India Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Covid Deaths (219) Today Lowest In 167 Days

Delhi Government Says Its Covid Vaccine Stock Will Last For 8 More Days
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 today.

The bulletin noted that 5,43,550 doses of Covishield were added to the stock on September 5.

Stop Events That Attract Crowds: Uddhav Thackeray To Political Parties
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday appealed to political parties to immediately stop agitations, meetings and other programmes to avoid crowding in the wake of a slight increase in the number of daily COVID-19 cases in the state.

"We can celebrate festivals later. Let us prioritise the lives and health of our citizens. The situation can go out of hand in view of the spike in daily cases," he said in a statement.

Allow Covishield 2nd Dose After 4 Weeks, Kerala High Court Orders Centre
As Kerala battles a surge in Covid cases, the High Court today ordered the Centre to allow a second dose of Covishield after a four-week gap instead of 12 weeks. The government was also asked to make changes to the CoWIN app to enable a reduced dose gap for "those who want it".

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Coronavirus: One Vaccine Makes More Antibodies Than Another. Does It Matter?
Ten months ago, the results of large clinical trials appeared almost too good to be true: Two messenger RNA vaccines reduced symptomatic Covid-19 cases by more than 90% in almost every group that got them.

Britain Distributing Coronavirus Vaccines To Climate Talks Delegates
Britain has started shipping COVID-19 vaccines to delegates attending global climate talks it is hosting next month who cannot access them at home, with the first shots to be delivered next week.

The COP26 conference, postponed from last year, takes place from October 31 to November 12 in Glasgow.

Typically delegates from more than 190 countries attend the annual talks, but with many countries still grappling with the novel coronavirus, climate and health experts have said poorer nations struggling to access COVID-19 vaccines could find sending delegates difficult.

"Vaccines are shipping and vaccination will begin next week and through mid-September before second jabs in October well ahead of COP26," British COP26 envoy John Murton said on Twitter on Friday.

Immediately stop programmes that attract crowds: Maharashtra Chief Minister
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday appealed to political parties to immediately stop agitations, meetings and other programmes to avoid crowding in the wake of a slight increase in the number of daily COVID-19 cases in the state.

"We can celebrate festivals later. Let us prioritise the lives and health of our citizens. The situation can go out of hand in view of the spike in daily cases," Thackeray said in a statement. "Who would like to impose restrictions on festivals and religious programmes? But people''s lives are important," he said.

UK Panel Against Giving COVID-19 Jabs To Healthy Children Aged 12-15
The UK government's independent advisory body on vaccines said Friday it would not recommend jabbing all 12- to 15-year-olds against coronavirus, arguing the benefits were "too small".

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), a panel of experts which advises ministers, has been weighing the issue after numerous other countries began giving the jabs to young teens.

It has previously recommended giving approved Covid-19 vaccines to all 16- and 17-year-olds but only to 12- to 15-year-olds who have underlying health conditions that make them more vulnerable to the virus.

Schools Reopen For Students Of Classes 6 To 8 In Karnataka
Schools reopened for students of classes 6 to 8 in Karnataka on Monday, by following strict COVID-19 protocols and standard operating procedures (SOP). As per government directions, schools have been reopened in taluks where COVID-19 positivity rate is below 2 per cent.

Primary and Secondary Education Minister BC Nagesh said that the government decided to reopen schools after approval from the state's technical advisory committee on COVID-19.

"The department had an intention of reopening schools for some time now and teachers were also ready for it, but keeping in mind the health of the students along with education and concerns of the parents, we discussed with the technical advisory committee and after taking the opinion of expert paediatricians, we are reopening schools for classes 6,7 and 8," he told reporters.

Maharashtra Reports 4,057 Coronavirus Cases, 67 Deaths
Maharashtra reported 4,057 coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, which took the state's infection tally to 64,86,174, while the death of 67 patients pushed the number to 1,37,774, the health department said. A total of 5,916 patients recuperated during the day, taking the recovery count to 62,94,767.

There are 50,095 active COVID-19 cases in the state, the department said in a statement.

So far, 5,48,54,018 people have been tested across the state.

Maharashtra's recovery rate is 97.05 per cent now and the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent, it said.

India Reports 219 Covid Deaths, Lowest In 167 Days
India logged 38,948 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,30,27,621, while the death toll climbed to 4,40,752 with 219 fresh fatalities, the lowest in 167 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The case fatality rate has declined to 1.33 per cent, according to the data updated at 8 am. India had reported 199 deaths in a single day on March 23.

PM Modi To Interact With Vaccine Beneficiaries In Himachal Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with healthcare workers and beneficiaries of the COVID-19 vaccination program in Himachal Pradesh through video conferencing today.

38,948 Fresh Covid Cases In India, 8.9% Lower Than Yesterday
India reported 38,948 fresh COVID-19 cases today, 8.9 per cent lower than yesterday. The total active cases is 4,04,874. The government said so far 68.75 crore doses of vaccines have been administered across the country.

Assam registers 321 new COVID-19 cases
Assam's COVID-19 tally soared to 5,91,980 on Sunday as 321 more people tested positive for the infection, while six fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death count to 5,699, a health bulletin said.

Kamrup Metropolitan district registered the highest number of new cases at 84, followed by Jorhat (33), Darrang (28) and Nalbari (17), PTI reported.

Tamil Nadu reports 1,592 new Covid cases in last 24 hours

During the same duration, 1,607 people recovered from the infection, ANI reported.