Coronavirus live updates: Oxford Covid vaccine 'safe and well-tolerated' in older age groups

Schools, colleges in Gujarat not to reopen from November 23 due to the current Covid situation: State government (ANI)

Haryana reports 2,212 new COVID-19 cases, 2,156 discharges, and 20 deaths, says state health department (ANI)

75 doctors and over 250 paramedics from Central forces have arrived and are already deployed to augment Delhi’s medical infrastructure. Around 150 ICU beds added in last 3 days: MHA

MHA has advised Haryana & UP govts to conduct survey of private hospitals in NCR districts, as was done in Delhi.

RT-PCR tests to be increased to 60,000 per day by Nov end. 10 multi-disciplinary teams of MHA are visiting more than 100 private hospitals to assess all systems.

Tracing the spread of Covid-19

State govt decides to impose night curfew in Ahmedabad from 9pm to 6am in the wake of rising cases of Covid in the city after the festive season.

The curfew will be effective from tomorrow Nov 20 till further notice.

Union minister for chemicals & fertilizers Sadananda Gowda tests positive for Covid.

Of the new recoveries, 77.27 % was contributed by 10 states and Union territories, with Kerala recording the most 7,066 people recuperating from Covid-19 in a day.

The national recovery rate has improved to 93.58 % with 83,83,602 recovered cases which exceeded active cases by 79,40,299, the health ministry said.

Haryana health minister Anil Vij says he will be administered a trial dose of Covaxin tomorrow.

Oxford vaccine trial chief investigator Pollard says it's possible things could line up so that our vaccine is available to public at a similar time to others, reports Reuters.

Oxford vaccine trial chief investigator says lots of cases accumulating in UK, Brazil and South Africa (Reuters)