Highlights: China blocks BBC news over Covid-19 reportage

The USA, India and Brazil, in that order, have the highest Covid-19 caseloads globally, followed by the UK and Russia respectively.

A health worker collects a swab sample from a man to test for Covid-19 infection at Lubrizol Staff CHS in Sector-16, Navi Mumbai in this August 2020 photo. (Bachchan Kumar / HT Photo)

The global tally of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has reached 107.2 million, according to Johns Hopkins University, even as the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared as 'hoax' theory that the virus emanated from a laboratory in China's Wuhan. The Chinese city was the epicentre of the disease in the early days of the pandemic. Meanwhile, the Johns Hopkins tracker also shows that globally, more than 2.3 million people have succumbed to Covid-19 thus far....Read More

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• 11 Feb 2021, 10:41:26 PM IST

  China blocks BBC news over Covid-19 reportage

  China has blocked BBC World News from broadcasting on the mainland after the channel's reportage on China's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, reported news agency ANI.

• 11 Feb 2021, 09:03:40 PM IST

  Maharashtra records 3,297 new cases of Covid-19, 25 fatalities

  Maharashtra recorded 3297 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, taking the country wide toll to 20,52,905. 25 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours, the death toll now stands at 51,415.

• 11 Feb 2021, 08:31:33 PM IST

  India has carried out 1,53,799 sessions of inoculations against Covid-19

  India has inoculated 74,30,866 number of healthcare workers and frontline workers against Covid-19, as of 7:00 pm today, as per the health ministry. A total of 1,53,799 sessions have been held so far, with 10,743 sessions being held till 7:00 pm today.

• 11 Feb 2021, 08:14:15 PM IST

  Tamil Nadu records 481 new cases of Covid-19, 6 fatalities

• 11 Feb 2021, 07:14:58 PM IST

  Nagaland records 7 new cases of Covid-19

  Nagaland on Thursday reported seven new cases of Covid-19, taking the tally in the state to 12,175, reported news agency PTI. The state currently has 89 active cases of Covid-19.

• 11 Feb 2021, 05:52:59 PM IST

  Delhi records 142 new cases of Covid-19, 2 deaths

  Delhi on Thursday recorded 142 new cases of Covid-19, pushing the number of total cases to 636529. 2 fatalities were also recorded in the last 24 hours, the current death toll in the capital now stands at 10,886.

• 11 Feb 2021, 05:09:35 PM IST

  Pakistan to allow private players to import Covid shots

  Pakistan has decided to allow private companies to import coronavirus vaccines and has also agreed to exempt all such imports from any price caps, reported Reuters.

• 11 Feb 2021, 03:35:11 PM IST

  Mexico all set to receive 1 million doses of Indian-manufactured Covid-19 vaccine

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at a press conference on Wednesday that the country is all set to receive a million doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine sent from India, reported ANI.

• 11 Feb 2021, 02:51:12 PM IST

  India vaccinates 70 lakh people in 26 days

  India has inoculated 70 lakh people in just 26 days becoming the fastest nation in the world to do so, according to a press release from PIB.

• 11 Feb 2021, 01:51:13 PM IST

  Russia reports over 15,000 new Covid-19 cases

  Russia reports 15,038 new Covid-19 cases and 553 deaths. National tally at 4,027,748 including 78,687 deaths.

• 11 Feb 2021, 01:09:14 PM IST

  No new Covid-19 death in Telangana

  Telangana on Wednesday recorded 146 new Covid-19 cases, taking its tally to over 296,000. However, after nearly nine months, no new fatality recorded as toll stays at 1,613.

• 11 Feb 2021, 01:02:44 PM IST

  Philippines to get 600,000 doses of China's Sinovac vaccine

  The Philippines will receive 600,000 Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by China this month, with the military getting 100,000 shots, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Thursday.

• 11 Feb 2021, 12:14:33 PM IST

  India's active Covid-19 cases per million population among lowest: Govt

  India’s active cases per million population (104) is amongst the lowest in the world: Health ministry

• 11 Feb 2021, 11:32:31 AM IST

  Plea in Delhi HC seeks Covid-19 vaccination for prisoners on bail

  A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to Centre and Delhi govt to arrange and facilitate Covid-19 vaccination to all prisoners who are out on bail.

• 11 Feb 2021, 11:09:45 AM IST

  Germany reports over 10,000 new Covid-19 cases

  Germany reports 10,237 new Covid-19 cases as tally reaches 2,310,233. 666 fresh fatalities take toll to 63,635.

• 11 Feb 2021, 10:12:50 AM IST

  204,023,840 Covid-19 tests in India thus far: ICMR

  204,023,840 samples tested for Covid-19 up to 10th February. Of these, 699,185 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

• 11 Feb 2021, 08:59:51 AM IST

  Over 22,500 Covid-19 tests in Australia's Melbourne over new cluster

  Health authorities in Melbourne conducted over 22,500 Covid-19 tests over the last 24 hours after a new cluster linked to a quarantine hotel grew to eight cases on Thursday.

• 11 Feb 2021, 08:22:43 AM IST

  Mexico's Covid-19 tally tops 1.95 million

  Mexico records 11,138 new Covid-19 cases as tally reaches 1,957,889. 1,328 more deaths take toll to 169,760.

• 11 Feb 2021, 07:56:17 AM IST

  22 active Covid-19 cases in Mizoram

  Mizoram reported two cases of Covid-19 on January 10, taking total active cases to 22: State govt

• 11 Feb 2021, 07:26:27 AM IST

  2 new Covid-19 cases in China, fewest in over 5 months

  China reports 2 new Covid-19 cases, its lowest in a day in more than five months. Tally reaches 89,736 while death toll stays at 4,636.