LIVE: Delhi records 125 new cases of Covid-19, 3 deaths

The global tally of Covid-19 cases ad deaths are at over 106 million and 2.3 million respectively, according to Johns Hopkins University.

A lab technician performs a step in the testing procedure to investigate the new strain of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

India’s count of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is at 10,838,194 after the Union health ministry on Sunday said that the country logged 11,831 new infections in the preceding 24 hours. India’s Covid-19 caseload is the second-highest in the world, behind that of the United States of America. According to Johns Hopkins University, the US’ caseload is at over 26.9 million, while its death toll is at over 463,000. Brazil, meanwhile, has the third-highest caseload globally. The US, Brazil and Mexico, in that order, have recorded the highest number of deaths due to the disease, with India at fourth....Read More

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• 8 Feb 2021, 11:03:30 PM IST

  Madhya Pradesh records 193 new cases of Covid-19, 3 fatalities

  Madhya Pradesh on Monday recorded 193 new cases of Covid-19, taking the state-wide tally to 2,56,591. 3 fatalities were also reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll currently stands at 3,823, according to news agency PTI.

• 8 Feb 2021, 10:32:58 PM IST

  Representative Ron Wright becomes first member of US Congress to succumb to Covid-19

  A Republican Representative to the US Congress became the first individual in the Congress to succumb to Covid-19 after being diagnosed last month, reported Reuters.

• 8 Feb 2021, 09:41:18 PM IST

  Delhi records 125 new cases of Covid-19, 3 deaths

• 8 Feb 2021, 09:15:09 PM IST

  278 BSF jawans inoculated against Covid-19 in Gurugram

  278 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were successfully inoculated against Covid-19 at 95 BN BSF Campus in Gurugram's Bhondsi. reported news agency ANI.

• 8 Feb 2021, 08:55:37 PM IST

  China's CanSino Biologics Inc's Covid-19 vaccine has an efficacy of 65.7%, says Pakistan

  Pakistan's health minister said on Monday that Chinese vaccine produced by CanSino Biologics has an efficacy of 65.7%, reported Reuters. The CanSinoBIO vaccine, jointly developed by a research institute affiliated with the Chinese military, is currently being tested in Pakistan, Mexico, Russia, Argentina, and Chile,

• 8 Feb 2021, 08:01:25 PM IST

  India vaccinated 6 million beneficiaries the fastest, says health ministry

  Manohar Agnani, additional secretary, Union health ministry, said on Monday, that India has achieved the feat of vaccinating 6 million individuals the fastest in just 24 days. Adding that the US took 26 days to reach this mark and the UK 46 days.

• 8 Feb 2021, 07:56:17 PM IST

  Maharashtra records 2,216 new cases of Covid-19, 15 fatalities

• 8 Feb 2021, 07:24:17 PM IST

  60,35,660, individuals have been vaccinated so far, says health ministry

  Manohar Agnani, additional secretary, Union health ministry, said on Monday that 60,35,660, individuals have been vaccinated so far in the country. Out of which 54,12,270 are healthcare workers and 6,23,390 are frontline workers, reported news agency ANI. He added that a total of 23 individuals have died following vaccination.

• 8 Feb 2021, 07:04:34 PM IST

  Jammu and Kashmir logs 43 new Covid-19 cases

  Jammu and Kashmir recorded 43 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the infection tally to 1,24,952, officials said, reports PTI.

• 8 Feb 2021, 06:36:53 PM IST

  Argentina reports first cases of Brazilian coronavirus variants

  Argentina has detected the first cases of two Brazilian variants of the coronavirus in travelers from the neighboring nation, the government said on Monday, reports Reuters.

• 8 Feb 2021, 06:00:37 PM IST

  South Africa in talks with J&J to get 20 million more Covid vaccine doses

  South Africa is in talks with Johnson & Johnson to buy an additional 20 million doses of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine and has been offered supplies of Russia’s Sputnik V shot, according to a presentation the health ministry made to the cabinet, reports Bloomberg.

• 8 Feb 2021, 05:41:00 PM IST

  Hyderabad Police Commissioner takes first dose of Covid vaccine

  Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Monday took the first jab of Covid-19 vaccine along with several other senior police officers, reports ANI.

• 8 Feb 2021, 05:13:24 PM IST

  Vietnam records 49 new Covid-19 cases

  Vietnam reported 49 more Covid-19 cases on Monday, most in the economic hub Ho Chi Minh City, reports Reuters.

• 8 Feb 2021, 04:53:50 PM IST

  Months after first wave of Covid-19 Spanish medics suffer mental trauma

  It has been eight months since he last treated a patient with Covid-19, but Spanish nurse Ricardo Belmonte still feels anxious when he recalls the first wave of the pandemic at the intensive care unit of Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron Hospital, reports Reuters.

