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India reports 67,597 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate falls to 5.02%
•The active coronavirus infections have declined to 9,94,891, comprising 2.35 per cent of the total, said the health ministry in its daily bulletin
Mansukh Mandaviya to meet state health ministers today, will discuss status of COVID-19 vaccination
Fp Staff •The meeting comes on the heels of the country achieving the milestone of administering 100 crore vaccine jabs on 21 October
West Bengal announces lockdown from today: Public transport to be shut, markets to be open from 7 am to 10 am
Fp Staff •The curbs were announced a day after the state registered its highest single-day spike of 20,846 fresh cases, taking the total tally to 10,94,802
Chhattisgarh extends lockdown in Raipur till 31 May, but allows shops to remain open till 5 pm
Fp Staff •On Sundays, only petrol pumps, hospitals, medical establishments, medicine shops, PDS shops will be allowed to function, an officia said
Maharashtra to divert 3 lakh Covaxin doses for 18 to 44 age group to those above 45 due to shortage
•State Health Minister Rajesh Tope also said over five lakh people above 45 years are awaiting the second dose of Covaxin in Maharashtra
COVID-19 update: 'Beg, borrow or steal but provide oxygen', Delhi HC tells Centre; fresh curbs in Maharashtra
Fp Staff •India saw another record high of 2,95,041 new COVID cases and 2,023 deaths on Wednesday, and the oxygen crisis appeared to have intensified with complaints of shortage from several states
COVID vaccine: Centre claims India fastest country to administer 13 crore doses as nation reports 2.95 lakh new cases
•According to the health ministry, the US took 101 days to administer 13 crore doses of the vaccine, while China took 109 days to cross the same number
Coronavirus Updates: Uttar Pradesh to vaccinate all over 18 years for free from 1 May, announces Yogi Adityanath
Fp Staff •Coronavirus LIVE Updates: The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by the chief minister. Adityanath said that the state will bear the cost of its free vaccination programme entirely