Coronavirus Live News Updates: '...Active cases in these three districts are above 600,' said an official of the Uttar Pradesh government
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Telangana cabinet to meet on June 8 to discuss the strategy to be adopted for combating a possible third wave of pandemic. It will also discuss steps to improve vaccination, agriculture, irrigation among other issues.
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday withdrew the 'COVID-19 curfew' across the state except in the Meerut, Saharanpur, and Gorakhpur districts.
"...Active cases in these three districts are above 600," said ACS Information Navneet Sehgal.
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The Centre has provided over 24 crore vaccine doses (24,60,80,900) to state governments and UTs, "via free of cost and direct state procurement categories".
"Total consumption, including wastages is 22,96,95,199 doses. Over 1.63 crore doses (1,63,85,701) still available with States/UTs," the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
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Leading hospital chain Manipal Hospitals on Sunday said it has collaborated with Dr Reddy's Laboratories to add the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in its existing vaccine portfolio that consists of Covishield and Covaxin.
The roll-out of the Sputnik V vaccine by Manipal Hospitals in Bengaluru is part of the limited pilot soft launch initiated by Dr Reddy's in Hyderabad last month, Manipal Hospitals said in a statement.
"Manipal Hospitals has worked closely with Dr Reddy's to create the state-of-the-art infrastructure to maintain Sputnik V vaccine," Manipal Health Enterprises Chief Operating Officer Karthik Rajagopal said.
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Ladakh recorded 71 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 19,147, while another death pushed the toll to 195, officials said on Sunday, as the Union Territory announced a gradual unlocking here after a month-long 'corona curfew'. The new fatality was reported from Leh on Saturday. The district has so far recorded 141 coronavirus-related deaths, while the pandemic toll stands at 54 in Kargil district, the officials said.
Fifty-eight of the new cases were registered in Leh and the remaining 13 in Kargil, they said.
The number of active cases in the UT dropped to 1,170 986 in Leh and 184 in Kargil as 254 Covid patients were discharged during the past 24 hours, the officials said.
The COVID-19 recovery count stands at 17,782 in Ladakh, they added.
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Restaurants, shops selling non-essential items and public places are set to reopen from Monday in Mumbai which is categorised under level 3 of the 'unlock' plan of the Maharashtra government but malls, theatres and multiplexes will continue to remain shut.
As per the fresh guidelines issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday, local trains will remain available only for specific categories.
In a notification issued on Friday night, the Maharashtra government had stated local trains will remain available for "medical, few essentials and women", but authorised the civic administrations to put additional restrictions they deem fit.
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Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday directed the authorities to ensure that all those above the age of 40 years in the state are vaccinated by 15 July. While speaking at the daily COVID-19 evaluation meet, Vijayan asked all the state departments to work together to fight the pandemic.
"There are 50 lakh people, above the age of 45, yet to receive the vaccine in the State. We will get 38 lakh doses this month. The Chief Minister has directed toget all above the age of 40 vaccinated by July 15," a release issued by the CMO said.
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The Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research in Delhi withdrew its circular directing nursing staff to communicate only in Hindi/English and disallowing use of Malayalam language after it faced criticism for the announcement on Sunday.
The hospital administration was quoted by ANI as claiming that the circular was issued without their information.
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The active cases on Sunday reduced to 14,77,799, comprising 5.13 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 93.67 percent. A net decline of 77,449 cases has been recorded in the COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
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The Union Health Ministry on Sunday said that the number of single-day recoveries continued to outnumber daily new cases for the 24th consecutive day.
"Steady rise in national recovery rate has been maintained and has increases to 93.67 percent. A fall in daily positivity rate at 5.62 percent continues; less than 10 percent for 13 consecutive days," the statement said.
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Live News Updates: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday withdrew the ' COVID-19 curfew' across the state except in the Meerut, Saharanpur, and Gorakhpur districts.
"...Active cases in these three districts are above 600," said ACS Information Navneet Sehgal.
The active cases on Sunday reduced to 14,77,799, comprising 5.13 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 93.67 percent. A net decline of 77,449 cases has been recorded in the COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research in Delhi withdrew its circular directing nursing staff to communicate only in Hindi/English and disallowing use of Malayalam language after it faced criticism for the announcement on Sunday.
