Highlights: Assam reports 3,803 new Covid-19 cases, 37 fresh fatalities

Telangana reported 1,933 new Covid-19 cases, 3,527 recoveries and 16 deaths.

Active cases: 25,406

Total recoveries: 5,64,303

Death toll: 3,394

Assam reported 3,803 new Covid- 19 cases and 37 fresh fatalities on Monday with the caseload rising to 4,38,746, National Health Mission bulletin said.

Chhattisgarhs Covid-19 count rose to 9,81,860 on Monday with the addition of 1,285 fresh cases, while the death toll increased by 26 to 13,243, an official said.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urged vaccine manufacturing nations to share 50% of manufactured doses with the Covax initiative to help inoculate poorer nations, reported AFP on Monday.

West Bengal reported 5,887 Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the state-wide tally of total cases to 14,26,132. 103 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours, the death toll now stands at 16,362, according to the state health bulletin.

Maharashtra recorded 10,219 cases of Covid-19 on Monday, taking the state-wide tally to 58,42,000. 154 deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll now stands at 1,00,470, as per the state health bulletin.

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan extended the ongoing lockdown in the state till June 16. Complete lockdown has been announced on June 12-13. Stores selling essential commodities, raw materials for industries (including packaging), construction materials, and banks will continue to function, reported ANI.

Milkha Singh and his wife Nirmal Kaur who have been battling Covid-19 in the intensive care unit are improving, reported PTI. The 91-year-old sprint icon is admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), while his 82-year-old wife is being treated at Fortis Hospital in Mohali.

Delhi on Monday reported 231 new cases of Covid-19, lowest in almost 100 days. 36 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the health department bulletin.

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh extended the ongoing Covid restrictions in the state till June 15 with certain relaxations, allowing shops to open till 6pm and private offices to function at 50% strength. Night curfew will remain in force from 7 pm to 6 am on weekdays.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) asked not to use the blood thinner heparin to treat rare blood clots and low blood platelets in people inoculated with AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson vaccine, suggesting usage of alternative anti-coagulants include fondaparinux or argatroban instead, reported Reuters.

The West Bengal government on Monday cancelled the board exams for classes 10 and 12 in view of the Covid-19 disease situation in the state, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said.

The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday further extended the Covid curfew across the state till June 20. The curfew duration, however, has been curtailed by two hours a day and will be in force from 2 PM to 6 AM after June 10. Read more

Russia on Monday reported 9,429 new cases of the Covid-19 disease and 330 more deaths, taking the caseload and death toll to 5,135,866 and 124,117 respectively, according to official figures. Monday's case count is 266 more than that of Sunday's when 9,163 people tested positive for the viral disease.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday launched the government's Covid-19 mass vaccination programme. Addressing a press conference, he said that people will be able to get shots of Covid-19 vaccines at booths where they voted in elections.

Supreme Court starts hearing suo motu case involving contagion of Covid-19 virus in children protection homes across the country and also the issue of rehabilitation of orphaned children.

Uttarakhand's Dehradun district on Sunday reported 20 new cases of black fungus and the death of three patients during treatment.

According to a bulletin of the Health Department, the total number of black fungus patients in the state has gone up to 299, 47 patients have died and 18 patients have recovered so far.

India's daily caseload of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) declined for a third straight day, as 100,636 cases were detected in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) data, updated on Monday morning, showed. With this, the nationwide infection tally has risen to 28,909,975, as per the updated data.

The United States needs to delve deeper into the origins of Covid-19 and hold China accountable, said the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, in an interview aired on Sunday amid calls for a fresh probe into the origins of the virus.

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) on Sunday informed that the local bus service will resume in Mumbai from Monday onwards.

The decision has been taken following the 5-step unlock which is currently in process in the Maharashtra capital city.

The Union health ministry’s directorate general of health services (DGHS) has overhauled Covid-19 treatment guidelines and removed all medicines, except antipyretic (fever) and antitussive (cold), for asymptomatic and mild cases.

The revised guidelines, issued on May 27, effectively dropped all drugs that doctors have been prescribing even to asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic Covid-19 patients such as hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, doxycycline, zinc, multivitamins, etc. The guidelines also dissuade medical practitioners to prescribe unnecessary tests such as CT scans. Read More