India on Monday reported 35,499 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours taking the tally of infections to 3,19,69,954 since the pande...
India on Monday reported 35,499 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours taking the tally of infections to 3,19,69,954 since the pandemic broke out in January last year. The number of cases were 9.14% fewer than Sunday’s count of 39,070 infections.
The toll rose to 4,28,309 with 447 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases declined by 4,634 to 4,02,188, while as many as 3,11,39,457 people have recovered from the disease so far.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the state government will hold a mass inoculation drive from Monday till August 31, the Hindustan Times reported. Final year degree students, those in postgraduate courses and teachers at lower and upper primary levels will be the focus of the vaccination drive. Kerala has been reporting the highest number of daily cases among all states.
The Delhi government on Monday put in place a colour-coded action plan on Covid-related restrictions in the city in the coming days, NDTV reported. The restrictions range from a yellow alert, or Level 1, to a red alert, or Level 4, based on indicators like positivity rate, number of cases in a week and availability of oxygen beds in hospitals.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority has...
