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7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau

PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 30 JUN 2021 6:43PM by PIB Delhi

33.28 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India reports 45,951 new cases in last 24 hours India's Active Caseload declines to 5,37,064 Active cases constitute 1.77% of total cases 2,94,27,330 Total Recoveries across the country so far 60,729 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 48th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.92% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.69% Daily positivity rate at 2.34%, less than 5% for 23 consecutive days

#Unite2FightCorona#IndiaFightsCorona PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731455 1/14 7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau

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     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731455 3/14 7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau COVID-19 Update India’s COVID19 Vaccination Coverage increases to 33.28 cr With 45,951 New Cases in the last 24 hours, India's Active Caseload (5,37,064) constitutes just 1.77% of Total Cases Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases reported for three continuous days Daily Positivity Rate (2.34%) less than 5% for 23 consecutive days

India’s cumulative vaccination coverage has crossed 33 crore yesterday. A total of 33,28,54,527 vaccine doses have been administered through 44,33,853 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 36,51,983 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.These include:

HCWs 1st Dose 1,02,08,162

2nd Dose 72,43,081

FLWs 1st Dose 1,74,84,539

2nd Dose 94,80,633

Age Group 18-44 years 1st Dose 9,00,61,716

2nd Dose 20,87,331

Age Group 45-59 years 1st Dose 8,82,70,464

2nd Dose 1,59,11,279

Over 60 years 1st Dose 6,79,88,719

2nd Dose 2,41,18,603

Total 33,28,54,527

India has reported 45,951 new cases in the last 24 hours      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731455 4/14 7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported since three continuous days. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 5,37,064 today.A net decline of 15,595 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 1.77% of the country's total Positive Cases.

As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 48 consecutive days now. 60,729 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.

More than 14,000 (14,778) recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731455 5/14 7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,94,27,330 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 60,729 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.92%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.

Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1731359

COVID-19 Vaccination Update

More than 32.13 Crore vaccine doses provided by Government of India to States/UTs

More than 73 lakh doses still available with States/UTs to be administered More than 32.13 crore (32,13,75,820) vaccine doses have been provided by Government of India to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 31,40,75,654 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today).

More than 73 lakh (73,00,166) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 24,65,980 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days.

Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1731363

COVID19 Vaccination: Myths vs. Facts      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731455 6/14 7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau No scientific evidences found linking COVID19 vaccination with infertility in men and women

COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all lactating women

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has clarified in the FAQs posted on the website (https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/FAQsforHCWs&FLWs.pdf) that none of the available vaccines affects fertility of either men or women, as all vaccines and their constituents are tested first on animals and later in humans to assess if they have any such side effects. Vaccines are authorized for use only after their safety and efficacy is assured.

Furthermore, in order to curb the prevalent myth regarding infertility due to COVID-19 vaccination, the Government of India has clarified (https://twitter.com/PIBFactCheck/status/1396805590442119175) that there are no scientific evidences suggesting COVID-19 vaccination can cause infertility in men and women. The vaccines have been found to be safe and effective. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1731436

COVID-19 in children is often asymptomatic and seldom requires hospitalization: Dr. V. K. Paul, Member, NITI Aayog

Healthy children recovered with mild illness without need for hospitalization as compared to those who either had comorbidities or low immunity: Dr. RandeepGuleria, Director AIIMS, New Delhi

Covaxin trials have been started on children aged between 2 – 18 years: Dr. N. K. Arora, Chairperson of the COVID-19 Working Group of NTAGI

Detailed guidelines on ‘Management of COVID-19 in children (below 18 years)’ issued by Union Health Ministry

Government of India has been at the forefront of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccination forms an integral component of the five-point strategy of Government of India to fight the pandemic (including Test, Track, Treat and COVID Appropriate Behaviour). During the COVID-19 second wave in the country, several questions have been raised in the media regarding higher vulnerability of children to get adversely impacted by COVID-19 during the subsequent waves, if any.Experts have allayed these fears and apprehensions on several platforms. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1731438

Dr. Harsh Vardhan addresses Meeting of the Ministers of Health of Shanghai Cooperation Organization      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731455 7/14 7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau “India‘s investment in One-Health will address existing and potential risks which originate through the interface of animal-human systems” “Indian traditional system of medicine has contributed substantially in boosting immunity of the general population during COVID-19”

Expressing his delight on meeting Health Ministers of SCO member states, Dr. Harsh Vardhan reminded everyone that it has been more than18 months since COVID-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of international concern and it has shaken the entire world including the most developed nations. The Union Health Minister noted that “The pandemic has shown that nobody is safe until all of us are safe. This has also highlighted the need for greater collaboration between countries on various aspects of health. Therefore, it is desirable that we should continue to exchange our experiences, learnings, best practices as well as innovations to strengthen our public health systems.” Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1731471

Cabinet approves extension of last date of Registration under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) from 30th June 2021 to 31st March 2022

ABRY was announced as one of the measures under Aatmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 package to boost the economy and increase employment generation in formal sector during post Covid recovery phase. This scheme will minimize the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the country's economy and will ameliorate the hardship faced by low paid workers, provide incentive to employers for restarting and expanding business activities. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1731459

Cabinet approves Loan Guarantee Scheme for Covid Affected Sectors (LGSCAS) and to enhance the corpus of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) On account of the disruptions caused by the second wave of COVID 19 specially on healthcare sector, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved Loan Guarantee Scheme for Covid Affected Sectors (LGSCAS) enabling funding to the tune of Rs. 50,000 crore to provide financial guarantee cover for brownfield expansion and greenfield projects related to health/ medical infrastructure.

Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1731454 Oxygen Expresses cross the milestone of 35000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation

Oxygen Expresses deliver nearly 20500 MT of LMO to the southern states of the country

477 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731455 8/14 7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau Oxygen Expresses transported 1990 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3900, 4700, 4800 and 6500 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu respectively

614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5863 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 4697 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 6551 MT in Tamil Nadu, 4824 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 3909 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 560 MT in Assam

Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country.Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 35000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation. So far, Indian Railways has delivered more than 35018 MT of LMO in more than 1990 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 477 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States.

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Inputs from PIB Field Units

KERALA:The state recorded 13,550 more new cases yesterday. With 104new fatalities, the death toll mounted to 13,093. Test positivity rate was recorded at 11. A total of1,40,19,740 people have been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 1,07,88,807 took first dose and32,30,933 people second dose.

TAMIL NADU: Tamil Nadu on Tuesday reported 4,512 new Covid-19 cases, 118 deaths and 6,013 recoveries.2,48,294 Vaccinated on Tuesday,30,933 people given second dose.

KARNATAKA:As per the State Government bulletin released for 29-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 3,222; Total Active Cases: 85,997; New Covid Deaths: 93; Total Covid Deaths: 34,929;Around 2,05,920 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 2,24,18,621 have been vaccinated in thestate till now.

ANDHRA PRADESH: State reported 3620 new Covid-19 cases after testing 91,231 samples with 41deaths, while 5757 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 18,85,716; Active cases: 40,074;Discharges: 18,32,971; Deaths: 12,671. A total of 1,53,89,563 doses of Covid vaccines have beenadministered in the state as on yesterday, which include 1,23,47,245 first doses and 30,42,318 seconddoses. The state has achieved a milestone of administering over 1.5 crore coronavirus vaccine doses.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731455 9/14 7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau TELANGANA: A total of 987 new cases and seven fatalities were reported yesterday taking the totalnumber of positive cases in the state to 6,22,593 and fatalities to 3651. The Number of Active cases inthe state stands at 13,487. Recovery rate is reported to be 97.24 percent against the national average of96.83 percent. Case Fatality Rate (CFR) among Covid patients in the state is 0.58 percent against thenational average of 1.3 percent. Coming to vaccination figures, a total of 1,89,403 people of allcategories received first dose and 30,434 second dose yesterday in the state. The cumulative number ofpeople received first dose in the state stands at 93,27,149 and second dose at 15,45,008.

Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 595351. Number of active cases is3347. Total Deaths reported is 16033. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose(Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1313841. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose(Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 336256. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is3423563. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 616821.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 768552. Total activeCOVID-19 patients is 1495. Number of deaths is 9417. Cumulative number of peoplevaccinated till date is 8745255.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 61656. Total number of ActiveCases is 163. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 808.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 201980.Total number of Active Cases is 1654. Total deaths reported till date is 3461.

Maharashtra: 8085 new cases and 231 deaths were reported on Tuesday. As on date, there are 1,17,098 active cases in the state. More than 3.21 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the state till today morning.

Gujarat: In Gujarat, the daily count of Covid cases slided below 100 after a long period. The state reported 93 new cases on Tuesday. The number of people infected so far stands at 8,23,433. The state health department said that 326 patients have become corona-free on Tuesday. With the report of two deaths on the same day, the state's COVID-related death toll has gone up to 10,056.

Rajasthan: Currently, Rajasthan's active cases stand at 1,565. The state's recovery rate has risen to 98.9%. The graph of deaths due to Covid has also gone down. In the last 24 hours, two persons died while 121 others tested positive in Rajasthan.

Madhya Pradesh: In Madhya Pradesh, the Corona recovery rate has increased to 98.8 per cent while the number of active cases has come down to 630. The state reported 38 new cases and 18 deaths while 86 patients have recovered from infection. The positivity rate of the state is 0.05 percent. No new case of https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731455 10/14 7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau Corona has been reported in 37 out of 52 districts in the state. More than 2 crore vaccine doses have been administered to persons above 18. Out of these, the first dose has been administered to one crore 80 lakh persons and more than 20 lakh persons have been given the second dose.

Chhattisgarh: At present, the total active cases of COVID-19 in the state is 5914. The positivity rate in Chhattisgarh has come down to 1.14 percent. The corona situation in the state is continuously improving. 383 people were found to be corona positive on Tuesday, out of the 33,547 samples which were tested in the state. one patient died due to co-morbidity.

Goa: 34 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday, which takes the total number of COVID-19 cases to 1,66,449. There are 2241 active cases in Goa at present.The recovery rate in the state is 96.82%. There has been two COVID related deaths on Tuesday, which takes the state's mortality figures to 3048. More than 9.14 lakh vaccine doses have been administered in the state till today morning.

Assam: Assam on Tuesday recorded 2,672 new cases of COVID-19 and 27 deaths. The active tally in the state stood at 25,692 and positivity rate is 2.64 per cent.Despite the COVID-19 infections slowing down in Assam, death of 12 patients at the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in a single day and within hours of admission has left the State health department worried.

Manipur: In Manipur, 780 test positive, 11 more die due to Coronavirus, Second highest positivity rate of 15.4 percentage recorded in june in the State. 5,48,916 individuals have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Meghalaya: COVID-19 recoveries outnumbered fresh cases yet again in the State on Tuesday. While 378 fresh cases were detected in the state, a total of 489 persons recovered from the viral infection in the past 24 hours.Four more COVID-related deaths were recorded on Tuesday taking the total number fatalities to 831.

Nagaland: Nagaland Government recorded 94 new cases of COVID-19 and nil deaths on Tuesday. Active cases are 1381 while tally reaches 25,111.

Sikkim: Sikkim recorded 142 new cases of novelCoronavirus at a Test Positivity Rate of 23% in the last 24 hours taking the State’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 to 20,324. COVID also claimed one morelife in the State over thesame 24 hours. Sikkimhas now lost 305 lives to COVID-19.

Tripura: In last 24 hours, 476 positive cases were detected along with 2 deaths.The overall positivity rate of the State stands at 5.84%. While positivity rate of the worst affected Agartala Municipal Corporation is 12.83%.     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731455 11/14 7/1/2021 Press Information Bureau

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Daily Air Transport of Vaccines in a temperature controlled seamless cold chain.

On 28 June 2021 15.44 Lakh doses flown to 6 destinations on 6 flights

Since January 2021 over 28.94 Crore doses flown to 60 domestic stations on 2,420 flights pic.twitter.com/Xu3iFpnlQD

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) June 29, 2021

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#CoronaVirusUpdates:

State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 30th June, 2021, 8 AM)

➡️States with 1-100000 confirmed cases ➡️States with 100001-800000 confirmed cases ➡️States with 800000+ confirmed cases ➡️Total no. of confirmed cases so far#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/tzLI8ymwbL

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 30, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:#COVID19Vaccination Status (As on 30th June, 2021, 8:00 AM)

✅Total vaccine doses administered (so far): 33,28,54,527

✅Vaccine doses administered (in last 24 hours): 36,51,983#We4Vaccine #LargestVaccinationDrive@ICMRDELHI @DBTIndia pic.twitter.com/T9iSWKet1X

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 30, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:

#푪푶푽푰푫19 푽풂풄풄풊풏풆 푫풐풔풆풔: 푨품풆-풘풊풔풆 푫풊풔풕풓풊풃풖풕풊풐풏 (As on June 30th 2021, till 10:00 AM)

✅ Above 60 years: 28.4% ✅ 45-60 years: 35% ✅ 18-44 years: 36.6%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/6ZHVGZ11Wx

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 30, 2021

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#CoronaVirusUpdates:

Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on June 30th, 2021)

▶96.92% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (2,94,27,330) ▶1.77% Active cases (5,37,064) ▶1.31% Deaths (3,98,454)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/lhjleP8tBC — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 30, 2021

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 29 JUN 2021 7:15PM by PIB Delhi

India reports less than 40,000 daily new cases after 102 days 37,566 new cases in the last 24 hours India's Active Caseload declines to 5,52,659 Active cases constitute 1.82% of total cases 2,93,66,601 Total Recoveries across the country so far 56,994 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 47th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.87% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.74% Daily positivity rate at 2.12%, less than 5% for 22 consecutive days 32.90 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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COVID-19 Vaccination Update

More than 31.83 Crore vaccine doses provided by Government of India to States/UTs

More than 78 lakh doses still available with States/UTs to be administered

More than 31.83 crore (31,83,36,450) vaccine doses have been provided by Government of India to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 31,04,91,565 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today).

More than 78 lakh (78,44,885) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 15,18,560 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days.

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Government allocates 198.78 LMT food grains under PMGKAY-IV (July-November 2021)

8 States start Lifting food grains against PMGKAY-IV, lifted 1.06 LMT food grains so far

Government supplies 77.42 LMT free food grains to all States/ UTs under PMGKAY-III (May- June 2021)

23 States/ UTs lifted full allocation for May-June 2021 under PMGKAY-III

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731082 4/10 6/30/2021 Press Information Bureau The Government of India announced Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to ameliorate the hardship faced by the poor due to economic disruption caused by Corona virus. Under the scheme, free food grains for a period of two months (May-June 2021) @ 5 kg per person per month is being distributed to beneficiaries covered under NFSA.

The Government of India has now extended the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Kalyan Ann Yojana for 5 months i.e. July-November 2021 and further allocation of 198.78 LMT food grains have been made under PMGKAY-IV (July-November 2021). Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731166

Inputs from PIB Field Units

Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 595136. Number of active cases is3639. Total Deaths reported is 16011. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose(Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1312561. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose(Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 335687. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is3413551. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 612721.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 768474. Total activeCOVID-19 patients are 1593. Number of deaths is 9401. Cumulative number of peoplevaccinated till date is 8607083.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 61632. Total number of ActiveCases is 181. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 807.

Maharashtra: On the backdrop of emerging cases of Delta Plus variant, the Maharashtra Government is gearing up to increase speed of the vaccination drive in the state. Chief Minister has said that the State Government is ready to vaccinate 15 lakh people per day against COVID-19.A total of 3,11,59,607 people have been vaccinated so far against COVID-19 in Maharashtra.Maharashtra on Monday reported 6,727 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 101 fatalities, taking the tally of infections to 60,43,548 and the toll to 1,21,573. The state has 1,17,874 active cases. Mumbai reported 611 fresh cases and 18 deaths, taking the overall count of infections to 7,20,960 and the toll to 15,414.

Gujarat: Gujarat on Monday saw fresh COVID-19 cases falling below 100 for the first time after 14 months while three patients succumbed to the viral infection. With the addition of 96 new infections, Gujarat's caseload went up to 8,23,340 on Monday while the death toll rose to 10,054. At the same time, 315 patients were discharged during the day, raising the count of recoveries to 8,09,821 so far, leaving the state with 3,465 active cases.A total of 2,49,125 people were inoculated against COVID-19 on Monday, which raised the tally of administered vaccine doses in Gujarat to 2,51,28,252.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731082 5/10 6/30/2021 Press Information Bureau Rajasthan: In the wake of a significant fall in the number of Covid-19 cases in Rajasthan, the government has further relaxed the restrictions put in place in the state. However, all shops, clubs, gyms, restaurants, malls and other commercial establishments have to ensure the vaccination of their staff.In a significant drop in daily cases, Rajasthan registered less than 100 fresh cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours. Rajasthan on Monday recorded 72 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally to 9,52,201 while two more fatalities pushed the death toll to 8,916. The latest deaths were reported from Jaipur and Dungarpur. There are 1,593 active COVID-19 cases in Rajasthan. So far, 9,41,692 people have recovered from the disease in the state.

Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh on Monday reported 37 COVID-19 cases and 19 deaths, taking the tally to 7,89,733 and the toll to 8,936. The day also saw 138 people getting discharged from hospitals, which took the recovery count to 7,80,101, leaving the state with 696 active cases.37 of 52 districts in the state did not record a single coronavirus case in the last 24 hours.Meanwhile, the state government has ended the Sunday lockdown, although the night curfew will continue.Over two crore people have so far received vaccine against COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh.

Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count rose to 9,93,694 on Monday with the addition of 405 fresh cases, while the death toll increased by six to 13,437. The number of recoveries reached 9,74,049 after 136 people were discharged from various hospitals, while 651 others completed their home isolation during the day (total 787). The number of active cases in the state stands at 6,208.

Goa: Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 138 and reached 1,66,236 on Monday, while 326 patients recovered from the infection. The death toll rose to 3,046 as seven more patients succumbed to the infection during the day. The number of recovered patients in the state rose to 1,60,874 after 326 people were discharged in the last 24 hours. Goa now has 2,316 active cases.Meanwhile, Surla in Goa's Sattari taluka became the state's first village to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

KERALA: The transmission of Covid -19 in Kerala is not significantly dropping even as the second wave ofCovid in the country falls in other states. The state confirmed 8063 COVID-19 cases on Monday. As ofnow, there are 96,012 active cases in the state. The state confirmed 110 deaths due to the virus onMonday with the toll rising to 12,989. The test positivity rate stands at 9.44. So far a total of 1,37,96,401people have been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 1,06,72,502 took first dose and 31,23,899 peoplesecond dose.

TAMIL NADU: One more person tested positive for Delta Plus variantof Covid-19 virus, taking the total number of persons tested positive for the variant to 10 in the state.Cases dropped below 5,000 after 80 days in TN; 4,804 people tested positive yesterday and Staterecorded fewer than 100 deaths for the second day in a row. The Union Territory of Puducherryreported one Covid-19 death and 144 new cases even as the test positivity rate dropped below 2% onMonday. Tamil Nadu has so far received 6,549 MT liquid medical oxygen through oxygen expresses. A total of 1,52,33,058 people haveso far been https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731082 6/10 6/30/2021 Press Information Bureau vaccinated in TN. Out of this, 1,27,18,488 took first dose and 25,14,570 took second dose.Similarly, in Puducherry UT, a total of 4,92,563 people have so far been vaccinated. Out of this, 4,27,892took first dose and 64,671 took second dose.

KARNATAKA: As per the State Government bulletin released for 28-06-2021, New Cases Reported:2,576; Total Active Cases: 97,592; New Covid Deaths: 93; Total Covid Deaths: 34,836;Around 3,33,325 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 2,20,86,785 have been vaccinated in thestate till now.First time in over four months this number has dipped below one lakh. The positivity rate for the daywas 1.92 per cent and case fatality rate was 3.61 per cent.Vaccination of students pursuing higher studies started in the state from Monday.

ANDHRA PRADESH: State reported 2224 new Covid-19 cases after testing 71,758 samples with 31deaths, while 4714 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 18,82,096; Active cases: 42,252;Discharges: 18,27,214; Deaths: 12,630. A total of 1,50,94,823 doses of Covid vaccines have beenadministered in the state as on yesterday, which include 1,21,20,128 first doses and 29,74,695 seconddoses.Meanwhile, Government Nurses Association requested the State government to extend help to thefamilies of the nurses died due to Covid while working on outsourcing and contract basis.

TELANGANA: A total of 993 new daily cases and 9 fatalities were reported yesterday taking the totalnumber of positive cases in the state to 6,21,606 and the number of fatalities to 3,644. The RecoveryRate among covid patients in the state reached 97.18 percent against the national average of 96.76percent. The number of Active Cases in the state now stands at 13,869.

Assam: A total of 42 Covid deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, while 2,689 new infections were y in 1,33,543 tests done during the day. Around 34,606 children were infected by Covid- 19 in the second wave of the pandemic in Assam. This accounts for twelve percent of the total infections.

Manipur: In Manipur 432 fresh cases, 6 deaths reported in last 24 hours; recovery rate shoots up to 90.1 pc More recovery recorded than new cases. The total number of people who have been administered COVID-19 vaccine in Manipur is 5,34,103. Mass vaccination Camps held at various places of the state.

Meghalaya: Meghalaya recorded eight COVID-19 deaths on Monday taking the death toll to 827. The state also reported 336 fresh cases and 508 recoveries in the past 24 hours. The active tally stands at 4378 while the total number of patients cured/recovered stand at 43,578.

Sikkim:After going one daywithout a COVIDdeath, Sikkim recorded threemore COVIDdeaths in thelast 24 hours. With this,Sikkim’s COVID death tollhas reached 304.In the meantime, 71new cases of coronavirus were detectedfrom the testing of 454 samplesgiving Sikkim a test positivity rate of 15.6%.Sikkim’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19stands at 20,182.There are currently 2,027 active cases ofcoronavirus in Sikkim.    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1731082 7/10 6/30/2021 Press Information Bureau

Tripura:73 Gram Panchayats have achieved hundred percent vaccination. North Tripura has the highest number followed by South Tripura. While in last 24 hours 27,355 vaccines were administered across all eight districts. 3 deaths and 219 fresh cases were reported in last 24 hours.

Nagaland:Nagaland's Covid cases breached the 25,000 mark on Monday with 56 fresh infections and 6 deaths reported. The tally now stands at 25,017 while active cases are 1397.Following decrease in Covid cases, Nagaland govt announces "Unlock 1" from July 1 to July 10 by easing restrictions across the state, but stresses on accelerating testing and vaccination.

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✅Total vaccine doses administered (so far): 32,90,29,510

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Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on June 29th, 2021)

▶96.87% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (2,93,66,601) ▶1.82% Active cases (5,52,659) ▶1.31% Deaths (3,97,637)

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✅ Above 60 years: 26.8% ✅ 45-60 years: 35.1% ✅ 18-44 years: 36.3%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/LGh9cbk0EO — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 29, 2021

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Posted On: 28 JUN 2021 7:16PM by PIB Delhi

India achieves another milestone in COVID19 vaccination and overtakes USA in total number of Covid Vaccine doses administered. 32.36 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India reports 46,148new cases in last 24 hours India's Active Caseload declines to 5,72,994 Active cases constitute 1.89% of total cases 2,93,09,607 Total Recoveries across the country so far 58,578patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 46th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.80% Weekly Positivity Rate remainsbelow5%, currently at 2.81% Daily positivity rate at 2.94%, less than 5% for 21 consecutive days

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COVID-19 Update

India achieves another milestone in COVID19 vaccination and overtakes USA in total number of COVID Vaccine doses administered

32.36 crore COVID Vaccine doses administered across the country

India reports 46,148 New Cases in the last 24 hours      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730809 4/16 6/29/2021 Press Information Bureau India's Active Caseload declines to 5,72,994

India has achieved another milestone in its COVID19 vaccination drive as it overtakes USA in terms of the total number of COVID vaccine doses administered. India’s COVID Vaccination drive started on 16th Jan 2021, whereas the COVID vaccination in USA started on 14th December 2020.

India’s cumulative vaccination coverage has exceeded 32.36 Crores yesterday. A total of 32,36,63,297 vaccine doses have been administered through 43,21,898 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 17,21,268 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

These include:

HCWs 1st Dose 1,01,98,257

2nd Dose 72,07,617

FLWs 1st Dose 1,74,42,767

2nd Dose 93,99,319

Age Group 18-44 years 1st Dose 8,46,51,696

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Age Group 45-59 years 1st Dose 8,71,11,445

2nd Dose 1,48,12,349

Over 60 years 1st Dose 6,75,29,713

2nd Dose 2,34,08,944

Total 32,36,63,297

India has reported 46,148 new cases in the last 24 hours

Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 21 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in its active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload stands at 5,72,994 today.

A net decline of 13,409 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 1.89% of the country's total Positive Cases.

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As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 46 consecutive days now. 58,578 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. More than 12 thousand(12,430) recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,93,09,607 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 58,578 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.80%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730809 7/16 6/29/2021 Press Information Bureau Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730809

COVID-19 Vaccination Update More than 31.69 Crore vaccine doses provided by Government of India to States/UTs More than 1.15 crore doses still available with States/UTs to be administered

More than 31.69 crore (31,69,40,160) vaccine doses have been provided by Government of India to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 30,54,17,617 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today).

More than 1.15 crore (1,15,22,543) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.

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PM reiterates commitment to vaccines for all, free for all

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated all those who are driving the momentum of India’s vaccination drive.

In a tweet, the Prime Minister said: “India’s vaccination drive keeps gaining momentum! Congrats to all those who are driving this effort. Our commitment remains vaccines for all, free for all. सबको वैक्न, मुफ वैक्न।“ Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730822

Dr Harsh Vardhan chairs 29th meeting of Group of Ministers (GOM) on COVID-19

GoM reiterates importance of COVID Appropriate Behaviour as States unlock in a calibrated manner Second wave still not over; Concerns in Pockets highlighted Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare chaired the 29th meeting of the high- level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 by a video-conference today. He was joined by Shri Hardeep S. Puri, Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Nityanand Rai, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State, Health & Family Welfare.Dr. Vinod K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog was present virtually.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730809 8/16 6/29/2021 Press Information Bureau The Group of Ministers placed on record its appreciation for all those who have worked tirelessly for COVID management, and for ramping up the coverage and speed of COVID vaccination across the country. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730873

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 34760 MT of LMO in service to the Nation

Tamil Nadu receives highest LMO delivery from Oxygen Expresses

More than 6476 MT of LMO delivered to Tamil Nadu

Oxygen Expresses crosses the mark of 20000 MT LMO delivery in southern states of the country

474 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country

Oxygen Expresses transported 1976 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3700, 4800 and 4700 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka respectively

614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5791 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 4697 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 6476 MT in Tamil Nadu, 4824 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 3791 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 560 MT in Assam

Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country. Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 34000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) delivery in service to the Nation. So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 34760 MT of LMO in more than 1976 tankers to various states across the country. It may be noted that 474 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. It is worth mentioning that Oxygen Expresses crossed the mark of 20000 MT LMO delivery in southern states of the country.

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Presentation of stimulus package of Rs 6,28,993 crore announced by Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman to support Indian economy in fight against COVID-   19 pandemic   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730809 9/16 6/29/2021 Press Information Bureau

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Dr. Jitendra Singh Delivers Inaugural Addressat the 2nd Public Health Summit 2021; Says, COVID has strengthened Public-Private Partnership model in India’s healthcare system with a win-win situation for both

Speaking at the 2nd Public Health Summit 2021 organized by CII here, he said that this partnership between Industry and Public Health Experts can work on different models such as health care and diagnostics delivery, vaccine development, R&D, telemedicine facilities for rural areas and digital delivery of medicines. The Minister said that this partnership could be a game changer and will truly transform the health sector in India.

