Coronavirus LIVE: 25,833 new cases in Maharashtra, highest since outbreak

Coronavirus live updates: Covid-19 positive cases rise unabated across the globe with 121,987,124

10:04 PM

Madhya Pradesh suspends inter-state buses from Maharashtra amid Covid surge

10:03 PM

Chandigarh reports 211 new Covid-19 cases

10:02 PM

Karnataka reports 1488 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths in a single day

10:01 PM

Maharashtra: 4965 new cases and 31 deaths reported in 24 hours

9:36 PM

Delhi reports 607 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death in 24 hours

8:54 PM

Maharashtra reports 25,833 coronavirus cases, highest daily figure since pandemic outbreak

Maharashtra reports 25,833 coronavirus cases, highest daily figure since pandemic outbreak; Mumbai also records highest ever daily count of 2,788 cases

8:38 PM

Mumbai reports 2,877 new coronavirus positive cases in a day

Mumbai reports 2,877 new coronavirus positive cases, 1,193 recoveries, and eight deaths, as per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

8:16 PM

Nagpur sees single-day spike of 3,796 new Covid-19 cases

With a single-day addition of 3,796 COVID-19 cases, the count of infections in Maharashtras Nagpur district on Thursday reached 1,82,552, an official said. Apart from the fresh cases, the district also reported 23 casualties that have raised the toll to 4,528, the official said.

 

Of the fatalities reported so far, 2,908 are from Nagpur city alone, while 1,620 were reported from rural areas and out of Nagpur district.

 

At least 1,277 patients were discharged during the day, taking the count of recoveries to 1,54,410, the official said. The district is now left with 23,614 active cases, he said. As many as 16,139 swab samples were tested during the day, raising the total number of tests conducted to 14,30,750, he added.

8:06 PM

140 new coronavirus cases in Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir recorded 140 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the tally to 1,28,097, while one more person succumbed to the pathogen, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 25 were from the Jammu division and 115 from the Kashmir division, officials said. Srinagar district recorded the highest 75 cases, followed by 20 in Jammu district.

 

Seven districts did not report any fresh cases, 10 other districts had cases in single digits. The number of active cases was 1,073 in the union territory, while 1,25,046 patients have recovered so far, the officials said. The death toll is 1,978 as one fresh death was reported from Kashmir Valley.

7:26 PM

Journalists' can work without coming in contact of people, unlike lawyers: SC on vaccination priority

The Supreme Court Thursday said journalists' work can be done without coming in contact with people unlike lawyers and asked the Centre to consider the legal fraternity's request for priority in COVID-19 vaccination saying their livelihood depends on direct interaction with their clients.

 

The Centre opposed creating a separate class of lawyers and said that though it is not opposed to the legal fraternity members but tomorrow journalists and banking sector employees may also come forward seeking priority in vaccination.

 

A bench of Chief Justice Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian asked the Centre to consider the request of lawyers for priority in vaccination as their livelihood depends on contact with people and their apprehension of getting the infection is genuine.