The hospital administration was quoted by ANI as claiming that the circular was issued without their information.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Sunday said that a total of 36,47,46,522 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the country up to 5 June, including 20,36,311 samples tested on Saturday.
India reported 1,14,460 new COVID-19 cases, 1,89,232 discharges, and 2,677 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Total cases: 2,88,09,339
Total discharges: 2,69,84,781
Toll: 3,46,759
Active cases: 14,77,799
With COVID cases declining, Delhi will see further relaxation in lockdown, including reopening of markets and malls and resumption of metro services, from June 7 while Maharashtra will implement a five-level plan to ease curbs based on weekly positivity rate and occupancy of oxygen beds in districts.
Even as the COVID situation has relatively improved in most of the northern and western states, southern and eastern parts of the country are still reporting a high number of cases.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced the extension of the lockdown by a week till June 14 with some easing of restrictions from Monday, except in 11 districts where the number of new cases reported was still high.
Earlier, neighbouring Karnataka had extended the lockdown till June 14. Himachal Pradesh and Goa also extended the 'Corona curfew' till June 14.
In Goa, shops selling essential items are allowed to operate between 7 AM and 3 PM every day. Himachal Pradesh had earlier eased curbs including those related to the opening of shops, restaurants and eateries.
Almost all states and Union Territories have extended the curbs which they first started imposing in mid-April as the second COVID wave hit the country, though some have begun to cautiously ease restrictions in June.
The Uttar Pradesh government announced relaxations in the coronavirus curfew in Bareilly and Bulandshahr districts from Monday, allowing shops and markets outside the containment zones to open for five days a week.
With this, the number of districts where the restrictions have eased as the count of active cases has fallen below the 600-mark has reached 67, out of the 75 districts.
In the national capital, where the unlock' process began from May 31, the Delhi Metro will operate at 50 percent capacity and markets and malls will open on an odd-even basis from June 7, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday.
The lockdown in Delhi, which was to end at 5 AM on Monday, will be extended further but several relaxations will be allowed, Kejriwal said during an online briefing.
Government and private offices will be allowed to reopen with 50 percent attendance. Markets and malls will be allowed to open on an odd-even basis from 10 AM to 8 PM, he said.
In the worst-affected Maharashtra, cities and districts, which have a positivity rate of below five percent and the oxygen bed occupancy of less than 25 percent, will open up completely, according to a government notification.
But restrictions of varying degrees will remain in cities and districts where the positivity rate is five percent and oxygen bed occupancy is 25 to 40 percent, where the positivity rate is five percent to 10 percent and the oxygen bed occupancy is more than 40 percent and where positivity rate is 10 to 20 percent and oxygen bed occupancy is more than 60 percent.
In the fifth category, where the positivity rate is more than 20 percent and the oxygen bed capacity is more than 75 percent, only essential shops will remain open till 4 PM and office attendance will be 15 percent.
The Rajasthan government also issued guidelines on Monday to start the "unlock" process by easing certain restrictions from June 2.
India reported 1,20,529 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day rise in infections in 58 days, taking the infection tally to 2,86,94,879, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.
The death toll from COVID-19 climbed to 3,44,082 with 3,380 new fatalities, while the number of active cases was recorded below 20 lakh for the fifth consecutive day.
India reported more than 88.82 lakh coronavirus infections in May alone during the raging second wave of COVID-19 , accounting for 31.67 percent of the over 2.8 crore cases reported in the country so far and making it the worst month of the pandemic.
The month of May also saw 1,17,247 fatalities due to the disease, which is around 35.63 percent of the total 3,29,100 deaths recorded so far.
The daily cases peaked on May 7 when the country registered 4,14,188 infections in a span of 24 hours, while daily deaths were the highest on May 19 with India reporting 4,529 fatalities due to COVID-19 .
The active cases had peaked on May 10 at 37,45,237.
The government has said that the economic impact from the second Covid-19 wave will be less than that of the first. But economists point to signs of a growing rural economic crisis, and call for urgent relief measures to ward off long-term damage.
Of the total, nearly 2.59 crore beneficiaries in the 18-44 age bracket received their first dose and 1,18,299 their second dose since 1 May
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