Coronavirus News Highlights: Karnataka reports 3,310 new Covid cases, 114 deaths

India saw 51,667 new Covid-19 cases and 1,329 deaths over the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry. As many as 39,95,68,448 samples were tested for Covid up to June 24, of which 17,35,781 were tested yesterday. Stay tuned to DH for latest updates.

Goa reports 222 new Covid cases, 277 recoveries and 5 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Active cases: 2,667
Total recoveries: 1,59,954
Death toll: 3,027

(ANI)

Punjab reports 341 new cases of Covid-19, 12 deaths and 768 discharges; active cases in the state are 4,832

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Maharashtra reports 9,677 new Covid-19 cases, 10,138 recoveries and 156 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Total cases: 60,17,035
Total recoveries: 57,72,799
Death toll: 1,20,370

Active cases: 1,20,715

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237 people have died due to 'black fungus' (mucormycosis) in Andhra Pradesh so far, 1,513 undergoing treatment: Health Department

(PTI)

Karnataka reports 3,310 new cases, 6,524 discharges and 114 deaths today.

Active cases: 1,07,195
Total recoveries: 26,84,997
Death toll: 34,539

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Kerala reports 11,546 new Covid-19 positive cases, 11,056 recoveries and 118 deaths today.

Death toll stands at 12,699; while 27,52,492 patients have recovered so far.

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Deaths of two Delta Plus positive cases have been reported in Madhya Pradesh: Govt Sources to ANI

Covid-19 second wave not yet over, warns Centre

The government said that 75 districts still have more than 10 per cent prevalence, while 92 districts have a 5 to 10 per cent prevalence of coronavirus.

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50 cases of Delta Plus variant have been identified in India: Govt Sources

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Covishield and Covaxin work against the Delta Plus variant: Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR

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Health workers inoculates an elderly man at his village with the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, as he was unable to reach the vaccination centre in Sundarbans area of south 24Parganas district. Credit: AFP Photo

90% of Covid-19 cases in India being driven by B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant: Govt

(PTI)

As of today, there are 48 cases of Delta Plus across the country: Dr SK Singh, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director

Indian Medical Association (IMA) says 776 doctors have died during second wave of Covid-19 pandemic; maximum 115 doctors lost their lives in Bihar, followed by Delhi (109)

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A new milestone has been reached; this week we began our first batch of Covovax (a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Novavax) at our facility, here in Pune: Serum Institute India

(ANI)

My crime is I fought for the breath of 2 crore citizens: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

After BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra slammed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on an ‘audit report’ of oxygen supply, the chief minister said that his crime was to "fight for the breath of the two crore citizens of the national capital."

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Maharashtra reports first Delta Plus variant death

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Russia launches Sputnik Light vaccine into wide circulation

Russia on Friday launched into circulation its fourth vaccine againstCovid-19, the one-dose Sputnik Light, the Kommersant daily reported.

Sputnik Light deploys just the first dose of Russia's flagship Sputnik V vaccine, which uses a first shot and booster separated by a gap of at least 21 days. (Reuters)

Jharkhand logs 114 new Covid-19 cases, 2 fresh fatalities (PTI)

UK records 35,204 new Delta Covid cases in latest week (Reuters)

Gavi board approves $775 mn in funding for delivery of Covid doses to lower-income economies for next 2 years (Reuters)

Russia reports 20,393 new Covid-19 cases, 601 deaths (Reuters)

National Task Force in SC suggests oxygen need determination formula (PTI)

Uganda team coach arriving at Tokyo Games had Delta coronavirus variant (Reuters)

Odisha registers 2,912 new Covid-19 cases, 40 fresh fatalities (PTI)

Report claiming Delhi inflated oxygen need during Covid second wave made by BJP, not SC-appointed audit committee: Sisodia

Here's how you can link your passport number with your vaccination certificate

The Co-WIN portal is now allowing users to link passport numbers to vaccination certificates in a bid to ease travel.

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Puducherry adds 261 fresh Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths (PTI)

'Brutal' third wave hits Africa as vaccination slows

Africa is facing a vicious coronavirus resurgence, with unprecedented hospital admissions and fatalities pushing health facilities to the brink as the continent falls far behind in the global vaccination drive.

With just under 5.3 million reported cases and around 139,000 deaths among its nearly 1.3 billion people, Africa is still the world's least-affected continent after Oceania, according to an AFP tally.

Over 1.50 crore vaccine doses available with states: Centre

Dehradun DM has also instructed all Deputy Collectors to vaccinate employees, others

Fiji says Covid-19 now widespread as cases spike (AFP)

Expert panel formed to tackle possible third Covid wave in children

With the likelihood of a possible third wave ofCovid-19, the Directorate of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy here has formed an expert committee to guide the government in handling the crisis.

The five-member committee consists of Siddha experts who have a track record of treating infectious diseases, especially among the children. (PTI)

India's active Covid-19 cases declines to 6,12,868: Health Ministry

Antibodies triggered by Chinese Covid shots less effective on Delta variant: Researcher

39,95,68,448 samples tested for Covid up to June 24, of which 17,35,781 were tested yesterday: ICMR

Thane district's Covid-19 tally up by 462, death toll by 15 (PTI)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands report only 2 new Covid-19 cases (PTI)

India reports 51,667 new Covid-19 cases, 1,329 deaths over the past 24 hours: Health Ministry

Hawaii to drop Covid test, quarantine for vaccinated domestic travelers (Reuters)

China reports 24 new Covid-19 cases vs 16 a day earlier

China reported 24 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Thursday, compared with 16 a day earlier, the health authority said.

All of the new infections were imported cases, the National Health Commission said in a statement on Friday. There were no new deaths. (Reuters)

Japan to give 1 million vaccine doses each to Taiwan, Vietnam (Reuters)

Mizoram reported 4,331 active cases, 1 death in the past 24 hours (ANI)

Downtown Sydney, beach suburbs to enter lockdown after spike in Delta variant cases (Reuters)

US FDA authorises drug to treat hospitalised Covid patients

The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the drug Actemra for the treatment of hospitalised Covid-19 adults and pediatric patients, the health agency said on Thursday.

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Vaccines work against 'Delta Plus' Covid-19 variant: MP health official

With Madhya Pradesh reporting five cases of the 'Delta Plus' variant of Covid-19 so far, a top health department official on Thursday said the vaccines currently being administered to people are effective against the highly contagious strain.

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Pfizer says Covid vaccine is highly effective against Delta variant

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against the Delta variant of Covid-19, a Pfizer official in Israel said on Thursday.

First identified in India, Delta is becoming the globally dominant variant of the coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization.

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Venezuela receives first shipment of Cuban coronavirus vaccine

Venezuela received its first shipment of doses of leftist ally Cuba's Abdala coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, the South American country's vice president said, while slamming wealthy countries for "sabotaging" the COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme.

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