Coronavirus LIVE: Over 5.6 mn vaccinated so far, says health ministry

Coronavirus live updates: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 105,881,627. While 77,505,862 have recovered, 2,307,092 have lost their lives.

8:42 PM

Nagpur sees 268 Covid-19 cases, 187 recoveries

The number of COVID-19 cases in Nagpur increased by 268 on Saturday to reach 1,35,738, while the death toll rose by five and the recovery count by 187, an official said according to PTI. The district has so far seen 4,190 deaths and 1,28,259 recoveries, leaving it with 3,289 active cases, he added.

With 3,954 samples being examined on Saturday, the overall number of tests in Nagpur went up to 10,87,808. The district achieved 45.45 per cent vaccination target, or 1,000 out of 2,200 registered beneficiaries, on Saturday, another official informed.

8:27 PM

Manipur reports 7 new Covid-19 cases and 11 recoveries

8:21 PM

22 deaths reported after Covid vaccination, none linked to vaccine: Health ministry

Covid hospitalisations till date are 28. Out of these, 19 have discharged after treatment & there have been 9 deaths. In last 24 hours there has been no event of hospitalisation. Total deaths reported till date are 22. Out of these, hospital deaths are 9 & outside hospital deaths are 13. No new death reported in last 24 hrs. None of these deaths have so far been causally linked with Covid-19 vaccination: Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary, Union Health Ministry

8:16 PM

Maharashtra reports 2,768 new Covid-19 cases, 1,739 recoveries

7:46 PM

China grants conditional approval to 2nd Covid-19 vaccine

China has granted conditional approval for its second Covid-19 vaccine, ahead of the expected emergency approval from the WHO for two of its jabs that would enable the country to step-up global supplies of the shots, according to a PTI copy. China's drug regulator has given approval for the conditional mass use of the coronavirus vaccine produced by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech.

Sinovac Biotech announced on Saturday that CoronaVac, an inactivated vaccine candidate against COVID-19, received authorisation from the National Medical Products Administration for conditional mass use in China. It is the second locally made vaccine to be given conditional approval. Beijing authorised the state-owned Sinopharm's vaccine in December.

The conditional approval was based on the results of the overseas Phase-III clinical trials of CoronaVac. Final data from the trials has not been made available yet and the results of its efficacy and safety require further confirmation, state-run Global Times said, quoting a Sinovac statement.

7:36 PM

12 states with less than 40% vaccination coverage of health worker database

12 states with coverage of less than 40% of their total health workers database-Assam 39.9%, Delhi 37.1%, Punjab 33.7%, J&K 33.6%, Dadra & Nagar Haveli 31.9%, Ladakh 31.7%, TN 28%, Chandigarh 27.7%, Meghalaya 21.7%, Nagaland 21%, Manipur 17.4% & Puducherry 13.6%: Health Ministry

7:34 PM

Top 13 states to do over 60% vaccinations of healthcare workers

Top 13 states that have done over 60% of healthcare workers coverage - Bihar 76.6%, MP 76.1%, Tripura 76%, U'khand 71.5%, Mizoram  69.7%, UP 69%, Kerala 68.1%, Odisha 67.6%, Rajasthan 67.3%, HP 66.8%, Lakshadweep 64.5%, Andaman 62.9%, Chhattisgarh 60.5%: Health ministry

7:22 PM

Over 100,000 poeple vaccinated in Delhi so far

The number of people vaccinated against Covid-19 till date in Delhi crosses 1 lakh-mark and majority of them are healthcare workers: Officials to PTI

7:20 PM

370,693 frontline workers vaccinated, 4.5% of current database of health workers: Govt

Since we started vaccinating frontline workers from 2nd Feb, a total of 3,70,693 frontline workers have also been covered which is 4.5% of the current database of frontline workers: Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary, Union Health Ministry

7:18 PM

Over 5.6 mn vaccinated so far, says Health Ministry

As of 6th Feb 2021 at 6 pm, the total vaccination is 56,36,868, out of which healthcare workers who have been vaccinated are 52,66,175 which is 54.7% of the total cohort of healthcare workers who are registered on CoWIN: Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary, Union Health Ministry

7:03 PM

Jammu & Kashmir records 65 new Covid-19 cases

Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 65 new coronavirus cases that raised its tally to 1,24,850, officials said. The union territory did not report any death due to the infection in the past 24 hours, they said. Of the fresh cases, 15 were recorded from the Jammu division and 50 from the Kashmir division, the officials said.

They said Srinagar district recorded the highest of 26 cases which included 11 travellers. While eight districts of the UT did not report any fresh case, 10 others had fresh cases in single digits, the officials said. Pulwama reported 10 COVID-19 cases. The number of active cases is 631 in the union territory, while 1,22,275 patients have recovered so far, the officials said. A total of 1,994 people have died of coronavirus in the union territory so far.

6:54 PM

Tamil Nadu reports 477 new Covid-19 cases, 503 recoveries

6:30 PM

States/UTs asked to improve vaccination percentage coverage: Centre

While there are 12 states/UTs that have achieved 60% or more vaccination coverage of healthcare workers, they were all advised to improve percentage coverage of vaccinated beneficiaries as there're many States/UTs that need to improve performance on this parameter: Govt of India

6:26 PM

Indonesia reports 12,156 new Covid-19 cases

The Covid-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 12,156 within one day to 1,147,010, with the death toll adding by 191 to 31,393, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. According to the ministry, 12,204 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 939,184.

The virus has spread to all the country's 34 provinces. Specifically, within the past 24 hours, West Java recorded 3,971 new cases, Jakarta 2,379, Central Java 1,601, East Java 745 and East Kalimantan 607. No more new positive cases were found in North Maluku province.

5:27 PM

Andhra Pradesh reports 75 new Covid-19 cases, 133 recoveries