• 8 Feb 2021, 03:56:23 PM IST

  Ukraine hopes to receive Covid vaccines from other EU states

  Ukraine, which hopes to vaccinate half of its population against coronavirus by early 2022, is in talks with other countries including Poland about receiving some of their coronavirus vaccines, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, reports Reuters.

• 8 Feb 2021, 03:26:35 PM IST

  South Korea to give free Covid tests to pets

  South Korea's capital says it will give pet dogs and cats free coronavirus tests if they come into contact with infected humans and show symptoms, reports AP.

• 8 Feb 2021, 02:47:26 PM IST

  Russia reports less than 15,000 new Covid cases after over 3 months

  Russia's single-day increase in Covid-19 cases fell below 16,000 for the first time since October 22, as 15,916 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours (down from 16,048 the day before), the response center said on Monday, reports ANI/Sputnik.

• 8 Feb 2021, 02:24:47 PM IST

  Odisha reports 72 new Covid cases, one death

  Odisha's Covid-19 tally mounted to 3,35,692 on Monday as 72 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the death toll to 1,910, a health department official said, reports PTI.

• 8 Feb 2021, 01:28:24 PM IST

  UK says AstraZeneca's Covid shot prevents death

  There is no evidence that the Astrazeneca vaccine does not prevent death or serious illness, and South Africa has only imposed a temporary halt on using the vaccine, a British junior health minister said on Monday, reports Reuters.

• 8 Feb 2021, 12:40:30 PM IST

  Covid tally in Mizoram reaches 4383 after state logs 1 new case

  One more person has tested positive for Covid-19 in Mizoram, taking the tally in the northeastern state to 4,383, a health department official said on Monday, reports PTI.

• 8 Feb 2021, 12:17:07 PM IST

  Kerala: 192 students, 72 staff test Covid positive at 2 schools

  192 students and 72 staff test positive for Covid-19 at two schools of Malappuram: District Health Authority, reports ANI.

• 8 Feb 2021, 11:59:08 AM IST

  Arunachal logs no new Covid-19 case

  Arunachal Pradesh did not report any Covid-19 case on Monday, with the tally remaining unchanged at 16,830, a health department official said, reports PTI.

• 8 Feb 2021, 11:36:18 AM IST

  Telangana reports 101 new Covid cases, lowest in 8 months

  The fresh Covid-19 cases in Telangana continued to dwindle further with 101 people testing positive for the infection, the lowest in the last eight months, the state government said on Monday, reports PTI.

• 8 Feb 2021, 11:24:25 AM IST

  Schools in Odisha open for classes 9,11 with Covid precautions

• 8 Feb 2021, 10:55:56 AM IST

  Germany reports 4,535 new Covid cases

  The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 4,535 to 2,288,545, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday, reports Reuters.

• 8 Feb 2021, 10:13:41 AM IST

  Australia reassures of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine after South Africa suspends use

  Australia on Monday moved to reassure its citizens over the efficacy of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine after South Africa suspended use of the shot because data showed it offered limited protection against a new strain of the virus, reports Reuters.

• 8 Feb 2021, 09:42:47 AM IST

  India records 11,831 new Covid-19 cases and 84 deaths

  India's Covid-19 tally reaches 10,838,194 with 11,831 fresh infections. Death toll tops 155,000; at 155,080 with 84 more fatalities.

• 8 Feb 2021, 09:18:45 AM IST

  201,900,614 samples tested for Covid-19: ICMR

  201,9,00614 samples tested for #COVID19 up to 7th February. Of these, 532,236 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

• 8 Feb 2021, 09:00:42 AM IST

  Covid-19 deaths near 79,000 mark in France

  France records 171 new Covid-19 deaths as toll reaches 78,965. National tally at 3,337,048 with 19,715 new infections.

• 8 Feb 2021, 08:18:47 AM IST

  Mexico's Covid-19 death toll tops 166,000

  Mexico records 414 new Covid-19 deaths as toll reaches 166,200. This is the third-highest death toll globally, after those of the US and Brazil, respectively.

• 8 Feb 2021, 07:51:45 AM IST

  1 new Covid-19 case in Mizoram

  Mizoram registers 1 new case of Covid-19 as tally reaches 4,383. 4,350 discharges, 24 active cases and nine deaths here thus far.

• 8 Feb 2021, 07:25:26 AM IST

  Over 41.2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in US, says CDC

  Over 59.3 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been distributed in the US, of which more than 41.2 million doses have been administered, as per the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).