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Inputs from PIB Field Units

Maharashtra: In the backdrop of 21 cases of Covid-19 Delta Plus variants found in Maharashtra, revised lockdown guidelines are imposed in the state form today. Under the new guidelines, malls and theatres shall remain closed. Mumbai local services are allowed for essential services employees. Govt. offices will operate with 50 percent capacity while private offices can operate till 4 PM. Section 144 is applicable in all places banning gathering of five or more persons.Maharashtra on Sunday reported 9,974 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 143 fatalities, taking the tally of infections to 60,36,821 and the toll to 1,21,286. A total of 8,562 patients were discharged during the day, taking the count of recoveries in Maharashtra to 57,90,113 so far, leaving the state with 1,22,252 active cases. Mumbai reported 739 fresh cases and 13 deaths, raising the cumulative caseload to 7,20,349 and the number of the COVID-19 deceased to 15,396.

Gujarat: The COVID-19 tally in Gujarat rose by 112 on Sunday to reach 8,23,244, while the toll increased by three and the recovery count by 305. The state has so far seen 10,051 deaths and 8,09,506 people have been discharged post recovery, which is 98.33 per cent of the caseload, leaving it with 3,687 active cases, including 21 critical ones.2,40,985 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Sunday, including 1,48,818 in the 18-44 segment, taking the overall number of doses administered in Gujarat to 2,48,79,127.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730809 10/16 6/29/2021 Press Information Bureau Rajasthan: Rajasthan has been witnessing a significant drop in new and active Covid-19 cases in the state. On Sunday, 12 out of 33 districts in the state registered zero new active Covid cases. Some of these districts include Pratapgarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore and Bharatpur.Rajasthan reported 162 COVID-19 cases and four fatalities on Sunday, taking the state's infection tally to 9,52,129 and the death toll to 8,914. Alwar reported the highest number of 63 new cases of the infection, while Jaipur and Sriganganagar saw 20 cases each.A total of 9,41,482 patients have recovered from the disease so far, and the number of active cases at present is 1,733

Madhya Pradesh: New cases of corona infections are continuously decreasing in Madhya Pradesh. Total 39 new cases were reported in 52 districts of the state yesterday. Madhya Pradesh on Sunday recorded only 39 fresh COVID-19 cases and 21 fatalities, taking the tally to 7,89,696 and the toll to 8,917. Of the total 52 districts in MP, 37 districts did not record a single new case in the last 24 hours. The state has 816 active cases. At the same time, six districts- Sidhi, Dewas, Jhabua, Mandla, Khandwa and Burhanpur have become completely free from corona infection. Meanwhile, the state government has ended the Sunday lockdown, although the night curfew will continue.

Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh on Sunday reported 244 fresh coronavirus positive cases and four deaths, taking the infection count to 9,93,289 and the toll to 13,431. The count of recoveries reached 9,73,262 after 29 people were discharged from hospitals and 335 completed their home isolation stay during the day, leaving Chhattisgarh with 6,596 active cases.

Goa: Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 215 on Sunday to reach 1,66,098, while the death of seven patients took its fatality count to 3,039. A total of 301 patients recuperated from the infection during the day, which pushed the state's recovery count to 1,60,548. There are 2,511 active COVID-19 cases in the coastal state at present.Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said his government was ready to tackle a possible third wave of the coronavirus infection with a committee of experts and required infrastructure in place. A paediatric intensive care unit and a neonatal intensive care unit have already been established with trained staff, while the task force headed by him was ready to purchase equipment as and when required.

KERALA: The State Health department today issued an order to vaccinate all people agedabove18 years without any priorities. The new decision was taken according to the newvaccine policy of the central government. Meanwhile, amidst protests in view of the persistent Covid-19 threat, theUniversities in Kerala today went ahead with the conduct of examinations of various courses atvarious colleges. The State recorded 10,905 new Covid cases yesterday. With 62 new fatalities,the death toll mounted to 12,879. Test positivity rate was recorded at 10.49 %. A total of1,36,62,000 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 1,06,00,174 took firstdose and 30,61,826 second dose.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730809 11/16 6/29/2021 Press Information Bureau TAMIL NADU:Additional lockdown relaxations announced by TN government come into effectfrom today. Textile and Jewellery shops to be opened in 23 districts from today. Temples andother places of worship opened today in four districts, including Chennai. Health Secretary JRadhakrishnan has asked the District Collectors to step up the vaccination drive on a war footingto the contacts of those who had tested positive for Delta Plus variant. Tamil Nadu recorded5,127 new cases and 91 deaths on Sunday, taking the total number of cases to 24,65,874 anddeath toll to 32,290 leaving 42,801 active cases. A total of 1,50,23,073 people have so far beenvaccinated in TN. Out of this, 1,25,36,293 took first dose and 24,86,780 took second dose.Similarly, in Puducherry UT, a total of 4,81,872 people have so far been vaccinated. Out of this,4,18,646 took their first dose and 63,226 took their second dose.

KARNATAKA:As per the State Government bulletin released for 27-06-2021, New CasesReported: 3,604; Total Active Cases: 1,01,042; New Covid Deaths: 89; Total Covid Deaths: 34,743;Around 1,00,036 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 2,17,25,763 have been vaccinated inthe state till now.The number of daily Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru has seen a dramatic 97% decline since thesecond wave peaked in April. But, the number of ICU cases has been less quick to fall, datashows.The government is likely to take a decision about reopening schools for physical classes onMonday.

ANDHRA PRADESH: State reported 4,250 new Covid-19 cases after testing 95,327 samples with33 deaths, while 5,570 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 1879872; Activecases: 44773; Discharges: 1822500; Deaths: 12599. A total of 1,48,68,807 doses of Covidvaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 1,19,58,636 firstdoses and 29,10,171 second doses.The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday extended the curfew relaxation from July 1 forthree more hours in eight of the 13 districts where the Covid positivity rate has come downbelow five percent.

TELANGANA: A total of 748 new daily cases and eight fatalities were reported yesterday takingthe total number of cases in the state to 6,20,613 and deaths to 3,635. The number of ActiveCases in the state now stands at 14,302. The recovery rate is reported to be 97.10 percentagainst the national average of 96.72 percent. Special vaccination drive to inoculate teachingand not teaching staff of Government and private educational institutions is going on in thestate. As many as 30 Mobile Vaccination Vans have been deployed in the state to inoculatestreet vendors and the people residing in slums. Coming to vaccination figures, a total of 97,239people of all categories received first dose and 8,986 second dose yesterday in the state. Thecumulative number of people received first dose in the state stands at 89,45,119 and seconddose at 14,85,426.The vaccine wastage in the state is reported to be 0.11 percent.

Punjab: As on 27th June, 2021,the total number of patients who had tested Positive are 594883. Number of active casesis 4020. Total Deaths reported are 15991. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose(Healthcare + Frontline Workers) are 1310437. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nddose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) are 334916. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3399067. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 607316.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730809 12/16 6/29/2021 Press Information Bureau Haryana: As on 27th June, 2021,total Number of Samples found positive till date is 768378. Total active COVID-19 patients are 1685. Number of deaths are 9385. Cumulative number of peoplevaccinated till date is 8470513.

Chandigarh: As on 27th June, 2021, total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases are 61624. Total number of ActiveCases are 203. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date are 807.

Himachal Pradesh: As on 27th June, 2021,total number of patients tested Covid positive till date are 201665.Total number of Active Cases are 1754. Total deaths reported till date are 3457.

Assam: A total of 37 COVID-19 deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, while 1,523 new infections were detected in 55,131 tests done across the state during the day. Kamrup Metro saw 149 new cases. The death rate due to the COVID-19 in Assam is below one percent, but the death toll is 4,440 till date. The daily death toll in the state dwindles between 30 and 40 now.

Manipur: Manipur hits highest daily positivity rate of 12.9 percentage since Jun 22, 669 test positive, 16 more deaths recorded.In Manipur 5,31,004 individuals have been vaccinated against COVID-19 out of which 83,139 have got their second doses.

Meghalaya: The Health Department will be sending another 75 samples for genome sequencing on June 30. Principal Secretary, Health, Sampath Kumar on Sunday said none of the 200 swab samples sent earlier were of the Delta Plus variant.The genome sequencing report received by the state government had revealed the presence of the highly infectious Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Meghalaya resulting in a higher rate of hospitalisation in the state. After a brief lull, the number of recoveries in the State exceeded the number of fresh cases on Sunday. 570 patients recovered from infection in the past 24 hours as against 462 fresh cases. Two people died from the infection on Sunday taking the death toll to 819.The total active cases now stand at 4,558 while the number of patients who have recovered from the infection so far has gone up to 43,070.

Nagaland: Nagaland reports 111 new COVID-19 cases and nil deaths on Sunday. Active cases are 1523 while tally reaches 24,961.India logs 50,040 new cases of COVID-19 and 1258 fatalities on Sunday. Actives cases stand at 5,86,403 while total positive cases are 3,02,33,183.Online registration for COVID vaccination done in urban areas to avoid crowding at vaccination sites. Rural areas exempted because of internet issues and for people who cannot own or handle smart phones, says State Immunisation Officer Dr RituThurr.

Sikkim: Out of 817 samples tested,Sikkim recorded 170 new Covid positive cases on Sunday.There was no death. Of the new cases, 65 were in the EastDistrict, 55 in West and 50 in South.The total number ofactive cases now is 2,137, with 203 recoveries.    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730809 13/16 6/29/2021 Press Information Bureau

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कोरोना के खिलाफ युद मे हमारे डॉकरो ं ने अदम साहस व निष् का परिचय दिया है। कठु आ मे 8 महीने की गर्वती महिला डॉकर (श्मती) शिवानी इसकी एक मिसाल है।

ऐसे #CoronaWarriors की वजह से ही आज हम कोरोना से लड पा रहे है।@PMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona https://t.co/ZrIygVMc20

— Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 28, 2021

Domestic aviation operations continue with all Covid Protocols in place.

On 27 June 2021 1,46,160 passengers on 1,326 flights. Total flight movements: 2,642 Total passengers: 2,89,874 pic.twitter.com/pAy9QKBxf1 — Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) June 28, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona

Do NOT believe in rumours about any coronavirus variant - Alpha, Beta, Gamma, or Delta.

➡️Follow A-B-C-D of the fight against infodemic:

✅A: Advise ✅B: Believe ✅C: Cross-check ✅D: Do NOT promote fear#Unite2FightCorona #StaySafe #We4Vaccine pic.twitter.com/G9nZsUBfMH

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#IndiaFightsCorona

 More than 4.1 crore doses administered in first 7 days of the World's Largest Free-For-All Vaccination Drive launched on June 21, 2021. (As on June 28, 2021)

➡️ But this fight isn't over yet, strengthen the country's endeavour by getting #Vaccinated pic.twitter.com/ahMhOuOCYb — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 28, 2021

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 28th June, 2021, 8 AM)

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 28, 2021

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#IndiaFightsCorona:#COVID19Vaccination Status (As on 28th June, 2021, 8:00 AM)

✅Total vaccine doses administered (so far): 32,36,63,297

✅Vaccine doses administered (in last 24 hours): 17,21,268#We4Vaccine #LargestVaccinationDrive@ICMRDELHI @DBTIndia pic.twitter.com/U8bRClVXVL

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 28, 2021

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on June 28th, 2021)

▶96.80% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (2,93,09,607) ▶1.89% Active cases (5,72,994) ▶1.31% Deaths (3,96,730)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/hRJa7uRPNv

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Posted On: 27 JUN 2021 8:12PM by PIB Delhi

32.17 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India administered 64.25 lakh vaccine doses in last 24 hours India reports 50,040 new cases in last 24 hours India's Active Caseload declines to 5,86,403

Active cases constitute 1.94% of total cases

2,92,51,029 Total Recoveries across the country so far 57,944 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 45th consecutive day

Recovery Rate increases to 96.75% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.91%

Daily positivity rate at 2.82%, less than 5% for 20 consecutive days

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     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730643 3/10 6/28/2021 Press Information Bureau COVID-19 Update India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage crosses the landmark of 32 cr

64.25 Lakh vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours

India reports 50,040 New Cases in the last 24 hours

India's Active Caseload further declines to 5,86,403

Daily Recoveries outnumber Daily New Cases for 45th consecutive day

Recovery Rate increases to 96.75%

Daily Positivity Rate stands at 2.82%, less than 5% positivity for 20 consecutive days In a significant achievement, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage has exceeded 32 Crores yesterday. A total of 32,17,60,077 vaccine doses have been administered through 42,79,210 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 64,25,893 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours. These include:

HCWs 1st Dose 1,01,96,091

2nd Dose 72,00,994

FLWs 1st Dose 1,74,36,514

2nd Dose 93,79,246

Age Group 18-44 years 1st Dose 8,34,29,067

2nd Dose 18,56,720

Age Group 45-59 years 1st Dose 8,68,82,578

2nd Dose 1,46,35,430

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2nd Dose 2,33,03,128

Total 32,17,60,077

The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21 June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID19 vaccination throughout the country. Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 20 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in its active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 5,86,403 today. A net decline of 9,162 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 1.94% of the country's total Positive Cases.

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As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 45 consecutive days now. 57,944 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Nearly 8 thousand (7,904) more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,92,51,029 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 57,944 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.75%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730643

COVID-19 Vaccination Update      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730643 6/10 6/28/2021 Press Information Bureau More than 31.51 crore (31,51,43,490) vaccine doses have been provided by Government of India to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 30,35,97,466 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.15 crore (1,15,46,024) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. Furthermore, more than 20,48,960 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730628

English rendering of PM’s address in the 78th Episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on 27.06.2021

My dear countrymen, the battle we the countrymen are fighting against corona is continuing…but in this fight, together, we have achieved many an extraordinary milestone! Just a few days ago, our country accomplished an unprecedented feat. On the 21st of June, the next phase of the vaccination campaign commenced…and that very day, the country registered a record of administering vaccines to over 86 lakh people, free of cost…that too on a single day! Such a huge number of free vaccinations by the Government of India; that too in a day. It is but natural that it was widely discussed.

Friends, a year ago, the question that was confronting all was – When will the vaccine come! Today, in a day, we are administering the Made in India vaccine to lakhs of people, free of cost…and this indeed is the strength of New India.

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Shri Mansukh Mandaviya and Shri G. Kishan Reddy review the production of Vaccines in Hyderabad today Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya along with Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri G. Kishan Reddy today visited Bharat Biotech's vaccine manufacturing and Bio Safety Level-3 facility to review the production of Vaccines in Hyderabad. Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ms S. Aparna was also present. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730733

Shri. D.V. Sadananda Gowda Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers visits COVID Vaccine manufacturing sites of Bharat Biotech, and Biological E, Hyderabad Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri. D.V. Sadananda Gowda visited Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad on 27th June 2021 to oversee the COVAXIN production. Minister interacted with the top scientists of Bharat Biotech and complemented the company for making available an indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 for the country. Vaccination being the only tool to mitigate this deadly pandemic, ramping up of COVID vaccine production is being taken up by the Government of India on a war footing. COVID Suraksha was announced by the Government of India under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 Mission to accelerate the development and production of Indigenous COVID Vaccines. This mission is being https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730643 7/10 6/28/2021 Press Information Bureau spearheaded by Department of Biotechnology Govt of India and implemented by its Public Sector BIRAC. The goal is to reach a target of 6-7 crore COVAXIN doses/month in July – August and further to reach nearly 10 crore doses per month by Sep 2021.

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PM salutes the hardworking doctors of India. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/imT93bbpjC

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 27, 2021

I urge you all- trust science. Trust our scientists. So many people have taken the vaccine. Let us never believe on negative rumours relating to the vaccine: PM @narendramodi #MannKiBaat — PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 27, 2021

Those who are spreading rumours on vaccines, let them be.

We all will do our work and ensure people around us get vaccinated.

The threat of COVID-19 remains and we have to focus on vaccination as well as follow COVID-19 protocols: PM @narendramodi #MannKiBaat — PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 27, 2021

PM @narendramodi urges the nation to overcome vaccine hesitancy.

Says - I have taken both doses. My Mother is almost hundred years old, she has taken both vaccines too. Please do not believe any negative rumours relating to vaccines. #MannKiBaat https://t.co/bmm838DK8Y

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 27, 2021

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Commendable momentum on the vaccination front. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/9h64YhXSBp — PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 27, 2021

कोरोना के खिलाफ हम देशवासियो ं की लड़ई जारी है, 21 जून को वैक्न अभियान के अगले चरण की शुरआत हई और उसी दिन देश ने 86 लाख से ज़दा लोगो ं को मुफ वैक्न लगाने का रिकॉर् भी बना दिया..वो भी एक दिन मे: PM @narendramodi #MannKiBaat #LargestVaccineDrive pic.twitter.com/F4JjJa3kiK

— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) June 27, 2021

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 27th June, 2021, 8 AM)

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 27, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:

#푪푶푽푰푫19 푽풂풄풄풊풏풆 푫풐풔풆풔: 푨품풆-풘풊풔풆 푫풊풔풕풓풊풃풖풕풊풐풏 (As on June 27th 2021, till 09:00 AM)

✅ Above 60 years: 28.9% ✅ 45-60 years: 35.4% ✅ 18-44 years: 35.7%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/XEOkdOzpuf — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 27, 2021

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 26 JUN 2021 6:50PM by PIB Delhi

31.50 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India administered 61.19 lakh vaccine doses in last 24 hours India reports 48,698 new cases in last 24 hours India's Active Caseload declines to 5,95,565; less than 6 lakhs after 86 days Active cases constitute 1.97% of total cases 2,91,93,085 Total Recoveries across the country so far 64,818 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 44th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.72% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.97% Daily positivity rate at 2.79%, less than 5% for 19 consecutive days

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India reports 48,698 New Cases in the last 24 hours

India's Active Caseload further declines to 5,95,565; less than 6 lakhs after 86 days

Daily Recoveries outnumber Daily New Cases for 44th consecutive day

Recovery Rate increases to 96.72%

Daily Positivity Rate stands at 2.79%, less than 5% positivity for 19 consecutive days

Less than 1 lakh Daily New Caseshave been reported for 19 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 5,95,565today. Active cases have dropped below 6 lakhs after 86 days.

A net decline of 17,303is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 1.97% of the country's total Positive Cases.

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As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 44 consecutive days now. 64,818recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.

More than16,000(16,120) recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,91,93,085people have already recovered from COVID-19 and64,818patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.72%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.

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With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 17,35,781tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 39.78crore (39,95,68,448) tests so far.

While on one side testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 2.97% while the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.79% today. It has remained less than 5% for 19 consecutive days now.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Update

India’s COVID19 Vaccination Coverage crosses the landmark of 31 crore

61.19 lakh vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours In a significant achievement, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage has exceeded 31 Crores yesterday. A total of 31,50,45,926vaccine doses have been administered through 42,00,839 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 61,19,169vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours. These include:

HCWs 1st Dose 1,01,83,459

2nd Dose 71,75,222

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2nd Dose 93,02,922

Age Group 18-44 years 1st Dose 7,91,80,154

2nd Dose 17,15,458

Age Group 45-59 years 1st Dose 8,59,69,905

2nd Dose 1,40,81,556

Over 60 years 1st Dose 6,70,95,979

2nd Dose 2,29,35,996

Total 31,50,45,926

More than 31.17 Crore vaccine doses provided by Government of India to States/UTs

More than 1.45 crore doses still available with States/UTs to be administered

More than 31.17 crore (31,17,01,800) vaccine doses have been provided by Government of India to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 29,71,80,733 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.45 crore (1,45,21,067) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 19,10,650 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730443

Government grants further extension in timelines of compliances

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The Government has granted further extension of timelines of compliances under Income Tax Act. It has also announced tax exemption for expenditure on COVID-19 treatment and ex-gratia received on death due to COVID-19.

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Kudos to the real champions of Vande Bharat Mission.

Civil Aviation professionals who took great personal risks to fly to different parts of the world to reach out to stranded fellow citizens during Covid. Their efforts facilitated more than 92.6 lakh people since 6 May 2020. pic.twitter.com/cVPk0GZItL — Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) June 25, 2021

#IndiaFightsCOVID19

Test, Track & Treat continues at an accelerated pace!

More than 17.45 Lakh samples tested on June 25, taking the cumulative total to 40.18 Crore across the country.@PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/zojkQ5WdJt — Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 26, 2021

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#CoronaVirusUpdates:

State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 26th June, 2021, 8 AM)

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on June 26th, 2021)

▶96.72% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (2,91,93,085) ▶1.97% Active cases (5,95,565) ▶1.31% Deaths (3,94,493)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/FWNU4t5dcD

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 26, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:

#푪푶푽푰푫19 푽풂풄풄풊풏풆 푫풐풔풆풔: 푨품풆-풘풊풔풆 푫풊풔풕풓풊풃풖풕풊풐풏 (As on June 26th 2021, till 09:00 AM)

✅ Above 60 years: 29.9% ✅ 45-60 years: 33.7% ✅ 18-44 years: 36.4%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/mUejpPWhGy — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 26, 2021      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730458 9/11 6/26/2021 Press Information Bureau

#IndiaFightsCorona

More than 3.3 crore doses administered in first 5 days of the World's Largest Free-For-All Vaccination Drive launched on June 21, 2021. (As on June 26, 2021)

But this fight isn't over yet, strengthen the country's endeavour by getting #Vaccinated#We4Vaccine pic.twitter.com/0bYzxWzi7r — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 26, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:#COVID19Vaccination Status (As on 26th June, 2021, 8:00 AM)

✅Total vaccine doses administered (so far): 31,50,45,926

✅Vaccine doses administered (in last 24 hours): 61,19,169#We4Vaccine #LargestVaccinationDrive@ICMRDELHI @DBTIndia pic.twitter.com/I0tQso6qrd — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 26, 2021

All passengers arriving at #jorhatairport please note if you are fully vaccinated you can ask for exemption from mandatory #covidtest as per new sop issued by Assam government. @AAI_Official@aairedner @IndiGo6E pic.twitter.com/k5GsDFvDkr

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 25 JUN 2021 6:56PM by PIB Delhi

30.79 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India administered 60.73 lakh vaccine doses in last 24 hours India reports 51,667 new cases in last 24 hours India's Active Caseload declines to 6,12,868 2,91,28,267 Total Recoveries across the country so far 64,527 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 43rd consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.66% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.00% Daily positivity rate at 2.98%, less than 5% for 18 consecutive days

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COVID-19 Update India reports 51,667 new cases in last 24 hours India's Active Caseload declines to 6,12,868 2,91,28,267 Total Recoveries across the country so far 64,527 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 43rd consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.66% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.00% Daily positivity rate at 2.98%, less than 5% for 18 consecutive days COVID-19 Vaccination Update

More than 30.54 crore (30,54,32,450) vaccine doses have been provided by Government of India to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 29,04,04,264 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today).    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730334 4/11 6/26/2021 Press Information Bureau

More than 1.50 crore (1,50,28,186) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 47,00,000 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1730208

COVID19 Vaccination: Myths Vs. Facts

COVID-19 vaccines do not cause infertility Most people do not face any side-effect after COVID vaccination but it does not mean that vaccines are not efficient “At least six different types of COVID-19 vaccine to be available in India soon, we expect to procure 30-35 crore doses in a month, will enable to vaccinate 1 crore persons in a day” Common Questions on COVID-19 Vaccination answered by Dr. N.K. Arora, Chairman, Working Group on COVID-19 in NTAGI We are soon going to have the world’s first DNA-plasmid vaccine by Zydus Cadilla which has been Made in India. The other vaccine that we can expect soon is Biological E – a protein sub-unit vaccine, informs Dr. Narendra Kumar Arora, Chairman of COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI). He further informs that the trials of these vaccines have been quite encouraging. “We are hopeful that this vaccine will be available by September. The Indian m- RNA vaccine which can be stored at temperature 2 - 8 Degree Celsius should also be available by September. Two other vaccines namely Novavax by Serum Institute of India and Johnson & Johnson may also be expected soon. By the third week of July, the production capacity of Bharat Biotech and SII are going to be increased phenomenally. This will enhance the vaccine supply in the country. By August, we expect to procure 30-35 crore doses in a month”. Dr. Arora says that this will enable us to vaccinate one crore persons in a day. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1730219

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan along with the Chief Minister, MP Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurate COVID Care facility in Mandla Union Minister of Steel and Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, along with the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, today inaugurated COVID Care facility in Mandla district. Union Minister of State for Steel Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste and the MP Public Health and family welfare minister Dr Prabhuram Choudhary were also present in the event. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730334

Minister of State for Education Shri Sanjay Dhotre launches the Rapid Antigen Test Kit for COVID-19 developed by IIT Delhi      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730334 5/11 6/26/2021 Press Information Bureau Minister of State for Education Shri Sanjay Dhotre launched a Rapid Antigen Test kit for COVID-19 developed by IIT Delhi today. The Rapid Antigen Test kit has been developed by the IIT Delhi researchers led by Dr. Harpal Singh, professor at the Institute’s Centre for Biomedical Engineering. Congratulating the IIT Delhi researchers and their manufacturing partners on the launch of the test kit, MoS, Shri Sanjay Dhotre said, “I am confident that this technology will revolutionize the Covid test availability in the country. I am glad to know that the kit has been developed entirely using the internal resources at IIT Delhi.” Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730283

Inputs from PIB Field Units Kerala: Nearly three villages in Kerala have been put under lockdown after agenome sequencing study detected the presence of the highly infectious Delta Plusvariant in some Covid-19 patients. One case was reported fromPathanamitta and two others from Palakkad district. Apart from cordoning off theaffected areas and RT-PCR tests of the residents, containment measures in thedistricts including preventing crowds and intermingling of people, widespread testing,prompt tracing as well as vaccine coverage of the local population is being done on apriority basis. Meanwhile, the state recorded 12,078 new Covid cases yesterday. With 136 new fatalities, the death toll mounted to 12,581. Test positivity rate wasrecorded at 10.37. So far a total of 1,31,20,886 people have been vaccinated in thestate. Out of this, 1,02,93,156 have taken first dose and 28,27,730 second dose.

Tamil Nadu: TN Chief Minister MK Stalin announces setting up of Special Clinics inall Government Medical College Hospitals with specialists to address post Covid-19complications. TN schools have been asked to be kept ready for the resumption ofacademic activities once normalcy is restored. With Covid-19 cases steadily comingdown in Chennai and its suburbs, Southern Railway has allowed more categories ofcommuters to travel in suburban trains starting today. State Health Minister MaSubramanian has said even if two people were tested positive for Delta Plus variantin a particular place, the whole area would be declared as restricted zone. TNrecorded a further decline in Covid cases by recording 6,162 new infections and 155more deaths on Thursday. The total death toll now is 31,901 and the active casesdipped below the 50K mark to 49,845. Around 4.32 lakh persons received Covidvaccines in the State yesterday. A village called Kaattur in Tiruvarur district of TNhas achieved 100 per cent vaccination. A total of 1,39,88,481 people have so farbeen vaccinated in TN. Out of this, 1,16,13,983 took first dose and 23,74,498 tooksecond dose. Similarly in Puducherry UT, a total of 4,61,886 people have so farbeen vaccinated. Out of this, 4,01,601 took first dose and 60,285 took second dose. Karnataka: As per the State Government bulletin released for 24-06-2021, NewCases Reported: 3,979; Total Active Cases: 1,10,523; New Covid Deaths: 138; TotalCovid Deaths: 34,425. Around 2,89,581 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of2,07,72,477 have been vaccinated in the state till now. The state government hasannounced a tax exemption for hotel, resort, restaurant and amusement parks thathave suffered financial losses due to Corona. These will only pay 50 per cent of theproperty tax in the year 2021-22 and remaining 50 per cent is exempted. In the statecapital, more than 25% of young people have      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730334 6/11 6/26/2021 Press Information Bureau been vaccinated. The vaccine campaign has been active in those over the age of45 as well. Because of the availability of skilled manpower and favourable businessand regulatory environment, Karnataka remained a favourite destination forinvestment even during Covid period. Andhra Pradesh: State reported 4981 new Covid-19 cases after testing 88,622samples with 38 deaths, while 6464 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Totalcases: 18,67,017; Active cases: 49,683; Discharges: 18,04,844; Deaths: 12,490. Atotal of 1,43,51,320 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state ason yesterday, which include 1,15,34,623 first doses and 28,16,697 second doses.The State has decided to cancel Tenth and Intermediate board exams following theSupreme Court’s direction on Thursday that all state boards should develop internalassessment criteria and declare results before July 31. A UNICEF delegation hascalled on Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and handed over 240 oxygenconcentrators on behalf of UNICEF and 25 concentrators and N-95 masks worth Rs50 lakh on behalf of Grace Cancer Foundation for treatment of Covid patients. Telangana: A total of 1088 new cases and 9 fatalities were reported yesterdaytaking the total number of positive cases in the state to 6,17,776 and fatalities to3607. The recovery rate in the state is reported to be 96.82 percent against thenational average of 96.58 percent. The numberof Active Cases in the state now stands at 16,030. Coming to vaccination drive in thestate, a total of 1,98,118 people of all categories received first dose and 13,034second dose in the state yesterday. Now, the cumulative number of people who receivedfirst dose in the state stand at 82,59,416 and second dose at 16,03,580. Maharashtra: With the addition of 9,844 new COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra on Thursday, the state's cumulative infection count crossed the grim milestone of 60 lakh, while 197 patients succumbed to the infection. The state's total caseload now stands at 60,07,431. With 197 more deaths, the fatality count reached 1,19,859. Out of it, 149 deaths occurred in the last 48 hours and 48 in the last week. The state had crossed the 59-lakh case mark on June 13. The state's COVID-19 recovery rate is now at 95.93 per cent, while the case fatality rate has increased and reached 2 per cent. The number of active cases stands at 1,21,767.

