Coronavirus live updates: Dr Reddy's starts supply of Sputnik V first doses

No person tested positive for Covid-19, while one patient was declared cured in Varanasi district on Monday. No fatality due to coronavirus infection was reported in the last 24 hours. According to the daily medical bulletin, the cumulative number of positive cases remained at 82,388, while the recoveries increased to 81,608 in the district. There are seven active cases of Covid-19 in Varanasi now.

The Supreme Court on Monday while dismissing an appeal by the Manipur government, observed that High Courts were bastions of ensuring that justice was dispensed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The court said this while dismissing an appeal filed by the Manipur government challenging the High Court's order directing the state to frame exhaustive rules for combating Covid-19. Read full story

This feat has been achieved thrice in the last 11 days. With this, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 69.68 crores today

Karnataka on Monday reported 973 new cases of Covid-19 and 17 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 29,56,137 and death toll to 37,426. The day also saw 1,071 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries in the state so far to 29,01,299.

The stock of Coronavirus vaccine in the national capital will last for another eight days, according to a vaccination bulletin issued by the Delhi government on Monday. As of Monday morning, 1,61,450 doses of Covaxin and 12,46,420 doses of Covishield are left in stock. The bulletin noted that 5,43,550 doses of Covishield were added to the stock on Sunday. (PTI)

The Karnataka government is working with a target to fully vaccinate the entire adult population against Covid-19 by the end of November, health and medical education Minister K Sudhakar said on Monday.

Nagpur Guardian Minister Nitin Raut on Monday reviewed the Covid-19 situation in the region and said more restrictions could be put in place in the district in the next three to four days as the daily infection count had begun rising in double digits. The Covid-19 tally in Nagpur increased by 12 during the day to reach 4,93,072, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,119, leaving the district with an active caseload of 56.

Oregon and Idaho have joined the list of US states that are running out of intensive care unit beds as both confront a dramatic rise in new coronavirus infections.

Europe's medicines regulator said on Monday it was evaluating data on a booster dose for the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech , to be given six months after the second dose in people aged 16 years and older. The European Medicines Agency said it would carry out a speedy evaluation of the data, with an outcome expected "within the next few weeks". It also added that it was also assessing data on the use of an additional dose of mRNA vaccines in people with weak immune systems. Read full story

The court was seeking permission to administer the second dose of Covishield vaccine to its workers without having to wait for 84 days.