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Coronavirus Latest News Updates: Maharashtra logs 34,031 new COVID-19 cases, 594 deaths; positivity rate at 17.15%

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Coronavirus Latest News Updates: The state’s infection tally is now at 54,67,537, while the death of 594 patients pushed the toll to 84,371, the state health department said

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Coronavirus Latest News Updates: Maharashtra logs 34,031 new COVID-19 cases, 594 deaths; positivity rate at 17.15%
May 19, 2021, 22:53:01 (IST)
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Haryana records 153 deaths, 6,818 new cases

Haryana on Wednesday reported 153 fresh COVID-19 fatalities, taking its cumulative death toll to 7,076, and 6,818 new cases, pushing the state’s infection tally to 7,16,507. According to the health department’s daily bulletin, the latest deaths include 22 from Karnal, 15 from Gurgaon, 14 from Hisar and 10 from Panipat.

Among the districts reporting a big spike in new infections are Gurgaon (1,161), Hisar (565) and Faridabad (435), it showed.

The total number of active cases stands at 70,758, while the count of recoveries has reached 6,38,673.

The state’s COVID-19 positivity rate is 8.50 per cent and the recovery rate 89.14 per cent, the bulletin showed.

May 19, 2021, 22:47:10 (IST)
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Two farmers die near Singhu border, 1 found COVID positive

Two farmers from Punjab, who were part of the group protesting here against the new farm laws, passed away with one of them found COVID positive, officials said on Wednesday.

The two farmers Balbir Singh (50) and Mahender Singh (70) residents of Patiala and Ludhiana respectively died on Tuesday.

They were part of the group protesting near the Singhu Border.

Sonipat’s Chief Medical Officer Jaswant Singh Punia said Balbir had been suffering from fever for a couple of days.

He was declared brought dead at a government hospital and a test revealed that he had COVID, said Punia.

May 19, 2021, 22:39:01 (IST)
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Assam reports 89 fresh COVID deaths

Assam reported 89 deaths due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, while the number of coronavirus cases rose sharply with 6,143 persons testing positive, pushing the total number of infections to 3,47,001, the National Health Mission (NHM) said.

With 26 persons in Kamrup Metropolitan, eight each in Dibrugarh and Kamrup, Karbi Anglong (6),Cachar (5), three each in Jorhat, Morigaon, Sonitpur and Tinsukia, two each in Barpeta, Charaideo, Goalpara, Hojai, Kokrajhar, Nagaon, Sivasagar and Udalguri, and one each in Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Hailakandi, Nalbari and South Salmara, the total number of deaths rose to 2,433 persons.

NHM said 1,347 more COVID-19 patients have died till now, but the government’s Death Audit Board has not included them in the tally of deaths caused by the COVID-19 virus as they had other ailments too. With the detection of 6,143 patients against testing of 1,02,040 samples on Wednesday, Assam has reported a positivity rate of 6.02 per cent for the day, the NHM daily bulletin said

May 19, 2021, 22:23:03 (IST)
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More than 100 COVID-19 deaths for second consecutive day in Bihar

More than 100 COVID-19 deaths were reported in Bihar for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, though the state appeared to have left the worst behind with recovery rate exceeding 90 percent and active caseload dipping to nearly half of what it was during the peak.

According to the health department, the COVID-19 death toll has risen to 4,143 with 104 fresh fatalities. On Tuesday, 111 fatalities were reported, the highest number for a single day in the state.

Besides, 6,059 fresh cases have raised the overall tally to 6.70 lakh. However, 6.07 lakh people have recovered from the coronavirus infection so far.

The number of active cases, which had increased more than 50 times since the beginning of April and stood at more than 1.15 lakh till a few weeks ago, has dropped to 58,610.

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Maharashtra logs 34,031 new COVID-19 cases, 594 deaths

Maharashtra reported 34,031 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, which took the infection tally to 54,67,537, while the death of 594 patients pushed the toll to 84,371, the state health department said.

On Tuesday, the state had recorded 28,438 cases and 679 deaths.

As compared to the previous day, the single-day death toll of the state dropped by 85, but the case count rose by 5,593 on Wednesday.

A total of 51,457 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, which took the recovery count to 49,78,937.

