Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Delhi are among 10 states that account for 71.75 percent of the 4,03,738 new COVID-19 cases registered in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
The caseload also mounted to 9,35,066 after the state registered a record one-day spike of 18,431 fresh infections.
Northeast Delhi has 600 containment zones closely followed by East Delhi (504) which has the lowest number of such zones.
The UK government has pledged to invest 29.3 million pound to 'future-proof' the country against Covid variants, media reports said.
Dismissing media reports that N440K is the variant causing chaos in Visakhapatnam and other parts of Andhra Pradesh, Divya Tej Sowpati a scientist at CCMB said while N440K was indeed a mutation of concern in South India during and after the first wave, current data show it is replaced by new variants such as B1617 and B117.
Mental health and sleep of nearly one in five older adults worsened since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020, according to a survey.
Gurugram district administration has allowed upscale condominiums, gated housing societies, and NGOs to set up small Covid care centers
Taking to Twitter, the BJP's national secy said, "I have tested positive for coronavirus. I have already isolated myself and taking precautions. I met so many people and families of corona victims, I must have caught there."
The move by the Biden administration came days after Sullivan, in a call with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval, announced a series of COVID-19 relief aid to India.
Another consignment of containers for the transportation of medical oxygen has arrived in India from Thailand, the Union Home Ministry said on Tuesday.
The Greater Chennai Corporation is planning to open a 500-bed Covid care centre with an Oxygen facility as the pandemic surges in the city.
In a tweet, Khan said: “Our prayers for a speedy recovery go to all those suffering from the pandemic in our neighbourhood and the world”.
As many as 357 fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin issued by Delhi health dept.
Birdichand Gothi, who is 103-yr-old as per his Aadhaar card which states that he was born on Nov 2, 1917, had contracted the infection on April 5 and recovered on Friday.
Madhya Pradesh on Saturday reported 12,918 COVID-19 cases, taking its tally to 4,85,703, including 5,041 deaths.
The incident happened in Vani village of the district late on Friday after which the trio was admitted with complaints of burns in the mouth, stomach, vomiting, giddiness and later succumbed in a hospital.
However, neither she nor other officials would say on Friday if the US would lift the embargo on exporting vaccine raw materials, which India has requested, or share the unused stockpile of AstraZeneca vaccines.
The portable cinema company, Picturetime Digiplex, has used its inflatable, expandable and foldable enclosures to deploy 40 beds with oxygen facility at Apollo Hospital, Delhi, within 72 hours.
West Bengal on Friday registered highest single-day spike of 12,876 COVID cases taking the tally to 7,13,780, the state health dept said in a bulletin.
When asked when the Biden administration would decide on India's request to lift a ban on the export of vaccine raw materials, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said: "...the United States first and foremost is engaged in an ambitious and effective and, so far, successful effort to vaccinate the American people. "
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