Highlights: WHO grants emergency use approval to Oxford University-AstraZeneca

India has been recording a steady decline in the number of daily deaths since October 1, 2020, as per the health ministry.

The coronavirus caseload of the country crossed the 10.9 million mark on Sunday when it reported 12,194 new Covid-19 cases and 92 deaths (ANI)

The administration of the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines to the beneficiaries who have completed 28 days from the receipt of the first dose in the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra will begin today....Read More

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• 15 Feb 2021, 10:52:55 PM IST

  Haryana records 108 new cases

  Haryana recorded 108 new coronavirus infections, taking he state's tally to 2,69,154. There are currently 903 active cases in the state.

• 15 Feb 2021, 10:17:23 PM IST

  WHO grants emergency use approval to Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine

  WHO has granted emergency use approval to the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

• 15 Feb 2021, 10:04:47 PM IST

  Jharkhand records 38 new cases, two deaths

  Jharkhand recorded 38 new coronavirus infections and two fresh fatalities.

• 15 Feb 2021, 09:30:12 PM IST

  Kerala reports 2,884 new cases, 13 deaths

  Kerala reported 2,884 new coronavirus infections, taking the country's tally to 10,07,019. The death toll after 13 new fatalities stands at 3,998.

• 15 Feb 2021, 09:19:10 PM IST

  Maharashtra reports 3,365 new cases, 23 deaths

  Maharashtra reported 3,365 new coronavirus infections, taking the state's tally to 20,67,643. The death toll after 23 new fatalities stands at 51,552.

• 15 Feb 2021, 09:08:34 PM IST

  Tamil Nadu records 455 new cases, six deaths

  Tamil Nadu recorded 455 new coronavirus infections, taking the state's tally to 8,45,575. The death toll after six fresh fatalities stands at 12,425.

• 15 Feb 2021, 08:25:42 PM IST

  Gujarat reports 249 new infections

  Gujarat reported 249 new coronavirus infections, taking the state's tally to 2,65,493. The death toll currently stands at 4,401.

• 15 Feb 2021, 08:23:34 PM IST

  Goa reports 40 new cases, two deaths

  Goa reported 40 new coronavirus infections, taking its tally to 54,275. The death toll after two new fatalities stands at 781.

• 15 Feb 2021, 07:29:09 PM IST

  Percentage of hospitalisation against vaccination 0.0004%: Ministry

  "Percentage of hospitalisation against vaccination is 0.0004%. In the last 24 hours, there is one case that required hospitalisation. This is due to central retinal vein occlusion after blood pressure increased. Patient is now stable at the hospital in Indore, MP," said Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry.

• 15 Feb 2021, 07:23:25 PM IST

  Eleven deaths reported in hospitals during the last 31 days of Covid vaccination drive: Ministry

  "Number of cases that required hospitalisation is 35. Out of these, 21 have been discharged after treatment. Three of them are under treatment. 11 deaths have been reported in hospitals during the last 31 days of the Covid vaccination drive," said the Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry.

• 15 Feb 2021, 07:17:51 PM IST

  Delhi reports 141 new cases, two deaths

  Delhi reported 141 new coronavirus infections, taking the national capital's tally to 6,37,087. The death toll after two new fatalities stands at 10,893.

• 15 Feb 2021, 07:15:18 PM IST

  Vaccinations carried out on 85,16,385 beneficiaries: Ministry

  Mandeep Bhandari, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry said that the total vaccination carried out was of 85,16,385 beneficiaries. 61,54,894 healthcare workers vaccinated of which, first dose of vaccine was given to 60,57,162 while second dose was given to 97,732 beneficiaries.

• 15 Feb 2021, 06:36:46 PM IST

  Andhra Pradesh records 30 new cases, one death

  Andhra Pradesh reported 30 new coronavirus infections, taking the state's tally to 8,88,899. The death toll after one fresh fatality stands at 7,163.

• 15 Feb 2021, 06:27:39 PM IST

  Night curfew to be imposed on Gujarat's metro cities

  Pankaj Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary of State Home Department said that night curfew from midnight to 6am would be imposed on Gujarat's metro cities from February 16 to February 28.

• 15 Feb 2021, 05:40:44 PM IST

  Not one death reported due to Covid vaccination: Vardhan

  Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that no death nwas reported due to coronavirus vaccination and there was a negligible number of instances with routine side effects. He also said that relevant stakeholders were working on post-Covid symptoms.

• 15 Feb 2021, 05:28:08 PM IST

  Malaysia reports 2,176 new cases

  Malaysia reported 2,176 new coronavirus infections, taking the country's overall tally to 266,445.

• 15 Feb 2021, 05:17:08 PM IST

  Covid strengthened country's health potential: Vardhan

  Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the Covid-19 pandemic had strengthened India's health potential. He cited the instance of ramping up the number of labs from one to 2,500, and spoke about how genome sequencing, that was currently being talked about in the world, had been in Indian labs since May-June of 2020.

• 15 Feb 2021, 04:52:15 PM IST

  At least 18 to 20 vaccine in pre-clinical, clinical and advanced stages: Vardhan

  Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that at least 18 to 20 vaccines were in the pre-clinical, clinical and advances stages and that they were expected within the next few months. He also said that 80-85% of frontline workers had been inoculated and 20 to 25 countries were to be availed with the vaccine.

