Coronavirus LIVE: 13,270 new Covid cases in Kerala; 6,617 in Andhra Pradesh

Corona updates: India reported 62,224 new cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the country's total coronavirus caseload has has reached 29,633,105. The country reported 2,542 deaths yesterday, taking the death toll to 379,573. Covid-19 test positivity rate has fallen to 3.2%.

Meanwhile, making it clear that pre-registration for vaccination through online registration and prior booking of appointment is not mandatory to avail Covid vaccination services, the health ministry on Tuesday said anyone aged 18 and above can go directly to the nearest vaccination centre where the vaccinator performs the onsite registration and provides vaccination at the same visit.
 

Coronavirus upate city-wise: Delhi (228 cases), Mumbai (575 cases), Kolkata (370 cases), Bengaluru (985 cases), Chennai (793 cases).

Tamil Nadu reported 12,772 new infections, followed by Maharashtra (9,350), Kerala (7,719), Karnataka (5,041), Andhra Pradesh (4,549), Delhi (131) and West Bengal (3,519).

The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (5,917,121), Karnataka (2,771,969), Kerala (2,735,958), Tamil Nadu (2,366,493), Andhra Pradesh (1,814,393).

World coronavirus update: Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with more than 177,393,230 confirmed cases and 3,837,600 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 34,334,181, followed by India, Brazil, France and Turkey.

To read updates from our yesterday's blog, click here