Highlights | Over 2.91 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses administered so far

India's five states account for 82.96% of the total active cases in the country, and two severely affected states—Maharashtra and Kerala—account for 71.69% of India’s total active cases, according to the health ministry’s data.

A senior citizen gets vaccinated against Covid-19 at Maa Hospital in Chembur, Mumbai on Friday. (Vijay Bate / HT) (HT_PRINT)

India's weekly coronavirus (Covid-19) tally went past one lakh mark today as the country has been logging a rise in cases this month. The country, which expert say may be witnessing a second wave of the pandemic, has witnessed nearly 100,000 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the second week of March, data by the Union ministry of health and family welfare showed. The likely signs of the second wave are surfacing almost a year after India announced its first lockdown triggered by rising cases in March 2020....Read More

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• 13 Mar 2021, 11:04:51 PM IST

  Kuwait reports 1,211 new Covid-19 cases

  Kuwait on Saturday reported 1,211 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2,08,460, as per the country's health ministry, reports ANI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 10:55:09 PM IST

  Britain reports 121 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

  Britain reported 121 new Covid deaths on Saturday, taking the number of people who have died within 28 days of a positive test result to 125,464, daily government figures showed, reports Reuters.

• 13 Mar 2021, 10:39:56 PM IST

  Karnataka reports 900 new Covid-19 cases including one of South African strain

  The Covid-19 case count shot past the 900 mark in Karnataka on Saturday, including one with the South African strain, taking the caseload to just above 9.59 lakh, while a lone fatality took the toll to 12,387, the health department said, reports PTI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 10:14:59 PM IST

  Chhattisgarh logs 543 new Covid-19 cases

  Chhattisgarh on Saturday reported 543 Covid-19 cases and six deaths, taking the infection count to 3,16,854 and the toll to 3,886, a health official said, reports PTI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 09:44:15 PM IST

  More than 2.91 crore Covid vaccine doses administered so far

  9,74,090 vaccine doses have been given on 57th day of vaccination today, taking total number of vaccines doses administered to over 2,91,92,547 in the country, as per the Union health ministry.

• 13 Mar 2021, 09:05:59 PM IST

  Rajasthan reports 201 new Covid-19 cases

  Rajasthan reported 201 fresh coronavirus cases on Saturday, pushing the state’s infection count to 3,22,719, according to a Health Department bulletin, reports PTI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 08:39:00 PM IST

  Kerala reports more than 2,000 new Covid-19 cases

  Kerala added 2,035 new Covid-19 cases and 12 more deaths on Saturday, taking the infection count to 10,89,827 and the toll to 4,381, reports PTI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 08:07:06 PM IST

  Goa logs 93 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

  Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 93 and reached 55,851 on Saturday, while the death toll touched 805 and the recovery count stood at 54,297, an official said, reports PTI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 07:53:00 PM IST

  Tamil Nadu reports 695 new Covid-19 cases

  Tamil Nadu logged 695 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, pushing the caseload to 8,58,967, while four more fatalities took the toll to 12,543, the health department said, reports PTI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 07:19:42 PM IST

  Maharashtra records over 15,000 new Covid-19 cases for second straight day, more than 1,700 fresh infections in Mumbai

  Maharashtra reported 15,602 new coronavirus cases and 88 deaths in last 24 hours. The state capital reported 1,709 new Covid-19 cases and 5 deaths on Saturday.

• 13 Mar 2021, 06:53:37 PM IST

  8.9% surge in Covid-19 positive cases in Indore: Official

• 13 Mar 2021, 06:23:13 PM IST

  BSP chief Mayawati gets first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

• 13 Mar 2021, 05:51:54 PM IST

  Delhi again records over 400 new Covid-19 cases, active caseload crosses 2,200

  Delhi reports 419 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths on Saturday, as per the health bulletin. The positivity rate in the national capitals stands at 0.56 per cent. A total of 74,326 tests were conducted in last 24 hours for the detection of the disease.

• 13 Mar 2021, 05:41:39 PM IST

  Indian Oil aids Covid-19 vaccination drive

  Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IndianOil) has leveraged its expertise and reach to bolster India's Covid-19 vaccination program by supplementing the available Cold Chain Equipment (CCE) infrastructure in Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Manipur and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the storage and transportation of vaccine, said the oil and gas company on Saturday, reports ANI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 05:19:16 PM IST

  No new case of Covid-19 variant detected in Madhya Pradesh

  After six people tested positive for the UK strain of coronavirus in Indore in Madhya Pradesh last week, no new case with that variant has come to light in the state, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said here on Saturday, reports PTI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 04:41:29 PM IST

  Ethiopia reports 1,361 new Covid-19 cases

  Ethiopia reported 1,361 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the national count to 172,571, the country's Federal Ministry of Health said on Friday evening, reports ANI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 03:58:54 PM IST

  Over 6 Covid-19 vaccines to come up in India: Health minister Vardhan

  Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday announced that more than six coronavirus vaccines will come up in India. He also said that 1.84 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered to people so far, while 23 crore tests have been conducted, reports PTI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 03:30:33 PM IST

  Odisha reports 65 new Covid-19 cases

  Odisha's Covid-19 caseload mounted to 3,38,121 on Saturday as 65 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said, reports PTI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 02:40:35 PM IST

  Telangana reports 216 new Covid-19 infections

  Telangana saw a slight rise in coronavirus cases with 216 new infections added in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 3 lakh, while the toll rose to 1,652 with two more fatalities, reports PTI.

• 13 Mar 2021, 02:18:21 PM IST

  Russia reports more than 9,900 new Covid-19 cases

  Russia reported 9,908 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, including 1,600 in Moscow, taking its total case tally to 4,380,525 since the pandemic began, reports Reuters.

• 13 Mar 2021, 01:01:32 PM IST

  20 lakh jabs on Friday, highest so far, says govt

  The Health Ministry said on Saturday that more than 20 lakh vaccine doses against the coronavirus were administered across the country the previous day, the highest single-day count so far

  As many as 16,39,663 beneficiaries were vaccinated for the first dose -- healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) -- and 4,13,874 such people received the second shot.

• 13 Mar 2021, 11:48:53 AM IST

  Bhopal might see night curfew: CM Chouhan

  Night curfew might be imposed in Bhopal and Indore from Sunday or Monday in view of spurt in coronavirus cases in these two districts: MP CM

  Shivraj Singh Chouhan

• 13 Mar 2021, 10:32:44 AM IST

  One new Covid-19 case in Andamans; tally at 5,029

  The Covid-19 caseload in Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 5,029 as one more person has tested positive for the disease in the Union Territory, a health department official said on Saturday.

  The fresh case was detected during contact tracing, he said.

  "The new patient was diagnosed with the disease on Friday after a gap of two days," the official said.

• 13 Mar 2021, 09:34:43 AM IST

  India's records 24,882 new cases, 140 deaths; active cases soar

  India recorded 24,882 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 140 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Saturday.

• 13 Mar 2021, 08:57:51 AM IST

  Assam reports 21 new Covid-19 cases

  Assam reported 21 new Covid-19 positive cases on Friday taking the total case load to 2,17,776, according to a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission, Assam. Meanwhile, 19,219 beneficiaries were administered the Covid-19 jabs during the day taking the total to 5,24,629 so far, the bulletin said.