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Coronavirus: Maharashtra sees 6,479 new Covid cases, over 20k in Kerala

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 02, 2021, 04:26:25 IST

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Coronavirus: Maharashtra sees 6,479 new Covid cases, over 20k in Kerala

India reported 41,831 new cases, 541 deaths and 39,258 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Covid recovery rate is currently at 97.36%. There are a total of 410952 active cases in the country at present. Stay with TOI for all updates:

15:24 (IST) Jul 31

Russia reports 23,807 new Covid-19 cases, 792 deaths - Reuters

15:19 (IST) Jul 31

Odisha logs 1,578 fresh cases, 68 more fatalities

Odisha on Saturday reported 1,578 fresh cases, pushing the tally to 9,77,268, while the death toll mounted to 5,902 with 68 more fatalities, a health department official said. After almost four months, all the 30 districts of the state registered daily test positivity ratio below 5 per cent, he said.

15:10 (IST) Jul 31

Centre releases 15 per cent amount under Covid emergency response package to states

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14:59 (IST) Jul 31

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav takes second vaccine shot in Patna

Bihar: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took his second dose of the Sputnik V vaccine in Patna today. #COVID19 https://t.co/67RJGRlF7q
— ANI (@ANI) 1627723682000

14:54 (IST) Jul 31

Centre to provide 1 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses to Karnataka for August: CM Bommai

“At present, 63-64 lakh loses are being supplied to Karnataka on a monthly basis. The state needs more doses and I asked for the supply of 1.5 crore doses monthly," Bommai told reporters after meeting Union Heath Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

14:53 (IST) Jul 31

Delta variant rampant in Asia; Tokyo, Thailand, Malaysia post record infections

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14:49 (IST) Jul 31

State of emergency in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Okinawa Prefectures, Japan PM's office says

PM Suga: For the period until August 31, we have decided to apply the declaration of a state of emergency to Tokyo,… https://t.co/XBXdCIvGTH
— PM's Office of Japan (@JPN_PMO) 1627722298000

14:45 (IST) Jul 31

Centre team to visit 10 districts in Kerela starting today

On Saturday, the team has reached Alpuzha and is on the grounds. The team will visit the worst affected, mainly southern and northern districts of the state which are reporting more positive cases.

14:24 (IST) Jul 31

China administered total of 1.637 bn doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of July 30: Reuters

14:20 (IST) Jul 31

Tokyo's daily infections hit new record of 4,058

14:17 (IST) Jul 31

'Reports of delay in Sputnik production in India incorrect'

"Reports about delay in second component production of SputnikV in India based on anonymous sources are incorrect. Number of Russian Direct Investment Fund partners in India have produced batches and are undergoing verification in Russia," clarifies RDIF on claims of production delay.

13:51 (IST) Jul 31

Punjab allows reopening of schools for all classes from August 2

Punjab government allows reopening of schools for all classes from August 2, with proper protocols to ensure COVID… https://t.co/IVP3tNbh1y
— ANI (@ANI) 1627718893000

13:26 (IST) Jul 31

Central team holds talks with Kerala officials amid surging Covid numbers in state

Kerala | A central team headed by Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh, Director of National Centre for Disease Control reached th… https://t.co/kxRFedaooe
— ANI (@ANI) 1627716672000

12:46 (IST) Jul 31

Pondy adds 100 coronavirus cases, 2 more deaths

12:44 (IST) Jul 31

Kolkata: 285 booked for flouting norms

The heavy rain throughout the night, which left several pockets of the city waterlogged, did not stop a section of people from stepping out of their houses and flouting the night curbs in place due to Covid. On Thursday night, cops had curtailed the special drives as the incessant rain, inundation and distress calls kept them on their toes. In 90 minutes, they prosecuted 285 people for violating the rules.

12:32 (IST) Jul 31

Rs 1,827.80 crore (15% of the total amount of 'Emergency COVID Response Package') fixed by the Central Government to fight against Covid-19 has been sent to the states and UTs

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

11:45 (IST) Jul 31

Vaccination milestone eclipsed: Karnataka administers three crore doses

Karnataka is only the sixth state to cross the milestone, and the first in south India. Uttar Pradesh tops the list, having administered 4.7 crore doses, followed by Maharashtra (4.3 crore), Gujarat and Rajasthan (3.2 crore each), and Madhya Pradesh (3 crore). Of the vaccine recipients in Karnataka, 2,36,10,569 have taken only one dose so far, while 64,01,568 are fully inoculated with both doses.

11:43 (IST) Jul 31

Karnataka: Negative Covid-19 test reports must for those arriving from Kerala

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11:31 (IST) Jul 31

68,57,590 vaccine doses are in pipeline for states: Health ministry

More than 48.78 crore vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, and a further 68,57,590 doses are in pipeline. Of this, total consumption including wastages is 45,82,60,052 doses: Union Health Ministry

11:25 (IST) Jul 31

China reports 55 new Covid-19 cases as Delta variant spreads from Nanjing

The National Health Commission said in a statement 30 of the new infections were local cases, compared with 21 the previous day. There were no new deaths. The other 25 cases were imported infections originating overseas. A majority of the local cases were reported in Jiangsu province, the authority said.