Highlights: Over 59,000 people vaccinated against Covid-19 in Delhi

Chhattisgarh continues to witness a surge in Covid-19caseswith 5,250 more people testing positive for the infection on Sunday, taking its overall tally to 3,69,046, an official said.

Over 59,000 beneficiaries, including more than 40,000 in the 45-59 age group, received shots of Covid-19 vaccine in the national capital on Sunday, and only one of them reported adverse events, officials said.

Punjab reported 3,019 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the state health department on Sunday.

Tamil Nadu has registered 3,581 fresh coronavirus infections on Sunday, pushing the total caseload to around 9 lakh while the toll rose to 12,778 with 14 more fatalities, the health department said.

Italy reported 326 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday against 376 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections decreased to 18,025 from 21,261.

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.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to set out plans on Monday to develop a "Covid status certification" scheme to enable the safe return of mass gatherings and indoor events as lockdown restrictions eased in England.

Delhi on Sunday recorded 4,033 Covid-19 cases and 21 deaths, according to the health bulletin released by authorities.

1729 new Covid-19 cases, 587 recoveries and 2 deaths reported in Rajasthan today.

Total cases: 339325

Total recoveries: 323618

Active cases: 12878

Deaths: 2829

Maharashtra state cabinet issued fresh guidelines for both government and private offices on Sunday. Non-essential government offices will operate at 50 per cent of their capacity, private offices will have to allow their employees to work from home and essential services like banks, power supply will be allowed to operate.

Mumbai will be put under night curfew from 8pm to 7am from Monday due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases. Mumbai's guardian minister Aslam Shaikh told reporters that restaurants and hotels will be allowed to offer take away services only and no dine-in service will be available, theatres and multiplexes to be shut down, but public transport will operate at 50% capacity.

Nagpur district in Maharashtra reported 4110 new Covid-19 cases, taking the district's tally to 2,41,606. 62 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours, death toll now stands at 5327, reported ANI

Bollywood actor Govinda tested positive for Covid-19 and is quarantine at home, his wife Sunita told news agency PTI. The actor is exhibiting "mild-symptoms".

Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat has tested negative for Covid-19 twice in the last 48 hours, he tweeted on Sunday. Rawat had tested positive on March 22.

Russia reported 8,817 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, including 1,901 in Moscow, pushing the number of infections registered in the country to 4,580,894 since the pandemic began last year. The government coronavirus task force said 357 people had died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking Russia's overall death toll to 100,374.

The Covid-19 tally in Puducherry rose to 42,359 on Sunday with the addition of 227 new cases, the health department said. The death toll remained at 684 as no fatalities were reported.

India’s neighbouring countries Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal are witnessing a spike in the cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the past few days. While Pakistan reported 4,723 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, authorities in Bangladesh have decided to impose a one-week nationwide lockdown from Monday to curb the spread of the pandemic. Nepal recorded 128 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Saturday. Read more

The Prime Minister is taking a high-level meeting now to review the Covid-19 related issues and vaccination. All senior officers including Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to PM, Health Secretary, Dr Vinod Paul are participating in the meeting. Read more

The Covid-19 caseload in Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 5,098 as 14 more people tested positive for the disease in the Union Territory, a health department official said on Sunday. The death toll remained at 62 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported in the last 24 hours.

Three more persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in Mizoram, taking the tally in the northeastern state to 4,490, a health department official said on Sunday. All the fresh cases were reported from Aizawl district.

With the addition of4,931 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra has reached 3,32,666. Besides these new cases reported on Saturday, the virus also claimed the lives of 19 more people, pushing the death toll in the district to 6,544.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 12,196 to 2,885,386, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 68 to 76,963, the tally showed.

Mainland China reported 21 new Covid-19 cases for April 3, down from 26 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Sunday. In a statement, the National Health Commission said 10 of the new confirmed cases were local transmissions in the southwestern Yunnan province. The other 11 cases were imported infections, it said. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, fell to 18 from 24 on April 3.

The US recorded a second consecutive day of vaccinations at about 4 million, as the weekly average hit a record 3.1 million doses a day, according to data compiled by the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker. At this pace, it will take another three months to cover 75% of the population. A total of 162 million doses have been administered in the U.S. The global tally is 632 million.