Covid Live Updates: India reports 3,66,161 new cases, 3,53,818 discharges and 3,754 deaths in the last 24 hours

Businessman Navneet Kalra moves anticipatory bail plea in Delhi’s Saket court, in connection with the seizure of Oxygen concentrators from his restaurants by Delhi Police.

Medical aid including 1,300 oxygen concentrators, 400 ventilators and other medical equipment from Israel arrived at Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, last night

Look-out notice issued against businessman Navneet Kalra accused of black marketing of Oxygen concentrators: Delhi Police sources

India reports 3,66,161 new COVID-19 cases, 3,53,818 discharges and 3,754 deaths in the last 24 hours

Total cases: 2,26,62,575
Total discharges: 1,86,71,222
Death toll: 2,46,116
Active cases: 37,45,237
Total vaccination: 17,01,76,603

China healthcare firms surge after vaccine waiver plan meets EU resistance

Shares of Chinese healthcare firms soared on Monday, rebounding from last week’s drubbing after a U.S. proposal to waive patents for COVID-19 vaccines met with fierce opposition from European governments and pharmaceutical giants.

Sri Lanka detects 6 Covid variants amid surging cases

Visuals from Chennai

Odisha reported 10,031 new cases on 9th May taking the state’s active case tally to 94,760

Mumbai civic body denies suppressing COVID-19 death toll

The Mumbai civic body has denied allegations of suppressing the COVID-19 death and infection figures and said it was recording the number of fatalities as per protocols laid down by the WHO and ICMR.

Delhi Metro rail services to remain temporarily suspended till 5 am on 17th May, as the national capital enters into an extended period of lockdown with strict restrictions

Medical aid including 1,300 oxygen concentrators, 400 ventilators and other medical equipment from Israel arrived at Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, last night

COVID curfew to be imposed in Uttarakhand from 6 am on May 11 till 6 am on May 18; shops selling fruits, vegetables, dairy items to remain open from 7am-10am, shopping malls, market complexes, gyms, theatres, assembly halls, bars, liquor shops to remain closed until further orders

Gujarat centre relies on cow urine, herbs, homeopathy to treat mild cases

A cow shelter in a northern Gujarat village is doubling up as a makeshift Covid-care centre, and its resident Ayurvedic expert is upbeat that concoctions made of herbs and cow urine, and homoeopathy will alleviate mild symptoms of the disease.

Rising Covid-19 deaths affecting Uttar Pradesh’s MGNREGA works

Labour participation in rural jobs scheme MGNREGA has drastically come down from the levels seen in April in Uttar Pradesh, even though many people had come to the state to vote for the panchayat polls and returned from states like Maharashtra and Delhi which had announced lockdowns around the same time, thus pointing to the intensity of the Covid scare in the state’s hinterland due to the rising Covid-related deaths.

Karnataka’s COVID-19 cases, deaths matter of concern

The surge in Covid-19 cases in Karnataka over the past few days suggests that it is only a matter of days before the state overtakes Maharashtra in terms of active caseload.

We are sending teams of experts to India. For example, we’re going to send a team for rapid testing, & a team to develop very easy producing oxygen concentrators. India has remarkable manufacturing capabilities

– Israel Ambassador to India Ron Malka

Two Indian Air Force IL-76s airlifted 4 Cryogenic Oxygen Containers from Jakarta, Indonesia, and landed at Vizag today

1.5 Lakh doses of Sputnik V have already reached India and RDIF has also tied up with local Indian companies for bulk production

– MoS Finance Anurag Thakur

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country stands at 17,01,53,432 as per the 8 pm provisional report yesterday

– Union Health Ministry

Two police officials succumbed to COVID-19 in Mumbai in the last 48 hours. A total of 8,716 police personnel have contracted coronavirus & 113 personnel have died due to the virus so far. There are 379 active cases: Mumbai Police

Oxygen Express carrying 225 MT of oxygen from Hapa (Gujarat) to be offloaded in Delhi Cantt today

– Indian Railways

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son shifted to Lucknow’s Medanta Hospital from Sitapur jail. They have tested positive for COVID-19: Medical Director, Medanta Hospital, Lucknow

Requirement of a positive test for coronavirus shall not be mandatory for admission to a COVID health facility. A suspect case shall be admitted to the suspect ward of COVID Care Centre (CCC), Dedicated COVID Health Centre or Dedicated COVID Hospital

– Jammu & Kashmir Govt

Assam reported 3,299 new COVID-19 cases, 4,045 recoveries and 48 deaths

Ahead of the hearing, the Union of India (UOI) had yesterday filed its affidavit before the SC in connection with the case

Supreme Court will hear on suo moto case relating to oxygen supply, drug supply, and various other policies in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic today

Guru Tegh Bahadur COVID care centre to begin operation with 300 beds

Saudi Arabia will organize pilgrimage to Mecca this year under special conditions to guard against COVID

Chhattisgarh to include journalists, lawyers and their families in ‘front-line workers’ category

Haryana govt to impose stringent measures from May 10 to May 17

France welcomes EU curb on AstraZeneca vaccine

Over 17 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses administered so far: Govt