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Coronavirus live updates: Global Covid-19 cases have crossed 110.8-million mark. USA tally stands at 28,523,524

10:32 PM

Chandigarh sees 259 Covid-19 cases, 176 recoveries, 3 deaths

With 259 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths reported on Friday, Chhattisgarh's caseload rose to 3,10,469 and toll to 3,793, a health official said, according to PTI. The recovery count touched 3,03,637 after 32 people were discharged from hospitals and 144 persons completed home isolation during the day, leaving the state with 3,039 active cases, he said.

"Raipur district saw 87 new cases, taking its total count to 55,009, including 800 deaths. Durg recorded 49 new cases and Raigarh 14. Of the three deaths recorded during the day, two took place on Friday and one on Thursday," he said. With 21,952 samples tested on Friday, the total number of tests in Chhattisgarh went up to 46,28,050, he added, as per PTI.

9:42 PM

Tripura Medical College OPD services shut down for 72 hours after rise in Covid cases

Tripura West collector orders closure of OPD services of Tripura Medical College & Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital for 72 hours due to 'a sudden rise of Covid-19 cases among staff' of the medical college, according to ANI.

9:31 PM

Covid-19: 266 cases, 277 recoveries, 1 death in Gujarat

The COVID-19 caseload of Gujarat rose by 266 in the last 24 hours to reach 2,66,563, while the toll increased by one and the number of people discharged by 277, an official said on Friday, PTI reported. The toll in the state now stands at 4,404 and the recovery count is 2,60,475, or 97.72 per cent of the caseload, leaving it with 1,684 active cases, including 30 on ventilator support, he informed.

"Vadodara accounted for 51 of the new cases, followed by 47 in Ahmedabad, which was also saw the lone death, 46 in Surat and 29 in Rajkot," he added, as PTI. An official release said 8.09 lakh people have been covered so far in the COVID-19 vaccination drive underway.

9:17 PM

Pune reports 1,015 new Covid-19 cases, 493 recoveries

8:48 PM

Coronil has got Ayush Ministry certification as per WHO scheme: Patanjali

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved on Friday said its Coronil tablet has received certification from the Ayush Ministry as a medicine supporting Covid-19 treatment as per the World Health Organization's certification scheme. Patanjali also released what it claimed was research work supporting Coronil's efficacy in Covid-19 treatment. The Union Ayush Ministry had earlier categorised ayurvedic Coronil tablets as an 'Immuno-booster'. Read more

8:45 PM

Karnataka reports 386 new Covid-19 cases, 291 recoveries

8:23 PM

Mumbai records 823 new Covid-19 cases, highest daily rise since Dec

With the addition of 823 new Covid-19 cases, Mumbai on Friday recorded the highest single- day spike in infections since December last year, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. According to the civic body's data, the tally of coronavirus cases in the city has risen to 3,17,310, while the toll has reached 11,435 with five new casualties.

The city's daily count of infections crossed the 700 mark in the last two days, after it recorded less than 500 cases at the start of the week, the official said. As many as 440 patients were discharged from hospitals in the day, taking the count of recoveries to 2,98,435, the official data stated. With this, the city now has 6,577 active cases, it was stated, reported PTI. 

8:18 PM

No foreign strain of virus found in Amravati, Yavatmal: Maharashtra govt

New strains of coronavirus found in the UK, South Africa and Brazil have not been detected in Amravati, Yavatmal and Satara districts of Maharashtra where cases have spiked recently, the state government said on Friday, according to PTI. In view of increase in cases in Western Maharashtra's Pune, Sarata districts and Amravati and Yavatmal in Vidarbha region, genome sequencing of coronavirus samples from these areas was carried out, the health department said.

Four samples each from Satara, Yavatmal and Amravati were tested at B J Medical College laboratory in Pune. No mutation similar to that found in new strains in the UK, South Africa or Brazil was observed, it said in a statement. Similarly, no mutation in genome was found in 12 samples form Pune district, it said, as per PTI.

7:56 PM

Maharashtra reports 6,112 new Covid-19 cases, 2,159 discharges

7:32 PM

10,449,942 vaccinations carried out till 6 pm today: Health Ministry

10,449,942 vaccinations carried out till 6 pm today. The vaccination of the healthcare workers is 70,52,845 out of which the 1st dose has been given to 62,95,903 healthcare workers. 2nd dose has been given to 7,56,942 healthcare workers. 12 states, 7 UTs recorded over 75% of 1st dose of healthcare workers coverage-Bihar 84.7%, Tripura 82.9%, Odisha 81.8%, Lakshadweep 81%, Gujarat 80.1%, Chhattisgarh 79.7%, Uttarakhand 77.2%, MP 77%, Jharkhand & UP 75.6%, Himachal Pradesh 75.4%, Rajasthan 75%, said Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry according to ANI.