LIVE : Delhi reports over 800 new Covid-19 cases for second straight day

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said that 20 lakh people have been fined for not wearing masks in Mumbai and over ₹40 crores have been collected, reports ANI.

Pune district in Maharashtra recorded 5,408 new Covid-19 cases and 32 related deaths in the last 24 hours, reports ANI. Active caseload stands at 39,112.

With 823 new Covid-19 cases, Delhi's Covid-19 tally reached 647,984 cases and one related death pushed the death toll to 10,956, reports ANI.

Delhi has reported over 800 new cases for the second straight day.

With 137 new Covid-19 cases, Uttarakhand's tally reached 98,448 cases, news agency ANI reported.

Maharashtra on Sunday registered its highest ever single-day spike of 30,535 new Covid-19 cases and 99 deaths, taking the caseload and death toll to 2,479,682 and 53,399 respectively. Over 2.2 million have recovered in the state so far (11,314 recoveries today) while testing figures are at 18,356,200.

Mumbai on Sunday reported 3,775 fresh cases of the Covid-19 disease, 10 more related deaths and 1,647 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The caseload has climbed to 3,62,654 with 3,26,708 recoveries, 11,582 deaths and 23,448 active cases.

Andhra Pradesh's coronavirus disease (Covid-19) caseload went over 893,000 after 368, zero deaths and 263 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department's bulletin.

The Nepalese government on Sunday appealed to all citizens to avoid any forms of social gathering due to concerns of a fresh wave of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. Health ministry spokesperson Dr Jageshwor Gautam urged people to avoid conferences, assemblies, meetings and feasts to curb the spread of the infection, according to a statement.

Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani said on Sunday that there would not be any lockdown in the state but residents will have to adhere to all Covid related guidelines such as wearing masks, sanitising hands an ensuring social distancing.

Chandigarh on Sunday registered 239 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), taking the tall to 24,459, according to the health department's bulletin. As many as 362 people have died from the disease so far while the active cases have climbed to 1,872.

A total of eighteen people tested positive for the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease at an orphanage in Goa's Ponda taluka, an official told news agency PTI adding all cases are asymptomatic and a rapid response team has been deployed to monitor the situation.

The Rajasthan government announced on Sunday that a night curfew will be imposed from 11 pm to 5 am in eight districts of the state- Ajmer, Bhilwara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Sagwara and Kushalgarh, according to news agency ANI. It added that markets will remain closed post 10 pm in areas under all city municipal corporations.

Russia recorded 9,299 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours which pushed the caseload to 4,456,869, according to the country's Covid-19 response centre. Moscow added the highest number of cases at 1,511, followed by St. Petersburg with 881 cases.

Odisha on Sunday added 98 fresh Covid-19 disease cases and one more related fatality, taking the caseload to 338,817. A health department official told news agency ANI that of Sunday's case count- Khurda district added the highest number of cases at 15, followed by Cuttack at 9 and Mayurbhanj at 8.

The Union health ministry informed on Sunday that five states- Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh were contributing for 83.14 per cent of the fresh cases in the country.

President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesperson said on Sunday that the government will expand tighter coronavirus disease related restrictions in order to include four provinces near the country's capital Manila. These restrictions will be imposed the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal along with night curfews and prohibition of mass gatherings, the spokesperson added.

The United Arab Emirates urged all citizens and residents aged 16 and above to register for Covid-19 vaccinations from Sunday as the Gulf state widens its immunisation drive after inoculating about 56% of the eligible population, reports Reuters.

The upward trend in Covid-19 cases in Telangana continued with 394 infections reported, pushing the tally to just above 3.03 lakh, the state government said on Sunday, reports PTI.

Arunachal Pradesh did not report any new Covid-19 case in the last two days, a senior health official said on Sunday, reports PTI.

Mizoram reported one new Covid-19 case in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of corona cases in the state to 4,447, the state health department informed on Sunday, reports ANI.

AstraZeneca said on Sunday its Covid-19 vaccine contains no pork-derived ingredients, countering an assertion in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, that the drug violates Islamic law, reports Reuters.

No new Covid-19 case was reported in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Sunday, a health official said.

The Union territory's caseload stands at 5,038, of which seven are active cases, while 4,969 people have recovered from the disease and 62 patients have succumbed to the infection so far, he said.

With the addition of 1,932 coronavirus cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 2,86,249, an official said on Sunday.

These new cases were reported on Saturday, he said.

As the virus claimed the life of seven persons, the death toll in the district rose to 6,377.

The district's Covid-19 mortality rate is 2.23 per cent, he added.

India on Sunday recorded 43,846 fresh infections of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), pushing the cumulative tally past 11,599,130, data by the Union health ministry said. This is the highest daily spike in the Covid-19 cases recorded this year.

Patients with low vitamin D levels who are hospitalised for Covid-19 may have a lower risk of dying or requiring mechanical ventilation if they receive vitamin D supplementation of at least 1,000 units weekly, according to a study presented virtually at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting.

The findings were published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.