Coronavirus live updates: Goa extends corona curfew till June 28

The recovery rate of Covid-19 cases has substantially improved to 97.20% in areas over which NMMC has jurisdiction. This is better than the current national average of 95.80%. The recovery rate was down to 88% soon after in March and part of April this year. While the highest number of fresh cases was 1,441 on April 4, the number has dipped below 1,200 now, leading to zero occupancy in 11 out of 14 Covid care centres.

After recording the highest number of daily Covid-19 in the world for more than two-and-a-half months during the lethal second wave, India’s average case count has dropped to second place with Brazil taking the dubious top spot again. In the last seven days ending Thursday, Brazil registered 4,88,882, narrowly inching ahead of India's count of 4,88,626, as per data from worldometers.info. This was the first time since late March that the seven-day average of daily Covid cases in India has been overtaken by another country.

Six mild to moderately ill Covid patients with multiple comorbid conditions showed faster recovery after taking the newest Covid medicine — a single dose cocktail of monoclonal antibodies at four different hospitals in the city in the last two weeks. All the six patients did not progress to severe Covid illness post-therapy, doctors said.

More than 71% of the Covid vaccination centres in the public sector are in rural areas which also accounted for nearly 53% of the jabs given during the six-week period in May-June, the government said underlining its focus to ensure that remote and rural regions in the country have adequate access to vaccines.

The Patna high court on Friday observed that the Bihar government’s reluctance to put the state’s Covid toll in the public domain is uncalled for. It said transparency is the hallmark of good governance, more so in today’s era when both the Centre and the state are committed to making Digital India and National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP), 2012 a success.

Even as Covid-19 positivity dropped below 5% in 513 districts during the June 11-17 period, the Centre stressed on maintaining a strict vigil on containment measures along with testing and vaccination.

Six mild to moderately ill Covid patients with multiple comorbid conditions showed faster recovery after taking the newest Covid medicine - a single-dose cocktail of monoclonal antibodies at four different hospitals in Pune in the last two weeks. All the six patients did not progress to severe Covid illness post-therapy, doctors said.