Highlights: Turkey reports over 16K new Covid-19 cases

Turkey reported 16,749 new Covid-19 cases and 71 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the highest single day spike in cases this year, reports Reuters. Covid-19 tally in the country reached 2,911,642 cases and death toll climbed to 29,623 according to the health ministry.

India has administered over 1.9 million Covid-19 vaccine doses as of 7pm today, the Union health ministry tweeted.

More than 34 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in India so far, the government said on Tuesday, reports ANI.

Maharashtra reported 17,864 new Covid-19 cases and 87 new deaths on Tuesday, taking the state's tally to 2,347,328 cases and death toll to 52,996. Also, 1,922 new cases and four deaths were recorded in the city of Mumbai.

Maharashtra's Pune reports 3,574 new Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours. Active caseload stands at 24,204 cases and death toll reached 9,440, reports ANI.

Punjab reported 1,475 new Covid-19 cases and 38 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the state's tally to 201,036 cases and 6,137 deaths, reports ANI.

With 1,135 new Covid-19 cases and six related fatalities, Karnataka's tally reached 962,339 cases and 12,403 deaths, reports ANI.

Night curfew has been implemented in Punjab's Rupnagar district from 11am to 5pm starting Tuesday. The curfew would be in effect until further orders, reports ANI.

Kerala records 1,970 new Covid-19 cases and 15 deaths, taking the state's tally to 1,094,643 cases and death toll to 4,422, reports PTI.

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently under self isolation.

Delhi reports 425 new Covid-19 cases and one related death, taking the city's tally to 644,489 cases and 10,945 deaths, reports ANI.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has asked its members of parliament to provide information on the number of Covid-19 vaccination centres in their constituencies, reports ANI.

Haryana health minister Anil Vij said that 158,901 people were vaccinated in a single day on Tuesday in Haryana against the Covid-19 disease. He also said that 681,264 people have been vaccinated so far in the state, reports ANI.

With 65 new Covid-19 cases and no fatalities in the past 24 hours, Odisha's Covid-19 tally reached 338,323 cases and the death toll remained at 1,918, reports PTI.

Total recoveries reached 335,730 patients, while the active caseload stands at 622.

AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it has modified an existing deal with the United States to supply up to half a million additional doses of its experimental antibody-based Covid-19 treatment, bringing the total value of the deal to $726 million.

Puducherry added 24 fresh cases of coronavirus during last twenty-four hours ending 10 am on Tuesday, raising the aggregate to 40,068. One more fatality was reported in Karaikal, taking the toll to 673.

Arunachal Pradesh did not report any fresh Covid-19 case in the last five days, a senior health department official said here on Tuesday. The Covid-19 caseload remained at 16,840, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

Two more persons recuperated from the disease on Monday, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 16,783, he said. Arunachal Pradesh currently has only one active Covid-19 case, while 56 people have died due to the contagion so far, the SSO said.

Assam's Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,17,817 as 20 more people tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours, while one fresh fatality pushed the death toll to 1,099, a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission (NHM) said.

Of the 20 new cases, 10 were reported from Kamrup Metropolitan district, Nagaon (4) and Tinsukia (3), it said. Assam currently has 265 active Covid-19 cases, while 2,15,106 patients have recovered from the disease, the bulletin said.

Mizoram on Tuesday reported two new cases of Covid-19, pushing the coronavirus tally in the state to 4,439, an official said. The two patients aged 60 and 56 belong to Aizawl district, he said. The state currently has 12 active Covid-19 cases, while 4,417 people have recovered from the disease. The Covid-19 recovery rate in Mizoram is 99.51 per cent and the infection rate is 1.83 per cent, he said. The state has reported 10 Covid-19 fatalities so far.

China reported 13 new Covid-19 cases on March 15, up from five cases a day earlier, the national health authority said on Tuesday. The National Health Commission said in a statement that all of the new cases were imported infections originating from overseas. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, fell to seven from nine a day earlier. The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in mainland China now stands at 90,062, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,636.