• 15 Feb 2021, 04:48:57 PM IST

  Crucial that people follow Covid appropriate behaviour: Vardhan

  Union Health Minister said that it was crucial that the people followed Covid appropriate behaviour, which he called a 'social vaccine' as the real vaccine rollout process continued.

• 15 Feb 2021, 04:41:38 PM IST

  No new Covid cases reported in 188 districts in last seven days: Vardhan

  Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that no new coronavirus infections were reported in 188 districts in the country during the last seven days.

• 15 Feb 2021, 04:37:58 PM IST

  Those above 50 years of age likely to be vaccinated in March: Vardhan

  Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that those above 50 years of age are likely to be vaccinated in March.

• 15 Feb 2021, 04:15:57 PM IST

  Strict travel rules to contain Covid-19 variants come into effect in UK

  The UK's tougher new travel rules to contain the spread of Covid-19 variants came into effect from Monday, involving compulsory hotel quarantines for anyone returning to England from one of the 33 high-risk "red list" countries, reports PTI.

• 15 Feb 2021, 03:52:06 PM IST

  Will send Covishield Covid vaccine to Canada in less than a month: Adar Poonawalla

  Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) on Monday said it will send Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University to Canada in less than a month, reports PTI.

• 15 Feb 2021, 03:32:15 PM IST

  Odisha logs 88 new Covid-19 cases

  Odisha's Covid-19 tally mounted to 3,36,262 on Monday as 88 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 1,911, a health official said, reports PTI.

• 15 Feb 2021, 02:32:37 PM IST

  Gujarat: Administration of second dose of Covid-19 vaccine begins

  The drive to administer the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to those who have been covered in the first phase began across Gujarat on Monday, reports PTI.

• 15 Feb 2021, 02:15:01 PM IST

  Kerala, Maharashtra contribute 74.72% to active coronavirus caseload

  Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka cumulatively account for 76.5% of India’s total active cases. Kerala, Maharashtra together compose 74.72% of the total active cases, said health ministry.

• 15 Feb 2021, 02:08:06 PM IST

  Puducherry reports 20 new coronavirus cases

  The Covid-19 tally in the union territory of Puducherry rose to 39,468 on Monday with the addition of 20 fresh cases, the Health department said, reports PTI.

• 15 Feb 2021, 01:28:14 PM IST

  Boris Johnson to judge Covid-19 lockdown exit this week, says UK health minister

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will this week judge how fast England can exit Covid-19 lockdown but the death toll and hospital admission numbers are still too high, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday, reports Reuters.

• 15 Feb 2021, 12:55:22 PM IST

  Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani tests Covid-19 positive

  Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who fainted Sunday evening during an election rally in Vadodara, has tested positive for Covid-19 with mild symptoms, an official health bulletin said. Read more

• 15 Feb 2021, 12:52:01 PM IST

  Telangana reports less than 100 new Covid-19 cases in 8 months

  After a gap of eight months, Telangana recorded less than 100 fresh Covid-19 cases while two deaths pushed the toll to 1,618, the state government said on Monday, reports PTI.

• 15 Feb 2021, 12:11:37 PM IST

  Australia receives first shipment of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

  Australia will begin vaccinating its population against Covid-19 next week after its first shipment of Pfizer vaccine was delivered on Monday, reports AP.

• 15 Feb 2021, 11:37:41 AM IST

  Thailand reports 143 fresh Covid-19 cases; first case of South African variant

  Thailand reported 143 new coronavirus infections on Monday and in quarantine detected its first case of the highly contagious Covid-19 variant first found in South Africa, its coronavirus taskforce said, reports Reuters.

• 15 Feb 2021, 11:04:05 AM IST

  Zimbabwe receives first Covid-19 vaccine from China

  Zimbabwe has received its first Covid-19 vaccines with the arrival early Monday of an Air Zimbabwe jet carrying 200,000 Sinopharm doses from China, reports AP.

• 15 Feb 2021, 10:29:57 AM IST

  No new Covid-19 case in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

  Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not record a single fresh Covid-19 case in the last 24 hours, a health department official said on Monday, reports PTI.

• 15 Feb 2021, 10:02:50 AM IST

  Maharashtra: Thane logs 354 new Covid-19 cases

  The Covid-19 tally in Thane district of Maharashtra has gone up to 2,57,745 with the addition of 354 new cases of the viral infection, an official said on Monday, reports PTI.

• 15 Feb 2021, 09:37:17 AM IST

  India reports 11,649 new Covid-19 cases, 90 deaths in last 24 hours

  India reported 11,649 new Covid-19 cases and 90 deaths on Monday. The coronavirus caseload in the country crossed 10.91 million mark. The coronavirus death toll has reached 155, 732 and the active caseload stands at 139, 637.

• 15 Feb 2021, 09:25:12 AM IST

  India to supply Covid-19 vaccines to Canada

  India is likely to supply Covid-19 vaccines to Canada soon. Sources informed that decks have been cleared for the supply of vaccines following a personal request by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, reports ANI.

• 15 Feb 2021, 08:27:00 AM IST

  Brazil reports 2 cases of UK coronavirus variant

  Brazil has confirmed cases of the UK variant of the novel coronavirus in two states and in the federal district of Brasília, according to a statement from the health ministry on Sunday, reports Reuters.