India has reported 41,506 new Covid-19 cases and 895 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours, according to data from the health ministry, with active cases at 454,118. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates on coronavirus from India and the world:Read Less
Karnataka reports 1978 new Covid-19 cases, 2326 recoveries and 56 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Telangana reports 465 new Covid cases, 869 recoveries & 04 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Govt of J&K grants relaxations in 16 districts of Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Poonch, Rajouri, Kishtwar, Ramban, Udhampur, Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Budgam, Ganderbal, Pulwama, Kulgam & Shopian. No weekend curfew in these districts, daily night curfew here from 8 pm to 7 am.
Delhi reports 53 new Covid-19 cases (positivity rate - 0.07%), 99 recoveries, and 03 deaths in the last 24 hours
Dist Magistrate North Goa issues list of activites/establishments/facilities/events that will be prohibited/restricted in the district from 7 am on 12th July to 7 am on 19th July.
Casinos, shops from 7 pm to 7 am, cinema halls, schools, colleges, weekly markets to remain closed.
Statewide Curfew in Goa extended up to 7am, 19th July 2021, with further relaxations that will allow the opening of gyms with 50% capacity, sports complex without spectators, religious places with up to 15 people.
Andhra Pradesh reports 2,665 fresh Covid cases, 4,576 recoveries, and 16 deaths in the past 24 hours
Sikkim reports 144 new Covid-19 cases, 2 more deaths
With the efforts of PM Modi, health ministry, and all Covid warriors, Ladakh has become the first Union Territory in the country to vaccinate all people, including guest population, with 1st dose of Covid-19 jab
Schools and colleges in Puducherry to reopen on July 16: CM
Assam CM handed over cheques amounting to Rs 2.5 lakh each to 176 beneficiaries belonging to eight districts namely Kamrup (Metro), Nalbari, Darrang, Baksa, Morigaon, Nagaon, Goalpara and Kamrup. As of today, 883 beneficiaries have become eligible under the scheme: CMO
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launched CM’s Covid-19 Widows Support Scheme, to provide social and financial security to all widows who have lost their husbands in the Covid-19 pandemic at Srimanta Sankardev International Auditorium in Guwahati today: CMO
Under the scheme, one-time financial assistance of Rs 2.5 lakh would be given to such women who lost their husbands due to Covid. Beneficiary’s husband should have died with a Covid positive status and beneficiary must belong to low-income group with annual income up to Rs 5 lakh: CMO
Weekend lockdown continues in Jharkhand
#WATCH | Weekend lockdown in Jharkhand continues due to #COVID19. All shops and markets are closed. "People of Jha… https://t.co/3NeIMFFYwJ
— ANI (@ANI) 1625999376000
Gehlot asks people not to become careless, follow Covid-appropriate behaviour
पिछले दिनों में कोविड के मामले लगातार कम हुए हैं जिसके कारण कई रियायतें दी गई हैं। लेकिन याद रखें, कोरोना कम हुआ है… https://t.co/Jptl0yaaR2
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) 1625979932000
Second wave hasn't settled yet. If a tourist coming from all over the country reaches a hill station he'll bring virus and it'll be a super spreader due to crowd mixing. It can be fatal: Dr SK Sarin
Delta plus has not been reported in large numbers but it is present. Delta is also troublesome; worried about the Lambda variant right now. It is not reported from our part of the country but it can come
Vaccination has picked up in Puducherry, we've crossed over 5 lakh vaccinations. Our aim is to vaccinate the whole UT before August 15. People had vaccine hesitancy but now they've overcome it. Puducherry will be totally vaccinated before August 15, as per our plan: Puducherry Lt Gov Tamilisai Soundararajan
South Africa ramps up vaccine drive, too late for this surge
Some in wheelchairs, others on canes, hundreds of South Africans waited recently on the ramps of an open-air Johannesburg parking garage to get their Covid-19 vaccine shots. Despite the masks, social distancing and blustery weather of the Southern Hemisphere winter, a celebratory atmosphere took hold. “What a relief!” said Vincent Damon, a 63-year-old electrical technician, after getting his second dose. Read more
Israel offers Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to adults at risk
Israel said on Sunday it will begin offering a booster shot of Pfizer Inc's vaccine to adults with weak immune systems but it was still weighing whether a third round of shots should be given to the general public. The rapid spread of the Delta variant has sent vaccination rates in Israel back up as new infections have risen over the past month from single digits to around 450 a day, and the country has moved to fast-track its next Pfizer shipment. Health minister Nitzan Horowitz said that effective immediately, adults with impaired immune systems who had received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine could get a booster shot, with a decision pending on wider distribution. Read more
Swift recovery expected due to limited impact of lockdown on economy: Survey
India's economy is expected to see a swift recovery from the impact of the second wave of Covid-19 as lockdowns were largely designed to limit social gatherings and did not affect economic activities much, a CII survey said. About 60 per cent of CEOs participating in the survey expect that the recovery in sales of their companies would be better than that in the first wave of the pandemic. "CII CEOs poll of 119 top corporates indicate swifter economic recovery from the impact of the second wave. The deadly second wave has not affected much of the economic activities as lockdowns were largely designed to limit social gathering and this has helped limit the impact of the second wave on economic growth when compared to the first wave," CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said. Read more