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.

New Delhi, India - May 18, 2021: A Covid-19 patient being taken into Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times) (Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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

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• 19 May 2021, 11:46:30 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 11:04:27 PM IST

  Maharashtra: Pune logs 4,557 new coronavirus cases, 114 deaths

• 19 May 2021, 10:47:40 PM IST

  Chhattisgarh reports 5,680 new Covid-19 cases

• 19 May 2021, 10:16:25 PM IST

  Assam reports 6,143 new Covid-19 cases

• 19 May 2021, 09:46:11 PM IST

  Tamil Nadu logs 34,875 new Covid-19 cases, tally reaches nearly 1.7 million

• 19 May 2021, 09:19:10 PM IST

  Haryana reports 6,818 new Covid-19 cases

• 19 May 2021, 08:41:05 PM IST

  Telangana logs 3,837 fresh Covid-19 cases, 25 deaths

• 19 May 2021, 08:30:18 PM IST

  Manipur reports 582 new Covid-19 cases

• 19 May 2021, 07:40:15 PM IST

  Andhra Pradesh reports 23,160 new Covid-19 cases

• 19 May 2021, 07:06:49 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 06:37:08 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 06:14:24 PM IST

  Goa reports 1,209 new Covid-19 cases, active caseload reaches 22,964

• 19 May 2021, 05:51:20 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 05:17:32 PM IST

  Puducherry logs 1,759 fresh coronavirus infections

• 19 May 2021, 04:49:01 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 04:14:30 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 03:55:49 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 03:28:15 PM IST

  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

• 19 May 2021, 03:13:22 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 02:25:44 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 01:48:38 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 12:13:48 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 12:06:43 PM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 10:52:39 AM IST

  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.

• 19 May 2021, 10:17:41 AM IST

  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.