)

Sonia Gandhi asks partymen to work to address vaccine hesitancy (PTI)

Navi Mumbai civic body starts vaccination drive for homeless persons (PTI)

Arunachal reports 252 new Covid cases, tally at 33,916 (PTI)

13 new cases push Covid-19 tally of Andamans to 7,438 (PTI)

Taiwan says discussing Covid-19 vaccine passports (Reuters)

India's recovery rate increases to 96.61%: Health Ministry

Delta variant now reported in 85 countries globally, expected to become dominant lineage: WHO

India reports 54,069 new Covid-19 cases, 1,321 deaths in the past 24 hours: Health Ministry

39,78,32,667 samples tested for Covid up to 23 June, of which 18,59,469 were tested yesterday: ICMR

Hong Kong bans passenger flights from Indonesia over Covid-19 fears (Reuters)

Mizoram reported 4,302 total active cases, 1 death yesterday (ANI)

Singapore drawing up road map to live with Covid-19, ministers say

Singapore is drawing up a road map on how to live more normally withCovid-19 on expectations that the virus will become endemic like influenza and as vaccination rates pick up, said ministers leading the country's virus-fighting task force.

The city-state has vaccinated about half its 5.7 million population with least one dose of vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

While Singapore's vaccination pace is relatively high, the country has been slower at resuming social activities and travel, compared with other places with similar inoculation rates. (Reuters)

Mexico's coronavirus death toll rises to 231,847 (Reuters)

Ensure Covaxin is accepted globally: Mamata to Centre

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged the Centre to immediately take steps to ensure that people vaccinated with Covaxin are not restricted from travelling to foreign countries.

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How to prevent the next pandemic

How do we prevent a pandemic like this from happening again? As we start to tackle that question, inevitably part of it will involve looking back at the mistakes that were made with Covid-19, and rightly so. But it’s also important to learn from the things we got right, because this pandemic could have been worse, much worse.

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'Black fungus' survivours await facial reconstruction

Nearly 30 patients who recovered from the dreaded black fungus disease await extensive facial reconstruction in government hospitals alone, doctors said. While 72 patients succumbed to the disease, 49 out of 959 have been cured.

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US to add inflammation warning for Covid mRNA vaccines

US health authorities plan to update official guidance about administering mRNA Covid vaccines to adolescents and young adults after finding a likely link to rare cases of heart inflammation, but say the overall benefits still "clearly" outweigh the risks.

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Brazil sets single-day record for coronavirus cases

Brazil registered a single-day record of 115,228 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, as its outbreak shows new signs of accelerating despite long-delayed vaccination efforts finally gaining steam.

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