With this, the number of active cases in the state is now 4,01,695, the department said.

May 19, 2021, 21:55:23 (IST)
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Mumbai records 1,350 new COVID-19 cases, 57 deaths

Mumbai reported 1,350 new coronavirus positive cases and 57 deaths on Wednesday, taking its overall infection tally to 6,92,239 and fatality count to 14,409, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

The city’s daily COVID-19 case count surged by nearly 400 and the death toll by 13 as compared to Tuesday, when it recorded 953 cases and 44 fatalities.

Mumbai currently has 29,643 active COVID-19 cases following the discharge of 4,565 patients from hospitals. The recovery count of the metropolis is now 6,46,163. The city’s recovery rate has improved to 93 percent, it said.

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Nagaland extends lockdown till 31 May as COVID cases continue to rise

Considering the consistent rise in COVID-19 cases in the state, the Nagaland government on Wednesday decided to extend the ongoing total lockdown till May 31, officials said.

At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, the state’s High Powered Committee (HPC) on COVID-19 made the decision two days before the current week-long lockdown comes to an end.

The ongoing total lockdown, which came into effect from 6 pm on May 14, was imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus. However, there was not much improvement in the situation.

May 19, 2021, 21:34:55 (IST)
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Harsh Vardhan advises people against indiscriminate, excessive use of steroids

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Wednesday cautioned people against indiscriminate and excessive use of steroids saying COVID-19 complications are being seen across the country due to breach of treatment protocols.

Vardhan, who inspected a newly installed oxygen plant and the construction progress of new COVID blocks at Safdarjung Hospital this morning said that people are taking heavy doses of steroids even when they have not turned hypoxic, a health ministry statement said.

“Steroids are to be provided only when a patient is hypoxic, to be administered in small doses to prevent side effects and not more than a few days at a stretch. Recommendations of a doctor are must for the use of these medicines,” he said.

These steps should take care of the occurrence of the higher number of Mucormycosis infections being reported country-wide, he hoped.

May 19, 2021, 21:15:01 (IST)
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AP clocks 23,160 new COVID-19 cases,24,819 recoveries,106 deaths

Recoveries outnumbered fresh cases of coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh after a long gap on Wednesday as the state reported 24,819 and 23,160 in that order, apart from 106 deaths. The total positives reached 14,98,532. The gross recoveries increased to 12,79,110 while the toll climbed to 9,686, according to the latest bulletin. The active caseload decreased to 2,09,736, it said.

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Delhi has one day’s Covaxin stock for 45+ age group, key workers, says Atishi

“For those above 45 years, healthcare workers and frontline workers, Covaxin’s stock is left for one day, and Covishield’s stock is remaining for three days. We have received 45,44,250 doses for this category, out of which, 42,88,350 have been utilised. This means, 2,55,900 are still left with us. We are expecting another stock of Covishield for 45-plus group, to arrive in the next three days,” said AAP leader Atishi.

Hence, it is being hoped that the immunisation of this category will continue. Covaxin’s stock has not been committed by the Centre, but we are in talks with them to initiate its supply, as a lot of people are going to be ready to take the second dose of Covaxin in the coming days, the AAP leader said. “We are hoping that the Centre will understand this problem of vaccine shortage that Delhi is facing and will supply enough vaccine doses at the earliest,” she added. 

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May 19, 2021, 20:54:33 (IST)
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Delhi’s Covishield stock for 18-44 age group to last only two day, says Atishi

 AAP MLA Atishi said on Wednesday that Delhi’s stock of Covishield vaccine for the 18-44 age group will last only two days, beyond which the vaccination for this category will have to be halted.The stock of Covaxin for this age group is over, she said. In a vaccination bulletin issued online, she also said, “we will have to temporarily shut down nearly 350 centres, administering Covishield to 18-44 years group, after two days from now”.

“On May 18, 1,05,357 doses were administered, out of which, 88,332 doses were given to those who received it for the first time. This has been a high figure post the walk-in vaccination of 45 and above age group in government schools. The second doses accounted for 17,025,” she said. Over 48 lakh doses have been administered in total. Out of these, nearly 10,94,619 people have received both their shots and are fully vaccinated, she said.