Gujarat:Gujarat on Thursday registered 129 new COVID-19 cases and just two deaths, while 507 patients recovered from the infection. With the addition of 129 cases, the coronavirus tally in the state rose to 8,22,887. One patient each succumbed to the infection in Ahmedabad and Junagadh during the day, taking the death toll to 10,042. As many as 507 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, pushing the count of recoveries to 8,08,418. The COVID-19 recovery rate currently stands at 98.24 per cent. Gujarat now has 4,427 active cases, of which, 51 patients are on ventilator.A total of 2,39,02,371 people have been vaccinated so far in the state. During the day, 4.44 lakh eligible people received coronavirus vaccines. Rajasthan: Rajasthan, on Thursday, registered zero deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The entire state registered 147 new active cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours out of which 14 cases were from the state capital Jaipur. As against that, 306 patients of Covid-19 recovered from the disease in the same period.On Thursday, eight out of thirty-three districts in the state recorded zero new active coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730334 7/11 6/26/2021 Press Information Bureau Madhya Pradesh:Madhya Pradesh once again administered the highest number of vaccine in the country in a single day. The state administered 11,17,277 doses of vaccine on Thursday. 23 districts recorded over 100 per cent vaccination.]Madhya Pradesh on Thursday added 62 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 fresh deaths, pushing its infection tally to 7,89,561 and the toll to 8,849. Of total 52 districts in the state, 31 districts did not record any new coronavirus case in the last 24 hours. A total of 255 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recoveries in Madhya Pradesh to 7,79,432. The number of active cases in the state stands at 1,280. Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has appealed to people to be vigilant in view of the increasing cases of delta plus variant of coronavirus in the neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.Along with this, the Chief Minister has given instructions to keep strict monitoring on the movement on the inter-state borders. Till now not a single case of the Delta Plus variant has been reported in Chhattisgarh.Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count rose to 9,92,391 on Thursday with addition of 317 cases, while the death toll mounted by eight to 13,415. The number of recoveries reached 9,71,662 after a total of 81 people were discharged from various hospitals, while 524 others completed their home isolation during the day. The number of active cases in the state stands at 7,314. Goa: Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 229 and reached 1,65,426 on Thursday, while 258 more people recovered from the infection. The death toll rose to 3,022 as nine more patients succumbed to the infection during the day. The number of recovered cases in the state rose to 1,59,677 after 258 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases is now 2,727. Assam:A total of 34 Covid deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, while 2,781 new infections were detected in 1,24,019 tests done during the day. Around 65 lakh people have been inoculated with one or both the COVID-19 vaccine doses in the state, and the government has the target of vaccinating 1.35 crore. The government hopes to achieve this target in 45 days.Informing that a fresh SOP for Covid related restrictions would be announced on Saturday, CM HimantaBiswaSarma said that as many as 220 hotspots of COVID-19 have been identified in 15 districts of the state. Manipur:State reports 11 deaths, 549 new positive cases. Nearly 6 lakh vaccinated in Manipur. CM says Steps have been taken up to curb Delta variant, third wave. Meghalaya: The East Khasi Hills district administration on Thursday issued an order directing that all shops prior to opening will place a prominent sign/poster indicating the COVID vaccination status of proprietors, shopkeepers and staff on the shop premises.Meghalaya on Thursday reported 420 new COVID-19 cases and ten deaths taking the number of fatalities past the 800-mark to 807. The number of recoveries on the day dipped to 298. Sikkim: Sikkim reported 92 newpositive cases, 198 recoveriesand two Covid -19 relatedcasualties during the last 24hours. The totalcaseload and active casesstand at 19681 and 2282respectively as of today. Withtwo new casualties, death tollas reached 298 while 16850 patients have recovered so far.The state recorded dailypositivity and recovery rateof 14.1% and 85.6%respectively. Tripura:State inoculates more than 23 lakhs people in total with 43,145 people being vaccinated in the last 24 hours.There have been 2 fatalities and 359 people have tested positive in the past 24 hours.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730334 8/11 6/26/2021 Press Information Bureau NAGALAND: Nagaland reports 88 new cases and 2 deaths on Thursday. Active cases are 1308 while total rises to 24,629.Khensa village in Mokokchung district too has achieved 100% vaccination status. 313 eligible persons took the first jab on June 17 while the rest 255 were inoculated on June 22 completing the cent percent figure.

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More than 17.35 Lakh samples tested on June 24.@PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA #Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/ZP4Ivc3iBL — Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 25, 2021

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#IndiaFightsCorona:

Government of India has so far provided more than 30 crore vaccine doses to States/UTs Free of Cost (As on 25th June, 2021, 8:00 am)

➡️More than 1.50 crore doses are still available with States/UTs to be administered.#We4Vaccine #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/RzNfGIVvnO — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 25, 2021

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#푪푶푽푰푫19 푽풂풄풄풊풏풆 푫풐풔풆풔: 푨품풆-풘풊풔풆 푫풊풔풕풓풊풃풖풕풊풐풏 (As on June 25th 2021, till 09:00 AM)

✅ Above 60 years: 26.8% ✅ 45-60 years: 36.8% ✅ 18-44 years: 36.4%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/hc2WA5oay7 — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 25, 2021

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State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 25th June, 2021, 8 AM)

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Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on June 25th, 2021)

▶96.6% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (2,91,28,267) ▶2.03% Active cases (6,12,868) ▶1.31% Deaths (3,93,310)

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Posted On: 24 JUN 2021 8:13PM by PIB Delhi

30.16 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India administered 64.89 lakh vaccine doses in last 24 hours India reports 54,069 new cases in last 24 hours India's Active Caseload declines to 6,27,057 2,90,63,740 Total Recoveries across the country so far

68,885 patients recovered during last 24 hours

Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 42nd consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.61%

Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.04% Daily positivity rate at 2.91%, less than 5% for 17 consecutive days

#Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729944 1/15 6/25/2021 Press Information Bureau PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729944 3/15 6/25/2021 Press Information Bureau COVID-19 Update 64.89 lakh vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours

India reports 54,069 New Cases in the last 24 hours

India's Active Caseload further declines to 6,27,057

Daily Recoveries outnumber Daily New Cases for 42nd consecutive day

Recovery Rate increases to 96.61%

Daily Positivity Rate stands at 2.91%, less than 5% positivity for 17 consecutive days India has reported 54,069 new cases in the last 24 hours. Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 17 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 6,27,057 today. A net decline of 16,137 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.08% of the country's total Positive Cases.

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As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 42 consecutive days now. 68,885 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. More than14,000 (14,816) recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,90,63,740 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 68,885 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.61%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729944 5/15 6/25/2021 Press Information Bureau

With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 18,59,469 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 39.78 crore (39,78,32,667) tests so far. While on one side testing has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 3.04% while the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.91% today. It has remained less than 5% for 17 consecutive days now. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729944

India’s COVID19 Vaccination Coverage crosses the landmark of 30 Crores

In a milestone achievement, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage has exceeded 30 Crores yesterday. A total of 30,16,26,028 vaccine doses have been administered through 40,45,516 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 64,89,599 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

These include:

HCWs 1st Dose 1,01,58,915

2nd Dose 71,32,888

FLWs 1st Dose 1,73,03,658

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Age Group 18-44 years 1st Dose 7,06,62,665

2nd Dose 15,02,078

Age Group 45-59 years 1st Dose 8,39,38,683

2nd Dose 1,33,51,488

Over 60 years 1st Dose 6,61,61,004

2nd Dose 2,22,29,543

Total 30,16,26,028

The new phase of universalization of COVID19 vaccination commenced from 21 June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID19 vaccination throughout the country. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729944 COVID19 Vaccination: Myths Vs. Facts

Distribution of Vaccine is done in a transparent manner based on population of a state, caseload, state’s utilisation efficiency and wastage factors It is clarified that Government of India continues to allocate COVID-19 vaccines to States/UTs in a transparent manner. Information about the vaccine supply by Government of India, consumption by the States/UTs, balance and unutilised vaccine doses available with States/UTs, along with vaccine supply in the pipeline is regularly shared through press releases made by Press Information Bureau, and also through other forums.

The distribution of COVID19 vaccine is done on the below mentioned parameters:

Population of a state Caseload or disease burden State’s utilisation efficiency

The allocation is negatively affected by the Vaccine Wastage      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729944 7/15 6/25/2021 Press Information Bureau Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730003

Defence Secretary calls for active collaborations to fight COVID-19 at 9th Moscow Conference on International Security

“Active collaborations, research partnerships and leveraging each other’s strengths are the ways ahead to fight pandemics like COVID-19,” said Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar in his address at the plenary session of the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security on the topic ‘Role of Military Agencies in fighting against COVID-19’, in Moscow, Russia on June 23, 2021. Defence Ministers of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Zimbabwe, Sudan and UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping among others participated in the session. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729856

G20 Education Ministers reiterate commitment to ensure continuity of quality education during the pandemic The Minister of State for Education Shri Sanjay Dhotre participated in the G20 Education Ministers’ Meeting on 22nd June, 2021. The meeting was hosted in blended mode by Italy. G20 Education Ministers exchanged views on how to progress on the fight against educational poverty and inequalities, especially in context of the Covid 19 pandemic. The ministers also resolved to share innovative experiences implemented during the pandemic to ensure the continuity and quality of learning pathways through blended education Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729758

Union Health Ministry organises Capacity Building Workshop for Media Professionals/ Health Correspondents of 12 States/ UTs on COVID-19

Five-pronged Strategy of Covid Appropriate Behaviour, Testing, Tracing, Treatment and Vaccination are potent weapons against COVID-19: Health Secretary

“Media is an important pillar with a social responsibility to inform and educate the masses in our collective fight against Covid-19”

Role of Media vital in countering myths and overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy

Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729811

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Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey along with his wife, Smt. Neeta Choubey were administered the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS New Delhi, today. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730057 Inputs from PIB Field Units

Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 593572. Number of active cases is 5641. Total Deaths reported is 15923. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1300518. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 328467. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3281077. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 551738.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 61520. Total number of Active Cases is 267. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 807.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 201049. Total number of Active Cases is 2287. Total deaths reported till date is 3445.

Maharashtra: After a gap of seven days, Maharashtra on Wednesday crossed the 10,000 single-day case mark and reported 10,066 COVID-19 infections, taking its tally to 59,97,587. With 163 more deaths, the fatality count increased to 1,19,303. The state's COVID-19 recovery rate is 95.93 per cent, while the case fatality rate is 1.99 per cent. As many as 11,032 patients were discharged during the day, taking the number of recovered cases to 57,53,290 and leaving the state with 1,21,859 active cases. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said that 21 cases of Delta plus variant have been detected in the state. Maharashtra Government is planning to resume offline classes in COVID-19 Free villages. In a review meeting of the Education Department, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asked to explore possibilities of resuming offline classes of 10th and 12th Standard in these villages.

Gujarat: Gujarat has so far administered 2,34,57,715 doses of vaccine, with 4,48,153 people getting inoculated on Wednesday, which included 3,10,151 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years. With the addition of 138 new COVID-19 cases, the tally of infections in Gujarat rose to 8,22,758, while three casualties took the toll to 10,040 on Wednesday. At least 487 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 8,07,911. Gujarat is now left with 4,807 active cases, and the state''s recovery rate stands at 98.20 per cent.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729944 9/15 6/25/2021 Press Information Bureau Rajasthan: In Rajasthan, the recovery rate of COVID-19 has reached 98.80 per cent. The number of active patients in the state has come down to less than 2,400. The state recorded 155 new coronavirus cases and one fatality on Wednesday. The number of Mucormycosis cases in the state is also continuously decreasing. Average 2.5 lakh vaccines have been administered in the state every day during the last ten days. More than 2,21,00,000 vaccines have been administered in the state so far. More than 4,27,000 vaccines were administered yesterday.

Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh once again administered the highest number of vaccine in the country in a single day. The state administered 11,17,277 doses of vaccine on Wednesday. So far, over 1,75,00,000 people have been vaccinated in the state. 23 districts recorded over 100 per cent vaccination. Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday recorded 84 new cases of coronavirus and 21 casualties that raised the tally of infections to 7,89,499 and took the toll to 8,827. Of the central state's 52 districts, 25 did not record a single new case in the last 24 hours. At least 275 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recoveries to 7,79,177. The state now has 1,495 active cases. In Madhya Pradesh, five cases of the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 have been reported so far.

Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh on Wednesday reported 421 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths, taking the infection count to 9,92,074 and the toll to 13,407. The number of recoveries reached 9,71,057 after a total of 263 people were discharged from various hospitals, while 550 others completed their home isolation during the day. The number of active cases in the state stands at 7,610. Chhattisgarh administered more than 1,58,000 doses of vaccine on Wednesday. So far, 79,86,496 people have been vaccinated in the state.

Goa: With the addition of 240 new cases of coronavirus, the tally of infections in Goa rose to 1,65,197 on Wednesday. At least 390 patients were discharged from various hospitals, while five died of the infection during the day, taking the count of recoveries to 1,59,149 and the toll to 3,013. The coastal state is now left with 2,795 active cases. Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said the Goa government is closely monitoring the situation vis-à-vis the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 after these cases were detected in neighbouring Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra. No cases of Delta Plus have been detected in the state as yet, he claimed.

Kerala: The number of people, who have received the first dose of the Covid vaccine, has crossed 1 crore in the state. As of today, a total of 1,28,91,706 People have taken first dose and 27,40,794 second dose. The daily distribution of vaccines in the state has been increased to over 2 lakh doses. About 2.62 lakh were given on June 21 and 2.3 lakh on June 22. The number of camps were increased after 10 lakh doses were received. State Health Minister has said that more vaccines would be distributed depending on the availability. The state recorded 12,787 new Covid cases on Wednesday. With 150 new fatalities, the death toll mounted to 12,445. Test positivity rate stands at 10.29. The state has so far received 1,24,01,800 doses of vaccine from the Centre.    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729944 10/15 6/25/2021 Press Information Bureau

Tamil Nadu: Delta Plus variant of coronavirus, which has already risen concerns in Kerala, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, has been detected in Tamil Nadu also. New coronavirus cases in Tamil Nadu declined to 6,596 on Wednesday to take the total number of infections in the State to 24,43,415. Chennai had 393 infections. Tamil Nadu has received 6.72 lakh doses of Covid vaccine yesterday. Puducherry posted 263 fresh cases of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Wednesday, pushing up the aggregate to 1.15 lakh. In Puducherry on the vaccination front, 37.013 health care workers and 22,809 front-line workers have been vaccinated so far. The UT also inoculated 3,22,637 people coming under the category of either senior citizens (above 60 years) or those above 45 years with co morbidity. A total of 1,35,91,183 people have so far been vaccinated in TN. Out of this, 1,12,57,029 took first dose and 23,34,154 took second dose. Similarly, in Puducherry UT, a total of 4,53,715 people have so far been vaccinated. Out of this, 3,94,557 took first dose and 59,158 took second dose.

Karnataka: As per the State Government bulletin released for 23-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 4,436; Total Active Cases: 1,16,450; New Covid Deaths: 123; Total Covid Deaths: 34,287. Around 2,80,617 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 2,03,73,516 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Additional 5,240 vials of Liposomal Amphotericin-B injections have been allocated to the state for the treatment of black fungus patients, Union Minister for Fertilizer and Chemicals DV Sadananda Gowda said. Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwaththa Narayana said the government was planning to start colleges under the slogan “Back to college” and intend to vaccinate graduate students in July.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 4684 new Covid-19 cases after testing 80,712 samples with 36 deaths, while 7324 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 18,62,036; Active cases: 51,204; Discharges: 17,98,380; Deaths: 12,452. A total of 1,40,74,533 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 1,13,15,609 first doses and 27,58,924 second doses. The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would not permit the Andhra Pradesh government to go ahead with the conduct of Class XII State Board examinations unless it is convinced that the state is geared up to conduct the examinations without any fatality. The court also suggested that the government should also think in terms of staff and students safety. Meanwhile, the AP government has decided to reopen all tourist places in the state from today.

Telangana: A total of 1,114 new Covid cases and 12 deaths were reported yesterday taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 6,16,688 and fatalities to 3598. The number of Active Cases in the state stands at 16,462. The recovery rate is reported to be 96.74 percent against the national average of 96.52 percent. As per the directions of the High Court, the State Govt has issued orders capping cost of Covid-19 tests and treatment at private labs and hospitals. In continuation of its Special Vaccination Drive, the State Health Department has decided to inoculate all teaching and non-teaching staff of all private and Govt schools and Colleges in the state from today and will continue till the end of this month. This decision was taken as the Govt has decided to reopen educational institutions from 1st of next month. A total of 1,57,958 people of all categories received first dose of vaccine and 9,571 received https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729944 11/15 6/25/2021 Press Information Bureau second dose yesterday. The cumulative number of people received first dose in the state stands at 80,61,298 and second dose at 15,90,546. The vaccine wastage in the state is reported to be at 0.12 percent, according to the bulletin issued by the Director of State Public Health department today.

Assam: Assam on Wednesday reported 2,728 new cases of Coronavirus, pushing the active caseload of the state to 30,524. The case positivity rate is 1.64 per cent. Moreover, 30 Covid-related deaths have been recorded on wednesday. Assam’s Chief Secretary, Jishnu Barua has directed all departmental heads to ascertain the vaccination status of frontline government servants before releasing the monthly salary/remuneration from the current month onwards. The State Health department exceeded its daily vaccination target of three lakh on the third day when over 3.46 lakh people were inoculated. According to official sources, 2,184 vaccination centres were operational in the State on Wednesday.

Manipur: In Manipur, 629 fresh positive cases of COVID-19 reported with 9 more deaths. Daily positivity rate stands at 11.8 pc. Anyone below 94 percent Oxygen level has been asked to report to the health authorities of the State. The cumulative number of people who have been inoculated in Manipur reached 504276.

Meghalaya: In Meghalaya, fresh cases are on the rise again with the State registering 482 new COVID- 19 cases on Wednesday, while 434 patients recovered from the disease moving the active case tally to 4,312. Moreover, nine people succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 797. The case fatality rate currently stands at 1.72%. The High Court of Meghalaya said the vaccination orders issued by the deputy commissioners should be seen as a “persuasive advisory” and not coercion while directing all shops, commercial establishments and passenger vehicles to indicate the vaccination status of their staff. The status should be displayed prominently at a conspicuous place on signs reading “vaccinated” or “not vaccinated”, the court said on Wednesday after hearing a petition challenging DCs’ orders.

Nagaland: Nagaland reported 103 new cases of COVID-19 but nil death report on Wednesday. Active cases are 1633 while total cases reached 24,541. Nagaland CM, Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday inaugurated another pressure swing absorption oxygen generation plant at District Hospital, Phek, a day after a similar facility was launched in Tuensang. The plant is also another joint initiative of the Nagaland govt, Japanese govt & UNDP. Team Dimapur on COVID-19 which held a coordination meeting on Wednesday, decided to carry out aggressive testing and vaccination in the district till June 30. In the meeting, Dimapur DC Rajesh Soundararajan said the district was now better prepared to face the pandemic.

Tripura: Tripura reported 395 positive cases with 2 deaths and a positivity rate of 5.34% in last 24 hours. State has administered 42,854 of which 37,508 persons were given jab in the age group of 18 to 44 years.

Sikkim: Sikkim reported 131 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 19,589. East Sikkim district registered 75 new cases followed by South Sikkim (36) and West Sikkim district (20). https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729944 12/15 6/25/2021 Press Information Bureau Sikkim now has 2,390 active Covid-19 cases, while 16,652 people have recovered from the disease. The Himalayan state has so far reported 296 Covid-19 deaths, while the 251 patients have migrated to other states. The state tested 659 samples in the last 24 hours taking the total number of samples tested thus far to 1,58,201. Sikkim's Covid-19 positivity rate now is 19.8 per cent, while the recovery rate has increased to 85%. Important Tweets

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 23 JUN 2021 6:56PM by PIB Delhi

India administered 54.24 lakh vaccine doses in the last 24 hours 29.46 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India reports 50,848 new cases in the last 24 hours India's Active Caseload declines to 6,43,194; lowest in 82 days 2,89,94,855 Total Recoveries across the country so far 68,817 patients recovered during the last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 41st consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.56% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.12% Daily positivity rate at 2.67%, less than 5% for 16 consecutive days

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COVID-19 Update India reports 50,848 New Cases in the last 24 hours Daily Positivity Rate stands at 2.67%, less than 5% positivity for 16 consecutive days India has reported 50,848new cases in the last 24 hours. Less than 1 lakh Daily New Caseshave been reported for 16 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

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India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 6,43,194today. This is the lowest in 82 days. A net decline of 19,327is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.14% of the country's total Positive Cases.

As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 41 consecutive days now. 68,817recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Nearly 18,000(17,969) more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

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Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,89,94,855people have already recovered from COVID-19 and68,817patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.56%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729604

COVID-19 Vaccination Update In yet another significant development, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage has exceeded 29 Crores yesterday. A total of 29,46,39,511 vaccine doses have been administered through 39,49,630 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 54,24,374 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours. These include:

HCWs 1st Dose 1,01,45,382

2nd Dose 71,14,021

FLWs 1st Dose 1,72,70,889

2nd Dose 91,37,511

Age Group 18-44 years 1st Dose 6,59,41,855

2nd Dose 14,28,117

Age Group 45-59 years 1st Dose 8,28,91,130      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729684 6/15 6/24/2021 Press Information Bureau

2nd Dose 1,31,57,562

Over 60 years 1st Dose 6,56,45,248

2nd Dose 2,19,07,796

Total 29,46,39,511

The new phase of universalization of COVID19 vaccination commenced from 21 June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID19 vaccination throughout the country. More than 29.68 crore (29,68,27,450) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 27,76,26,985 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.92 crore (1,92,00,465) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 39,07,310 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729605

COVID19 Vaccination: Myths Vs. Facts

Special provisions have been made for organising vaccination sessions for those who may not have any of the nine specified identity cards or own a mobile phone Near-to-Home vaccination services for the elderly and persons with disability also provided COVID 19 vaccination coverage is better in tribal/rural districts than the national averages There have been some media reports alleging that homeless people have been ‘barred and conspicuously left out’’ from registering for COVID-19 vaccination due to unavailability of technical requirements. The reports have further stated ‘requirement to register digitally’, ‘knowledge of English and access to a computer or a smart phone connected to the internet’ as some of the factors depriving people of vaccination. These claims are baseless and not based on facts. It is clarified that:

1. Ownership of a mobile phone is not a prerequisite for Covid vaccination. 2. Production of address proof for availing vaccination is also not mandatory. 3. It is not mandatory to pre-register online on Co-WIN for availing vaccination. 4. For easy understanding of users, Co-Win is now available in 12 languages. These include Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Gurumukhi (Punjabi) and English.    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729684 7/15 6/24/2021 Press Information Bureau Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729674

Rural India accounts for 64% of vaccine doses administered on first day of vaccination under revised guidelines Rural coverage of vaccines has been remarkably emphasised, rural outreach is entirely possible: Dr. V.K Paul Need to bring more women forward for getting vaccinated: Dr.Paul COVID-19 vaccines administered in rural areas came to 63.68 percent of the total vaccinations done on Monday (June 21, 2021), the first day when the revised vaccination guidelines came into force. Out of total vaccine doses administered on the day, 56.09 lakh vaccines were given from rural vaccination centres, while the urban areas recorded vaccination of 31.9 lakh people. Addressing the COVID-19 media briefing in New Delhi on Tuesday, Dr. V.K. Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog informed that particular emphasis has been given on rural coverage of vaccination. "The rural coverage is intense and in a good proportion. The vaccination numbers from Monday (June 21, 2021) were almost in proportion to the rural-urban population division in the country. It proves that it is possible to take the vaccination drive to the rural and remote areas.” Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729684

Cabinet approves further allocation of additional foodgrain to NFSA beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (Phase IV) – for another period of Five months i.e. July to November, 2021

The total outgo in terms of foodgrains may be approximately 204 LMT.Additional allocation will ameliorate the hardships faced by poor due to economic disruption caused by Corona Virus. No poor family will suffer on account of non-availability of food-grains due to disruption in the next five months.

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Additional 61,120 vials of Liposomal Amphotericin B allocated to all States/UTs & Central Institutions: Shri D.V Sadananda Gowda

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri D.V Sadananda Gowda announced that an additional 61,120 vials of Liposomal Amphotericin-B, used in the treatment for Mucormycosis have been allocated to all States/UTs and Central Institutions today.

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Union Health Ministry advises Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh on Delta Plus Variant, currently a Variant of Concern (VOC) States to take up immediate containment measures, enhanced testing, tracking and vaccination in districts and clusters where the Delta Plus variant is found Adequate samples of positive persons to be promptly sent to designated laboratories of INSACOG so that the clinical epidemiological correlations can be made

The Union Health Ministry,yesterday, advised Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh that the Public Health Response measures, while broadly remaining the same as have been implemented by them earlier, have to become more focused and effective. The States Chief Secretaries have been advised to take up immediate containment measures in the districts and clusters (as identified by INSACOG) including preventing crowds & intermingling of people, widespread testing, prompt tracing as well as vaccine coverage on a priority basis.

They were also advised to ensure that adequate samples of positive persons are promptly sent to the designated laboratories of INSACOG so that clinical epidemiological correlations can be made for further guidance to be provided to States.

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Why do new waves happen? Member (Health), NITI Aayog answers Focus on what is in our hands: don’t give opportunities to the virus, don’t become a susceptible host- Dr V K Paul “Decision to open schools has to be taken very cautiously”

“There are countries where even the second wave has not occurred. If we do what is required and do not indulge in irresponsible behaviour, then outbreak should not occur. This is a simple epidemiological principle.” Dr. V.K. Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog was explaining the reasons behind emergence      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729684 9/15 6/24/2021 Press Information Bureau of new pandemic waves and how it can be controlled or even avoided by following COVID appropriate behaviours and taking measures such as vaccination. He was addressing the Union Health Ministry's media briefing on COVID-19, held at National Media Centre, PIB Delhi yesterday.

