Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: 13,788 new COVID-19 cases push India's COVID-19 tally to 1,05,71,773

Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | A 46-year-old man, who worked as a ward boy in a district hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, died a day after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine shot. He was complaining of chest congestion and breathlessness before death.

Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | Odisha plans more session sites for COVID-19 vaccination

Encouraged by over 85 percent immunisation on the first day of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, Odisha government has formulated a strategy to increase the number of people getting COVID-19 jabs, a senior official said. As per the strategy all medical colleges, both government and private from today, will conduct at least five sessions per day in different locations and in each session site, 200 beneficiaries to be targeted, said Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, PK Mohapatra. (PTI)

Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | COVID vaccination drive gets underway in Delhi on day two

After administering shots to over 4,300 healthcare workers on the opening day, COVID-19 vaccination teams across the national capital started to give vaccines to more medical staff at various hospitals today. Officials said that the vaccination drive started at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital at 10 am. The immunisation drive in Delhi was formally kicked off on January 16 by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the LNJP Hospital, the state-run facility which offered yeoman service during the pandemic in 2020. (PTI)

Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates | Government, government-aided/unaided schools re-opened for class 10th and 12th in Delhi, months after they were closed due to COVID-19. "Not more than 12 students will sit in a classroom. Mask and sanitiser available at school," a teacher tells news agency ANI.

Coronavirus in China LIVE Updates | Economic impact from rising COVID-19 cases in China controllable: Stats bureau

The overall impact from the current COVID-19 resurgence on China's economy is controllable, the statistics bureau chief Ning Jizhe said on Monday, even as rising cases in some localities weighed on consumer spending. China has experience and capacity to control the virus, Ning told reporters at a press conference, adding that authorities estimate that many favourable conditions will sustain the economic recovery this year. (Reuters)

Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN: Total confirmed COVID-19 cases in India have risen to 1,05,71,773, according to the latest update from the Union Health Ministry. This number includes cases involving foreign nationals, patients who have recovered and the death toll.

Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN: As many as 1,02,11,342 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged so far, the Union Health Ministry has said in its latest update.

Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN: The reported active COVID-19 cases in India stand at 2,08,012, according to the Union Health Ministry.

Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | JUST IN: The death toll in India due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has risen to 1,52,419, the Union Health Ministry has said.

Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | 325 new COVID-19 cases in Thane; tally reaches 2,49,507

The COVID-19 tally in Thane district of Maharashtra has gone up to 2,49,507 with the detection of 325 new cases of the infection, reported news agency PTI citing an official. Apart from these new cases recorded yesterday, one more person also succumbed to the viral infection, taking the death toll in the district to 6,053, he said. So far, 2,39,411 patients have recovered from the infection, taking the recovery rate to 95.95 percent. There are 4,043 active cases in the district at present, the official said.