Live: Italy witnesses slight decrease in daily death toll

The active Covid-19 caseload has again gone up to 139,542, which accounts for 1.27% of the total positive cases in the country.

A health worker administers a dose of Covaxin against the coronavirus disease at Sanjeevan Hospital in Daryaganj in New Delhi. (Bloomberg File Photo )

India’s Covid-19 trajectory has been witnessing an upward trend for the past few days with Maharashtra and Kerala continuing to report a fresh spike in cases of the coronavirus disease. On Friday, the western state added more than 6,000 cases of the coronavirus disease while the southern state reported 4,584 new infections....Read More

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• 20 Feb 2021, 10:27:50 PM IST

  MP records 257 new coronavirus cases, 4 deaths

  Madhya Pradesh on Saturday reported 257 new cases of Covid-19, taking the state wide tally to 2,59,128. Four fatalities pushed the death toll to 3,850, reported PTI.

• 20 Feb 2021, 09:35:02 PM IST

  Italy witnesses slight decrease in daily death toll

  Italy on Saturday reported 251 Covid-19 deaths, marking a light decrease from the previous day's toll of 353. The daily number of cases too witnessed a decline falling from 15,479 to 14,931 on Saturday, reported Reuters.

• 20 Feb 2021, 08:04:02 PM IST

  Delhi records 152 new cases of Covid-19, 1 fatality

• 20 Feb 2021, 07:10:23 PM IST

  Mumbai records 897 new cases of Covid-19 taking Maha tally to 2,093,913

  Maharashtra recorded 6,281 new cases of Covid-19, taking the country wide tally of total cases to 2,093,913. The capital city of Mumbai recorded 897 new cases of Covid-19, taking the city-wide tally to 318,207. 40 fatalities were also registered in the state, 3 of which were recorded in Mumbai, the current death toll stands at 51,753.

• 20 Feb 2021, 07:05:29 PM IST

  1,08,38,323 doses of Covid-19 vaccination administered till Feb 20: Health Min

• 20 Feb 2021, 05:22:47 PM IST

  India gives 100,000 additional doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Maldives

  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday handed over 100,000 additional doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Maldives, in the presence of the their foreign and health minister.

• 20 Feb 2021, 04:29:42 PM IST

  Karnataka makes RT-PCR tests mandatory for arrivals from Maharashtra

• 20 Feb 2021, 03:22:57 PM IST

  BMC seals 1305 buildings in Mumbai

  A total of 1305 buildings have been sealed in Mumbai so far. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation took this step after 2749 Covid-19 cases were reported. from 71,838 households residing in these sealed buildings, reported ANI>

• 20 Feb 2021, 03:19:09 PM IST

  Philippines records 2,240 new Covid-19 cases, 239 more deaths

  Philippines reported 2,240 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 559,288.239 more patients succumbed to the infection too, the death toll currently stands at 12,068, reported ANI.

• 20 Feb 2021, 02:15:46 PM IST

  After Kerala, Maharashtra, other states report rise in Covid-19 cases

  Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have recorded an "upsurge" in daily new cases of Covid-19, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday, reports PTI.

• 20 Feb 2021, 01:44:15 PM IST

  Puducherry reports 29 new Covid-19 cases

  Twenty nine fresh Covid-19 cases in the Union Territory of Puducherry on Saturday took the tally to 39,569, while the fatalities remained at 662 with no deaths being reported, the health department said, reports PTI.

• 20 Feb 2021, 01:19:12 PM IST

  Russia approves third Covid-19 vaccine

  Russia on Saturday approved a third coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV, though large-scale clinical trials of the shot, labelled CoviVac and produced by the Chumakov Centre, have yet to begin, reports Reuters.

• 20 Feb 2021, 12:54:27 PM IST

  Russia to produce 88 million Covid vaccine doses till first half of 2021

  Russia will produce 88 million vaccine doses in the first half of this year, including 83 million doses of its Sputnik V shot, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on state TV on Saturday, reports Reuters.

• 20 Feb 2021, 12:12:10 PM IST

  South Korea reports 446 new Covid-19 cases

  South Korea reported 446 more cases of Covid-19 as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 86,574, reports ANI.

• 20 Feb 2021, 11:48:09 AM IST

  Telangana reports 157 new Covid-19 cases

  Telangana recorded 157 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the total positives to over 2.97 lakh, while no deaths saw the toll remain at 1,623, the government said on Saturday, reports PTI.

• 20 Feb 2021, 10:34:09 AM IST

  Taiwan approves AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

  Taiwan's government on Saturday granted emergency use authorisation for AstraZeneca Plc's Covid-19 vaccine, with shots expected to be administered at soon as within seven days of arrival, reports Reuters.

• 20 Feb 2021, 10:06:42 AM IST

  No new Covid-19 case in Arunachal Pradesh

  Arunachal Pradesh did not report any fresh Covid-19 case in the last 24 hours, a senior health department official said here on Saturday. The total coronavirus caseload in the state remained at 16,836, state surveillance officer Dr Lobsang Jampa told news agency PTI.

• 20 Feb 2021, 09:46:40 AM IST

  India’s reports India’s reports 13,993 fresh Covid-19 cases

  With 13,993 fresh Covid-19 cases, India's infection tally on Saturday crossed 10.97 million. After witnessing a declining through the initial days of the month, the country's active caseload has again gone up to 143,127. The active cases, which witnessed a jumped of 3,585 in the last 24 hours, account for 1.30% of the total positive cases in the country, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare.

• 20 Feb 2021, 09:32:38 AM IST

  Come forward to take the vaccine: Health minister tells frontline workers

  Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday appealed to all the doctors, nurses, paramedic workers, and the frontline workers to come forward to take the vaccine. "Let us all work together to fight against Covid-19. The world is not free of the disease. It is only with our collective effort that we shall overcome this public health challenge,” he said.