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Union Minister Dr Jitendra says, North-Eastern Region would lead the India’s growth story in the post-Covid-19 world

Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh yesterday said that Northeast will lead post-COVID India's growth story. He said, the North Eastern Region is fast emerging as a role model in many spheres including the COVID management and added that in the post-COVID times, when we are engaged in building up India’s economy, there will be a tendency to look for unexplored areas of generating business and revenue, and the Northeast would be seen as a perfect destination. The Minister was speaking as chief guest at a conference titled “The Land of Emerging Opportunities, focus area Manipur” organized by ASSOCHAM and Government of Manipur.

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Inputs from PIB Field Units Kerala:More relaxations in lockdown regulations will come into effect in the state from tomorrow as places of worship are to be opened to admit devotees in a regulated mannerThe regulations, however, would continue to be severe in high spread (TPR between 16% 24%) and critical spread (TPR above 24%) localities. Government offices in low and moderate spread localities could function with less than 50% of the staff strength. The State would shut down entirely on the weekend. However, the threat of a third wave driven by new variants of the virus remains. The state recorded 12,617 new Covid cases and 141 deaths yesterday. The death toll is 12,295. TPR stands at 10.72 %. Meanwhile, the government is considering providing Covid vaccine to college students at the earliest. Classes will be resumed as early as possible by completing vaccination. Vaccination of school teachers will also be prioritized. A total of 1,27,59,404 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 1,00,69,673 took first dose and 26,89,731 took second dose.

Tamil Nadu:TN Health Minister Ma Subramanian has said it is not possible to distribute ex-gratia compensation to the families of Covid victims. With a further decline in the number of Covid cases, Tamil Nadu recorded 6,895 new infections and 194 deaths on Tuesday. The total number of cases in the State has reached 24,36,819 and the death toll in the State. The active cases of Covid-19 in TN stood at https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729684 10/15 6/24/2021 Press Information Bureau 56,866 with the highest of 8,873 in Coimbatore, followed by 5,942 cases in Erode. Puducherry UT posted 263 fresh cases during the last 24 hours pushing up the aggregate to 1.15 lakh. Tamil Nadu has received 2.21 lakh doses of Covaxin vaccine from Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad yesterday. The State is conducting a special drive to inoculate those who missed Covaxin 2nd dose. A total of 1,33,75,937 people have so far been vaccinated in TN. Out of this, 1,10,64,602 took first dose and 23,11,335 took second dose. Similarly in Puducherry UT, a total of 4,44,683 people have so far been vaccinated. Out of this, 3,86,817 took first dose and 57,866 took second dose.

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 22-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 3,709; Total Active Cases: 1,18,592; New Covid Deaths: 139; Total Covid Deaths: 34,164; Around 2,79,310 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,99,12,833 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Coronavirus is on the decline in the state, with 3709 people infected on Tuesday. This is lowest figure in the last 83 days. Positivity rate fell to 2.87%. Karnataka has achieved a major milestone in delivering the vaccine, which is a powerful weapon to control coronavirus infection, and has crossed the two-crore dose mark.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 4169 new Covid-19 cases after testing 74,453 samples with 53 deaths, while 8376 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 18,57,352; Active cases: 53,880; Discharges: 17,91,056; Deaths: 12,416. A total of 1,40,39,082 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 1,12,88,086 first doses and 27,50,996 second doses. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has urged officials to expand the Corona vaccination programme, asserting that the State has the capacity to vaccinate 25 lakh people a day. Meanwhile, declining petitions that challenged the CBSE and ICSE decision to cancel Class XII board examinations and upholding the evaluation scheme framed by the two boards for allocating marks to the students who were to appear in the cancelled exams, the Supreme Court brushed aside Andhra Pradesh government’s stand that they have in principle decided to hold Class 12 examination but have deferred the decisions till the first week of July.

Telangana:A total of 1175 new daily cases and 10 deaths were reported yesterday taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 6,15,574 and fatalities to 3586. The number of Active Cases in the state stands at 16,640 out of which 5,969 are undergoing treatment in various hospitals and the remaining 10,671 are in home isolation. The recovery rate is reported to be 96.71 percent against the national average of 96.45 percent. The Case Fatality Rate (CFR) in the state is 0.58 percent against the national average of 1.3 percent.

Maharashtra: Maharashtra govt plans to resume offline classes in COVID-19 free villages. In a review meeting of the Education Department, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asked to explore possibilities of resuming offline classes of 10th and 12th Standard in these villages. State’s Education Minister Prof. Varsha Gaikwad informed that, education dept. is planning to cover educational expenses of students upto Class 12 who have lost both parents due to COVID-19. Mr. Thackeray responded positively to this proposal and asked to submit it in the cabinet meeting with requirements of funds.Around 5.6 lakh https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729684 11/15 6/24/2021 Press Information Bureau citizens are inoculated in the state on Tuesday.Till date, the state has inoculated more than 2.87 crore doses. Out of which 2.30 crore have received the first dose and 56 lakh have received the second dose. In Mumbai, more than 48.66 lakh beneficiaries are inoculated while in Pune 38.84 lakh doses administered.

Gujarat: More than 4.5 lakh people were vaccinated against COVID-19 yesterday. Overall number of doses administered in the state to over 2.3 Crore. State reported 135 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours while 612 people have recovered the same day. All four mega cities namely Ahmedabad, Surat Rajkot and Vadodara reported less than 30 cases.Gujarat government has decided that now instead of 1000, the penalty for not wearing a mask in the state will be Rs 500. The state government will make a request for this in the High Court. The government has also informed the concerned department about this.

Madhya Pradesh: Five cases of Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 reported so far in Madhya Pradesh. 4 out of 5 people found with Delta Plus variant, who got the vaccine are healthy and one has died. State is prepared to administer more than five crore vaccine doses by the month of October. State on Tuesday recorded 65 new positive cases and 20 deaths while 318 people recovered from infection. The active cases in the state reduced to 1,707. The rate of positivity has also come down to 0.1 per cent.

Chattisgarh: More than 1. 9 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in the state yesterday. 78 ,14 , 481 doses have been administered in the state for people above 18 years of age so far.

Rajasthan: Number of Mucormycosis cases in the state is continuously decreasing. More than 45 thousand samples are being tested daily, out of which less than 200 people are being tested COVID positive; 137 people tested positive yesterday. Average 2.5 lakh vaccines have been administered in the state every day during the last ten days. More than 2.21 Crore vaccines have been administered in the state so far.

Goa: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has made an announcement that Government will give unused school premises to Non-Profit making educational Institutions. 303 fresh COVID-19 cases take Goa's infection tally to 1,64,957 while 11 more fatalities push death toll to 3,008.

Assam: A total of 37 deaths were reported in Assam on Tuesday, while 2,869 new infections were detected during the day. The enhanced COVID-19 vaccination drive in Assam evoked a massive response for the second day on Tuesday when 1980 vaccination centres were at work, inoculating 2.84 lakh people.

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Meghalaya: Fresh cases surpassed recoveries as Meghalaya registered 421 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, while 341 patients recuperated from the disease moving the active case tally to 4,273.Three people succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 788. Three villages have been tagged as cent per cent vaccinated habitations in the state as the whole age group of 18+ has been brought under the coverage of COVID vaccine.Chiringro village from Samanda Block becomes the first village in East Garo achieve 100 per cent coverage of Covid vaccination for all eligible adults.

Sikkim:Out of 884 samples testedSikkim recorded 137 newCovid positive cases on Tuesday.

Tripura:1.65 Lakh vaccinated in the state in last 24 hours. While Covid cases increased yesterday with 421 positive cases and 4 deaths.

Nagaland:Nagaland registers 64 new cases and two deaths on Tuesday. Active cases are 1757 while tally 24,438. A total 4,27,767 doses of Covid vaccine inoculated in Nagaland so far. State's targeted beneficiaries are 13 lacs. To ramp up vaccination, 600 vaccination centres have been opened, said state Health Dept.CM Neiphiu Rio inaugurates oxygen generation plant in Tuensang on Tuesday. The plant is a joint initiative of Nagaland govt, Japanese govt & UNDP.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 767726. Total active COVID-19 patients is2200. Number of deaths is9295. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 7969595.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 61467. Total number of Active Cases is 278. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 806.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 200791. Total number of Active Cases is 2276. Total deaths reported till date is 3437. Important Tweets

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#COVID19Vaccination Status (As on 23rd June, 2021, 07:00 AM)

✅India's Cumulative Vaccination Coverage exceeds 29.46 Crores (29,46,39,511)

✅1st Dose: 24.18 Crores (24,18,94,504) ✅2nd Dose: 5.27 Crores (5,27,45,007)#StaySafe #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/BrnM2e0Lov — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 23, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:@MoHFW_INDIA advisory on Delta Plus - a Variant of Concern (VOC)

Found in genome sequenced samples from:

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2. Kerala - Palakkad and Pathanamthitta

3. Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal and Shivpuri#Unite2FightCorona

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State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 23rd June, 2021, 8 AM)

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Posted On: 22 JUN 2021 7:12PM by PIB Delhi

India administered 86.16 lakh vaccine doses in a single day; Highest ever single day vaccination achieved in the world so far 28.87 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India reported 42,640 new cases in the last 24 hours; less than 50,000 in 91 days India's Active Caseload declines to 6,62,521; less than 7 lakh after 79 days 2,89,26,038 Total Recoveries across the country so far 81,839 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 40th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.49% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.21% Daily positivity rate at 2.56%, less than 5% for 15 consecutive days

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COVID-19 Update India reported 42,640 new cases in the last 24 hours; less than 50,000 in 91 days India's Active Caseload declines to 6,62,521; less than 7 lakh after 79 days 2,89,26,038 Total Recoveries across the country so far 81,839 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 40th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.49% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.21% Daily positivity rate at 2.56%, less than 5% for 15 consecutive days      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729282 5/14 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau COVID-19 Vaccination Update

More than 29.35 crore (29,35,04,820) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 27,20,14,523 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today).

More than 2.14 crore (2,14,90,297) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 33,80,590 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729304

COVID19 Vaccination: Myths Vs. Facts

Government of India ensured that entire supplies of vaccines under direct State Procurement were provided before 21st June, 2021 to States/UTs

No balance doses of direct State Procurement pending with the vaccine manufacturers In addition, Government of India provided adequate free doses to States/UTs, as scheduled There have been some media reports alleging non-supply of any free vaccines for 18-44priority age group by Delhi government amid the ongoing free COVID-19 vaccination drive. It is clarified that Government of India had ensured that full supplies of COVID-19 vaccines under the direct state procurement are provided to the concerned states before 21st June 2021. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729396

No scientific evidences found linking COVID19 vaccination with infertility in men &women NEGVAC has recommended COVID19 vaccination for all lactating women The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has clarified in the FAQs posted on the website (https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/FAQsforHCWs&FLWs.pdf) that none of the available vaccines affects fertility, as all vaccines and their constituents are tested first on animals and later in humans to assess if they have any such side effects. Vaccines are authorized for use only after their safety and efficacy is assured. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729100

Quick Vaccination key to open the economy and go back to normal: Dr. V. K. Paul Aim is to vaccinate at least one crore people a day: Dr. N. K. Arora Public participation is key to success of Vaccination Drive   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729282 6/14 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau “Vaccine availability will not be an issue, 20 – 22 crore doses next month” Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Dr. V. K. Paul has informed that India has administered nearly 81 lakh vaccine doses, on the first day when the Revised Guidelines for COVID Vaccination came into force. A Sign of India’s ability to Vaccinate at Scale Speaking to DD News, he said that the day one vaccination figures demonstrate India's ability to carry out vaccination on large scale for days and weeks together. "All this was possible because of planning and coordination between Central and state government and taking up the task work in mission mode," added Dr Paul. “Whether or not Third Wave occurs is in our hands” Dr. Paul reminded that a third wave can be stopped if COVID Appropriate Behaviour is followed and majority of people get vaccinated. “Why will there be a third wave if we follow COVID Appropriate Behaviour and get ourselves vaccinated? There are many countries where even second wave has not arrived; if we follow COVID appropriate behaviour, this period will pass." Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729282 Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates several important projects in Karnataka, including an Oxygen Generator Plant and 50 Beds at Govt. Hospital

Shri Pradhan said that the nation saw unprecedented challenges during the second wave of the pandemic, and put enormous stress on the health system. The requirement of medical oxygen shot up in the country, and our steel and petroleum companies, both from the public and private sectors, rose to the occasion and supplied liquid medical oxygen in the country. He said that the Oxygen requirement in the country went uptoover 10,000 MT/day during the last month but steel Companies even undertook production cut in steel to meet the country’s demand. He said that the Oxygen production capacities are in the Eastern parts of the country while the demand was maximum in the Northern and western parts of the country. The situation was well managed, and capacities were ramped up. Today, there is no dearth of Oxygen concentrators, cylinders and PSA plants in the country. Shri Pradhan congratulated the Karnataka government for managing the pandemic efficiently. It even provided the Oxygen to its neighbouring states during the initial days.

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The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi yesterday expressed happiness over therecordbreaking vaccination numbers and has praised frontline Corona warriors for their hard work. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said: "Today’s record-breaking vaccination numbers are gladdening. The vaccine remains our strongest weapon to fight COVID-19. Congratulations to those who got vaccinated and kudos to all the front-line warriors working hard to ensure so many citizens got the vaccine.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729282 7/14 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau Well done India!"

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Dr. Jitendra launches“Vaccines for All-Free for All" at the holy town of Katra-Vaishno Devi in J&K

Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh yesterday called for extending drive-in Vaccination facility, wherein the individual seeking vaccination has the option to drive-in to the nearest Vaccination centre in his or her own vehicle or transport and receive the jab while sitting in the vehicle itself. Thereafter, the individual can be advised to keep the vehicle parked and wait there itself for the mandatory 30 minutes of observation period during which, if possible, he or she could also be served a light refreshment like a pack of juice etc. He said, this experiment had been very successfully tried with encouraging results in several districts of the country and could also be replicated here, in order to make the vaccination drive faster and more friendly. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1729129

Inputs from PIB Field Offices Kerala:In a much-desired relief for public, more lockdown relaxations are likely to be announced today as the Test Positivity Rate of the Covid pandemic has been on the decline in the state. After evaluating the TPR figures from all districts and the local bodies, a review meeting will be chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan later today. A decision is also likely to be taken about the opening of places of worship at the meeting. None of the 14 districts in Kerala reported more than 1,000 fresh Covid cases on Monday. The TPR in the state dropped below 10 per cent after 72 days. After the start of the second wave of the pandemic, the TPR had touched 10 per cent on April 10. The state confirmed 7499 Covid-19 more cases yesterday. As of now, there are 99,693 active cases in the state. The state confirmed 94 deaths due to the virus on Monday with the toll rising to 12,154. The test positivity rate stood at 9.63. Meanwhile, a total of 1,26,22,134 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 99,92,138 took first dose and 26,29,996 took second dose.

Tamil Nadu:The Tamil Nadu government's committee on NEET has received 25,000 suggestions so far, said Justice AK Rajan who heads the committee. Health Minister M Subramanian said that private hospitals in Tamil Nadu can now get black fungus medicine online from State govt. The expert committee, which was constituted to come out with a formula to calculate Class XII marks in the wake of exams cancellations due to Covid pandemic, is expected to submit its report to the State government this week. Tamil Nadu recorded 7,427 more new cases and 189 deaths on Monday, taking the overall https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729282 8/14 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau case tally to 24,29,924 and deaths to 31,386 leaving 61,329 active cases in the State. Tamil Nadu Health Department officials have said the state again faced shortage of Vaccines. After vaccinating 3.9 lakh people on Monday— the highest since January — Tamil Nadu announced it will ensure 100% vaccination of select groups such as tribals, employees of tea estates and residents of tourist destinations over the next few weeks ahead of the anticipated third wave. It will also put some cities such as Chennai and Coimbatore – the erstwhile hotspots — on “hyper vaccination mode”.So far 12400061 vaccination doses have been administered in the State.

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 21-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 4,867; Total Active Cases: 1,23,134; New Covid Deaths: 142; Total Covid Deaths: 34,025; Around 5,78,841 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,90,63,464 have been vaccinated in the state till now. A total of 11,11,753 doses of vaccine have been distributed in the Vaccine drive across the state on Monday. The Department of Health and Family Welfare has exceeded the 11 lakh dose vaccine target. With the dramatic fall in Covid numbers, 91% of the beds in private hospitals reserved for government quota have fallen vacant, allowing hospitals to get back many of the beds and provide them for non-Covid services.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 2620 new Covid-19 cases after testing 55,002 samples with 44 deaths, while 7504 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 18,53,183; Active cases: 58,140; Discharges: 17,82,680; Deaths: 12,363. A total of 1,39,95,490 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 1,12,50,631 first doses and 27,44,859 second doses. Vaccine was administered to 10,29,266 mothers having children below five years of age and first dose of vaccination is completed to 11,158 people who will be going abroad. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulated the staff for setting record by administering over 13 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine on a single day on June 20. During the review, he said they had proven that they can administer large number of vaccines if provided and added that the state has effective mechanism comprising of Asha workers, ANMs, staff in village/ward secretariats and two primary health centres per each mandal. Meanwhile, the State Road Transport Corporation has resumed services to Telangana, mainly to Hyderabad on Monday.

Telangana:A total of 1006 new cases and 11 fatalities were reported yesterday taking the total number of cases in the state to 6,13,202 and deaths to 3,657. No cases were reported in two districts of Adilabad and Nirmal for the first time after a gap of over two months. The recovery rate in the state reported to be 96.52 percent against the national average of 96.27 percent. The number of active cases in the state stands at 17,765. Coming to vaccination drive in the state, a total of 1,03,145 people of all sections received the first dose and 3065 the second dose yesterday. The cumulative number of people received the first dose in the state till now stands at 76,11,888 and the second dose at 15,61,197.

Assam: In assam, a mega COVID vaccination campaign which aims at immunizing 3 lakh people every day began on Monday. Altogether 3,30,707 people were vaccinated on the first day.35 COVID deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, while 2,805 new infections were detected in 1,70,856 tests done during the day. Kamrup Metro saw 158 new cases.   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729282 9/14 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau The State Government issued a fresh SOP with little modification on Monday. 5 districts Cachar, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sonitpur and Nagaon are still under the lens of the Health Department as the COVID-19 cases are still high there. Manipur: Manipur State on monday saw sharp drop in the number of daily tests conducted as only 2272 samples were processed out of which 353 positive cases of COVID-19 cropped up leading to spike in the test positivity rate at 15.54 per cent. The cumulative number of people who have been inoculated in Manipur reached 4,94,104. Meghalaya:. Meghalaya reported the lowest single day case tally in 45 days, with 269 fresh cases detected on Monday. Moreover, 655 patients recuperated from the disease, bringing down the active case tally in the state to 4,196.The state also registered five deaths on the day, pushing the death toll to 785. Nagaland: Nagaland's COVID-19 cases rise again with 126 new cases with 6 fatalities. Active cases are 1844 while tally reaches 24,374. A total of 4,17,676 doses of Covishield have been administered in Nagaland so far, according to State Immunisation Officer Dr.RituThurr. Nagaland govt to transfer INR 2000 each to registered construction workers affected by the pandemic and lockdown. An update from DIPR said the state Labour Dept has registered 30,797 beneficiaries so far. Tripura:In Tripura, special two days vaccination drive was innaugurated by Chief Minister and in the first day a total of 1,40,845 people were vaccinated in the state. Positive cases have also declined with 175 new infections recorded in last 24 hours and 4 deaths.

Sikkim:The number of active cases of novel Coronavirus in Sikkim dropped below 2,500 after a long while today and now standsat 2,448 with 273 more formerly COVID-positive patients completing their home isolation in the last 24 hours. Sikkim’s count of recovered cases has now reached 16,329 against the 19,321 confirmed cases recorded thus far. Sikkim reports only 25 news cases during past 24 hours. Maharashtra: Maharashtra Government has decided to resume free COVID- 19 vaccination of the age group 18 to 29 years from today in government hospitals. All beneficiaries from this age group will be able to get free vaccines at government hospitals in the state. Maharashtra on Monday reported 6,270 new coronavirus cases, a four-month low daily count, taking its COVID-19 tally to 59,79,051, while 94 deaths pushed the toll to 1,18,313.18 cases were reported. There are now 1,24,398 active cases in the state, where the coronavirus recovery rate is 95.89 per cent.Twenty- one cases of the ''Delta plus'' variant of COVID-19, considered highly infectious, have been found in Maharashtra so far. As many as 7,998 cases of Mucormycosis have been reported in the state so far and 729 people have succumbed to the disease till yesterday. According to the State Health Department's data, of these, 4,398 patients are currently under treatment for the disease. Gujarat: Gujarat reported 151 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking its tally to 8,22,485, while 619 patients recovered from the infection. With two more deaths, the number of COVID-19 fatalities in the state rose to 10,034. A total of 619 patients were discharged during the day, pushing the count of recovered cases in Gujarat to 8,06,812. There are now 5,639 active cases in Gujarat.On Monday, 3,72,063 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered to the beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years, for which the state has launched an on the spot registration facility.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729282 10/14 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau Rajasthan: The Rajasthan Health department has started preparations for possible 3rd wave of COVID in the state. Around 200 ICU beds would be available JK Lone Hospital in Jaipur. 600 beds in JK Lone hospital will be kept reserved for coronavirus patients. An oxygen plant is being set up in the hospital and soon the JK Lone hospital will have around 1500 litre oxygen capacity.Rajasthan recorded six more Covid deaths, which pushed the toll to 8,901, while 151 new cases took the tally to 9,51,256 in the state on Monday. Of the fresh positive cases, the highest 53 were reported from Alwar and 26 from Jaipur, the report said. The number of active cases at present is 2,691. Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh has become first state in the country to achieve more than 15 lakh COVID vaccinations against the 10 lakh target set on the Mega Vaccination Drive on International Yoga Day.Madhya Pradesh's COVID-19 tally touched 7,89,350 on Monday after 89 fresh cases were reported, while the death toll increased by 19 to reach 8,786. A total of 29 of 52 districts in the state did not report any coronavirus case in the past 24 hours. There are 1,980 active cases in the state. Chhattisgarh: The centralised free vaccination drive began on Monday under which around 70,000 people of all categories were vaccinated across state. Increasing the total number of vaccinated people to 76,28,352 in Chhattisgarh.Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count rose to 9,91,171 on Monday with the addition of 496 fresh cases, while the death toll increased by eight to 13,395. The number of recoveries reached 9,69,212 after 208 people were discharged from various hospitals, while 908 others completed their home isolation during the day. The number of active cases in the state stands at 8,564. Goa: Goa''s COVID-19 caseload went up by 218 on Monday and reached 1,64,654, while the toll increased by seven to touch 2,997. The number of people discharged so far is 1,58,591, including 413 during the day, leaving the state with 3,066 active cases. Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 592658. Number of active cases is 6477. Total Deaths reported is 15854. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1295626. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 325334. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3226298. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 534127.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 767580. Total active COVID-19 patients is2337. Number of deaths is 9275. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 7659624.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 61444. Total number of Active Cases is 311. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 806.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 200603. Total number of Active Cases is 2408. Total deaths reported till date is 3432.

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The 79th loaded #OxygenExpress to Tamil Nadu has reached its destination, & is ensuring steady supply of oxygen for COVID-19 patients in the state.

So far, Oxygen Express trains to Tamil Nadu alone have delivered more than 6,010 MT of oxygen. pic.twitter.com/HOzauoZWOG — Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) June 22, 2021

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State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 22nd June, 2021, 8 AM)

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Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on June 22nd, 2021)

▶96.49% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (2,89,26,038) ▶2.21% Active cases (6,62,521) ▶1.30% Deaths (3,89,302)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/OxMj5bkIVW — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 22, 2021

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#푪푶푽푰푫19 푽풂풄풄풊풏풆 푫풐풔풆풔: 푨품풆-풘풊풔풆 푫풊풔풕풓풊풃풖풕풊풐풏 (As on June 22nd 2021, till 11:00 AM)

✅ Above 60 years: 28.3% ✅ 45-60 years: 37.8% ✅ 18-44 years: 33.9%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/UfzezotkVL — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 22, 2021

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More than 85 Lakh #COVID19 vaccine doses administered on Day -1 of the implementation of 'Revised Guidelines for #COVID19Vaccination'. (As on 21st June, 2021, till 11:59 PM)#LargestVaccinationDrive #We4Vaccine pic.twitter.com/EYJ966w1Qr — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 22, 2021

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Posted On: 21 JUN 2021 7:33PM by PIB Delhi

India's Active Caseload declines to 7,02,887 India reports 53,256 new cases in last 24 hours; lowest in 88 days 2,88,44,199 Total Recoveries across the country so far 78,190 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 39th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.36% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.32% Daily positivity rate at 3.83%, less than 5% for 14 consecutive days 28.00 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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  COVID-19 Update   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729100 3/13 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau On a downward trajectory, India's Active Caseload further declines to 7,02,887 India reports 53,256 New Cases in the last 24 hours; lowest since 88 days Daily Recoveries outnumber Daily New Cases for 39th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.36% Daily Positivity Rate stands at 3.83%,less than 5% positivity for 14 consecutive days India has reported 53,256daily new cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since 88 days.India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new COVID-19 cases.Less than 1 lakh Daily New Caseshave been reported for 14 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 7,02,887today.A net decline of 26,356is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.35% of the country's total Positive Cases.

As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 39 consecutive days now. 78,190recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729100 4/13 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau Nearly 25,000(24,934) more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,88,44,199people have already recovered from COVID-19 and78,190patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.36%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728946

COVID-19 Vaccination Update More than 29.35 crore (29,35,04,820) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 26,36,26,884 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 2.98 crore (2,98,77,936) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. Furthermore, more than 2,310 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728937 India’s COVID19 Vaccination Coverage crosses the landmark of 28 crores In a significant development, India’s cumulative vaccination coverage has exceeded 28 Crores yesterday. A total of 28,00,36,898vaccine doses have been administered through 38,24,408 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 30,39,996vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.These include:

HCWs 1st Dose 1,01,25,143      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729100 5/13 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau

2nd Dose 70,72,595

FLWs 1st Dose 1,71,73,646

2nd Dose 90,51,173

Age Group 18-44 years 1st Dose 5,59,54,551

2nd Dose 12,63,242

Age Group 45-59 years 1st Dose 8,07,11,132

2nd Dose 1,27,56,299

Over 60 years 1st Dose 6,47,77,302

2nd Dose 2,11,51,815

Total 28,00,36,898

The new phase of universalization of COVID19 vaccination commences from today. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID19 Vaccination program was launched on 16th Jan 2021 by the Prime Minister. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728946 Yoga remains ray of hope in Covid-hit world, says PM Modi Frontline Corona warriors made Yoga their shield: PM

On the occasion of seventh International yoga day, Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi talked of Yoga’s role during the pandemic. He said Yoga has proved a source of strength and poise for people during this difficult time. He pointed out that it was easy for countries to forget Yoga Day during the pandemic as it is not intrinsic to their culture but, instead, enthusiasm for Yoga has increased globally. The Prime Minister recalled how frontline Corona warriors made Yoga their shield and made themselves strong through yoga and how people, doctors nurses took to Yoga to deal with the effects of the virus. Instances of yoga sessions conducted by doctors and nurses in the hospitals appeared everywhere. The Prime Minister noted experts are stressing the importance of breathing exercises like pranayama and anulom-vilom for strengthening our respiratory system. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728902    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729100 6/13 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau

PM addresses on the occasion of seventh International Yoga Day Prays for health of every country, society and individual Announces M-Yoga App, Says the app will help in achieving ‘One World One Health’ Yoga helped people to muster confidence and strength to fight the pandemic world over: PM Frontline Corona warriors made Yoga their shield and also helped their patients: PM Mantra of ‘VasudhaivKutumbakam’ is finding global acceptance: PM Yoga during online classes is making children strong in the fight against Corona: PM The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said the despite the pandemic, this year’s theme for International Yoga Day - “Yoga for wellness" has raised the morale of people and he wished for health of every country, society and individual and hoped that we will be united and will strengthen each other. He was speaking on the occasion of seventh International Yoga Day, today. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728900 English rendering of PM's address on International Yoga Day : https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1728899

Minority Affairs Minister Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launches a nationwide “JaanHaiToJahaanHai” campaign to create awareness on Corona vaccination in rural and remote areas of the country The Minority Affairs Minister Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today launched a nationwide “JaanHaiToJahaanHai” awareness campaign to create awareness on Corona vaccination in rural and remote areas of the country and also to “Crush and Curb” the rumours and apprehensions, being spread by some vested interests regarding the on-going vaccination drive. Launching the campaign from the Primary Health Centre, Chamraua in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, Shri Naqvi said that “Hesitation to Vaccination is Corona Invitation”.Shri Naqvi said that some vested interests are trying to spread rumours and apprehensions regarding Corona vaccines in some areas of the country. Such elements are enemies of the health and well-being of the people. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729024

BHEL supplements Nation’s efforts of battling the COVID pandemic, more than 5 lakhs CuM of medical oxygen provided so far by its plants

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic rapidly developed into an unprecedented crisis for the nation, and in the midst of this grave national crisis, BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd.) has been working on war footing to do its bit for the country and fellow citizens. BHEL’s plants located at Bhopal and Haridwar, have responded to the situation with all possible resources at their command for supplying medical oxygen in and around their vicinity. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729042    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729100 7/13 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau Dr. Jitendra Singh reviews Vaccination drive with J&K authorities; Says, there will be 100% Vaccination for 45 plus by June end in Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh reviewed the Vaccination drive with the Jammu & Kashmir government authorities yesterday at a nearly two-hour long meeting held in the Civil Secretariat to evaluate the Vaccination targets achieved in the Union Territory so far and to discuss the roadmap planned for the countrywide “Free Vaccine for All” campaign that began today across all the States and Union Territories. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1728794 Inputs from PIB Field Units

Kerala:Kerala recorded 11,647 new Covid cases on Sunday. With 112 new fatalities, the death toll mounted to 12,060. Test positivity rate was recorded at 10.84 %. A total of 1,22,12,485 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 97,49,540 took first dose and 24,62,945 took second dose.

