Coronavirus in India Highlights: Jharkhand reports 603 new Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths in last 24 hours

Samples tested -45,715
Recoveries -803
Active cases -5099

RANCHI: 29

The number of active coronavirus cases reached 471 in Ghaziabad and came down to 324 in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Tuesday, official data showed.

No death linked to Covid was reported in Ghaziabad while one more person succumbed in Gautam Buddh Nagar, according to Uttar Pradesh's Health Department data for a 24-hour period.

The death toll in Ghaziabad stood at 453 and in Gautam Buddh Nagar at 462, it showed. (PTI)

Uttar Pradesh's Covid-19 caseload surged to 16,99,787 on Tuesday with 797 fresh infections while the death toll climbed to 21,425 as 94 more people succumbed to the disease.

Lucknow reported the highest number of fresh cases at 50, followed by 33 from Pilibhit, 31 from Gorakhpur, 29 from Varanasi, 27 from Kanpur Nagar, 25 from Meerut, 24 from Siddharthnagar, 23 from Kushinagar, 22 from Allahabad, 21 from Ghaziabad and 20 each from Muzaffarnagar and Gautam Buddh Nagar, according to a health department bulletin.

The state cabinet has decided to extend the lockdown in the state for another 10 days from June 10. The relaxation period extended till 5 pm. (6 am to 5 pm)

6 PM to 6 AM STRICT LOCKDOWN

However, the Cabinet has decided to maintain the status quo in Sattupalli, Mathira, Nalgonda, Nagarjuna Sagar, Devarakonda, Munugoda, Miryalaguda and other constituencies due to increasing cases.

Positivity rate: 7.53%
Bengaluru Urban: 2,028 cases

Total cases -3,34,965
Total active cases-11,885
Total deaths- 6,797

Case fatality rate stands at 1.73%. Out of 3,69,07,181 laboratory samples, 58,52,891 have been tested positive (15.86%) for Covid-19 until today. Currently, 11,53,147 people are in home quarantine and 6,225 people are in institutional quarantine. Active cases in the state: 1,67,927.

The husband and wife team who helped make the first COVID-19 vaccine are contributing to a book about their efforts. BioNTech founders Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci are collaborating with Joe Miller of the Financial Times on “The Vaccine,” St. Martin's Publishing Group announced Tuesday.

Publication is scheduled for November 2. That's one week before a book by the head of Pfizer, which teamed up with the Germany-based BioNTech to develop the vaccine, is scheduled to come out.

“'The Vaccine' will reveal how they were able to develop a panel of vaccine candidates within a matter of weeks, how they convinced major pharmaceutical companies to support their work, how they navigated negotiations with the US administration and the European Union, and how in partnership with Pfizer they managed to produce more than two billion doses for countries around the world,” according to St. Martin's. (AP)

Overall cases- 22,74,704

Total deaths- 27,765

Overall active cases- 2,18,595

Overall discharged- 20,28,344

COIMBATORE - 2,439

CHENNAI - 1,437

ERODE - 1,596

AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria says that there's no evidence to prove that children will be affected in the Covid third wave. "According to the second wave data, out of all the kids admitted to the hospitals, 60-70 per cent had co-morbidities or low immunity," he said.

As per latest ministry data, more than 24 crore (24,65,44,060) vaccine doses have been provided to states/UTs so far, free of cost and through the direct state procurement category. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 23,47,43,489 doses. More than 1.19 crore (1,19,46,925) Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states/UTs to be administered. (With inputs from Shekhar)

Lucknow Metro train services will resume from June 9 with all safety measures as per Covid-19 protocol. Metro trains to operate normally from 7 am and the last metro train will depart at 7 pm from both terminals.

The Central Government has given advance orders for a total dose of 74 crore doses of vaccine, Dr VK Paul, one of the key members of the PM's Covid management team, said at a press conference.

"25 crore doses for Covishield and 19 crore doses of Covaxin have been ordered. This advance order has been given, for which 30 per cent payment will be given in advance. The e-biological vaccine is expected to be available in September, for which 300 million doses have been ordered, " he said.

The Union Territory has decided to extend shop timings till 6 pm. Detailed orders will be issued by evening.

Delhi recorded an infection rate of 0.44 per cent.

Total deaths: 24,668

Total cases:14,29,791

Active cases: 4,962

(With inputs from Pankaj Jain)

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik sanctions over Rs 26 crore for pandemic-hit street vendors. 87,657 street vendors will be benefitted from the scheme in Odisha.

Fearing a third wave of Covid-19, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to vaccinate all mothers having children below 5 years of age on priority.

Centre says more than 24.65 crore vaccine doses have been provided to States and UTs so far and of these, 1.19 crore doses are still available with the States. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 23,47,43,489 doses, said the Centre.