Coronavirus live updates: Urdu poet Rahat Indori passes away

India's tests per day per million population stands at 506: Health ministry

Regular passenger & suburban train services continue to remain suspended till further notice. 230 special trains, running at present, will continue to operate. Local trains in Mumbai, being run on limited basis only on requisition of state govt, will continue to run: Govt

Govt has constituted National Expert Group on Vaccine Admn which will meet tomorrow. Their terms of reference constitute all matters related to logistics of vaccines, ways to address issues of equity etc: Health ministry

Urdu poet Rahat Indori passes away at the hospital. He suffered two heart attacks today and could not be saved. He was admitted to hospital on Sunday, after testing positive for Covid-19. He had 60% pneumonia: Dr Vinod Bhandari, Sri Aurobindo Hospital

PM referred to the fact that there are states - Bihar, Gujarat, UP, West Bengal & Telangana where there's need to increase testing rate as positivity rate at present in these states is on higher side: Health ministry

For the first time in the country, Covid-19 fatality rate has fallen below 2% and is currently at 1.99%: Rajesh Bhushan, secretary, health ministry

Request Centre to authorise the Covid-19 vaccine to be procured and used, it must issue guidelines : Mamata Banerjee during video conference with the PM

Covid-19 recovery rate nears 70%, case fatality rate falls below 2%: Govt

Russia says industrial production of new coronavirus vaccine to start in September, reports AFP

276 new Covid-19 cases, 172 recoveries and 2 deaths reported in Puducherry today, taking the total number of cases to 5900 cases, including 2,277 active cases, 3,532 recovered cases and 91 deaths: State health department, government of Puducherry

New Zealand PM orders Auckland into lockdown after new coronavirus cases, reports AFP

New Zealand records first community coronavirus infections in 102 days, reports AFP

'Blood test may tell if you are at risk of severe Covid-19 infection'

The test can be used to identify people who'll need special precautions to avoid infection and prioritise those in most need of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to the scientists at Nightingale Health, a biotechnology company in Helsinki, Finland. Read full story

Russia registers coronavirus vaccine, Putin's daughter given it

Speaking at a government meeting Tuesday, Putin said that the vaccine has proven efficient during tests, offering a lasting immunity from the coronavirus. Putin emphasized that the vaccine underwent the necessary tests. He added that one of his two daughters has received a shot of the vaccine and is feeling well. Read full story

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan tests negative for Covid-19, reports ANI

Post surgery, Pranab Mukherjee continues to remain critical; he is on ventilator support, says hospital (PTI)

Today, there are 80% active cases in these ten states; therefore, the role of all these states is very big in the fight against, says PM Modi