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India to procure vaccines by year-end to cover all adults, says Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Wednesday said India will have procured 267 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of this year, and will be in a position to inoculate at least all of its adult population, according to an official statement.  Interacting with the health ministers and principal secretaries/ additional chief secretaries of West Bengal and eight northeast states, Vardhan said, “Between August to December 2021, India will have procured 216 crore vaccine doses while, by July this year, 51 crore doses will be procured.” He urged states to ensure that the healthcare and frontline workers are fully vaccinated, as they form the vulnerable categories.

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COVID-19 protocols must be adhered to at oath-taking ceremony, directs Kerala HC

According to LiveLaw, the Kerala High Court observing that the state is a  “forerunner in COVID-19 management”, said all COVID-19 protocols must be followed at the oath-taking ceremony. Political parties should decide whether the presence of all MLAs in required to attend, the court directed. “The spouses and relatives of all the MLAs, except the designated ministers, are not required to participate in the Swearing-in Ceremony. The ceremony can be viewed from the residence of the respective MLAs. Government officials required for the performance/ participation in the ceremony alone shall be permitted,” the court said in its order.

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The Kerala High Court on Wednesday refused to set aside the state government’s decision to hold a physical swearing in ceremony for the new CPM-led LDF government headed by Pinarayi Vijayan, reports Bar&Bench. The court however urged the Kerala government to consider reducing the number of participants for Thursday’s ceremony. 

“Though States like West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, with more number of Legislators in the Assembly have performed the Swearing-in Ceremony with lesser number, Government of Kerala, a forerunner in Covid-19 management, should restrict the number to the maximum to avoid the widespread COVID-19”, it said in the order.

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In his letter to Harsh Vardhan, senior Congress leader PC Sharma said, “Pragya Singh Thakur is a senior BJP leader and MP from Bhopal. She stated that gaumutra cures the infection of lungs and the COVID-19. Her words must be credible”.

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Delhi HC asks Centre, AAP govt to apprise on shortage of medicine to treat black fungus

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The high court said the government will have to elaborate what is the bottleneck and how the medicine can suddenly be in short supply when it is locally manufactured.

Tomorrow you tell us about your stock, your supply and how you are distributing it and what is the rationale behind it, a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said.

The issue of shortage of medicine Amphotericin B, for treating Mucormycosis (black fungus) was raised by advocate Rakesh Malhotra who also referred to a recent order passed by the Delhi government concerning requisitioning of the drug for the ailment.

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A total of 43 persons, including 23 women, have died in Somalpur village in the last one month," Dr Hukum Singh, in-charge of the health and wellness centre in the area, said, adding that all those who died were elderly people. “Of them, four men and three women were coronavirus positive while the status of the infection in the remaining people is not known but all of them were suffering from different diseases like kidney or heart disease,” he said.  However, locals claim that the number of deaths is double than the usual deaths recorded in the village and suspected COVID infection as the reason.

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Two  black fungus cases reported in UP’s Aligarh

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Bombay HC asks JJ Hospital to form expert panel to examine Stan Swamy

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A vacation bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and S P Tavade directed the hospital’s dean to form a committee of expert doctors, including a neuro-physician, an ENT specialist, an orthopaedic, a general physician, and other doctor required, to examine Swamy.The bench also directed the state government to submit a report of the medical examination before the HC by 21 May.

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Black fungus declared an epidemic in Rajasthan

Mucormycosis (black fungus), which is primarily affecting people recovering from COVID, has been declared an epidemic in Rajasthan, officials said on Wednesday.  Currently, the state has around 100 black fungus patients and a separate ward has been made at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur for their treatment.

Mucormycosis has been notified as an epidemic and a notifiable disease in the state under the Rajasthan Epidemic Act 2020, according to a notification issued by state’s Principal Health Secretary Akhil Arora.

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Delhi reports 3,846 new cases, 235 deaths

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At 5.78 percent, the positivity rate is at its lowest since 6 April, when it stood at 4.9 percent.