Tamil Nadu:Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday announced fresh relaxations in 27 districts, even as he extended the lockdown to curb Covid19 till June 28. State government has allowed private hospitals to provide treatment to black fungus under CM insurance scheme. Continuing the declining trend, Tamil Nadu logged 7,817 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, pushing the caseload to 24.22 lakh, while 182 deaths took the toll to 31,197 leaving 69,372 active infections. Arrangements have been made at 75 centres to provide Covishield second dose in 28 days to those leaving for foreign countries. Till date 1,26,80,121 have been vaccinated across the State, of which 1,04,16,075 received first dose and 22,64,046 received second dose.

Karnataka:New Cases Reported: 4,517; Total Active Cases: 1,26,813; New Covid Deaths: 120; Total Covid Deaths: 33,883; Around 57,057 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,84,52,895 have been vaccinated in the state till now. The capital city of Bangalore will return to normalcy after a long period, with the enforcement of the second phase of unlocking, preparations has been made for resumption of business, bus and metro rail services. Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta has suggested that a special vaccine campaign to be launched in the city on Monday (June 21) should be done through zonal microplan and vaccinate the eligible. Task force of experts led by Dr Devishetti, formed to study Covid Third Wave, has advised the government that schools can be resumed depending on the Corona situation in the respective area as the corona 2nd wave is in control.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 5646 new Covid-19 cases after testing 1,00,001 samples with 50 deaths, while 7772 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 18,50,563; Active cases: 63,068; Discharges: 17,75,176; Deaths: 12,319. A total of 1,39,32,868 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 1,11,94,260 first doses and 27,38,608 second doses. The state achieved a record of over 13.26 lakh people getting vaccinated from 6 AM to 8 PM in more than 2200 locations on Sunday under the mega vaccination drive. In the process, the state also https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729100 8/13 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau crossed the one crore mark in the administration of the first dose of coronavirus vaccine since the programme began on January 16. With the improvement in the situation, it was decided to relax curfew from 6 am to 6 pm today.

Telangana:A total of 1006 new cases and 11 fatalities were reported yesterday taking the total number of cases in the state to 6,13,202 and deaths to 3,657. No cases were reported in two districts of Adilabad and Nirmal for the first time after a gap of over two months. The recovery rate in the state reported to be 96.52 percent against the national average of 96.27 percent. The number of Active Cases in the state stands at 17,765. Coming to vaccination drive in the state, a total of 1,03,145 people of all sections received the first dose and 3065 the second dose yesterday. The cumulative number of people who received the first dose in the state till now stands at 76,11,888 and the second dose at 15,61,197.

Maharashtra: Maharashtra on Sunday reported 9,361 new Covid-19 cases and 190 deaths, taking the tally to 59,72,781 and the toll to 1,17,961. As many as 9,101 patients recovered. The total number of active cases stands at 1,32 241. The case recovery rate in the state is95.76 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.97 per cent.Maharashtra has cumulatively vaccinated 2,75,76,177 beneficiaries for COVID-19 as on June 20. A total of 20 cases of the new Sars-CoV-2 variant AY.1, also dubbed the Delta-plus, have been found in samples collected from at least four districts of Maharashtra — Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Palghar and Jalgaon.As many as 7,998 cases of black fungus have been reported so far and 729 people have succumbed to the disease in Maharashtra, according to the State Health Department's data on Monday. Of these, 4,398 patients are currently under treatment for the disease. Gujarat: With a further decline in fresh cases of coronavirus in Gujarat, the number fell below 200 Sunday. A total of 185 new cases were reported from across the state. The total number of cases, so far has reached 8,30,598. Also, four persons succumbed to the virus taking the toll to 10,032.Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced a statewide vaccination mega-campaign starting Monday. It will be observed on June 21 at 9 am in the presence of ministers, leaders, dignitaries at 1,025 vaccination centres in 33 districts and 8 municipal corporation areas. Rajasthan: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday urged citizens of the state to play their role in combating the coronavirus pandemic and make the vaccination campaign successful. The CM was addressing a video conference organised on Sunday to increase vaccine participation.Rajasthan recorded four deaths and 144 coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, taking the total number of fatalities and positive cases to 8,895 and 9,51,105, respectively. Madhya Pradesh*- In Madhya Pradesh, in order to protect the people from Coronavirus infection, a Mega Vaccination Campaign has been launched today. The target is to vaccinate 10 lakh people on the first day of the campaign. To achieve the target, seven thousand Vaccination Centers have been set up in 52 districts of the state.Madhya Pradesh on Sunday reported just 87 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in the recent past, and 30 deaths, taking the tally to 7,89,261 and the toll to 8,767 while 285 patients recovered. Chhattisgarh: In Chhattisgarh, all the citizens of the state are being registered for COVID vaccination through the CoWIN portal from today. The facility of on-site registration is also available at the Vaccination Centres.The population of the age group of 18 to 44 years in Chhattisgarh is about one crore https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1729100 9/13 6/22/2021 Press Information Bureau 35 lakhs. About 12 lakh people of this age group have been inoculated with COVID vaccine so far. Chhattisgarh on Sunday reported 352 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 10 fatalities, taking the infection count to 9,90,675 and the toll to 13,387. Goa: The Goa government on Saturday extended of restrictions imposed in the state to check the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) till June 28. Shops in Shoping malls, except cinema halls, theatres, multiplexes, entertainment zones allowed to be open between 7 am to 3 PM. The number of COVID-19 cases in Goa went up by 207 on Sunday to reach 1,64,436. The toll rose by six to touch 2,990, while the discharge of 406 people from hospitals took the recovery count to 1,58,178. The state's active caseload stands at 3,268. Assam: 30 Covid deaths were reported in the last 24 hours while 1,775 new infections were detected from among 78,050 tests on Sunday in the state. Kamrup Metro saw 133 new cases. Around 2000 Covid vaccination centres have been activated and each district has set separate targets for extensive COVID-19 vaccination campaign which will begin across the state on Monday. With the threat of flood looming large, the Assam government has chalked out a detailed plan for providing shelter and relief to the people by maintaining Covid protocol. A standard operating procedure has been sent to all the districts to ensure that there is no outbreak of the pandemic in the relief camps. Manipur:Daily test positivity rate (TPR) remains above 10 per cent for three consecutive days as the state reported 527 new positive cases out of just 4491 samples along with eight fatalities on Sunday. Out of the total 20 lakh people in the state who are eligible to get vaccinated, around 5 lakh above 18 years of age have been vaccinated till date while target has been set to vaccinate 70 per cent of the total population within December this year.The cumulative number of people who have been inoculated in Manipur reached 4,93,501.

Meghalaya:Meghalaya on Sunday recorded 390 new COVID-19 cases while four people succumbed to the viral infection in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 780.

Sikkim:87 new Covid infectionsand 139 recoveries in past 24hrs in Sikkim.Only six people developed symptoms severe enough to require hospitalisation over the past 24 hours and collectively, only 100 of the 2,697 currently active cases are in hospital and the rest of the Covid positive people are recuperating at home. The two Covid ICU facilities in the State - at STNM Hospital and CRH-Tadong - have a total of 14 under their watch at present. Nagaland:Nagaland reports 57 new cases and one death on Sunday. Active cases are 1890 while total reaches 24, 248.In an open letter addressed to the state Chief Minister, the Business Association of Nagaland has sought the assistance of the state govt to help the business community in Nagaland to overcome the hardships caused by the pandemic. Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 767418. Total active COVID-19 patients is2491. Number of deaths is 9246. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 7032488.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 61430. Total number of Active Cases is 353. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 806.

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#COVID19 UPDATE (As on 21st June, 2021)

✅ 53,256 daily new cases in last 24 hours

✅ Daily positivity rate at 3.83%, less than 5% for 14 consecutive days#Unite2FightCorona #StaySafe

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#푪푶푽푰푫19 푽풂풄풄풊풏풆 푫풐풔풆풔: 푨품풆-풘풊풔풆 푫풊풔풕풓풊풃풖풕풊풐풏 (As on June 21st 2021, till 09:00 AM)

✅ Above 60 years: 29.1% ✅ 45-60 years: 38.4% ✅ 18-44 years: 32.5%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/udS7JbiQxu — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 21, 2021

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Posted On: 20 JUN 2021 6:33PM by PIB Delhi

India's Active Caseload declines to 7,29,243 India reports less than 60,000 daily cases after 81 days; 58,419 new cases in last 24 hours 2,87,66,009 Total Recoveries across the country so far 87,619 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 38th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.27% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.43% Daily positivity rate at 3.22%, less than 5% for 13 consecutive days 27.66 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728703 1/9 6/21/2021 Press Information Bureau GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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India reports less than 60,000 daily cases after 81 days 58,419 Daily New Cases reported in the last 24 hours India's Active Caseload further declines to 7,29,243 Daily Recoveries outnumber Daily New Cases for 38th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.27% Daily Positivity Rate stands at 3.22% Less than 5% positivity for 13 consecutive days In a significant development, India has reported less than 60,000 daily cases after 81 days. The country has reported 58,419 New Cases in the last 24 hours. India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new COVID-19 cases.Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 13 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 7,29,243 today. A net decline of 30,776 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.44% of the country's total Positive Cases.

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As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 38 consecutive days now. 87,619 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Over 29 thousand (29,200) more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728702

COVID-19 Vaccination Update More than 29.10 crore (29,10,54,050) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 26,04,19,412 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 3.06 crore (3,06,34,638) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 24,53,080 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728703

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 32464 MT of LMO in service to the Nation (As on 19th June, 2021) Oxygen Expresses crosses mark of 18000 MT LMO delivery in southern states 448 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country Oxygen Expresses transported 1854 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728703 5/9 6/21/2021 Press Information Bureau Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3300, 4100, 4300 and 5600 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5722 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 4333 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 5674 MT in Tamil Nadu, 4190 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 3366 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 560 MT in Assam

Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country.Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 32400 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) delivery in service to the Nation.So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 32464 MT of LMO in more than 1854 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 448 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. It is worth mentioning that Oxygen Expresses crossed the mark of 18000 MT LMO delivery in southern states of the country.Till now, Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 3300, 4100, 4300 and 5600 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728477

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#푪푶푽푰푫19 푽풂풄풄풊풏풆 푫풐풔풆풔: 푨품풆-풘풊풔풆 푫풊풔풕풓풊풃풖풕풊풐풏 (As on June 20th 2021, till 10:00 AM)

✅ Above 60 years: 29.3% ✅ 45-60 years: 38.6% ✅ 18-44 years: 32.1%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/cAMXNLFk1H — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 20, 2021

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#COVID19Vaccination Status (As on 19th June, 2021, 8:00 PM)

✅India's Cumulative Vaccination Coverage exceeds 27.62 Crores (27,62,55,304)

✅1st Dose: 22.52 Crores (22,52,82,826) ✅2nd Dose: 5.09 Crores (5,09,72,478)#LargestVaccinationDrive #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/3MilXsc3Yl — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 20, 2021

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#UttarPradesh becomes first state in the country to conduct more than 5.5 crore covid tests. Despite new cases coming in very small numbers, the state government is conducting around 3 lakh covid tests per day. — All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) June 20, 2021

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 19 JUN 2021 6:40PM by PIB Delhi

India's Active Caseload further declines to 7,60,019 Active Cases lowest after 74 days India reported 60,753 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours 2,86,78,390 Total Recoveries across the country so far 97,743 patients recovered during the last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 37th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.16% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.58% Daily positivity rate at 2.98%, less than 5% for 12 consecutive days 27.23 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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India reports 60,753 New Cases in the last 24 hours Active Caseload declines to 7,60,019; lowest after 74 days Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for the 37th consecutive day Recovery Rate steadily increases to 96.16 Daily Positivity Rate stands at 2.98%; less than 5% positivity for 12 consecutive days India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new COVID cases. The country has reported 60,753 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours. Less than 1 lakh Daily New Caseshave been reported for 12 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 7,60,019. This is the lowest reported active cases after 74 days. A net decline of 38,637 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.55% of the country's total Positive Cases.

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As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 37 consecutive days now. 97,743 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Nearly 37 thousand (36,990) more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728439

COVID-19 Vaccination Update More than 28.50 crore (28,50,99,130) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 25,63,28,045 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 2.87 crore (2,87,71,085) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 52,26,460 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728448 Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 32464 MT of LMO in service to the Nation Oxygen Expresses crosses the mark of 18000 MT LMO delivery in southern states of the country 448 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country Oxygen Expresses transported 1854 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3300, 4100, 4300 and 5600 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5722 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan , 4333 MT in Karnataka, https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728428 5/9 6/19/2021 Press Information Bureau 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 5674 MT in Tamil Nadu, 4190 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 3366 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 560 MT in Assam

Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country.Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 32400 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) delivery in service to the Nation.So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 32464 MT of LMO in more than 1854 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 448 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. It is worth mentioning that Oxygen Expresses crossed the mark of 18000 MT LMO delivery in southern states of the country.Till now, Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 3300, 4100, 4300 and 5600 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728477

Railways helping to bring back workers, as cities gradually unlock Railways is helping to bring back workers, as cities gradually unlock. During the past 7 days (from 11.6.21 to 17.6.21) approximately 32.56 lakh passengers including migrant workers and other passengers travelled by long distance mail express trains (with average occupancy of trains being 110.2 %) from areas like Eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal & Odisha to various destinations including Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad, & Chennai areas. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728544

Minority Affairs Minister Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said a nationwide “JaanHai To JahaanHai” awareness campaign will be launched on 21st June 2021 to create awareness on Corona vaccination in rural and remote areas of the country Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today that a nationwide “JaanHai To JahaanHai” awareness campaign will be launched on 21st June 2021 to create awareness on Corona vaccination in rural and remote areas of the country and also to “Crush and Curb” the rumours and apprehensions, being spread by some vested interests regarding the on-going vaccination drive. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728523

SENSIT Rapid COVID-19 Ag Kit The entire world has been severely affected with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The severity of symptoms that occur during the COVID-19 infection can range from undetectable to life-threatening. The quick testing procedure involves antigen testing which provides the result for hundreds of samples within a short span of time. The efforts of the Government of India have been commendable for making such rapid tests accessible and available to the citizens of our country. Several innovators and      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728428 6/9 6/19/2021 Press Information Bureau entrepreneurs have been working tirelessly for developing accurate, affordable and accessible testing kits for not only providing aid to the healthcare workers in such tough times for easy detection but also for boosting the biotechnology ecosystem in India. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728428

New Software helps identify patients likely to require ventilator support thus detecting emergency & ICU needs early A software can now identify patients likely to require ventilator support in an ICU and referral in time and make necessary arrangements before emergency sets in. The software called Covid Severity Score (CSS) Software consists of an algorithm that measures a set of parameters. It scores each against a pre- set dynamic algorithm multiple times for each patient and allocates a Covid Severity Score (CSS) mapping it in a graphical trend. The technology is being used in three community Covid care centres at Kolkata and suburbs including a 100-bed government mandated Covid care centre at Barrackpore, Kolkata. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728424

Union Minister Shri Hardeep Puri addresses media on installation of Oxygen Generation Plants in Punjab (18th June, 2021) The recent experience with Covid-19 pandemic has shown the importance of ensuring adequate availability of oxygen in hospitals. Installation of Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Generation Plants in various heath care facilities would help avoid disruption of oxygen supplies, reduce dependence on LMO storage and supply of cylinders or tanks. Accordingly based on the requests received from States/UTs, earlier 162 PSA Plants in October, 2020 and recently 75, 52 and 200 plants were sanctioned under PM Cares Fund on 10.05.2021, 10.05.2021 and 22.05.2021 respectively. Considering further demand and need to make available these facilities in each district of the country, all the requests received from States/ UTS have been reviewed comprehensively in close consultation and collaboration with States/ UTs. Based on this exercise, a total of 1,215 PSA Plants (including those already conveyed earlier) have been sanctioned under PM Cares Fund. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1728313 Dr Jitendra Singh says, Banks have been instructed to disburse Pension expeditiously in view of the current COVID pandemic (18th June, 2021) In a major reform aimed at seeking “Ease of Living” for elder citizens, Banks have been instructed to disburse Pension expeditiously in view of the current COVID pandemic. Instructions have also been issued that in case of death of a pensioner, the spouse or the family member of the deceased pensioners should not be subjected to any inconvenience by seeking unnecessary details and documents, and instead the pension should be disbursed at the earliest. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1728280   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728428 7/9 6/19/2021 Press Information Bureau

Quality Council of India (QCI) launches Indian Certification of Medical Devices (ICMED) Plus Scheme The Quality Council of India (QCI), and the Association of Indian Manufacturers of Medical Devices (AiMeD) have added further features to the ICMED the Scheme that had been launched for Certification of Medical Devices in 2016. The ICMED 13485 PLUS, as the new scheme has been christened, will undertake verification of the quality, safety and efficacy of medical devices. The ICMED 13485 PLUS Scheme was launched digitally yesterday. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1728368

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#IndiaFightsCorona @HMOIndia issued advisory to all states to follow the fivefold strategy of #COVIDAppropriateBehaviour, Test- Track-Treat and Vaccination.

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 18 JUN 2021 6:14PM by PIB Delhi

India's Active Caseload declines to 7,98,656; less than 8 lakh after 73 days India reports 62,480 new cases in last 24 hours 2,85,80,647 Total Recoveries across the country so far 88,977 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 36th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 96.03% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.80% Daily positivity rate at 3.24%, less than 5% for 11 consecutive days Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 38.71 crore tests total conducted 26.89 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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India's Active Caseload declines to 7,98,656; less than 8 lakh after 73 days India reports 62,480 new cases in last 24 hours 2,85,80,647 Total Recoveries across the country so far 88,977 patients recovered during last 24 hours Recovery Rate increases to 96.03% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.80% Daily positivity rate at 3.24%, less than 5% for 11 consecutive days

COVID-19 Vaccination Update More than 27.90 crore (27,90,66,230) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 25,32,65,825 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 2.58 crore (2,58,00,405) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 19,95,770 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1728120

PM launches ‘Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers’ One lakh youth will be trained under the initiative in 2-3 months: PM 6 customized courses launched from 111 centres in 26 states Virus is present and possibility of mutation is there, we need to stay prepared: PM Corona period has proved importance of skill, re-skill and up-skill: PM The pandemic has tested the strength of every country, institution, society, family and person of the world: PM People below 45 years of age will get the same treatment for vaccination as for people above 45 years of age from June 21st: PM PM Lauds ASHA workers, ANM, Anganwadi and health workers deployed in the dispensaries in the villages The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched ‘Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers’ today via video conferencing. The training programme would be conducted in 111 training centres spread over 26 states. About one lakh frontline workers will be trained in this initiative. The Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, and many other Union Ministers, Ministers from States, experts and other stakeholders were also present on the occasion. Addressing the event, the Prime Minister said that this launch is an important next step in the fight against Corona. The Prime Minister cautioned that the virus is present and possibility of mutation is also there. The second wave of the pandemic illustrated the kind of challenges that the virus may present to https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727866 4/11 6/18/2021 Press Information Bureau us. The Country needs to stay prepared to meet the challenges and training more than one lakh frontline warriors is a step in that direction, said the Prime Minister. You Tube Link: https://youtu.be/EtvaAfBGDGE Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1728135 Text to PM’s speech at the launch of ‘Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers’: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728143

Back to the Basics of Beating COVID-19: Dr. Harsh Vardhan distributes masks among Frontline Workers at the Union Health Ministry “Masks are the simplest, most potent and powerful weapon against the Virus” “While the virus mutated and evolved, we let our guard down through laxity” We must all ensure that our employees are safe from COVID: Dr. Harsh Vardhan appeals to all Corporate and Industry Leaders, Social organisations, his colleagues in other Ministries and other Political Leaders in Office “When Universal Vaccination begins on the 21st of June, everybody should get themselves vaccinated and join the Jan Andolan” Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today distributed masks among Frontline Workers at the Union Health Ministry. He stated that although this gesture was symbolic, leading people from various industries, corporate houses and those political leaders holding office could start a virtuous chain by emulating the exercise, eventually amplifying the Jan-Andolan to protect everyone from COVID-19 through COVID Appropriate Behaviour. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728212

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 32000 MT of LMO to the Nation Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 17700 MT LMO in southern states of the country Oxygen Expresses offloaded more than 32000 MT of LMO in service to the Nation 444 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country Oxygen Expresses transported 1834 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3200, 4000, 4200 and 5600 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5722 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 4227 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 5674 MT in Tamil Nadu, 4037 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 3255 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 560 MT in Assam Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country.Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 32000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) delivery in service to the Nation.So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 32095 MT of LMO in more than 1834 tankers to various states across the country.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727866 5/11 6/18/2021 Press Information Bureau It may be noted that 444 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States.Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 17700 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to the southern states of the country.Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 3200, 4000, 4200 and 5600 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728191

Minister of Labour and Employment releases pamphlets elaborating slew of measures for welfare of workers and their family members during the pandemic Minister of Labour and Employment Shri Santosh Gangwarhas said that the government is committed towards the health, safety and welfare of workers.Releasing pamphlets, elaborating a slew of measures towards the welfare of workers and their family members during the pandemic here today, he said, our endeavour is to ensure the facilities reach the people for whom these have been formulated. The Minister said the government is cognizant of the evolving situation under the pandemic. He said,the Ministry would continue, if needed, to go extra miles in a resilient and responsive manner to protect the health and lives of workers and their family members, along with protecting them from hardships in these challenging times. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728186

SIR and Tata MD partner to make COVID-19 detection more accessible across India by harnessing network of CSIR labs The Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India’s apex scientific research organisation and Tata MD, the new healthcare venture from the Tata Group have announced a significant partnership to ramp up the COVID-19 testing capacity across Tier II and III towns as well as rural areas across India. CSIR and Tata MD are developing this capacity to manage any future surge in the COVID-19 testing requirements. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728139

India to have more than sufficient stock of Liposomal Amphotericin B drug for the treatment of Mucormycosis: Shri Mansukh Mandaviya “On 16th June,2021, active cases of Mucormycosis were 27,142. Even in the future, if cases of Black fungus increases , India is prepared to have more than sufficient availability of Amphotericin B drug and other drugs which are required to treat patients of Mucormycosis. India has increased domestic production remarkably by more than fivefold. Domestic production of Liposomal Amphotericin B was just 62,000 vials in April,2021 and now it is expected to cross 3.75 lakh vials in June,2021. While increasing domestic production, India also placed order to import 9,05,000 Liposomal Amphotericin Bvials through M/s Mylan. India is leaving no stone unturned to boost the availability of Amphotericin B drugs in the country’’, said Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilisers Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1728153

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727866 6/11 6/18/2021 Press Information Bureau Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh visits special vaccination camp organized by Department of Pensions at CSOI, Chanakyapuri Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh visited the exclusive Vaccination Camp organized bythe Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare at CSOI, Chanakyapurifor its officers, staff and their family membersyesterday. This is the second such camp organized by the Department within a fortnight and all eligible candidates between 18 to 44 years of age were administered the Covishield vaccine. The Minister noted with optimism that all wings of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions are organizing regular vaccination camps to achieve the cent percent target of jabs for officers, staff and their family members at the earliest. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727957 Inputs from PIB Field Offices Kerala:Public came out in large numbers on Thursday as the state partially opened up. According to the revised testing guidelines, testing target in local self-governments (LSGS) with over 30% seven day average The state government has allowed private buses to operate services from Friday on an odd-even basis on alternate days adhering to Covid protocol. There will be no service during weekends. The state confirmed 12,469 Covid-19 cases on Thursday. As of now, there are 1,08,560 active cases in the state. With 88 more deaths, the toll has risen to 11,743. TPR now stands at 10.85 %. A total of 1,19,55,852 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 95,55,765 took first dose and 24,00,087 took second dose.

Tamil Nadu: After 60 days, Tamil Nadu’s daily Covid19 case count dropped below 10,000 on Thursday. The State recorded 9,118 cases and 210 deaths, taking its tally to 23,97,864 and toll to 30,548. Covid spread is coming down in Chennai too. Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian on Thursday expressed the confidence that there will be a rapid slide in Covid19 cases in the State within a week. The test positivity rate in the Union Territory of Puducherry dropped below 4% as 326 cases were confirmed from 9,106 tests even as 480 recoveries were recorded on Thursday. Till date 1,18,98,338 have been vaccinated across the State, of which 96,81,761 received first dose and 22,16,577 received second dose.

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 17-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 5,983; Total Active Cases: 1,46,726; New Covid Deaths: 138; Total Covid Deaths: 33,434; Around 1,46,236 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,78,01,556 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Ninety two percent of health workers who received the vaccine recovered with mild to moderate infections, when infected according to a study by Fortis Health Care.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 6151 new Covid-19 cases after testing 1,02,712 samples with 58 deaths, while 7728 got discharged during the last 24 hours. A total of 1,24,42,374 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 97,97,330 first doses and 26,45,044 second doses. The government has decided to further relax curfew hours from 6 AM to 6 PM from June 21. The AP High Court expressed its displeasure over the Centre for failing to set up the 50 https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727866 7/11 6/18/2021 Press Information Bureau oxygen plants in the state as assured, and questioned how 18 oxygen plants were said to be ready in the first week of June even after the places were shown by the state government. The Court directed the Centre to submit full details and posted next hearing to June 24.

Telangana:As many as 1,492 new infections and 13 deaths were reported yesterday taking the total number of cases in the state to 6,09,417 and fatalities to 3,534. The number of Active Cases in the state now is 19,521. The Case Fatality Rate and the Recovery Rate stand at 0.57 percent and 96.21 percent, respectively. According to the State Health officials, there are five districts namely – Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Khammam, Nalgonda and Karimnagar – from where a greater number of Covid cases are being reported and more attention is being paid to them. Coming to vaccination drive in the state, a total of 1,75,241 people of all sections received the first dose and 7,282 people the second dose yesterday. The cumulative number of persons received first dose in the state now stands at 71,50,608 and second dose at 15,41,653.

