Highlights: Delhi reports 384 fresh coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

India’s tally of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is at 10,323,965 after the Union health ministry on Sunday said the country had logged a total of 18,177 new infections in the preceding 24 hours. The global tally of cases, on the other hand, has crossed 85 million and is currently at 85,059,632, the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker shows. The tracker also shows that the disease has claimed a total of 1,842,026 lives thus far, with the United States, with over 20 million cases, being the worst-affected country.

On Sunday, India’s wait for a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) came to an end as the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) announced it had given approval for use in emergency cases of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech’s vaccines. While Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) will manufacture Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin is the country’s first indigenous vaccine against Covid-19. A third vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D of Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila, was given the nod for phase 3 trials.

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Chandigarh reports 43 new coronavirus cases

Chandigarh on Monday reported 43 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection count to 19,936, while another death pushed the toll to 321, according to a medical bulletin, reports PTI.

10:52 PM IST

Turkey logs 13,695 new Covid-19 cases

Turkey reported 13,695 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 2,255,607, reports Reuters.

10:21 PM IST

Delhi reports 384 new coronavirus cases, seven months low

As many as 384 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the last 24 hours in the national capital, according to Delhi's Health Department on Monday, reports ANI.

09:58 PM IST

Jharkhand records 160 new Covid-19 cases

Jharkhand reported 160 new #COVID19 cases & 232 recoveries & 1 death today.

The total number of cases now stands at 1,15,689 including 1,13,125 recoveries, 1036 deaths, and 1528 active cases: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/Tmh93QM7e0
— ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2021

09:34 PM IST

Karnataka reports 600 fresh Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Karnataka reported 600 new #COVID19 cases, 1283 discharges, and 3 deaths today.

Total cases: 9,22,538

Total discharges: 9,00,202

Death toll: 12,110

Active cases: 10,207 pic.twitter.com/9w4HLt9ptQ
— ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2021

09:10 PM IST

Maharashtra logs 2,765 new Covid cases

Maharashtra reports 2,765 new #COVID19 cases, 10,362 discharges, and 29 deaths today, as per State Health Department

Total cases: 19,47,011

Total recoveries: 18,47,361

Total active cases: 48,801

Total Deaths: 49,695 pic.twitter.com/58fCAvcoDp
— ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2021

08:55 PM IST

597 new Covid cases in West Bengal take total tally to 5,55,572

West Bengal reports 597 new #COVID19 cases, 1,347 discharges, and 25 deaths today, as per State Health Department

Total cases: 5,55,572

Total recoveries: 5,36,084

Active cases: 9,671

Death toll: 9,817 pic.twitter.com/JyoPEcshii
— ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2021

08:29 PM IST

Scotland imposes new lockdown as coronavirus surges

Scotland will implement another lockdown from midnight on Monday, including keeping schools closed and ordering people to largely remain at home, as a new strain of the coronavirus causes a spike in infections, reports Bloomberg.

08:01 PM IST

J-K records 133 new Covid cases, 2 deaths in last 24 hours

Jammu and Kashmir reports 133 new COVID-19 cases, 419 recoveries, and 2 deaths.

Total cases - 1,21,786

Active cases - 2,684

Total recoveries - 1,17,211

Total deaths - 1,891 pic.twitter.com/rn3d5JQ2ad
— ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2021

07:22 PM IST

UK scientists worry Covid vaccine may not work on South African strain

Scientists are not fully confident that Covid-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV's political editor said on Monday, citing an unidentified scientific adviser to the British government, reports Reuters.

07:10 PM IST

New strain of Covid-19 found in 8 Britain returnees

8 passengers who returned from Britain have been found positive for the new strain of COVID-19. Five of them are from Mumbai and one each from Pune, Thane and Mira Bhayander. Contact tracing is underway: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope. pic.twitter.com/onIQ9oR4pb
— ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2021

06:40 PM IST

Tamil Nadu records 838 fresh Covid cases, 10 deaths

Tamil Nadu reported 838 new #COVID19 cases, 985 discharges, and 10 deaths in the last 24 hours: State Health Department

Total cases: 8,21,550

Total discharges: 8,01,414

Death toll: 12,166

Active cases: 7,970 pic.twitter.com/nTwPp6oioX
— ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2021

06:15 PM IST

Puducherry CM says 14,000 health, field workers to be vaccinated first

Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy said on Monday that the territorial administration has readied infrastructure to vaccinate 14,000 health and field workers against Covid-19, reports PTI.

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Austria extends lockdown till Jan 24 in wake of Covid-19

Austria has scrapped plans to allow anyone with a negative coronavirus test to exit lockdown a week early, effectively extending strict measures and keeping restaurants and non-essential stores shut until Jan. 24, news agency APA reported on Monday, reports Reuters.

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Nagaland logs 5 new Covid cases

Five cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Nagaland today, taking total cases to 11,935 including 11,551 recoveries and 173 active cases said Nagaland Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom, reports ANI.