Covid-19 updates: State level curfew in Goa extended till 7am on June 21

The Goa government has extended the state-level Covid-19 curfew till 7am on June 21, chief minister Pramod Sawant said.

West Bengal's Covid-19 tally reached 1,457,273 cases and the death toll climbed to 16,812 as the state recorded 4,286 new cases and 81 deaths in the last 24 hours, reports ANI.

With 979 new Covid-19 cases and 56 deaths in the last 24 hours, Punjab's tally reached 586,947 while the death toll climbed to 15,503, reports ANI.

Kerala's health minister Veena George said that the state received over 538,000 doses of the Covishield Covid-19 vaccine, reports ANI.

Assam recorded 3,463 new Covid-19 cases and 42 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active caseload stands at 43,298, reports ANI.

UK reported 7,738 cases of Covid-19 on Friday, and 12 deaths, reported Reuters. Marking a decrease from the 17 deaths and 8,125 cases reported a day earlier.

Maharashtra recorded 10,697 new cases of Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the state wide tally to 5,898,550. 360 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours, the death toll now stands at 108,333.

Telangana reported 1,771 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the state-wide tally to 6,02,089. 13 deaths were also reported, the death toll now stands at 3,469.

Andhra Pradesh reported 6,952 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the state-wide total to 18,03,074. 58 deaths were also recorded, the death toll now stands at 11,882.

Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh has tested positive for Covid-19 again. Singh tested positive once before on April 13 of this year and made a full recovery. He has been admitted to Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC), reported ANI.

As many as 4,852 new Covid-19 cases, 8,516 recoveries and 47 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the state health department on Monday.

With this, the cumulative count in the state stands at 8,47,313 including 7,81,488 recoveries, 3,257 deaths and 62,515 active cases.

Due to a shortage of vaccines in Indore, district health authorities on Friday opened only nine vaccination centres out of 350 for administering the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine to beneficiaries.

The daily Covid-19 count in India remained below the one-lakh mark for the fifth consecutive day with the country reporting 84,332 fresh cases, its lowest in 70 days, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

With the fresh cases, the infection tally has climbed to 2,93,59,155. The Covid-19 death toll climbed to 3,67,081 with 4,002 daily deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Total cases: 29,359,155

Total discharges: 27,911,384

Death toll: 367,081

Active cases: 1,080,690

Vaccination: 249,600,304

With an aim to ensure the safety of children who lost their parents to Covid-19, the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare has decided to give them mobile phones containing all the necessary numbers including that of the district child protection officer (DCPO) as well as a helpline and emergency numbers.

Dehradun reported 21 new cases of black fungus and six deaths on July 10, informed the state Health Department on Friday.

With this, the total number of black fungus patients in the Dehradun district has gone up to 319, while the cumulative black fungus cases in Uttarakhand now stand at 356 with 56 deaths.

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