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Highlights: Pune logs 4,557 new Covid cases, 114 deaths in last 24 hours
India recorded 267,334 new cases of (Covid-19) on Wednesday, the total tally of cases in the country now stands at 25,496,330. 4,529 fatalities, the highest single-day death toll ever, were also recorded in the last 24 hours.
India reached a grim milestone on Wednesday after 4,529 people succumbed to Covid-19, the highest single day death toll since the beginning of the pandemic. Wednesday's death toll surpassed that of US and Brazil, the other two worst affected countries in the world. Experts have predicted that even as the daily number of cases have been on the decline the death toll will go up as people who were infected during the peak of the second wave are still battling the disease....Read More
Dr VK Paul, Niti Aayog member (health), said at a press briefing on Tuesday that the "pandemic curve" is stabilising in many states of India even as the country continues to record close to 3 lakh cases and over 4,000 deaths a day. The union government also flagged certain states where cases were high, including West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the two states where polls were conducted recently.
Jharkhand records nearly 1,900 new Covid-19 cases, 53 deaths
Jharkhand's caseload of the Covid-19 disease climbed to 320,934 on Wednesday after 1,894 new cases, 53 more deaths and 4,528 recoveries, according to the state health department's bulletin.
Maharashtra: Pune logs 4,557 new coronavirus cases, 114 deaths
Chhattisgarh reports 5,680 new Covid-19 cases
Assam reports 6,143 new Covid-19 cases
Tamil Nadu logs 34,875 new Covid-19 cases, tally reaches nearly 1.7 million
Haryana reports 6,818 new Covid-19 cases
Telangana logs 3,837 fresh Covid-19 cases, 25 deaths
Manipur reports 582 new Covid-19 cases
Andhra Pradesh reports 23,160 new Covid-19 cases
Kerala witnesses rise of over 32,000 Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
Kerala on Wednesday reports 32,762 new coronavirus cases and 112 deaths in the last 24 hours. The death toll of the state now stands at 6,724, reported ANI.
Maharashtra: Nagpur reports 1,377 new coronavirus cases
Nagpur on Wednesday reported 1,377 new coronavirus cases and 36 deaths. More than 20,000 samples were tested to detect the disease in the last 24 hours.
Goa reports 1,209 new Covid-19 cases, active caseload reaches 22,964
Uttar Pradesh: Muzaffarnagar reports 174 new Covid-19 cases
Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar detected 174 people with coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours. The total number of people affected by the disease in the district now stands at 28,585, reported PTI.
Puducherry logs 1,759 fresh coronavirus infections
Malawi destroys 20,000 Covid-19 vaccines that expired
Defying calls from World Health Organization and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to not destroy vaccines that expired, Malawi burned 20,000 expired AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines, reported AP.
Thailand reports 3,394 new coronavirus cases
Thailand on Wednesday found 3,394 people positive with coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours. The country reported 29 more fatalities, as per an ANI report.
Mizoram reports 184 new Covid-19 cases
Mizoram on Wednesday reported 184 fresh infections of Covid-19, pushing the state's tally to 9,252, reported PTI.
Delhi reports 3,846 new Covid-19 cases, 235 deaths
Delhi on Wednesday logged 3,846 new coronavirus disease cases, 9,427 recoveries and 235 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin. Read more
Jharkhand reports nearly 3,000 new coronavirus cases
Jharkhand on Wednesday reported a decline in mortalities as it logged 62 deaths from Covid-19. The state reported 2,925 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to a PTI report.
Odisha clocks 11,099 new Covid-19 infections, takes tally to over 644,000
11,099 people tested positive with coronavirus disease in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 644,401, while 21 deaths from the virus pushed the toll to 2,378, reported PTI.
Delhi's Covid-19 positivity rate has dropped to 6.89%: Satyendar Jain
Delhi's Covid-19 positivity rate has dropped to 6.89%, health minister Satyendar Jain told reporters on Wednesday. The recovery rate has also improved and now stands at 94.79. Delhi had reported 4,482 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday.
Karnataka govt announces ₹1,250 crore Covid-19 relief package
Karnataka government announced a ₹1,250 crore Covid-19 relief package on Wednesday, reports ANI. The state has been reeling under a resurgent wave of Covid-19 and had recorded 30,309 fresh cases on Tuesday.
Taiwan puts whole island under Covid alert
Taiwan on Wednesday raised the alert level for the whole island as cases continue to rise, reported Reuters. Initially only capital Taipei had been put under alert.
Delhi high court issues notice to DCGI, others on PIL challenging Covaxin trial in children aged 2-18
The Delhi high court issued notice to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) and others on a PIL challenging Covaxin trials in children aged 2-18, reported ANI. DCHI had given the go-ahead to Bharat Biotech on May 11 and the trials were set to begin in the next 10-12 days.
Former chief minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya tests positive for Covid-19
Former chief minister of West Bengal and CPI(M) stalwart, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday and is currently in home isolation, reported ANI.
