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THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 06, 2021, 00:25:55 IST
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Coronavirus live updates: Centre reviews preparedness of 5 states in Eastern India
A record 3,780 fresh Covid-19 fatalities were registered in a single day in India taking the death toll to 2,26,188, while 3,82,315 new coronavirus infections were recorded, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. With the fresh cases, the total tally of Covid-19 cases in the country climbed to 2,06,65,148. Stay here for all live updates
20:09 (IST) May 05
Maharashtra reports 57,640 fresh Covid-19 positive cases, 57,006 discharges, and 920 deaths
20:09 (IST) May 05
20:05 (IST) May 05
All journalists will be vaccinated on priority in the state. I have instructed Additional Chief Secretary (Health) in this regard: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
19:33 (IST) May 05
Karnataka reports 50,112 new positive cases, 26,841 recoveries and 346 deaths in the last 24 hours.
19:20 (IST) May 05
22,204 new cases, 85 deaths and 11,128 discharges reported in Andhra Pradesh in last 24 hours
19:11 (IST) May 05
India approves Roche/Regeneron antibody cocktail to treat COVID-19: Reuters
India has given emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 antibody drug cocktail developed by Roche (ROG.S) and Regeneron (REGN.O), expanding its arsenal of drugs to battle a massive second wave of infections.
19:03 (IST) May 05
India has become the fastest country in the world to administer 16 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 109 days: Health ministry
As of today: 🔹 India has become the fastest country in the world to administer 16 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine i… https://t.co/Vlic65s7zK
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) 162021803800018:33 (IST) May 05
18:27 (IST) May 05
Many embassies have positive cases of their personnel, diplomats, local employees, many approached us. MEA protocol division is addressing their issues & extended assistance, we don't have a dedicated hospital for diplomats: Sources on providing medical assistance to foreign missions
18:01 (IST) May 05
Kerala reports the highest single-day rise of 41,953 new Covid-19 cases & 58 deaths. Active cases stand at 3,75,658 in the state, 23,106 recovered. Total 13,62,363 patients recovered so far, while 5,565 deaths have been reported till now: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
17:25 (IST) May 05
This disease is not spreading through animals, it's human to human transmission: Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog
16:58 (IST) May 05
A phase three is inevitable, given the higher levels of circulating virus but it is not clear on what time scale this phase three will occur. We should prepare for new waves: K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre
16:53 (IST) May 05
Long Covid-19 wave of such ferocity we are seeing was not predicted: Govt
16:29 (IST) May 05
Variants are transmitted same as original strain. It doesn't have properties of new kinds of transmission. It infects humans in a manner that makes it more transmissible as it gains entry, makes more copies & goes on, same as original: Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre
16:28 (IST) May 05
Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Bihar among states that show increasing trend in daily Covid-19 cases: Govt
16:23 (IST) May 05
12 states have more than 1 lakh active cases, 7 states have 50,000 to 1 lakh active cases,& 17 states have less than 50,000 active cases. Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh & Andhra Pradesh have around 1.5 lakh active cases: Lav Agarwal, Union Health Ministry,Jt Secy
16:19 (IST) May 05
Liberalised policy (for vaccination) was started on May 1st. Under this, the drive has begun smoothly in 9 states and 6.71 lakh people in the age group of 18-44 years have been administered vaccines: Lav Agarwal, Union Health Ministry, Joint Secretary
16:18 (IST) May 05
There are some areas of concern. Bengaluru reported around 1.49 lakh cases in last one week. Chennai reported 38,000 cases. Some districts have recorded further & speedy COVID cases, these include Kozhikode, Ernakulam, Gurugram: Lav Agarwal
16:18 (IST) May 05
An increase in deaths has been noticed too. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, and Haryana reported more death cases: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry
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