Coronavirus pandemic live updates: At 3, Mumbai reports lowest Covid death toll since March

Mumbai on Sunday reported threeCOVID-19 deaths, which are the lowest in a single day since March last year, city civic commissioner I S Chahal said. In a statement, the city civic chief said the hard work of the Maharashtra government and teams of the BMC is paying off. "I congratulate the eminent citizens of Mumbai for their outstanding cooperation and support. A big salute to all the doctors & supporting frontline workers and the media who created great positive awareness which has made this possible," Chahal stated.

Chief Executive Adar Poonawalla said in an interview after the shot was approved for emergency use in the world's second-most populous country, that exports might be possible after supplying the Indian government with an initial 100 million doses.

The Madhya Pradesh government has ordered closure of all COVID care centres in the state, except those in Bhopal, from January 1 in view of the low occupancy of beds, as per an official order made available on Sunday. This decision evoked a sharp reaction from the opposition Congress, with its state unit president Kamal Nath questioning the rationale behind the order. Defending the decision, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the pandemic is under control in the state and there is no justification to keep the COVID care centres open "just for the sake of keeping them open".

Momota was looking to make his international comeback in Bangkok after almost a year out following a car crash that left him with serious injuries.

The company will now be initiating Phase III clinical trial in around 30,000 volunteers, Zydus Cadila said in a statement. ZyCoV-D was found to be safe, well-tolerated and immunogenic in phase I and II clinical trials, it added.