Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports 57,000 new cases for the first time

Coronavirus live updates: India saw a grim record of most fatalities due to Covid in a single day in 2021 on Saturday. Stay tuned for corona-related news

10:14 PM

Bengal reports 1,957 new Covid-19 cases, 4 fresh fatalities

West Bengal's Covid-19 tally mounted to 5,93,615 on Sunday as 1,957 more people tested positive for the infection, while four fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 10,344, a health bulletin said.

 

Kolkata reported the highest number of new cases at 634, followed by North 24 Parganas (462) and Howrah (174).

10:02 PM

Gujarat: Record 2,875-case spike

Gujarat on Sunday reported 2,875 Covid-19 cases, the state's highest single-day addition, taking its tally to 3,18,438, the new mark coming a day after a 2815-case spike record was set on Saturday, an official said.

 

The day also saw 14 deaths, taking the toll to 4,566, and the recovery count touched 2,98,737, or 93.81 per cent of the caseload, after 2,024 people were discharged, he added.

9:32 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Tamil Nadu reports 3,581 new cases

Tamil Nadu reports 3,581 new Covid cases, 1,813 recoveries, and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department.

 

9:27 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Punjab reports 3,019 fresh Covid cases

Coronavirus LIVE: Punjab reports 3,019 fresh Covid cases, 2,955 discharges, and 51 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department.

9:21 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Delhi reports 4,033 new cases

Coronavirus LIVE: Delhi reports 4,033 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the health department

9:05 PM

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports 57,000 new cases for the first time

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra reports 57,000 new cases for the first time

9:03 PM

Seven fatalities, 1,904 new coronavirus cases in Haryana

Haryana on Sunday reported seven fresh COVID-19 fatalities which took the death toll to 3,191, while 1,904 new cases pushed the tally to 2,98,133 in the state, a health department bulletin said.

 

While three fatalities werereported from Kaithal, one death each was from Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Ambala and Sonipat districts, it said.

 

The bulletin said among the districts that reported a big spike in cases were Gurgaon (555), Panchkula (200), Karnal (185), Faridabad (151), Panipat (142) and Ambala (114). The number of active cases in the state is 12,574 and the recovery rate is 94.71 per cent,as per the bulletin.

8:44 PM

43 more people test positive for coronavirus in UP's Muzaffarnagar

Forty-three more people tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar on Sunday, taking the infection count in the district to 9,039, an official said.

 

According to Chief Medical Officer SK Aggarwal, they had received results of 1,013 samples, of which 43 were found positive. Now, the number of active cases has gone up to 259. Meanwhile, 13 people recovered from the infection, taking the number of cured people to 8,666 in the district, the official said.

7:59 PM

Mumbai reports 11,163 new Covid-19 cases and 25 deaths in past 24 hours

7:58 PM

PM Modi reviews Covid-19 situation amid 'alarming rate of growth' in cases, deaths

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reviewed the COVID-19 situation and vaccination exercise in the country amid an "alarming rate of growth" in infections and deaths, with 10 states contributing to more than 91 percent of them.

 

Modi said the five-fold strategy of testing, tracing, treatment, COVID-appropriate behaviour and vaccination if implemented with utmost seriousness and commitment would be effective in curbing the pandemic's spread, according to an official statement.

 

The reasons for the sharp rise in cases could be mainly attributed to the severe decline in compliance of COVID-appropriate behaviour, especially in the use of masks and social distancing, pandemic fatigue and lack of effective implementation of containment measures at the field level, it said.