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Bombay HC directs Maharashtra govt to transfer Hany Babu to Breach Candy Hospital by tomorrow

Bombay High Court directs the Maharashtra government to transfer Prof Hany Babu to a hospital of his choice (Breach Candy Hospital) by tomorrow as he suffering from Mucormycosis and is coronavirus positive, reports LiveLaw.  The cost of treatment will be borne by Babu and his family is permitted to communicate with him and the doctors. According _to Bar&Bench,_The court says that Breach Candy is to submit a report on 9 June and also serve it to the NIA.The court also directs that if Hany Babu recovers before 9 June, he will be discharged and the report will be submitted whenever he is discharged.

Babu, 55, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, was arrested in July last year. He was admitted to the government-run J J Hospital last week and later moved to the GT Hospital.

#Breaking - Bombay High Court directs the State to transfer prof Hany Babu to a hospital of his choice (Breach Candy Hospital) by tomorrow as he suffering from #BlackFungus and is Covid positive. #ElgarParishad #BombayHC #Bhimakoregaon https://t.co/PRMN6WS6Zo

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Can BMC conduct door-to-door vaccination drive: Bombay HC seeks response

The Bombay High Court Municipal directs the Mumbai Municipal Commissioner to apprise it of a door-to-door vaccination policy for elderly and disabled citizens, and if it can be introduced after obtaining consent of the relatives of such citizens who are well aware of consequences and after-effects, reports LiveLaw. The court will hear the matter tomorrow.

According to Bar&Bench, when the BMC lawyer submits that the period granted by the court is a short time, the court says,“We know it is a short time, but then lives are precious. Each day is important for them.”.

Bench requests the Municipal Commissioner, to apprise them, of door to door vaccination policy for such elderly snd disabled citizens, and if it can be introduced after obtaining consent of the relatives of such citizens, being well aware of consequences of after effects.

— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021, 15:42:09 (IST)
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If BMC can conduct door-to-door vaccination, we will allow it, says Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court said it will allow the BMC to conduct door-to-door vaccination if the the civic body can do it for elderly and persons with disabilities unable to visit vaccination centres. “Who is appearing for Corporation? Can you do door-to-door vaccination? If you can, we will allow you. Come to help of old residents. Don’t wait for the Central government to give permission,"LiveLaw quotes the court as saying.

Bench: Who is appearing for Corporation? Can you do door to door vaccination? If you can, we will allow you. Come to help of old residents. Don’t wait for central government to give permission.#BombayHighCourt #COVID19 #Vaccination

— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) May 19, 2021
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Deaths due to COVID-19 increasing, vaccines reducing: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Centre of diverting attention and said while deaths due to COVID-19 are increasing the vaccines are reducing.   He also shared graphs showing a decline in COVID-19 vaccinations and the rise in number of daily deaths due to coronavirus.

“Vaccines are decreasing and Covid deaths are increasing. The Central government policy – Divert attention, spread untruth, make noise by hiding facts,” he charged in a tweet in Hindi.

वैक्सीन कम होती जा रही हैं और कोविड मृत्यु बढ़ती जा रही हैं।

केंद्र सरकार की नीति-

ध्यान भटकाओ,
झूठ फैलाओ,
शोर मचाकर तथ्य छुपाओ। pic.twitter.com/aIJwvMYBTW

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Delhi to form special task force to protect children from third wave, says Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that the Delhi government will form a special task force to protect children from the third wave of COVID-19.  He said the decision was taken at a meeting with officials.

“If the third wave of COVID comes, then we have to be prepared in advance to fight it. In a meeting with the officials today took some important decisions. To create special task force to protect children from the third wave, better management of adequate beds, oxygen and essential medicines than last time,” Kejriwal said in a tweet in Hindi. 

अगर कोरोना की तीसरी लहर आती है तो उससे लड़ने के लिए हमें पहले से तैयार रहना होगा, आज अधिकारियों के साथ बैठक में कुछ महत्वपूर्ण निर्णय लिए-

1. तीसरी लहर से बच्चों को बचाने के लिए बनाएंगे विशेष टास्क फ़ोर्स

2. पर्याप्त बेड, ऑक्सीजन और ज़रूरी दवाओं का पहले से बेहतर प्रबंधन pic.twitter.com/KNSviE0p4N

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 19, 2021
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Door-to-door vaccination should be provided to all genders, says petitioner in Bombay HC

Advocate Dhruti Kapadia, who filed a petition in Bombay High Court seeking door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination for the elderly and those indisposed or physically challenged, Wednesday said the option should also be made available for all genders. 