Maharashtra: Maharashtra has reported 9830 new COVID-19 cases, 5890 discharges, and 236 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are 1,39,960 active cases in the state at present. Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Mumbai and Nashik have collectively recorded 57% of the state’s Covid-associated mucormycosis cases. Gujarat: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has e-dedicated a 13,000-Liter capacity tank to store liquid oxygen at SGVP Holistic Hospital in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Gujarat has recorded 293 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday. Also, 770 patients recovered during the last 24 hours and were discharged from the hospitals. Total 8 lakh 3 thousand 892 patients haverecovered from Covid19 in Gujarat till now. Meanwhile, 2 lakh 52 thousand 543 persons have been vaccinated in the state on Thursday. Rajasthan:Covid recovery rate in Rajasthan has shot up to 98.6 per cent riding on the recovery of another 895 people in the last 24 hours. As on Thursday, the total number of recovered cases stood at 9,37,481 while the casualty count reached 8,875 after 10 more people succumbed to the disease. A total of 205 new infections were reported on Thursday. There are now 4,262 active cases in the state. However, while the recovery rate continues to improve, the State Government is now focusing more on vaccination drives anticipating the third wave in the coming months. Madhya Pradesh: A Vaccination Mahabhiyan will start in the state from International Yoga Day on 21st June in 7000 centres in which free vaccination will be given to 18 years plus age group. State Immunization Director Dr. Santosh Shukla said that 50 lakh people will be vaccinated in the special drive at the rate of 7 lakh per day.Awareness Yatra will be taken out on 1st,2nd and 3rd July for vaccination. 145 new positive cases have been detected on Thursday.22 districts in the state have no cases at present. There are only 2984 active cases in the state at present. Chhattisgarh: 74.34 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered till date. The recovery rate in Chhattisgarh has now increased to 98 percent. Right now the rate of infection in the state has come down to only 1.29 percent. Only three districts have a higher infection rate, that is, 3.03 percent in Korba, 3.46 percent in Gariaband and 4.59 percent in Bijapur.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727866 8/11 6/18/2021 Press Information Bureau Goa: Goa CM Pramod Sawant today announced one time help of Rs 5,000 to small scale business owners, those into traditional occupation, MGNREGA workers and other self employed whose livelihood has been affected due to COVID19 . He also said that forms for Ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to economically weaker families whose earning member has expired, will also be available within 8 days with the Dy Collectors. The state reported 254 new cases on Thursday and the number of active cases at present are 3824. Assam;A total of 41 COVID-19 deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, while 3,477 new infections were detected in 1,54,264 tests conducted across the state during the day. The positivity rate stood at 2.25 percent. Kamrup Metro saw 169 new cases. Manipur:Manipur State on Thursday reported 495 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 5884 samples tested along with 13 fatalities. Though the daily positivity rate remains under 10 per cent, it is still high with Thursday recording 8.41 per cent. The total number of people who have been administered COVID19 vaccine in Manipur is 4,83,335. Meghalaya: Fresh cases outnumbered recoveries for the second day in a row in Meghalaya with the state registering 478 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, while 329 patients recovered in the last 24 hours. In a positive development, the state administered a record 17,265 doses of vaccine on the day.Four people succumbed to the infection on Thursday pushing the total number of deaths to 762. Nagaland:Nagaland reports 76 new cases of COVID-19 and 5 fatalities on Thursday. Active cases are 2368. Nagaland govt imposes total ban on movement of people and vehicles from 4 pm to 5 am everyday during lockdown period till June 30. Tripura: In Tripura, Corona Curfew extended till 5 AM of June 26 in Agartala Municipal Corporation areas and 9 Municipal Councils and 2 Nagar Panchayats. Over 53 thousand vaccinated on a single day in Tripura. Sikkim: Sikkim's COVID-19 tally rose to18,896 on Thursday as 90 more people tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the Himalayan state's coronavirus death toll to 287, a health bulletin said.The Himalayan state now has 2,907 active cases, while 15,452 people have recovered from the disease and 250 patients have migrated to other states so far. Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 590556. Number of active cases is 9479. Total Deaths reported is 15738. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1278503. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 320455. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3148280. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 515914.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 766838. Total active COVID-19 patients are 3227. Number of deaths is 9147. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 6867215.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases are 61310. Total number of Active Cases is 432. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 802.

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India's Active Caseload declines to 8,26,740; lowest after 71 days India reported 67,208 daily new cases in the last 24 hours 2,84,91,670 Total Recoveries across the country so far 1,03,570 patients recovered during the last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 35th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 95.93% Weekly Positivity Rate remains below 5%, currently at 3.99% Daily positivity rate at 3.48%, less than 5% for 10 consecutive days Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 38.52 cr total tests conducted 26.55 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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  COVID-19 Update   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727799 3/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau India's Active Caseload declines to 8,26,740; lowest after 71 days 67,208 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new COVID cases. The country has reported 67,208 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours. Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 10 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 8,26,740. This is lowest decline in active cases after 71 days. A net decline of 38,692is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.78% of the country's total Positive Cases.

As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 35 consecutive days now. 1,03,570recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Over 36 thousand (36,362) more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727799 4/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727799

COVID-19 Vaccination Update More than 27.28 crore (27,28,31,900) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 25,10,03,417 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 2.18 crore (2,18,28,483) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 56,70,350 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727811

Steps taken by Government to ensure drug availability for treatment of Mucormycosis Government continuously engaged with the manufacturers to resolve their issues related to raw materials MEA identified new sources of Amphotericin B/ Liposomal Amphotericin B injections and alternative drugs Government continues to monitor manufacturing, import, supplies and availability of drugs used for treatment of Mucormycosis.

A sudden increase in the demand has been observed in some States for Amphotericin-B, which is being actively prescribed by the physicians to the patients suffering from Mucormycosis, which has been seen as a post COVID complication. Through active measures to augment production, and import and ensure equitable distribution, Government has been able to mobilise over 6.67 lakh vials of the Amphotericin B for patients in the states and UTs and Central Health Institutes, in addition to other drugs such as Amphotericin Deoxycholate and Posaconazole being used for treatment of this disease. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727866 Pune based start-up all set to bring non-toxic, gentler, long lasting hand sanitiser to the market An environment friendly hand sanitizer that is gentle on the hands and does not dry them, will soon be available in the market. The alcohol free, aqueous, non-inflammable and non-toxic hand sanitizer has been developed from Silver Nanoparticles by a Pune based start-up. Recurrent drying up of hands due to repeated application of hand sanitizers is a challenge which people have faced during the COVID 19 pandemic. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727774

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 31704 MT of LMO to the Nation More than 17000 MT LMO offloaded in southern states of the country by Oxygen Expresses 440 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country Oxygen Expresses transported 1814 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727799 5/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau Oxygen Expresses offloaded more than 5600 of LMO in Tamil Nadu Till now Tamil Nadu received total 75 Oxygen Expresses Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3100, 3900 and 4000 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka respectively 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5722 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 4035 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 5674 MT in Tamil Nadu, 3958 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 3134 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 560 MT in Assam

Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country.Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 31000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) delivery in service to the Nation. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727674 Inputs from PIB Field Units Maharashtra:Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has started preparation for a possible third wave of COVID-19. BMC is planning to build 4 more Jumbo COVID centres at Mahalaxmi, Sion, Malad and Bhandup.Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 10,107 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 237 fatalities, taking the count of infections to 59,34,880 and the toll to 1,15,390 while 10,567 patients recovered during the day.With 10,567 people being discharged during the day, the count of recoveries in Maharashtra so far reached 56,79,746, leaving the state with 1,36,661 active cases. Gujarat: Gujarat's coronavirus tally rose to 8,21,376, after 298 persons tested positive for the infection on Wednesday, while the toll rose to 10,012 with five fatalities. With the addition of 935 patients discharged from hospitals during the day, the count of recoveries reached 8,03,122. The state's recovery rate now stands at 97.78 per cent, leaving the state with 8,242 active cases, of which 209 patients are in a critical condition.Meanwhile, 2,18,062 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in Gujarat on Wednesday, of which 1,62,941 doses were administered to beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years. Rajasthan: Nine more people died from coronavirus in Rajasthan on Wednesday as 280 fresh cases surfaced, taking the state's infection count to 9,50,413.So far, the infection has claimed 8,865 lives in the state.Of the fresh infections, the maximum 58 were reported from Jaipur while 49 cases surfaced in Alwar.A total of 9,36,586 persons have recovered from the infection and the number of active cases at present is 4,962. Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that he would visit some areas in the state to promote the Covid-19 vaccination campaign on June 21. Chouhan also said that the ministers, MLA, crisis management committees and prominent personalities in the state would also visit different areas for the immunisation campaign. Madhya Pradesh has been witnessing a continuous fall in Covid 19 caseload. The active cases reduced to 3273. The state reported 160 positive cases and 34 deaths while 463 Covid patients recovered from infection.

Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh has started gearing up to handle the possible third wave of Covid-19 and for this, all the government hospitals across the state are being upgraded. The chief minister has directed all https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727799 6/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau the District Collectors to submit an action plan for upgrading the hospitals and health centres, within 15 days.Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 tally rose to 9,88,745 on Wednesday as 573 more people tested positive for the infection, while 12 fresh fatalities took the toll to 13,354. The number of recoveries reached 9,64,265 after 227 people were discharged from various hospitals, while 925 others completed their home isolation during the day. The number of active cases in the state now stands at 11,126. Goa: Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 310 and rose to 1,63,358 on Wednesday, while 428 more patients recovered from the infection, a health department official said.The death toll increased to 2,960 after 13 patients succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, he said.The number of recovered cases rose to 1,56,354 as 428 more patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, the official said. Kerala:More lockdown relaxations have come into effect in Kerala from today, with state opening up partially. A new method for clamping lockdown has come into force depending on TPR under local bodies. Local bodies have been categorised into four - triple lockdown will be enforced if the TPR is above 30 per cent, lockdown if the TPR is between 20 to 30 per cent, partial lockdown if the TPR is between 8 and 20 per cent, and areas can function normally if below 8 per cent. The liquor outlets in the state have started functioning from today. The outlets in the places with low TPR were opened. State Road Transport Corporation resumed its Ordinary services from today. However the weekend total lockdown is to continue. The state confirmed 13,720 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday. As of now, there are 1,09,794 active cases in the state. With 147 more deaths, the toll has risen to 11,655. TPR now stands at 11.79 %. A total of 1,18,33,704 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 94,54,803 took first dose and 23,78,901 took second dose.

Tamil Nadu:TN recorded a further dip in its daily Covid-19 case count, as 10,448 more people tested positive for the infection on Wednesday along with 270 deaths. In a positive development to the measures taken to control Covid cases in the state, the active cases in Chennai have now come down to a mere 1 %. An Asiatic lion died of SARS Cov-2 infection at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park (AAZP), popularly called as Vandalur Zoo. Health Minister M Subramanian has said Tamil Nadu needs more than 10 crore vaccines. In 24 hours, 3.68 lakh people have received Covid vaccine in Tamil Nadu. Till date 1,16,17,077 have been vaccinated across the State, of which 94,19,536 received first dose and 21,97,541 received second dose.

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 16-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 7,345; Total Active Cases: 1,51,566; New Covid Deaths: 148; Total Covid Deaths: 33,296. Around 1,58,479 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,76,15,123 have been vaccinated in the state till now. The state’s first mobile vaccine vehicle is now ready to accelerate the Covid vaccine campaign, mobile vehicles will provide Vaccination facility at people’s doorsteps. Two doses of Corona vaccine will be provided in the state by December for everyone over the age of 18, said DCM and head of the Corona Task Force, Dr CN Ashwattanarayana.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 6617 new Covid-19 cases after testing 1,01,544 samples with 57 deaths, while 10,228 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 18,26,751; Active cases: 71,466; Discharges: 17,43,176; Deaths: 12,109. A total of 1,24,20,070 doses of Covid vaccines have https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727799 7/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 97,76,531 first doses and 26,43,539 second doses. As 3.5 crore people have to be vaccinated in the state, the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy observed that there is a long way to go still. During a review on prevailing Covid situation with the officials on Wednesday, he said the positivity rate has come down from 25.56 per cent as on May 15, to 5.97 per cent at present. Since studies show that children are susceptible to the infection in the possible third wave, officials should be ready with a good action plan, he said, adding that three state-of-the-art hospitals at Visakhapatnam, Krishna-Guntur and Tirupati, will be set up for paediatric treatment.

Telangana:As many as 1,489 new Covid infections and 11 fatalities were reported yesterday taking the cumulative number of cases in the state to 6,07,925 and fatalities to 3,521. The number of Active Cases in the state now stands at 19,975. The case fatality and recovery rates in the state are reported to be at 0.57 percent and 96.13 percent, respectively. As part of its special drive to inoculate the super spreaders/high risk groups, the State Health department started vaccination for members of the Self Help Groups in the state yesterday.

Assam: A total of 36 Covid deaths were reported in Assam on Wednesday, while 3,386 new infections were detected in 1,30,053 tests yesterday. Positivity rate stood at 2.60 percent. The State Cabinet on Wednesday decided not to allow home isolation to any Covid -19 patient not having separate accommodation, informed Health Minister Keshab Mahanta. The State Health Department will allow early administration of Covisheild second dose for those traveling abroad before 84 days dosage gap. The facility will be available at MMCH.

Manipur:COVID-19 death toll in Manipur crossed the 1000-mark on Wednesday as 10 more persons succumbed to the infection in 24 hours period, while 752 more persons tested positive for the viral infection, as per the latest update by the state health department.A total of 4,77,432 people have been vaccinated so far in Manipur.In Manipur 408 new recoveries pushed the cumulative number of recovered cases to 51,762. The recovery rate is 83.69 per cent.

Meghalaya:Meghalaya recorded 495 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, showing an upward trajectory in new infections for the past three days. New cases outnumbered recoveries for the first time in six days with 453 recoveries registered in the last 24 hours. The state also witnessed eight new deaths on the day pushing the death toll to 758. Sikkim:Sikkim recorded 147 new Covid cases from the 1096 samples tested on Tuesday. The State’s positivity rate is13.4%, said the Health department. The State’s active Covid tally is 2965. On a brighter note, 420 persons successfully recovered from coronavirus on Tuesday. At present there are 167 Covid patients admitted in hospitals.

Tripura: 536 more tested positive and 5 died in last 24 hours with 5.62% positivity rate in the state and the positivity rate for areas under Agartala Municipal Corporation stands at 9.55%.

Nagaland: Nagaland govt extends lockdown till June 30. The decision was taken during the meeting of https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727799 8/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau the High Power Committee on Covid-19 which met yesterday. The committee said District Task Forces can decide on relaxations as per local situations. Nagaland reports 111 new Covid cases and two deaths on Wednesday. Active cases are 2699 while tally is 23,965.

Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 589828. Number of active cases is 10046. Total Deaths reported is 15698. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1271920. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 318624. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3134464. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 512509.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 766606. Total active COVID-19 patients is3579. Number of deaths is9109. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 6744161.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 61241. Total number of Active Cases is 462. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 799.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 199407. Total number of Active Cases is 3733. Total deaths reported till date is 3398.

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✅ Above 60 years: 30.3% ✅ 45-60 years: 39.3% ✅ 18-44 years: 30.4%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/Bm6N3bOZuJ — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 17, 2021

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Posted On: 16 JUN 2021 7:47PM by PIB Delhi

India's Active Caseload declines to 8,65,432 Less than 9 lakh Active Cases after 70 days India reported 62,224 daily new cases in the last 24 hours 2,83,88,100 Total Recoveries across the country so far

1,07,628 patients recovered during last 24 hours

Daily recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 34th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 95.80% Weekly Positivity Rate drops to less than 5%, currently at 4.17%

Daily positivity rate at 3.22%, less than 5% for 9 consecutive days Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 38.33 cr tests total conducted

26.19 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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India's Active Caseload declines below 9 Lakh mark after 70 days Recovery Rate increases to 95.80% Daily Positivity Rate stands at 3.22%, less than 5% positivity for 9 consecutive days India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new COVID cases. The country has reported 62,224 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours. Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 9 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs. India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 8,65,432. The Caseload has declined below 9 lakh mark after 70 days. A net decline of 47,946 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 2.92% of the country's total Positive Cases. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727437

COVID-19 Vaccination Update More than 27.28 crore (27,28,31,900) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 25,45,45,692 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.82 crore (1,82,86,208) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727443

PM to launch ‘Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers’ on 18th June Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch ‘Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers’ on 18th June 2021 at 11 AM via video conferencing. The launch will commence the programme in 111 training centres spread over 26 states. The launch will be followed by the Prime Minister’s address. Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship will also be present on the occasion. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727489

Establishment of two 250 bedded makeshift COVID Hospitals at Murshidabad and Kalyani in West Bengal through PM CARES The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund Trust has decided to allocate Rs. 41.62 crores for establishment of two 250 bedded makeshift COVID Hospitals by DRDO at Murshidabad and Kalyani, West Bengal. For this, certain infrastructural support https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727489 4/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau would also be provided by the State Government and MoHFW, Govt. of India. This proposal will augment health infrastructure in West Bengal to effectively manage the COVID situation. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727485

COVID19 Vaccination: Myths Vs. Facts Decision of increasing COVISHIELD dose interval based on the fundamental scientific reason regarding behaviour of adenovector vaccines Record of Minutes of meetings of COVID-19 Working Group and Standing Technical Sub- Committee (STSC) of NTAGI clearly show that recommended 12-16 weeks dosing interval for COVISHIELD was unanimous with no dissent from any member There have been some media reports regarding increase in the gap between two doses of COVISHIELD vaccine from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks, suggesting dissent among the technical experts regarding the decision.

It may be noted that the decision of increasing the gap is based on the scientific reason regarding behaviour of adenovector vaccines and has been discussed thoroughly in meetings of COVID-19 Working Group and Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of NTAGI with no dissent from any member. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727477

Myths vs. Facts on COVID Vaccine There have been some social media posts regarding composition of the COVAXIN vaccine where it has been suggested that COVAXIN vaccine contains the newborn calf serum. Facts have been twisted and misrepresented in these posts. Newborn Calf Serum is used only for preparation/ growth of vero cells. Different kinds of bovine and other animal serum are standard enrichment ingredient used globally for vero cell growth. Vero cells are used to establish cell lines which help in production of vaccines. This technique has been used for decades in Polio, Rabies, and Influenza vaccines. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727462

Delta Plus Variant is not yet classified as Variant of Concern; Way forward is to constantly watch and detect its potential presence and growth in the country: Member (Health), NITI Aayog In the context of the public discourse regarding detection of new variants, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Dr. VK Paul has reminded the public that the newly detected Delta Plus Variant is not yet classified as a Variant of Concern. “The present status is that yes, a new variant has been found. This is as of now a Variant of Interest (VoI), not as yet classified a Variant of Concern (VoC). VoC is one in which we have understood that there are adverse consequences to humanity , which could be due to https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727489 5/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau increased transmissibility or virulence. We do not know at this moment this about the Delta Plus variant.” Dr. Paul stated this, while addressing the COVID-19 Media Briefing at National Media Centre, PIB Delhi earlier this week. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727444

Decision to increase gap between COVISHIELD doses taken on scientific evidence in a transparent manner- NTAGI Chair Dr N K Arora “No dissent among NTAGI members regarding the decision” “India has a robust mechanism to look at other ongoing scientific evidence” Decisions taken scientifically, giving paramount importance to health and protection of the community: Dr N K Arora Dr. N K Arora explained that the decision to increase the gap between two COVISHIELD doses from 4- 6 weeks to 12 - 16 weeks lay in the fundamental scientific reason regarding behaviour of adenovector vaccines. “In the last week of April, 2021 the data released by Public Health England, United Kingdom’s executive agency of the Department of Health, showed that vaccine efficacy varied between 65% - 88% when interval is 12 weeks. This was the basis on which they overcame their epidemic outbreak due to the Alpha variant. The UK was able to come out of it because the interval they kept was 12 weeks. We also thought that this is a good idea, since there are fundamental scientific reasons to show that when interval is increased, adenovector vaccines give better response. Hence the decision was taken on May 13, to increase the interval to 12 - 16 weeks.” This also gives flexibility to the community, since everyone cannot come at precisely 12 weeks or so, he added. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727408

Inputs from PIB Field Units

Maharashtra: Maharashtra Government will provide all kinds of assistance to the children who have lost their parents during the Corona period and will also provide Rs. 5 lakh to such children. A task force is set up under the chairmanship of District Collector Rajesh Narvekar to rehabilitate every orphan. Maharashtra added 9,350 new COVID-19 cases, 15,176 recoveries and 388 deaths yesterday.

Gujarat: After 112 days in Gujarat, the number of corona patients has come down to less than 400. On February 25, 2021, 424 patients were registered, after which on Tuesday, 352 new patients were recorded. Also, four deaths occurred on the same day. With this, the total cases in the state have gone up to 8,21,078, out of which 1,00,007 have died. On 15th June, 1006 people have been discharged in the state and till now, a total of 8,02,187 people have recovered.

Rajasthan: Rajasthan Government has further increased the relaxation in lockdown with certain conditions. Now, weekend curfew will be applicable from 5 p.m. on Saturday to 5 a.m. on Monday. Markets will be open from 6 a.m. on Monday to 4 p.m. on Saturday. City and mini buses will also be https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727489 6/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau operated from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. in cities. Metro Rail will also be operated. Sports related activities are also allowed to be organized. Permission has also been given to open gyms and yoga centres. All tourist places, monuments can also be opened. Cinema halls, theatres and multiplexes have not been allowed to open. The state reported 14 deaths, while 172 others tested positive for Covid-19 bringing its overall tally to 9,50,133. The caseload of active cases in the state has now reduced to 5619, which is 0.6%.

Madhya Pradesh: In Madhya Pradesh, the second wave of Coronavirus infection has come under control. On Tuesday, the positivity rate in the state was recorded at 0.3 per cent. According to the official health bulletin on Tuesday, 224 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Madhya Pradesh, while 528 people recovered. So far, seven lakh 76 thousand people have recovered in the state, while 3,610 patients are still undergoing treatment. In all the districts except Indore, Bhopal and Jabalpur, the number of new patients was either zero or below ten. Meanwhile, in the state, attention has now been focused on vaccination. A major vaccination campaign will be run in the state for three days from July 1.

i. : Amidst the rapidly improving situation of corona infection in Chhattisgarh, the average positivity rate has come down to about 1.3 percent. 609 new corona-infected patients were found in the state on Tuesday. Out of the 28 districts, in 25 districts reported cases in double digits, while 4 districts had cases in single digit. Meanwhile, 8 people died due to CoVID infection on Tuesday. At present, there are 11,717 active patients in the state. Chhattisgarh occupies the third position among all states in terms of vaccination to citizens aged above 45 years and occupies first position in the country in terms of administering second dose of vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers. More than 72 lakh 94 thousand vaccinations have been done in the state till date. Renganar has set an example for the entire country as every citizen vaccinated for Covid-19 in this remote village of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

Goa: Goa has added 1,314 new COVID-19 cases while 3,793 people got recovered and 43 people died. Tika Utsav 3.0 has been launched (ongoing campaign) to promote COVID19 vaccination in the state.

Kerala: After imposing a 40-day lockdown to bring down the Covid surge, the state government has decided to ease the restrictions from tomorrow at the local body level, based on the intensity of virus spread. However, the total lockdown across the state on weekends will continue. Public transport will be allowed in a limited manner from Thursday. While gatherings and public functions will not be allowed, a maximum of 20 people can continue to attend weddings and funerals as earlier. The state recorded 12,246 new Covid cases on Tuesday. With 166 new fatalities, the death toll mounted to 11,508. The TPR has come down to 11.76%. A total of 1,17,00,136 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 93,50,666 took first dose and 23,49,470 took second dose.

Tamil Nadu: State Health Minister has said that the government was fully geared up to face the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic. The government has made 70,000 beds ready to face the third wave and special wards for children have also been set up in government hospitals, he said. On a day when fresh https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727489 7/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau infections dropped to 11,805 in Tamil Nadu, the State’s toll due to Covid-19 surpassed 30,000, as another 267 people succumbed to it on Tuesday. TN has received 6.16 lakh doses of Covid vaccines from Mumbai and Pune. This included 4.97 lakh doses of Covisheild vaccine directly procured by the state government. Till date 1,12,64,069 have been vaccinated across the State, of which 90,86,953 received first dose and 21,77,116 received second dose.

Karnataka: As per the State Government bulletin released for 15-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 5,041; Total Active Cases: 1,59,426; New Covid Deaths: 115; Total Covid Deaths: 33,148. Around 1,23,262 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,74,07,993 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Bengaluru Urban, which was ravaged by the second Covid-19 wave, reported less than 1,000 new infections for the first time in three months on Tuesday. According to Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar, the recovery and mortality rates are at 95.50% and 1.33%, respectively. While the positivity rate stood at 3.8% for the day, the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) stood at 2.28%.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 5741 new Covid-19 cases after testing 96,153 samples with 53 deaths, while 10,567 got discharged during the last 24 hours. A total of 1,23,88,392 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 97,48,174 first doses and 26,40,218 second doses. Even as the State is grappling with black fungus, at least 15 cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) have been reported in Visakhapatnam in the last two weeks. Meanwhile, the State government has chalked out an advance action plan in the wake of the Covid third wave warnings and made special arrangements training medical staff in paediatrics.

Telangana: The State Government has decided to extend summer holidays for schools and colleges till 20th of this month due to the Covid pandemic. A total of 1556 new daily Covid cases and 14 fatalities were reported yesterday taking the total number of cases in the state to 6,06,436 and fatalities to 3510. 1,56,048 people of all sections received first dose and 7121 second dose. The cumulative number of people received first dose in the state stands at 68,04,722 and second dose at 15,24,610. The vaccine wastage in the state is reported to be 0.15 percent, according to the Health Bulletin issued by the Director of State Public Health today.

Assam: Thirty-four people died of the COVID-19 in the State on Tuesday when 3,415 new positive cases were detected. Tests were conducted to as many as 1.32 lakh people in the State on Tuesday. Modifying the standard operation procedure (SOP) for Covid19, the Assam government has relaxed the curfew hours in the capital city of Guwahati for one hour till June 21. From Wednesday, the Covid curfew will be imposed from 2 PM in the city for the next week. Shops, offices and business establishments will have to shut down their operations at 1 PM.

Manipur: State records eight deaths, 785 new cases on Tuesday. The number of persons vaccinated in Manipur reached 4,72,857. Mass testing and vaccination continues in different parts of the state.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1727489 8/11 6/17/2021 Press Information Bureau Meghalaya:Meghalaya registered 450 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, while 542 new recoveries brought the active case tally further down to 4,430. Seven people succumbed to the infection in the past 24 hours pushing the death toll to 750. All seven deaths were reported in East Khasi Hills.

Sikkim: 209 more people were found positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours during the testing of 1,643 samples. The state's daily positivity rate stands at 12.7%.

Tripura: On the second day of Mass Vaccination 18,099 people in the 18-44 age group were administered and altogther 22,063 people receved vaccine all across the state. Meanwhile in last 24 hours 528 new positive cases detected in the state.

Nagaland: Nagaland reports 101 new cases and nil fatalities on Tuesday. Active cases are 2972 while total is 23,854. State mulls more lockdown relaxations after June 18 as cases begin to drop. Administration begins distribution of food and relief items to daily wage earners & labourers in Dimapur from Tuesday. Around 7000 households targeted to be given relief assistance.

Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 589153. Number of active cases is 10802. Total Deaths reported is 15650. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1267329. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 317597. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3123969. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 509511.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 766357. Total active COVID-19 patients is 3703. Number of deaths is 9070. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 6682197.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 61200. Total number of Active Cases is 486. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 797.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 199197. Total number of Active Cases is 4050. Total deaths reported till date is 3394.

