Highlights: Goa records 403 new Covid-19 cases, 16 more deaths

Karnataka: Easing Covid restrictions, Kalaburagi district administration allows shops selling fertilizers, pesticides and other agriculture-related products to remain open between 6 am and 12 noon, from tomorrow.

Chattisgarh on Sunday recorded 999 new Covid-19 disease cases, lowest single day tally since March 17, taking the caseload to 980,575, a health official told news agency PTI. Twenty-five people succumbed to the viral disease on Sunday, taking the state's death toll to 13,217.

As Delhi continues to face a severe crunch of Covid-19 vaccine doses, the AAP government on Sunday directed private hospitals to administer Covaxin to only those beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group who eligible for the second dose.

"DDMA hereby directs that all private hospitals and nursing homes functioning as CovidVaccination Centres for Covaxin shall ensure that Covaxin shall be used for vaccination to only those people (of age group 18-44 years) who are eligible for receiving second dose of vaccination during the month of June, 2021 or till further orders," a statement read.

Goa's caseload of the Covid-19 disease climbed to 159,393 on after 403 new cases, 16 deaths and 1,449 recoveries were recorded. The death toll stands at 2,760 while nearly 150,000 people have recovered so far.

Uttarakhand government announced on Sunday that the ongoing restrictions in the state have been extended till June 15 with certain relaxations. Government ration shops can remain open from 8am to 12pm and Banks can function from 10am to 2pm.

Maharashtra's death toll due to the Covid-19 disease breached the 100,000-mark on Sunday after 233 people succumbed to the viral disease in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department's bulletin. The state recorded 12,557 new cases, taking the caseload to 5,831,781. Read more

The Haryana government on Sunday extended the ongoing restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) till June 14. However, shops, malls, restaurants, bars and religious places are permitted to reopen with several conditions. Read more

Karnataka on Sunday recorded 12,209 new Covid-19 cases and 320 more deaths, taking the caseload and death toll to 2,695,523 and 31,580 respectively, according to the state health department's bulletin.

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in collaboration with Laxai Life Sciences began the phase-II clinical trials of the Niclosamide drug on Sunday for treating the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Read more

Kerala on Sunday recorded 14,672 fresh Covid cases, 227 deaths and 21,429 recoveries, taking the caseload to 2,632,670, according to the state health department's bulletin. The death toll has climbed to 9,946 while recoveries are over 2.46 million.

The United States on Sunday administered over 300 million doses of the vaccine against the Covid-19 disease to eligible beneficiaries. The new cases and deaths in the continued to drop.

Delhi on Sunday continued to witness a decline in its daily tally of the Covid-19 disease after 381 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the health department's bulletin. Nearly 1,200 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours while 34 succumbed to the viral disease.

Russia on Sunday reported 9,163 new cases of the Covid-19 disease and 351 more deaths, taking the caseload and death toll to 5,126,437 and 123,787 respectively, according to official figures. Out of the new cases, the capital city of Moscow reported the maximum (2,936).

The US will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, part of President Joe Biden's move to share tens of millions of jabs globally, three American senators said Sunday, after the self-ruled island complained that China is hindering its efforts to secure vaccines as it battles an outbreak.

The second wave of Covid-19 will not impact Indian agriculture sector in anyway, said Ramesh Chand, member of Niti Aayog, news agency PTI reported.

Active Covid-19 cases decline to 1,477,799, says Union Health Ministry in its daily bulletin.

Covid-19 tally rises to 28,809,339 after addition of 114,460 fresh cases. The death toll has increased to 346,759 after 2,677 fresh fatalities.

"Hajj will depend on the decision of the Saudi Arabia government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India will stand by the side of the Saudi government in its decision. Last year Haj got cancelled. This year nothing has been decided yet," says Union minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

Brazil’s death toll declined for the seventh time in eight weeks to 11,474, about half the level of a peak reached two months ago, according to Health Ministry data. With more than 470,000 deaths since the pandemic, Brazil has the second-highest toll after the US.