India reported 47,905 new cases in the last 24 hours, with death toll from the virus reaching 1,28,121. Globally, over 50 million have been infected with the coronavirus. Stay with TOI for latest updates
Himachal Pradesh reports 765 fresh cases, 6 more deaths
Delhi reports 7,053 new cases, 6,462 recoveries/discharges/migrations and 104 deaths in the last 24 hours
May recommend Russian vaccine for emergency use if criteria met: WHO
"The WHO has been in touch with the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, which expressed interest in applying for the WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL), and we look forward to receiving the data for their Sputnik V candidate vaccine. If a product submitted for assessment is found to meet the criteria for listing, the WHO will publish the results widely," the WHO statement says.
7,053 new cases take Delhi's tally to over 4.67 lakh; death toll 7,332 with 104 more fatalities
China holds Covid-19 vice-ministerial meeting with Pak, Bangladesh, Nepal & Lanka
China has hosted a vice-ministerial-level meeting with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka on controlling the Covid-19. The five countries had "in-depth exchanges on cementing the political consensus on jointly fighting Covid-19, enhancing cooperation on containing the coronavirus and restoring economic development and movement of people and achieved positive results,” Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Italy records 37,978 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, 636 deaths
Eastern Railway to increase suburban train services in Howrah, Sealdah divisions of West Bengal to 'almost 100%' to cope with rush of passengers during peak hours: Official
With 1,120 new cases of coronavirus, Gujarat's tally rises to 184,964; six fatalities take death toll to 3,785
23 more deaths, 692 new cases reported in Punjab
Punjab reported 23 more COVID-19 fatalities on Thursday, taking the death toll to 4,412, while 692 new cases took the state's infection tally to 1,39,869. There are 5,439 active COVID-19 cases in the state as of now.
Delhi Prisons staff, TN Special Police personnel donate plasma
Delhi Prisons staff and personnel of the Tamil Nadu Special Police, which carries out security duty at Tihar Jail, who have recovered from COVID-19, donated plasma here on Thursday, jail officials said. The voluntary plasma donation took place at Delhi's Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) at Vasant Kunj and the Pitampura Blood Bank, a jail official said.
Goa reported 107 new cases of Covid-19 infection and 192 recoveries on Thursday
Sachin Pilot tests positive
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617 new cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today; 226 from Jammu division and 391 from Kashmir division
Total number of cases now at 1,00,968 including 5,578 active cases, 93,824 recoveries, and 1,566 deaths
Rajasthan reports 2,176 cases, 13 deaths
A total of 2,176 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Rajasthan on Thursday, taking the total count to 2,19,327. According to the State Health Department, 2,032 deaths were registered and 1,99,943 recoveries were also reported on the same day. The active coronavirus cases here stand at 17,352.
HC allows Delhi govt to reserve 80% ICU beds for Covd patients in 33 private hospitals
451 fresh cases of Covid-19 reported in Uttarakhand today, total now 67,239
Andhra Pradesh reported 1,728 fresh Covid-19 cases on Thursday
State’s cumulative caseload now 8,49,705. Toll increased to 6,837 with nine more deaths.
Uttar Pradesh records 21 more Covid-19 deaths, 2,278 fresh cases
At present, there are 22,949 active cases, while a total of 4,75,175 patients have recovered from the disease so far. On Wednesday, 1,52,391 samples were tested for COVID-19.