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India's Active Caseload declines to 9,13,378 India reports 60,471 daily new cases in last 24 hours; lowest after 75 days 2,82,80,472 Total Recoveries across the country so far 1,17,525 patients have recovered during the last 24 hours Daily recoveries continue to outnumberDaily New Cases for 33rd consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 95.64% Weekly Positivity Rate drops to less than 5%, currently at 4.39% Daily positivity rate at 3.45%, less than 5% for 8 consecutive days Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 38.13 Crore tests total conducted

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PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING   GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726975 1/11 6/15/2021 Press Information Bureau

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COVID-19 Vaccination Update      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726975 3/11 6/15/2021 Press Information Bureau More than 26.69 crore (26,69,14,930) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 25,67,21,069 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.05 crore (1,05,61,861) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 47,43,580 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727132

COVID Vaccination in Rural Areas – Myths vs. Facts Pre-registration for vaccination through online registration and prior booking of appointment is not mandatory to avail of vaccination services.Anyone, aged 18 years or more, can directly go to the nearest vaccination Center where vaccinator performs the on-site registration and provides vaccination in the same visit.This is also popularly known as “walk-ins”. The facilitated registration through the Common Service Centers (CSCs) on Co-WIN, is just one of the many modes of registration on Co-WIN. The facilitators such as health workers or ASHAs, also mobilize beneficiaries in rural areas and those residing in urban slums, for on-site registration and vaccination directly at the nearest vaccination centers. The facility for assisted registrations through the 1075 Help Line has also been operationalized. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727193

COVID-19: Myths vs Facts Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genetics Consortium (INSACOG) sequencing has helped in detection of Variants of Concerns (VOCs) in real time and data has been shared with relevant States/UTs There have been some media reports alleging low quantum of sequencing in the country and the significant lags between sample collection and sequence submission into the database for pattern detection and actionable alerts to governments. It is clarified that a sampling strategy is based on the country's objectives, scientific principles and WHO guidance documents. Accordingly, the strategy has been reviewed and revised as from time to time. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727210

COVID19 Vaccination: Myths Vs. Facts Any death or hospitalization following vaccination cannot be automatically assumed to be due to vaccination Causality assessments help to understand whether the “Adverse Event Following Immunization” was caused directly due to vaccine, and are conducted at State and national level for the investigated cases      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726975 4/11 6/15/2021 Press Information Bureau There have been some media reports suggesting an increase in the cases of severe AEFI which have also resulted in ‘succumbing of patients’ post vaccination. As per the media reports, 488 deaths following vaccination are linked to post-COVID complications during 16th Jan 2021 and 7th June 2021 period where the total vaccination coverage was 23.5 crore. It is clarified that these reports are based on incomplete and limited understanding of the matter at hand. It may be noted that the term “succumbed” insinuates causality i.e. the deaths were caused due to vaccination. The number of deaths reported following COVID-19 vaccination in the country is only 0.0002% of 23.5 crore doses administered which is within the expected death rates in a population. In a population, deaths occur at a certain rate. Crude death rate in 2017 as per SRS data is 6.3 per 1000 persons annually (SRS, Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India from https://main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/HealthandFamilyWelfarestatisticsinIndia201920.pdf). Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727196 Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 30455 MT of LMO to the Nation (As on 14th June, 2021) More than 16000 MT LMO offloaded in southern states of the country by Oxygen Expresses 424 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country Oxygen Expresses transported 1748 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States Oxygen Expresses offloaded more than 5000 of LMO in Tamil Nadu Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3700 and 3800 MT of LMO in the state of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka respectively 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5722 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 3862 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 5054 MT in Tamil Nadu, 3744 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 2972 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 480 MT in Assam Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to various states across the country.Oxygen Expresses, as on 14th June, 2021, crossed the milestone of 30000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) delivery in service to the Nation.So far, till yesterday, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 30455 MT of LMO in more than 1748 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 424 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States.Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 16000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to the southern states of the country.Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 3700, 3800 and 5000 MT of LMO in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1727038

Shri Mansukh Mandaviyainaugurates Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendra at Pragpur, Himachal Pradesh

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Inputs from PIB Field Units Kerala:Train services, which were stopped in the state due to the raging Covid infections in the second wave of the pandemic, will resume in phases and as part of that, Intercity and Jan Shatabdi trains will start plying from tomorrow. Meanwhile, the State is to revise its lockdown strategy after the current lockdown ends tomorrow. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has stated that the state is unlikely to extend the complete lockdown amid the sharp decline in the number of Covid-19 cases. The state has reported a 20 per cent decline in cases and a 10% decrease in TPR during the last week. It is planned to impose different levels of curbs according to the intensity of the spread of the disease. 7,719 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the state yesterday with a TPR of 11.26%. 161 deaths were confirmed taking the toll to 11,342. A total of 1,14,69,060 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 91,87,161 took first dose and 22,81,899 took second dose.

Tamil Nadu:The Madras High court today sought responses from both the Union and State within four weeks on a plea seeking ex-gratia payment to heirs or families of persons who died after contracting Covid-19 as per section 12 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. Chief Minister M K Stalin has said lockdown relaxations will be withdrawn if people violate rules; he sought complete cooperation of people. TN reported 12,772 new cases including 254 deaths on Monday; with these, the total number of cases recorded has reached 23,66,493 and death toll 29,801 in the State. The Union territory of Puducherry reported less than 400 fresh Covid-19 cases for the first time after two months; the UT reported 309 fresh cases even as 686 patients recovered on Monday, bringing down the active cases to 4,947. Tamilnadu State health department has said that a total of 2,58,701 people were vaccinated on a single day yesterday at 2,327 vaccination centres. Till date 1,11,31,780 have been vaccinated across the State, of which 89,64,448 received first dose and 21,67,332 received second dose.

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 14-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 6,835; Total Active Cases: 1,72,141; New Covid Deaths: 120; Total Covid Deaths: 33,033. Around 1,23,262 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,71,14,728 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to BPL families who lose breadwinners to Covid-19. Coronavirus cases in the state have dropped to nearly six thousand and the positivity rate has fallen below 5 per cent. The Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) on      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726975 6/11 6/15/2021 Press Information Bureau Monday said that it will deploy teams at entry points, paying guest facilities, migrants’ work sites among others to test returnees for Covid-19 infection as the civic body looks to keep the virus spread under control.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 4549 new Covid-19 cases after testing 87,756 samples with 59 deaths, while 10,114 got discharged during the last 24 hours. A total of 1,23,04,416 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 96,68,857 first doses and 26,35,559 second doses. The State government has decided to include treatment of post-Covid health problems related to lungs and kidneys among children in the YSR Aarogyasri Scheme. The State has also chalked out a plan to increase ICU beds to 1600 and oxygen beds to 3777 for children. Principal Secretary (Health) Anil Kumar Singhal has said Covid medicines for treating children have been brought under the purview of Arogyasree and have been divided into four therapies. So far, more than 3.16 lakh mothers having children below the age of five years have been vaccinated in the state.

Telangana:A total of 1511 new daily Covid cases and 12 deaths were reported yesterday taking the total number of cases in the state to 6,04,880 and fatalities to 3496. Bed occupancy rate in Covid hospitals in the state has come down from 52 percent in the second week of May to 16 percent now. Now, the positivity rate is reported to be 1.36 percent only. Director of State Public Health Dr.G.Srinivasa Rao said strict action will be taken against those spreading rumours and creating unnecessary panic among the public about the intensity of the likely third wave of Corona.

Maharashtra: Maharashtra on Monday reported 8,129 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day count since March 2, taking the state’s tally to 59,17,121, while 200 more deaths pushed the toll to 1,12,696, the health department said. The rise in fresh coronavirus cases was the lowest since March 2, when 7,863 infections were reported in the state.Mumbai reported 529 cases, the lowest since February 16 when the addition to the tally was 461.Maharashtra government has expressed an inclination to begin door-to-door vaccination drives for the disabled, bedridden, and such citizens, and for formulating a separate protocol for the same. Gujarat: Gujarat on Monday reported 405 COVID-19 cases, taking its tally to 8,20,726, while the day also witnessed six deaths, which took the toll past the 10000 mark. 2,93,131 persons were vaccinated on Monday, including 2,05,130 in the 18-44 age group, taking the overall number of doses administered in the state so far to 2,05,58,024. In an affidavit filed by the Gujarat health department before the High Court, the health department has conveyed that the Gujarat government has notified 33 government hospitals — one in each district — to act as the nodal centre for distribution of Liposomal Amphotericin-B used to treat mucormycosis. In each of these 33 hospitals, a district-level committee is to be constituted for distribution of the drug. Rajasthan: The number of new active coronavirus cases in Rajasthan continued to nosedive on Monday with zero cases reported in eight out of total 33 districts of the state in the last 24 hours.Following a steady decline over the last few days, the total number of active Covid19 cases in the state has dropped below 6,500. Rajasthan on Monday reported 277 fresh Covid-19 cases and 20 deaths. The state's death toll is at 8,842, with a total caseload of 9,49,961.    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726975 7/11 6/15/2021 Press Information Bureau Madhya Pradesh: In Madhya Pradesh, the second wave of Coronavirus infection has come under control. Yesterday, the infection rate in the state was recorded at 0.3 per cent. According to the official health bulletin yesterday, 242 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Madhya Pradesh, while 516 people recovered. In all the districts except Indore, Bhopal and Jabalpur, the number of new patients was either zero or below ten. Meanwhile, in the state, attention has now been focused on vaccination.A major vaccination campaign will be run in the state for three days from July 1. Chhattisgarh: Amidst the rapidly improving situation of corona infection in Chhattisgarh, the average positivity rate has come down to about 1.3 percent. While the recovery rate from COVID infection has increased to more than 97 percent. 600 New corona positives in the state yesterday.Out of the 28 districts, in 25 districts cases were reported in double digits. While in 3 districts, cases were reported in single digit. Meanwhile, 17 people died due to CoVID infection yesterday. Goa: Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 253 and reached 1,62,721 on Monday, while 720 patients recovered from the infection. The death toll rose to 2,937 as nine more patients succumbed to the infection. The number of recovered cases in the state rose to 1,55,378 after 720 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day. The number of active cases is now 4,406. Assam: A total of 43 COVID-19 deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, while 3,678 new infections were detected in 1,46,046 tests done during the day, the positivity rate being 2.52 percent, Kamrup Metro saw 232 new cases.Challenging the Assam government's move to conduct board examinations, a number of students from the state have moved the Supreme Court seeking it's intervention in cancelling the HSLC and HS Final examinations in view of the Covid situation. Manipur:In Manipur, the death count continues to rise with 16 more falling to COVID-19 while 459 including 7 Central security personnel tested positive during the last 24 hours.In line with the course of action take up in other districts of the State and in view of the surging COVID-19 cases, Ukhrul District Hospital in tandem with the district administration started a mass testing campaign since yesterday and in the last 48 hours, 39 persons returned positive results.

Meghalaya: Meghalaya registered 403 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday, an increase from the previous day, while 487 recoveries on the day brought the total active cases down to 4,529. The state also recorded 10 fatalities in the last 24 hours pushing the death toll to 743. East Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner, IsawandaLaloo has issued an order directing shops and establishments to get their staff vaccinated on or before June 24 so as to be eligible for reopening.Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma has urged the MLAs and media personnel to visit a Covid-19 ward wearing PPE kit to be able to understand the difficulties being faced by the healthcare workers. Nagaland: Nagaland reports 109 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths on Monday. Active cases are 3201 while total is 23,753. State H&FW Dept has directed all healthcare workers to discharge their duties responsibly and not to leave station without permit. It has also asked the healthcare workers to immediately report any harassment or obstruction while on duty. Tripura: In Tripura, 18,980 people above 18-45 years vaccinated on a single day in whole of the state. 235 fresh cases reported with 4 deaths. Tripura Board of Joint Entrance Examination in a Notification said the examination scheduled on June 23 has been deferred.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726975 8/11 6/15/2021 Press Information Bureau Sikkim: There was no death on record from 11th June till today, the total death figure so far remains 281. Only 36 new positive cases have come up. State has 11.5% positivity rate of Corona. The recovery rate is only 79.20%. As per the State Government's directive to cover one and all with regards to COVID-19 Vaccination, the Medical Team from Namchi District Hospital vaccinated a total of 100 inmates, who belonged to 18 to 44 categories at District Prison Namchi. Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 588525. Number of active cases is 11913. Total Deaths reported is 15602. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1257302. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 316532. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3110366. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 506885.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 766129. Total active COVID-19 patients is4077. Number of deaths is 9032. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 6608145.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 61160. Total number of Active Cases is 507. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 794.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 198876. Total number of Active Cases is 4432. Total deaths reported till date is 3382.

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India's Active Caseload declines to 9,73,158; below 10 lakhs after 66 days India reports 70,421 new cases in the last 24 hours; lowest after 74 days 1,19,501 patients recovered during the last 24 hours Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for the 32nd consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 95.43% Daily positivity rate at 4.72%, less than 10% for 21 consecutive days 25.48 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726923 3/11 6/14/2021 Press Information Bureau COVID-19 UPDATE India reports 70,421 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours; lowest after 74 days India's Active Caseload declines below 10 Lakh mark after 66 days India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new COVID cases. The country has reported 70,421 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours. Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 7 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs. India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 9,73,158. The Caseload has declined below 10 lakh mark after 66 days.A net decline of 53,001 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 3.30% of the country's total Positive Cases. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726923

COVID-19 Vaccination Update More than 26.68 crore (26,68,36,620) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 25,27,66,396 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.40 crore (1,40,70,224) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 96,490 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726880

Additional 106300 vials of Amphotericin- B allocated to States/UTs to and Central Institutions – Shri D. V. SadanandaGowda Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri D.V. SadanandaGowda announced via Twitter that to ensure significant availability of Liposomal Amphotricin B, additional 106300 vials of the drug have been allocated across all the States/UTs and Central Institutions today. The Minister further said that a total of 53,000 vials of Conventional Amphotericin B have also been allocated to all the States/UTs & Central Institutions today. The allocation of conventional Amphotericin B is being made to ensure its smooth supply and timely treatment of patients. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726919

Jaipur International Airport facilitates essential medical supplies amid tough times 683 boxes of Covid Vaccine and 527 Boxes of oxygen concentrators transported from 1st May to 09th June 2021 85 Boxes of Black Fungus medicines also transported from 1st May to 09th June 2021      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726923 4/11 6/14/2021 Press Information Bureau A total 683 boxes(20.59 MT) of Covid Vaccine,527 Boxes (8.24MT) of oxygen concentrator, 42 Boxes (475 Kg) of Oximeter,30 Boxes (542 Kg) of COVID19 Detection Kit, 08 Boxes (224 Kg) of Vaccination Kitand 85 Boxes (612 Kg) of Black Fungus medicines have been transported through various airlines from 1st May 2021 till 09th June 2021 through Jaipur Airport. To overcome the oxygen crisis, a total of 09 empty oxygen tankers were transported from Jaipur to Jamnagar through Indian Airforce aircraft (C17)from 26th April 2021 to16th May 2021. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726943

850 oxygen plants being set up in various districts of country: Secretary DRDO A total of 850 oxygen plants are being set up in various districts of the country from PM Cares Fund for catering to the needs of the country to fight the pandemic COVID-19, Dr C Satish Reddy, Secretary, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), highlighted at the Department of Science & Technology (DST) Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Discourse Series. He added that DRDO was prepared to provide all kinds of support when the need arises, and more flying hospitals would be ready, as was provided by DRDO in the second wave of COVID-19, to help the people. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726975

Pune-based firm comes up with 3D-printed Masks Coated with Anti-Viral Agents An integration of 3D printing and pharmaceuticals has resulted in a novel type of mask which attacks the virus when viral particles come in contact with it. Developed by Pune-based start-up firm Thincr Technologies India Private Limited, these masks are coated with anti-viral agents known otherwise as virucides. The virucidal mask project is among the earliest projects to have been selected for commercialization, by Technology Development Board (TDB), a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, as part of the Government’s fight against COVID-19. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726884

DBT-funded Startup Offers AI-powered Contact-free Health Monitor & Step-Down ICU Through its Million ICU initiative, Dozee aims to improve public healthcare by utilising transformative technology to provide high-quality care to every individual. The company aims to upgrade 50,000 public hospital beds into Step-Down ICUs by raising CSR funds from several Indian and International organisations. This initiative will enable the hospitals to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and usher in a rapid and long-term transformation in India's public healthcare infrastructure. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726974 IIT Ropar develops nation's first power-free CPAP device 'Jivan Vayu' Aimed at saving lives in low resource areas and during transit      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726923 5/11 6/14/2021 Press Information Bureau Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has developed a device ‘Jivan Vayu’ which can be used as a substitute of CPAP machine. However, this is Nation’s first such device which functions even without electricity and is adapted to both kinds of oxygen generation units like O2 cylinders and oxygen pipelines in hospitals. These provisions are not available in otherwise existing CPAP machines. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1726898

Inputs from PIB Field Units Kerala:A high-level meeting chaired by State Health Minister Veena George today formulated an action plan to be implemented in the event of a third wave of Covid-19. Along with increasing the medical facilities, the goal is to vaccinate two to two and a half lakh people daily. The state government has also decided to re-examine Covid-19 death toll following widespread complaints of authorities hiding the real toll. Meanwhile, the state recorded 11,584 new Covid cases yesterday. With 206 new fatalities, the death toll mounted to 11,181. The TPR stood at 12.24 %. A total of 1,13,25,484 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this 90,71,276 took first dose and 22,54,208 took second dose.

Tamil Nadu:Extended lockdown with relaxations have come into effect in Tamil Nadu. State Health Minister said that a special Covid-19 task force is being formed in the 11 districts of Tamil Nadu that are still witnessing an increase in the cases of Covid-19. State has so far received over 5,000 MT oxygen through oxygen expresses. TN Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan has said 355 persons who were not affected by Covid have been diagnosed with black fungus. TN reported 14,061 new Covid cases and 267 fatalities yesterday. On vaccination front, 2,08,123 got jabs yesterday. Till date 1,08,42,928 have been vaccinated across the State, of which 86,91,807 received first dose and 21,51,121 received second dose.

Karnataka:After an eight-week lockdown, lockdown has been relaxed in 19 districts starting today while 11 districts with high positivity rate have to wait longer. The state will witness the trial of drug delivery through drone for the first time in the country; the preliminary trial will be held at Gauribidanur in Chikkaballapur district from June 18 and the official trial from June 21 for 45 days. A total of 38,34,843 had received the first dose in the city (including both Bengaluru Urban and BBMP) as of Sunday night. That translates to roughly about 34% (one-third) of the city’s estimated target population of 1.1 cr people aged 18 and above. Till date 1,69,55,711 have been vaccinated across the State, of which 1,39,43,769 received first dose and 30,11,942 received second dose.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 6770 new Covid-19 cases after testing 1,02,876 samples with 58 deaths, while 12,492 got discharged during the last 24 hours. A total of 1,19,29,606 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 93,06,916 first doses and 26,22,690 second doses. Economically weak families from the Scheduled Castes who have lost the sole earning member of the family to Covid-19 will now get financial assistance of Rs 5 Lakh from the State government to ensure a sustainable income for the household. The assistance will include a subsidy of up to Rs 1 lakh, and the remaining Rs 4 lakh is to be paid to the beneficiaries in instalments.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726923 6/11 6/14/2021 Press Information Bureau Telangana:As many as 1280 new daily Covid cases and 15 deaths were reported yesterday taking the total number of cases in the state to 6,03,369 and fatalities to 3484. 1,52,087 people of all categories received first dose and 3694 people second dose yesterday. The cumulative number of people received first dose in the state stands at 64,69,106 and second dose at 15,10,530. The State Health Department has decided to conduct Special Vaccination Drive for 13 more ‘special groups’ to inoculate about 3 lakh people from 14th (today) to 17th of this month. These groups include employees of State Excise, Panchayat Raj, Banks, Postal department, Women Self-Help group members, Dialysis and thalassemia patients, Private Medical Practitioners (PMPs) and Registered Medical Practitioners (RMPs).

Assam:A total of 36 Covid deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, while 2,167 new infections were detected in 1,00,455 tests done during the day, the positivity rate being 2.16 percent. Kamrup Metro saw 226 new cases.The state health department is ready with 2000 teams to intensify the COVID-19 vaccination drive as soon as the centre supplies vaccine doses to it. Health Minister KeshabMahanta said, the target for each of the 2000 teams is the inoculation of 200 vaccine doses per day. Manipur:15 more deaths reported, 530 out of 5,059 test positive.The number of persons vaccinated in Manipur reached 4,67,076 on Sunday .Mass testing continues in different parts of the state.Over 3,000 people tested during RAT mobile testing drive; 323 test COVID-19 positive.Shopkeepers with Covid free certificates only can open shops in Kangpokpi District. Meghalaya: The positivity rate in Meghalaya, including COVID-19 hotspot East Khasi Hills district, has continued to decline. The positivity rate has come done from 11.74% to 10.11% over a fortnight. This figure a month ago was 15.46%. Meghalaya on Sunday recorded 305 fresh Covid cases, the lowest in the last one week, while also recording 547 recoveries. Six fatalities in the last 24 hours pushed the death toll to 733. Sikkim:Out of 1312 testsconducted, Sikkim recorded 157 new Covid positive cases on Sunday.The total active tally now is 3,553, with 387 recoveries. For the past one week the positive cases have come down, resulting in good recovery rate in the State. The tests are being conducted in full swing followed by vaccination drives in the districts. Tripura: 30,000 vaccine to be administered to people in the age group of 18-44 from today covering whole of the state. Meanwhile in last 24 hours 565 people were tested positive and 7 more succumbed to covid. Nagaland:Nagaland reports 82 new cases and 5 deaths on Sunday. Active cases are 3502 while total reaches 23,644.Radom sampling, vaccination and awareness drives held in different parts of the state. Maharashtra:In view of IMD's warning of heavy to very heavy rain in costal Konkan and Mumbai region up to 15th June, the Maharashtra health department has decided to suspend vaccination drive for a while in Mumbai, suburban and some parts of Konkan region. Maharashtra on Sunday reported 10,442 new COVID cases pushing the total tally to 59,08,992. In the last 24 hours, the state also saw 483 deaths, pushing the toll to 1,11,104. Also 7,504 recoveries were recorded in the same time span taking the total to 56,39,271. Mumbai logged 700 new cases, 704 https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726923 7/11 6/14/2021 Press Information Bureau discharges and 19 deaths in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra's cumulative count of black fungus or mucormycosis cases reached 7,395 on Sunday. Of these, 644 people infected to black fungus have died, while 2,212 have recovered from the disease. Gujarat: Gujarat has crossed the 2 crore mark in the administration of COVID-19 doses which is a new milestone. 2,34,501 persons have been vaccinated in the state yesterday. Gujarat has recorded 455 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday. 1063 patients recovered during the last 24 hours and were discharged from the hospitals.8,75,000 patients have recovered from Covid19 in Gujarat till now. The recovery rate further improved and reached up to 97.53 percent. Gujarat has 10,249 active cases at present, out of which 253 patients are on ventilators. Rajasthan: Rajasthan recorded seven more coronavirus-related fatalities and 308 fresh cases on Sunday, taking the death toll and the infection tally to 8,822 and 9,49,684.Rajasthan government on Saturday announced to pay a lumpsum of ₹1 lakh and a monthly stipend of ₹2,500 to all children orphaned due to COVID till they are 18 years of age. And once they turn 18, they would be handed a lump sum of ₹5 lakh. The state government announced that the benefit is offered under 'Mukhyamantri Corona BalKalyanYojana'.Out of 111 PSA oxygen plants being set up in the state 20 have started functioning. Madhya Pradesh: In Madhya Pradesh, 'Yuva Shakti Corona MuktiAbhiyan’ will be launched to make people aware about the COVID pandemic. In the Yuva Shakti Corona MuktiAbhiyan, college teachers and around 16 lakh students will be made aware of corona infection by learning Covid appropriate behavior and vaccination. A mobile app has also been developed for effective real time online monitoring of the campaign.Madhya Pradesh is now at number 26 in the country in terms of corona infection. At the same time, on the basis of the suggestions received from the various Crisis Management Committees, a new guide line will be issuedMeanwhile, only 274 cases of corona infection have been reported in the state in the past 24 hours. There is not a single case in 20 districts. Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 tally mounted to 9,86,963 on Sunday as 459 people tested positive for the infection, while six fresh fatalities took the toll to 13,317. The number of recoveries reached 9,59,969 after a total of 147 people were discharged from various hospitals, while 802 others completed their home isolation during the day. The coronavirus case positivity rate declined to 1.4 per cent, which had reached 30 per cent in April during the peak of the second wave. Goa: Goa government has extended Corona curfew in the state till 21st of this month. Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 420 to reach 1,62,468 on Sunday, while the death toll mounted by 14 to 2,928. As 581 patients got discharged from hospitals during the day, the coastal state's recovery count rose to 1,54,658. Currently, there are 4,882 COVID-19 active cases in the state. Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 587903. Number of active cases is 12981. Total Deaths reported is 15562. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1246849. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 315991. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3098770. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 505379.

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Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 198550. Total number of Active Cases is 4777. Total deaths reported till date is 3375.

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✅ Above 60 years: 31.1% ✅ 45-60 years: 40.1% ✅ 18-44 years: 28.8%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/Z1FzL0JsjD — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 14, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona: India #COVID19 Update (As on June 14, 2021, Till 08:00 AM) ✅70,421 new cases in last 24 hrs, lowest after 74 days ✅Weekly positive rate drops to less than 5%, currently pegged at 4.54% ✅Daily positivity rate at 4.72%, less than 10% for 21 consecutive days pic.twitter.com/dOW95lBqGN — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 14, 2021

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 13 JUN 2021 7:33PM by PIB Delhi

India's Active Caseload declines to 10,26,159 Active Cases decrease by 54,531 in last 24 hours India reports 80,834 new cases in last 24 hours; lowest after 71 days 2,80,43,446 total Recoveries across the country so far 1,32,062 patients recovered during last 24 hours Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 31st consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 95.26% Weekly Positivity Rate drops to less than 5%, currently at 4.74% Daily positivity rate at 4.25%, less than 10% for 20 consecutive days Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 37.81 cr tests total conducted 25.31 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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India reports 80,834 new cases in the last 24 hours; lowest after 71 days India's Active Caseload further declines to 10,26,159 Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 31 consecutive days Recovery Rate increases to 95.26% Daily Positivity Rate stands at 4.25%, less than 10% positivity for 20 continuous days India has reported 80,834 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours. The country has recorded less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases for 6 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.India has been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 10,26,159. The Caseload has been below 20 lakhs for thirteen successive days.A net decline of 54,531 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 3.49% of the country's total Positive Cases.As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 31 consecutive days now. 1,32,062 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. 51,228 more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726733

COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE More than 26 crore (26,64,84,350) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 25,12,66,637 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.53 crore (1,53,79,233) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 4 lakh (4,48,760) vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726728 Prime Minister participates in the first Outreach Session of G7 Summit Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the first Outreach Session of the G7 Summit yesterday. The session, titled ‘Building Back Stronger - Health’, focused on global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and on strengthening resilience against future pandemics.During the session, Prime Minister expressed appreciation for the support extended by the G7 and other guest countries during the recent wave of COVID infections in India. He highlighted India's ‘whole of society’ approach to fight the pandemic, synergising the efforts of all levels of the government, industry and civil society. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi also explained India’s successful use of open source digital tools for contact tracing and vaccine management, and conveyed India's willingness to share its experience and expertise with other developing countries.Prime Minister committed India's support for collective endeavours to improve global health governance. He sought the G7's support for the proposal moved at the WTO by India and South Africa, for a TRIPS waiver on COVID related technologies. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726687    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726733 4/8 6/14/2021 Press Information Bureau

Oxygen Expresses cross milestone of 30000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 15000 MT of LMO to the southern states of the country

421 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country

Oxygen Expresses transported 1734 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3600, 3700 and 4900 MT of LMO in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively

614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5722 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 3782 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 4941 MT in Tamil Nadu, 3664 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 2972 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 480 MT in Assam Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to various states across the country. Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 30000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) delivery in service to the Nation. So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 30182 MT of LMO in more than 1734 tankers to various states across the country. It may be noted that 421 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 15000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to the southern states of the country. Oxygen Expresses delivered more than 3600, 3700 and 4900 MT of LMO in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu respectively. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726756

COVID-19 Projects Facilitated by Office of Principal Scientific Adviser: Extension of Hospitals As COVID-19 cases surged in different parts of the country, infrastructure in hospitals was under immense pressure.Innovative modular hospitals came as a huge relief amidst this.Modular hospitals are an extension of hospital infrastructure and can be built adjacent to an existing hospital building.Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India (O/o PSA, GoI)invited private sector companies, donor organizations, and individuals to support various projects of national importance. Project Extension Hospitals is one such initiative.TheO/o PSA identified requirements of close to 50 hospitals in states where the highest number of COVID-19 cases were reported. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726726    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726733 5/8 6/14/2021 Press Information Bureau

PROJECT O2 for INDIA The second wave of COVID-19 saw an increase indemand for medical oxygen in different parts of the country. While meeting the current demand,manufacturing medical oxygen also became important to ensure we have adequate supply in the future. ‘Project O2 for India’ of the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India, is to enable stakeholders working to augment the country’s ability to meet this rise in demand for medical oxygen. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726727

POWERGRID’s pan India Covid vaccination drive continues Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) is a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Power, Government of India. POWERGRID has adopted a heterogenous approach in combating the COVID 19 Pandemic by extending timely help to all its employees and their families. Among the many initiatives the most important and timely initiative was the organisation of Vaccination drives in various offices of POWERGRID. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1726567

Petroleum Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and MP Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurate the 200 oxygenated bed COVID Hospital at Bina in Sagar district Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gasand Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the temporary COVID Hospital at Bina in Sagar district of the state yesterday. The 200 Oxygenated bed jumbo Covid-19 care facility has come up near BPCL’s Bina refinery, for which Oxygen is provided by Bharat Oman Refineries Limited, a 100% subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). A Vaccination centre was also inaugurated on this occasionwhich is being set up by BORL for providing vaccination to all frontline workers and their families without any cost. BORL has taken initiative of providing vaccination to all contract workers working in the refinery and frontline workers. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1726568 ********* MV/AS

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Participated in the @G7 Summit session on Health. Thanked partners for the support during the recent COVID-19 wave.

