9.23 am: Kerala observes weekend lockdown. Kerala: Streets bear a deserted look in Kottayam as the State observes COVID19 weekend lockdo...

9.23 am: Kerala observes weekend lockdown.
Kerala: Streets bear a deserted look in Kottayam as the State observes COVID19 weekend lockdown. pic.twitter.com/pzLPHejXZm
— ANI (@ANI) June 12, 2021
9.15 am: India reports 84,332 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, taking its overall tally to 2,93,59,155 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. Deaths rise by 4,002 to 3,67,081.
9.04 am: As many as 719 doctors died during the second wave of the pandemic, says the Indian Medical Association. Of these, the maximum (111) were reported from Bihar, followed by Delhi (109).
Indian Medical Association (IMA) says 719 doctors died during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic; maximum 111 doctors lost their lives in Bihar, followed by Delhi (109) pic.twitter.com/4CCFSIMZj6
— ANI (@ANI) June 12, 2021
8.47 am: Here are the top updates from Friday
- India reported 91,702 new coronavirus cases, taking its total number of cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in January 2020 to 2,92,74,823. For the fourth consecutive day, the country recorded less than 1 lakh cases. Deaths rose by 3,403 to 3,63,079.
- The Centre said that the Indian Council of Medical Research will begin national-level sero-surveys to assess the spread of Covid-19. All states and Union Territories were also asked to conduct them “so that information from all geographies can be collected”.
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