LIVE: Punjab adds 1,036 fresh Covid-19 cases; 20 more deaths

Globally, the coronavirus case tally has reached over 117 million with the death toll about to cross 2.6 million mark, as per the John Hopkins University coronavirus tracker.

A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. (Bloomberg)

The active coronavirus caseload of India has reached over 1.88 lakh with a positivity rate of 1.68 per cent, as per the Union health ministry. The highest contributors to the active Covid-19 tally of the country remain the six states of Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. As per the health ministry data, these states account for more than 86 per cent of the active coronavirus cases in India....Read More

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• 9 Mar 2021, 11:06:17 PM IST

  Italy records 376 new Covid deaths, 19,749 more cases

  Italy on Tuesday reported 19,749 fresh cases and 376 more deaths which pushed the caseload to 3.1 million, as per the health ministry. As many as 100,479 people have died till now, it added.

• 9 Mar 2021, 10:35:30 PM IST

  Punjab adds 1,036 fresh Covid-19 cases; 20 more deaths

  Punjab on Tuesday continued to add more than 1,000 coronavirus disease cases. On Tuesday, 1,036 people tested positive for Covid-19 while 20 died. The state's caseload is nearing 191,000 while the toll stands at 5,961.

• 9 Mar 2021, 09:25:40 PM IST

  More than 2.4 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India so far: Govt

  The Union health ministry said on Tuesday that more than 2.40 crore people had been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) till now adding that 10,28,911 people were vaccinated on Tuesday.

• 9 Mar 2021, 08:37:38 PM IST

  Maharashtra records more than 9,900 new Covid-19 cases, Mumbai sees over 1,000 fresh infections again

  Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 9,927 fresh coronavirus disease cases and 56 more related deaths which pushed the total caseload to 2,238,398. Nearly 2.1 million people have recovered till now. Tuesday's tally is 1,183 higher than that of Monday's when 8,744 fresh cases were seen.

• 9 Mar 2021, 08:11:44 PM IST

  'Janata Curfew' imposed in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district from 12-15 March

  A 'Janata Curfew' has been imposed in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district from 12-15 March, according to district collector Abhijit Raut. Raut added that emergency services, Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) and exams of other departments would be exempted.

• 9 Mar 2021, 07:33:08 PM IST

  Tamil Nadu's Covid tally climbs over 856,000; 569 new cases added

  Tamil Nadu on Tuesday recorded 569 fresh coronavirus disease cases and four more deaths deaths that took the caseload and death toll to 856,246 and 12,525 respectively, according to the state health department's bulletin. Total recoveries are nearing 840,000 while the active cases have climbed to 4,073, the bulletin added.

• 9 Mar 2021, 06:49:42 PM IST

  Sweden records 11,014 new Covid-19 cases, 39 deaths since Friday

  Sweden, which has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic, has registered 11,014 new coronavirus cases since Friday, health agency statistics showed on Tuesday. The figure compared with 11,804 cases during the corresponding period last week. The country of 10 million inhabitants registered 39 new deaths, taking the total to 13,042. The deaths registered have occurred over several days and sometimes weeks. Sweden's death rate per capita is many times higher than that of its Nordic neighbours' but lower than in several European countries that opted for lockdowns.

• 9 Mar 2021, 06:12:40 PM IST

  Delhi reports 320 new Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths in past 24 hours

• 9 Mar 2021, 04:14:39 PM IST

  57 new cases push Odisha's Covid-19 tally to 3,37,860

  Odisha's Covid-19 tally mounted to 3,37,860 on Tuesday as 57 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Thirty-four new cases were reported in quarantine centres, while 23 infections were detected during contact tracing. Khurda district registered the highest number of new cases at 12, followed by Cuttack (eight) and Sundergarh (seven). The state's coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 1,917 as no fresh fatality was reported. Fifty-three coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far.

• 9 Mar 2021, 03:32:29 PM IST

  Italy factory to produce Sputnik vaccine, first in EU: trade body

  An Italian-Swiss pharmaceutical company has agreed to produce Russia's Sputnik V vaccine in Italy, the first such deal in the European Union, a trade body said Tuesday. "The vaccine will be produced from July 2021 in (pharma company) Adienne factories in Lombardy," northern Italy, a spokesman for the Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Stefano Maggi, told AFP -- although the European Medicines Agency has yet to approve the jab.

• 9 Mar 2021, 02:14:36 PM IST

  Maharashtra: Aurangabad reports 388 new Covid-19 cases

  With the addition of 388 new cases of coronavirus, the tally of infections in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district has risen to 53,357, an official said on Tuesday, reports PTI.

• 9 Mar 2021, 01:46:00 PM IST

  Russia reports less than 10,000 new Covid-19 cases for first time in 5 months

  Russia reported 9,445 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, the first time since early October that the daily tally has dropped below 10,000, reports Reuters

• 9 Mar 2021, 01:24:15 PM IST

  Karnataka 'marching towards a Covid free state', says state health minister

  Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday said the state is 'marching towards a Covid free state' with more than 10 lakh vaccinations having been done so far, reports PTI.

• 9 Mar 2021, 12:49:45 PM IST

  Senior BJP leader LK Advani receives first jab of Covid vaccine

• 9 Mar 2021, 12:47:36 PM IST

  DMK president MK Stalin receives first dose of Covid vaccine

  DMK president M K Stalin received a Covid-19 vaccination on Tuesday at a private hospital in Chennai.

• 9 Mar 2021, 12:39:23 PM IST

  Puducherry reports 26 new Covid-19 cases

  Twenty six fresh Covid-19 cases in the Union Territory of Puducherry on Tuesday took the tally to 39,908, while the fatalities remained at 670 with no deaths being reported, the health department said, reports PTI.

• 9 Mar 2021, 12:12:59 PM IST

  Actor Ranbir Kapoor tests Covid-19 positive

• 9 Mar 2021, 11:38:50 AM IST

  Veteran actor Paresh Rawal gets first dose of Covid vaccine

  Veteran actor and former BJP MP Paresh Rawal on Tuesday said that he has received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, reports PTI.

• 9 Mar 2021, 11:16:42 AM IST

  Maharashtra: Thane reports 610 new Covid-19 cases

  With the addition of 610 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 2,70,455,an official said on Tuesday, reports PTI.

• 9 Mar 2021, 10:52:34 AM IST

  Over 20 lakh people vaccinated against Covid-19 in one day: Health ministry

• 9 Mar 2021, 10:35:33 AM IST

  Made in India Covid-19 vaccine reaches Jamaica

  As part of its Vaccine Maitri initiative aimed to assist countries in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the Made-in-India vaccines reached Jamaica on Monday (local time), reports ANI.

• 9 Mar 2021, 09:59:09 AM IST

  Indonesia clears AstraZeneca Covid shot for emergency use

  Indonesia cleared AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, a second shot made available by the government to bolster its inoculation drive amid concern over an influx of new virus variants, reports Bloomberg.

• 9 Mar 2021, 09:23:03 AM IST

  India reports 15,388 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

  India reports 15,388 new coronavirus cases and 77 deaths in last 24 hours, takes the total Covid-19 tally to over 11.24 million, as per the health ministry data.

• 9 Mar 2021, 09:03:31 AM IST

  Over 22 crore samples tested for Covid-19 so far: ICMR

• 9 Mar 2021, 08:19:28 AM IST

  Covid vaccines made in India reaches Belize in Central America

• 9 Mar 2021, 07:48:11 AM IST

  China reports 8 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

  China reported eight new Covid-19 cases on March 8, down from 19 a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Tuesday, reports Reuters.