LIVE: Madhya Pradesh adds 197 new Covid-19 cases, 315 recoveries

West Bengal on Saturday added only one death due to the coronavirus disease, which pushed the toll to 10,202, according to the health bulletin. Saturday's death toll has been the lowest since April last year. Meanwhile, the total cases stand at 571,178 after after 197 more people tested positive for the infection.

Madhya Pradesh on Saturday recorded 197 new coronavirus infections which pushed the tally to more than 256,000. One more related death in Betul took the toll to 3,820, a health official told news agency PTI. "315 persons were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the state's recovery count to 250,320," he added.

Rajasthan on Saturday added 97 new cases which took the overall tally to 318,118. One more death pushed the toll to 2,772. The capital city of Jaipur has the highest deaths (516), followed by Jodhpur (303) and Ajmer (222).

Corpses in Bolivia have begun to pile up as a fierce 2nd wave of Covid-19 has overwhelmed funeral homes and cemeteries, according to officials, stoking fears the growing backlog could become yet another focal point of infection.

Gujarat on Saturday registered 252 new Covid-19 cases and one death which pushed the overall tally and death toll to 263,200 and 4,394 respectively, the state's health department said. More than 256,000 people have recovered till now and the recovery rate stands at 97.38 per cent

Officials told news agency PTI on Saturday that more than 100,000 people had been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the national capital till now adding that the majority of them were healthcare workers. More than 9,200 healthcare workers were administered vaccine doses on Friday.

During the briefing, the ministry also said that states and UTs were advised to improve coverage, beneficiary turn-out per session and minimise vaccine wastage.

The Union health ministry said on Saturday that more than 5.6 million have been administered vaccines against the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease. A total of 5,266,175 health care workers have been vaccinated while the remaining 370,693 are frontline workers.

Vietnam is expected to get the first coronavirus vaccines under the COVAX within the first quarter, the government said on Friday adding that number of doses will be between 4.89 million and 8.25 million.

Tamil Nadu added 477 fresh coronavirus cases, 503 recoveries and 3 deaths on Saturday which took the overall tally to 841,326. The active cases stand at 4,417 while 12,382 people have died till now.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that “still early days,” when it comes to lifting strict lockdown restrictions which have been imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease. “We have rates of infection in this country still very, very high” he said on Friday.

Andhra Pradesh on Saturday added 75 coronavirus cases and just one death, which pushed the overall tally to over 888,000. A health department bulletin stated that the active cases stood at 1,012 while 880,179 people have recovered till now.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on Saturday that the country will kick start the coronavirus disease vaccine rollout this week by administering Sputnik V vaccine doses to medical workers. The first batch of the Russia-made vaccine had arrived on Thursday.

Schools for class 1 to 8 students to open soon in Odisha. Preparation of SOPs for the reopening is in progress, as per School & Mass Education Minister Samir Das.

Telangana reported 161 new coronavirus infections, taking the state's tally to 2,95,431. The death toll after one fresh fatality stands at 1,608.

The Andaman islands recorded three new coronavirus infections, taking the union territory's tally to 4,997. The death toll currently stands at 62.

Jharkhand reported 41 new coronavirus infections, taking the state's tally to 1,18,938. The death toll currently stands at 1,077.

India approved the supply of 1,00,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Cambodia on an emergency basis.

India recorded a 11,713 new cases in the last 24 hours taking the country's infection tally to 10,814,304. While the recoveries from the viral disease have gone up to 10,510,796, the active caseload has fallen below 149,000.

The number of new confirmed coronavirus infections in France slowed for the second day in a row but stood well above the 5,000-case threshold to unwind restrictions, while deaths caused by the epidemic rose to 78,603, the health authorities said on Friday.

A total of 22,139 people tested positive for Covid-19 in France in the past 24 hours, down from 23,448 on Thursday and 26,362 on Wednesday.

Brazil reported on Friday 1,239 deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its death toll to 230,034, the health ministry said. Another 50,872 confirmed cases were detected, bringing its nationwide tally to 9,447,165.

President Joe Biden said he didn’t think his proposed increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour will survive congressional negotiations to pass his broader coronavirus-relief bill.