Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world
New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI) Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Monday.
1:28 p.m.
Eight districts of Uttar Pradesh that lie in the National Capital Region account for over 20 per cent or one-fifth of the active COVID-19 cases in the state and more than 11 per cent of deaths linked to the coronavirus, according to official data.
1:20 p.m.
Odisha reports 234 new COVID-19 cases and three fresh fatalities.
1:15 p.m.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalised here after developing fever on Sunday, is being taken to AIIMS, Delhi for tests, his physician said.
12:49 p.m.
New passenger tracking system introduced at Delhi airport's Terminal 3.
12:20 p.m.
Commercial vehicle sales in India could take longer to recover than expected despite improving macro-economic indicators, according to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra).
12:09 p.m.
The Krishna district administration on Monday successfully conducted a dry run of the COVID-19 vaccination programme by carrying out various exercises that go into the actual event whenever it begins.
11:48 a.m.
Puducherry adds 33 new coronavirus cases as UT's overall tally cross 38K mark.
11:23 a.m.
Arunachal Pradesh reported two new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24-hours, taking the state's tally to 16,689, a senior health department official said on Monday.
11:03 a.m.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to recall ministers and top officials from their festive season break to seek urgent ways of addressing an unprecedented spike in COVID-19 infections and deaths, with hospitals turning away patients due to a lack of beds and oxygen.
10:50 a.m.
Two persons including an eight- month-old baby have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, taking the state's tally to 4,184, an official said on Monday.
Telangana logs 205 new COVID-19 cases as two deaths take toll to 1,533.
10:23 a.m.
Twelve more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, pushing the coronavirus tally in the Union Territory to 4,924, a health department official said on Monday.
10:09 a.m.
India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,02,07,871 with 20,021 infections being reported in a day, while death toll increased to 1,47,901 with 279 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
9:20 a.m.
With the addition of 341 fresh coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 2,41,814, an official said on Monday. PTI x`VIS VIS