“Under gender category, it only provides option for male and female. Third gender should also be added or else they will miss out. Its a point of thought they should apply their minds on this,” said Kapadia while reading the BMC affidavit.

The high court on Wednesday had sought an affidavit from the Mumbai civic body on the steps it intends to take on a ward wise vaccination camp in the city in its 200 plus wards.

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Bombay HC seeks Centre’s response on plea seeking door-to-door vaccination

Bombay High Court directed the Centre to file a reply by Wednesday on what measures it took to comply with its assurance on taking a relook at its policy barring door-to-door vaccination at this stage.

Earlier on 12 May, the high court bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni observed that if the door to door policy on vaccination was implemented it may have saved lives and benefitted many.

Coronavirus Latest News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra reported 34,031 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, which took the infection tally to 54,67,537, while the death of 594 patients pushed the toll to 84,371, the state health department said. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Wednesday said India will have procured 267 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of this year, and will be in a position to inoculate at least all of its adult population, according to an official statement. The Kerala High Court on Wednesday refused to set aside the state government’s decision to hold a physical swearing-in ceremony for the new CPM-led LDF government headed by Pinarayi Vijayan, reports  Bar&Bench. The court however urged the Kerala government to consider reducing the number of attendees for Thursday’s ceremony.   As per reports, Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has received bids from three vaccine manufacturing companies to import 1 crore doses of Sputnik V vaccine, BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said on Wednesday. A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to make Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) a party in the pending case on COVID-19 management. An intervention application filed by activist Saket Gokhale in the suo motu case on distribution of essential supplies and services during pandemic said that PM CARES FUND be asked to clarify about the current status of the fund, its links with the Centre, details of funds allocated and progress made towards COVID-19 relief and the status of the projects sanctioned Mucormycosis (black fungus), which is primarily affecting people recovering from COVID, has been declared an epidemic in Rajasthan, officials said on Wednesday. Currently, the state has around 100 black fungus patients and a separate ward has been made at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur for their treatment. The Union health ministry said that screening of vaccine recipients by Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) prior to COVID-19 vaccination is not required.  The Union health ministry on Wednesday said it had accepted the NEGVAC’s recommendations and COVID-19 vaccination should be deferred by three months after recovery from the illness. If infected with COVID after taking the first vaccine dose, second dose to be deferred by three months after clinical recovery, it said Bombay High Court directs the Maharashtra government to transfer DU associate professor Hany Babu to a hospital of his choice (Breach Candy Hospital) by tomorrow as he suffering from Mucormycosis and is coronavirus positive, reports LiveLaw. The cost of treatment will be borne by Babu and his family is permitted to communicate with him and the doctors. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said if the BMC can conduct door-to-door vaccination for the old and the persons with disability, it will allow the BMC to do so. The court told Mumbai civic body that it will give the go-ahead for door-to-door vaccination even if the Centre is not willing to give permission and asked the BMC commissioner to file an affidavit. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Centre of diverting attention and said while deaths due to COVID-19 are increasing the vaccines are reducing. A Bombay HC Bench comprising CJ Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni had observed that if the door-to-door policy on vaccination was implemented earlier it may have saved many lives. Slamming the BMC for neglecting public health, the Bombay HC said that Indian students for lack of seats are going to countries like Russia, China for education. “Isn’t it somewhere we should really really be thinking,” the court asked. Bombay corporation has unique vision since ages. No other corporation in Maharashtra has the vision to establish these medical colleges. There are 5 medical colleges only in Bombay, said the court. The state government said it will provide Rs 3,000 each for auto/taxi drivers and construction workers, Rs 2,000 for workers in the unorganised sector and Rs 10,000 per hectare for floriculture farmers. Responding to Kejriwal’s tweet, Singapore’s health ministry Wednesday said, ‘There is no truth whatsoever in the assertions found within the reports’. Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal had said the new strain of coronavirus could invade India in the form of a third wave. “The new form of coronavirus in Singapore is said to be very dangerous for children. It could reach Delhi in the form of a third wave. My appeal to the Central government: 1. Cancel all air services with Singapore with immediate effect 2. Work on vaccine alternatives for children on a priority basis,” the Delhi chief minister said in a tweet in Hindi on Tuesday. The data added that the South-East Asia Region reported over 25 lakh new cases and over 30,000 new deaths, a 12 percent decrease and a 7 percent increase respectively compared to the previous week. The active COVID-19 cases in India further reduced to 32.26 lakh comprising 12.66% of the total infections, said the health ministry on Wednesday. The country registered over 2.67 lakh new cases taking the tally over 2.54 crore. With the death of 4,529 more patients, the highest so far, the total number of fatalities in the country climbed to 2,83,248 on Wednesday, said the Union health ministry. This takes the national fatality rate to 1.11 percent. India registered 2,67,334 fresh coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the overall count over 2.54 crore on Wednesday, said the Union health ministry. Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 28,438 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 679 deaths, the state health department said. The overall count now stands at 54,33,506 and the toll at 83,777, it said. Maharashtra had on Monday reported 26,616 infections and 516 COVID-19 fatalities. Of the 679 new fatalities, 422 occurred over the past 48 hours, while 257 deaths had taken place last week, but they were added to the overall toll data on Tuesday, the department said. Some of the earlier deaths, which had taken place before the last week, were also added to the cumulative report. The figure for the cumulative deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday was 82,486, which is now increased by 1,291 to 83,777. There has been no official comment from the state government over the change in reporting the COVID-19 deaths. Till 16 May evening, COVID-19 deaths that had occurred over a week ago also used to be included in the daily reporting. However, the state stopped reporting the deaths in this manner from Monday. A total of 52,898 patients were discharged from hospitals on Tuesday, taking the number of recoveries in Maharashtra so far to 49,27,480. The state is now left with 4,19,727 active cases. The case recovery rate in Maharashtra now stands at 90.69 percent, while the mortality rate is 1.54 percent, the statement said, adding the case positivity rate continues to be at 17.2 percent, as per the department. Mumbai reported 961 new cases, taking its tally to 6,90,023, while 44 new deaths pushed the toll to 14,316, it said. The Mumbai division, which includes the MMR region and satellite towns, reported 2,559 fresh cases and 129 fatalities, including 58 from municipal areas in Vasai and Virar, during the day. The Nashik division saw 5,308 cases and Ahmednagar district 1,917. A total of 1,284 cases were reported from rural parts of the Nashik district. The Nashik division also reported 85 casualties - 22 in rural areas, 15 in Nashik city and Nandurbar district, 12 in Jalgaon and 11 in Ahmednagar district, the department said. The Pune division added 7,160 new cases and 84 deaths. The Solapur division reported 2,106 cases. Pune rural areas reported 2,053 infections and Pune city 1,090. Satara added 1,270 new infections. Of the 84 deaths, 34 occurred in Satara alone followed by 26 in Solapur, 13 in Pune city and 11 in its rural parts, the department said. Rural areas in Sangli and Kolhapur added 1,740 and 1,250 fresh cases, respectively. At 194, the Kolhapur division reported one of its worst numbers of COVID-19 fatalities. In the Marathwada region, the Aurangabad division added 1,034 new cases and seven deaths. While most of the districts in the Latur division reported a fall in new cases, Beed district added 1,295 infections to the Latur division’s tally of 2,468 cases on Tuesday. Similarly, out of 63 deaths, 27 were reported from Beed, while 12 deaths occurred in Latur and 10 in Osmanabad district, the department said. The Akola division reported 3,294 cases and 53 deaths, of which Amaravati district added 13 fatalities, Yavatmal 12 and Akola 10, it said. The Nagpur division’s caseload went up by 2,605 while the fatality count rose by 64, including 20 in Nagpur city and 16 in Chandrapur, the department said. With 2,50,310 new tests, Maharashtra has so far examined 3,15,88,717 samples. A total of 30,97,161 people are in home quarantine and 25,004 are in institutional quarantine, the department said. Maharashtra’s Covid-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases - 54,33,506; new cases - 28,438; deaths - 83,777; discharged - 49,27,480; active cases - 4,19,727; people tested so far - 3,15,88,717.

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