India supports global action to prevent future pandemics.

"One Earth, One Health" is our message to humanity. #G7UK https://t.co/B4qLmxLIM7 — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 12, 2021

#IndiaFightsCOVID19

Testing for #COVID19 continues at an accelerated pace, with over 37.81 crore tests conducted across the nation so far.

More than 19 Lakh samples tested on June 12.@PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA #Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/AcrsJGusgY — Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 13, 2021

एक अंतरराष् टय पत्का द्रा यह दावा करना कि भारत मे कोरोना से आधिकारिक आंकड़ ो से 5 से 7 गुना अधिक लोगो ं की मौत हई है, पूर् रप से गलत है। पत्का ने जिन अधयनो ं को आधार बनाया है, वह किसी देश या क्त की मृत् दर तय करने के लिए वैध टू ल नही ं है। @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/u6dxGC3MZ7 — Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 13, 2021

The 44th GST Council held under the Chairmanship of FM Smt @nsitharaman has decided to reduce the GST rates on the specified items being used in COVID-19 relief and management till 30th September, 2021.

Read more➡️ https://t.co/kUU8PzaUQq

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#CoronaVirusUpdates:

State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 13th June, 2021, 8 AM)

#IndiaFightsCorona

➡️India reports 80,834 new cases in last 24 hours; lowest after 71 days.

➡️Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases for 6 consecutive days now. #Unite2FightCorona #StaySafe

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 12 JUN 2021 6:14PM by PIB Delhi

India reports 84,332 new cases in last 24 hours; lowest after 70 days 2,79,11,384 total Recoveries across the country so far 1,21,311 patients recovered during last 24 hours. Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for the 30th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 95.07% Weekly Positivity Rate drops to less than 5%, currently at 4.94% Daily positivity rate at 4.39%, less than 10% for 19 consecutive days. Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 37.62 cr total tests conducted 24.96 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

#Unite2FightCorona#IndiaFightsCorona

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v. India reports 84,332 New Cases in the last 24 hours; lowest after 70 days

v. Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 30th consecutive day

v. Recovery Rate increases to 95.07%

v. Daily Positivity Rate stands at 4.39%, less than 10% positivity for 19 continuous days

India has reported 84,332 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours.The country has recorded less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases for 5 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs. India has been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload.The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 10,80,690. The Caseload is maintained below 20 lakhs for twelve successive days. A net decline of 40,981 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only3.68%of the country's total Positive Cases. As more people are getting recovered from COVID infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 30th consecutive day. 1,21,311 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726459

COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE More than 25.87 crore (25,87,41,810) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 24,76,58,855 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.12 crore (1,12,41,187) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 10 lakh (10,81,300) vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726458

v. Union Health Ministry and Chairman, Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration (EGVAC) confirm that claim of the so-called hackers on the dark web relating to alleged data leak is baseless

v. We continue to take appropriate steps as are necessary, from time to time, to ensure that data of the people is safe with Co-WIN: Dr. R S Sharma The matter of the alleged hacking of the Co-WIN system has now been investigated by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MietY).      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726459 4/11 6/12/2021 Press Information Bureau Dr R S Sharma, Chairman of the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration (EGVAC) has clarified that “the claims of so-called hackers on the dark web, relating to alleged hacking of the Co-WIN system and data leak, is baseless. We continue to take appropriate steps as are necessary, from time to time, to ensure that the data of the people is safe with Co-WIN”. Press Release: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726474

Recommendations of 44th GST Council Meeting: Change in GST Rates on goods being used in Covid-19 relief and management The 44th GST Council met under the Chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister SmtNirmalaSitharaman through video conferencing today. The Council in its meeting has decided to reduce the GST rates on the specified items being used in Covid-19 relief and management till 30th September, 2021. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726525

500-bed COVID hospital, developed by DRDO in Srinagar, becomes operational A 500-bed COVID Hospital at Khonmoh, Srinagar has become operational. The hospital has been set-up by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in a short span of 17 days and is funded by PM CARES Fund. This Covid facility includes 125 ICU beds with ventilators, of which 25 are exclusively reserved for children. Continuous oxygen supply is available for all 500 beds from 62 KL Liquid Medical Oxygen storage tanks. Hospital management and doctors and para-medical staff to run the facility are provided by administration of Union Territory of Jammu &Kashmir. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726466

Myth Vs Facts Government of India has been working towards effective COVID-19 management in rural India by sustained strengthening of the Rural health Infrastructure, and through focussed Public Health Measures in active collaboration with the States Government of India has been proactively working towards effective COVID-19 management in rural India by sustained strengthening of the multi-level health infrastructure, and through focussed Public Health Measures in active collaboration with the States. Development of health infrastructure is a continuous activity. Guided by a sharp focus on the underserved geographical regions and through various policies, schemes, public health interventions and active partnership with the States and UTs, Government of India is committed to strengthening the rural health infrastructure. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726518

Myths Vs. Facts on COVID19 mortality figures      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726459 5/11 6/12/2021 Press Information Bureau States/UTs to record COVID-19 deaths as per ‘Guidance for appropriate recording of COVID-19 related deaths in India’ issued by ICMR

Union Health Ministry has regularly emphasized the need for a robust reporting mechanism for monitoring district wise cases and deaths on a daily basis

Union Government has been transparent in its approach to COVID data management. As early as May 2020, to avoid inconsistency in number of deaths being reported, Indian Council of Medical Research has issued ‘Guidance for appropriate recording of COVID-19 related deaths in India’ for correct recording of all deaths as per ICD-10 codes recommended by WHO for mortality coding. States and UTs have been urged through formal communications, multiple video conferences and through deployment of Central teams for correct recording of deaths in accordance with laid down guidelines. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726521

Busting Myths of COVID-19

v. Union Health Ministry has regularly emphasized need for a robust reporting mechanism for monitoring district wise cases and deaths on a daily basis v. States have been advised to report Covid deaths in accordance with prescribed guidelines

There were some media reports recently alleging misreporting of deaths due to Covid in India, and a sudden hike in the number of daily deaths.It is clarified that the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare reported a total of 6148 deaths on 10th June 2021. This spike in deaths was on account of 3971 deaths reported by Bihar on that date is on account of reconciliation done by the State.

As early as May 2020, to avoid inconsistency or confusion in the number of deaths being reported, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) issued ‘Guidance for appropriate recording of COVID-19 related deaths in India’ for correct recording of all deaths by States/UTs as per ICD-10 codes recommended by WHO for mortality coding. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726345

Busting Myths of Vaccination

v. No need for immediate change in COVISHIELD dosage interval: Member, NITI Aayog

v. “Let us adopt due scientific process and respect the decision taken by NTAGI”

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v. “Covishield Vaccine Doses Gap Reduction requires proper scientific study in the context of our country’s scenario”

There have been some media reports, quoting recent studies, that it would be better to shorten the gap between two doses of COVISHIELD vaccine, in light of the variants in circulation.Dr V K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog has assured that there is no need for panic on the need for an immediate change in the dosage interval. Dr. Paul was addressing the media briefing on COVID-19, at National Media Centre, PIB Delhi yesterday.

He stated that “There is no need for any panic, suggesting need for immediate switchover or change in the gap between the doses. All these decisions must be taken very carefully. We must remember that when we increased the gap, we had to consider the risk posed by the virus to those who have received only one dose. But the counterpoint was that more people will then be able to get the first dose, thereby giving a reasonable degree of immunity to more people.” Dr Paul further added that “We need to balance these concerns. So, please remember, that we need to necessarily have this debate and discourse in the public domain; however, the decision has to be taken by appropriate fora comprising eminent people who are knowledgeable about this. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1726341 COVID19: Busting Myths

v. Government committed to fighting COVID in Rural and far flung areas

v. India is the second largest manufacturer of PPE kits in the world; PPE kits were made available to states in excess of their demands

Some twitter users of late had tweeted about the management of COVID-19 in rural settings. Issues raised in these tweets range from lack of testing, isolation and clinical management facilities at village level, overmedication by healthcare workers, scarcity of PPE etc.

The availability of Rapid Antigen Kit and provision for swabbing for RT-PCR test in a primary health center located in a remote interior village in the hills, as brought out in these tweets, is testimony to the commitment of the Government to manage COVID in rural and far-flung areas. The PHC doctors have been trained in COVID testing protocol as evolved by Indian Council of Medical Research.

Taking note of ingress of COVID-19 cases from peri-urban and rural areas of the country during the resurgence of COVID-19 trajectory in preceding months, the Ministry of Health & Family has issued an SOP on COVID-19 Containment & Management in Peri-urban, Rural & Tribal areas. The Ministry of      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726459 7/11 6/12/2021 Press Information Bureau Health & Family Welfare also ensured that these guidelines are widely circulated to the remotest health facilities. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1726335

CSIR in partnership with Laxai Life Sciences has received regulatory approval to undertake clinical trials on Covid-19 patients with Colchicine

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), and Laxai Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad, have been given the regulatory approval by DCGI to undertake a two-arm phase-II clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of the drug Colchicine in improvement of clinical outcomes during the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The partner CSIR institutes in this important clinical trial are the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad and CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu.

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Curtain Raiser Event for International Day of Yoga- 2021 Organised In the hour-long event, organised by the Ministry of Ayushin association with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar and Union Minister of State (IC) for Ayush Shri KirenRijiju underlined the importance of the central theme of IDY 2021 “Be With Yoga, Be At Home” while spiritual leaders and Yoga Gurus of international fame and following like Sri SriRavishankar, SadguruJaggiVasudev, Sister Shivani and Swami ChidanandSaraswati emphasised various unique and encompassing features of Yoga, ranging from deeper spiritual dimensions to its daily life and Covid related usefulness. Many other eminent personalities graced the event with their insightful messages. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726449

After capping of Trade Margin by Government, prices of Oxygen concentrators come down upto 54% National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) vide notification dated 3rdJune 2021 has capped the Trade Margin for Oxygen Concentrators at 70% on Price to Distributor (PTD) level. Pursuant thereto, a total of 104 manufacturers / importers of Oxygen Concentrators have submitted revised MRP for 252 products/brands. Downward revision in price up to of 54% has been reported in 70 products/brands, showing reduction in MRP up to Rs. 54,337 per unit. Further, 58 brands have reported price reduction up to 25% and 11 brands between 26-50%. Out of 252 products/brands reported, 18 products/brands reported by the      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726459 8/11 6/12/2021 Press Information Bureau domestic manufacturers did not show any decline in prices. Thus, Trade Margin Rationalisation (TMR) for Oxygen Concentrators has resulted in ensuring consumer savings by eliminating unreasonable profit margins in imported products.

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NCL contributes Rs. 10 Crore to MP Government to support its fight against COVID Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) has contributed Rs. 10 Crore to the state of Madhya Pradesh to set up 5 oxygen plants in different medical colleges of the state under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). CMD of NCL Shri Prabhat Kumar Sinha today handed over a Cheque of the said amount to the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan. This will assist the state to strengthen the fight against COVID-19. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1726294 Important Tweets

Our children are our Nation’s greatest asset !�

Their health & wellbeing is paramount.

Incase a child tests positive for #COVID19, follow these guidelines to effectively manage their recovery…@PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/G6lI5nhH3w — Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 12, 2021

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Civil Aviation Sector continues to strengthen India’s vaccination drive.

Air Transport of Vaccines in a temperature controlled seamless cold chain.

On 10 June 2021 36.07 Lakh doses 27 destinations 30 flights

Since Jan 2021 Over 22.78 Cr doses 60 stations 1,547 flights pic.twitter.com/GBdeTdMmq0 — Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) June 11, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:

#COVID19 UPDATE (As on 12th June, 2021)

✅ 84,332 new cases in last 24 hours, lowest after 70 days

✅ Daily positivity rate at 4.39%, less than 10% for 19 consecutive days#Unite2FightCorona #StaySafe

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#IndiaFightsCorona:

헡헲현 헥헲헰헼혃헲헿헶헲혀 have exceeded 헡헲현 헖헮혀헲혀 for the last 30 days

☑️Follow #COVIDAppropriateBehaviour to #StaySafe#Unite2FightCorona #StayHome pic.twitter.com/oI9oTQhwAa — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 12, 2021      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726459 10/11 6/12/2021 Press Information Bureau

दावा: कोविड टीकाकरण कराना अनिवार् नही ं है इसलिए वैक्न नही ं लगवानी चाहिए। #PIBFactCheck

कोविड19 टीकाकरण, स्च्क लेकिन अत्त महतपूर् है।

कोरोना वायरस के पसार को रोकने के लिए टीकाकरण अवश कराएँ । #IndiaFightsCorona #Unite2FightCorona#We4vaccine pic.twitter.com/Fk1rcf25AB — PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) June 11, 2021

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 11 JUN 2021 6:27PM by PIB Delhi

Less than 1 lakh cases for the 4th Day India reports91,702 newcases in last 24 hours 1,34,580patients recovered during last 24 hours Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for the 29th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 94.93% Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 5.14% Daily positivity rate at 4.49%, less than 10% for 18 consecutive days. Testing capacity substantially ramped up–37.42 crore tests total conducted 24.6 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

#Unite2FightCorona#IndiaFightsCorona

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  COVID-19 UPDATE   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726233 3/14 6/11/2021 Press Information Bureau COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE More than 25.60 crore (25,60,08,080) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 24,44,06,096 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.17 crore (1,17,56,911) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 38 lakh (38,21,170) vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726147

v. Union Health Ministry and Chairman, Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration (EGVAC) debunk news of hacking of CoWIN

v. CoWIN stores all the vaccination data in a safe and secure digital environment- Dr R S Sharma

v. “No Co-WIN data is shared with any entity outside the CoWIN environment”

There have been some unfounded media reports of the CoWIN platform being hacked. Prima facie, these reports appear to be fake. However, the Union Health Ministry and the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration (EGVAC) are getting the matter investigated by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MietY). Dr R S Sharma, Chairman of the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration (Co-WIN) has clarified that “Our attention has been drawn towards the news circulating on social media about the alleged hacking of Co-WIN system. In this connection we wish to state that Co-WIN stores all the vaccination data in a safe and secure digital environment. No Co-WIN data is shared with any entity outside the Co- WIN environment. The data being claimed as having been leaked such as geo-location of beneficiaries, is not even collected at Co-WIN.” Press Release: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726112

Busting Myths of Immunization: ‘COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Strategy’ covering details on Vaccine Hesitancy was shared with all the States/ UTs at the beginning of the COVID-19 Vaccination Drive There have been certain Media reports alleging ‘Vaccine Hesitancy’ in rural areas by Health workers.It is informed that Vaccine Hesitancy is a globally accepted phenomenon and should be addressed by scientifically studying and addressing the issue at the community level. Keeping this in mind, a ‘COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Strategy’ covering details on Vaccine Hesitancy was shared with all the States/ UTs at the beginning of the COVID-19 Vaccination Drive. This strategywas also shared with the Mission Directors of National Health Missions of all States on 25thJanuary 2021 as a part of the https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726233 4/14 6/11/2021 Press Information Bureau Orientation of State Immunization and IEC Officers from all States/UTs on COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Strategy. All States/ UTs are following the same and adopting the strategy as per the local requirement. Several IEC materials and prototypes for all media – print, social& electronic media have been prepared and shared with states for suitable adaptation at the state level. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726211

Busting Myths of Immunization: Equitable access to safe and effective vaccines is critical in ending the COVID-19 pandemic The Government of India has been proactively trying to curb the wastage of COVID-19 vaccines and has been guiding the States and UTs in effectively using the doses in order to fight the pandemic. There were some media reports stating that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s insistence in keeping vaccine wastage below 1% is unrealistic and undesirable. It is submitted that COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented event in global health in the last century, which has resulted in changing the way the world interacted and behaved. Vaccination against COVID-19 is important in protecting the people from COVID-19 infection and associated mortality and morbidity. Equitable access to safe and effective vaccines is critical in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccine development takes a lot of time and demand for these vaccines exceeds the supply many times. Thus, it is important to monitor and ensure that this precious tool to address the pandemic should be used optimally and judiciously. COVID-19 vaccine is an essential public health commodity with global scarcity. Therefore, vaccine wastage must be reduced and kept to a minimum level which will further help vaccinate many people. In fact, Hon’ble Prime Minister has also time and again emphasised on ensuring minimum Vaccine Wastage, to ensure that the vaccine reaches the maximum number of people. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726210

Minister of State& a renowned Diabetologist Dr Jitendra Singh called for Public Awareness Campaigns about the co-relation between Diabetes and COVID Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also a former Professor of Diabetes and Medicine besides being the Life Patron of the coveted RSSDI (Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India), said today that there is need for more public awareness about the correlation between Diabetes and COVID, as there are certain misgivings about the cause and effect relationship between the two. Delivering the inaugural address, as chief guest, at the " Diabetes India" World Congress-2021, Dr Jitendra Singh said, like in many other fields, even in academics, COVID has prompted us to discover new norms in adversity, which is visibly evident in the success of an international conference like this of such a big magnitude. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726233

Dr. Harsh Vardhan addresses 75th session of UNGAon prevention of HIV/AIDS      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726233 5/14 6/11/2021 Press Information Bureau India has ably demonstrated that strong political leadership is most critical to address inequalities and gaps in epidemic response. During the COVID-19 pandemic, India took swift and timely action by involving communities, civil society, and development partners to mitigate the impact of COVID on HIV services. In India, the HIV & AIDS Prevention and Control Act, 2017, provides a legal and enabling framework to safeguard the human rights of infected and affected populations. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726142

Oxygen Expresses offloaded more than 29185 MT of LMO to the Nation

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 14800 MT of LMO to the southern states of the country

Oxygen Expresses offloaded more than 29185 MT of LMO to the Nation

409 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country

Oxygen Expresses transported 1684 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States

Assam received its Sixth Oxygen Express from Jharkhand with 80 MT LMO in 4 tankers

Oxygen Expresses offloaded more than 4500 of LMO in Tamil Nadu

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 3500 and 3300 MT of LMO in the state of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh respectively

614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5722 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 3564 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 4584 MT in Tamil Nadu, 3364 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 2851 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 480 MT in Assam Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country. Oxygen Expresses crossed mark of 29000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation.So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 29185 MT of LMO in more than 1684 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 409 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726253

Centre Reviews Progress of Vaccination and Public Health Response to COVID with States/UTs https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726233 6/14 6/11/2021 Press Information Bureau Union Health Secretary Shri Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high-level meeting yesterday with the States/UTs. The progress of vaccination was reviewed in the light of the revised guidelines for implementation of National COVID Vaccination Program and recent advisories. States were also informed of the modifications of CoWIN platform aimed to make it more effective as a backend management tool for the countrywide vaccination drive.The Union Health Secretary highlighted the low vaccination coverage among Healthcare Workers (HCW) and Frontline Workers (FLW), especially for the second dose for both the priority groups, terming it as a cause of serious concern. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1726150

‘eSanjeevani’, Govt. of India’s free Telemedicine service completes 60 Lakh consultations Union Health Ministry's National Telemedicine Service – eSanjeevani has crossed another milestone by completing 6 million (60 lakh) consultations through more than 375 online OPDs, where over 40,000 patients consult over 1600 doctors and specialists on a daily basis using this innovative digital medium to seek Health services.Currently, the National Telemedicine Service is operational in 31 States/Union Territories. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725993

Inputs from PIB Field Units Kerala: Ahead of total lockdown on Saturday and Sunday, special concessions have been allowed today on the lock down which has been going on for 34 days in the state. This is in addition to the existing exemptions. Necessary journeys can be made with self-prepared affidavit without e-pass. The lockdown in Kerala has been extended till June 16. There has been a decline in test positivity rates and new Covid cases over the past few days. Health experts say the lockdown can be lifted if the test positive rate falls below 10 percent. Meanwhile, the state reported 14,424 new Covid cases yesterday and the TPR slightly dipped to 13.45 %. The state also confirmed 194 more deaths due to Covid-19 taking the toll to 10,631

Tamil Nadu: CM chaired a high-level meeting yesterday to decide on more relaxations to lockdown, which ends on June 14. The administration in TN’s Tiruppur district has ordered an enquiry into allegations that around 800 doses of vaccine meant for PHCs were diverted and sold to private garment factories. Tamil Nadu Thursday registered 16,813 new Covid-19 cases, and the total number of infections has touched 23,08,838. 358 patients died, 32,049 patients were discharged across the State. Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner has said 21 lakh people have received vaccines in the metropolis so far. Till date 1,02,60,805 have been vaccinated across TN, of which 81,46,496 received first dose and 21,14,309 received second dose.

Karnataka:New Cases Reported: 11,042; Total Active Cases: 2,10,652; New Covid Deaths: 194; Total Covid Deaths: 32,485. Around 1,81,832 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,61,64,515 have been vaccinated in the state till now. 11 districts where the infection is more severe, lockdown is continued      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726233 7/14 6/11/2021 Press Information Bureau with some tightened restrictions, while the remaining 20 have been little relaxed towards semi lockdown. The state government launched the ‘Queue System’ of Covid hospital bed management in the city on Thursday, promising a hassle-free, automated alternative to the previous controversial mechanism.

Andhra Pradesh:State reported 8110 new Covid-19 cases after testing 97,863 samples with 67 deaths, while 12,981 got discharged during the last 24 hours. A total of 1,14,80,538 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 88,75,588 first doses and 26,04,950 second doses. There have been 1975 black fungus cases in the state so far, of which 110 patients have died and others recovered while there are 1350 active cases. The State is preparing a list of all eligible mothers with kids below five years for vaccination. Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to administer Covid-19 jab to people staying in old age homes and prisons and to migrant labourers without insisting on identity cards like Aadhaar. The court further directed the government to complete giving jab to the people in old age homes all over the state in two days.

Telangana:1798 new Covid cases and 14 fatalities were reported in the state yesterday taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 5,98,611 and fatalities to 3,440. With recovery of 2,524 patients yesterday, the total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 23,561. A consortium of four city clusters – Hyderabad, Bangalore, New Delhi and Pune – has been established with eight national labs to upscale SARS-COV-2 corona virus genomic surveillance and to complement the national efforts by Indian SARS-COV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG). The Hyderabad-based CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) will lead the new efforts which will track the emergence of viral variants correlated to epidemiological dynamics and clinical outcomes.

Maharashtra: Maharashtra has reached the milestone of 25 million vaccinations. 20 million in the state have got at least one dose and 5million are fully vaccinated.Maharashtra on Thursday reported 12,207 coronavirus positive cases and 393 fatalities, which took the state's infection count to 58,76,087 and death toll to 1,03,748. Thursday's case count is slightly higher than what the state had been reporting over the last three days. The state's recovery rate is 95.45 per cent and the fatality rate is 1.77 per cent. Mumbai reported 660 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the lowest since February 23 this year.

Gujarat: In Gujarat, major unlocking process begins from today following sharp fall in Covid19 cases. According to the new unlock guidelines, all religious places along with the markets have opened from this morning with certain restrictions. Hotels and restaurants can operate between 9 AM to 7 PM with 50 per cent sitting capacity. The state government has also allowed the opening of parks, gardens and libraries between 6 AM to 7 PM. State government is likely to announce more unlock measures from 26th June after reviewing the Covid19 situation.Gujarat added 544 new coronavirus cases and 11 more casualties on Thursday. The recovery rate in the state now stands at 97.23 per cent.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726233 8/14 6/11/2021 Press Information Bureau Rajasthan: In Rajasthan, special arrangements have been made for such groups of people for Covid vaccination, who do not have any photo ID card or are not able to register themselves on Covin software.Following the guidelines of the Central Government, special vaccination sessions are being organized by the Medical Department for Divyang, nomadic, Saint-Mahatma, helpless people, prisoners in various jails and patients admitted in psychiatric hospitals.Rajasthan's COVID-19 caseload rose to 9,48,562 on Thursday with 538 fresh infections while the death toll mounted to 8,772 as 23 more people succumbed to the viral disease.

Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh on Thursday reported 420 new covid 19 cases and 34 deaths while 1,132 patients recovered from infection.49 out of 52 districts reported below 10 Covid-19 cases.Eight districts including Shahdol, Damoh, Panna, Mandala, Harda, Alirajpur, Agar-Malwa and Bhind recorded no positive case.Meanwhile, offices of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting are also conducting awareness drive for vaccination. UNICEF and the Press Information Bureau, in partnership with the state health department organised an interactive session on vaccination for farmers. The need for vaccination and the myths and rumours related to it were discussed at the session.

Chhattisgarh*- As the COVID positivity rate is falling in the state, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to commence non-Covid emergency and general health services in all government and private hospitals. From the earlier 70 percent, now only 20 percent beds are to be reserved for Covid patients. The state has covered 20 percent of the population through one dose. Chhattisgarh stands 13th at the national level in vaccination. Chhattisgarh on Thursday reported 1,034 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths, taking the infection count to 9,84,950 and the death toll to 13,285. The number of recoveries rose to 9,54,390 after 292 people were discharged from various hospitals while 1,566 others completed their home isolation during the day. The number of active cases in the state stands at 17,275.

Goa: Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 413 and reached 1,61,153 on Thursday, while nearly 600 patients recovered from the infection. The death toll rose to 2,891 as 13 more patients succumbed to the infection, he said. The number of recovered cases in the state rose to 1,52,657 after 585 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day.

Assam: 51 more COVID-19 deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, while 3,756 new infections were detected in 1,22,313 tests during the day. Kamrup Metro saw 323 new cases.On the day of completion of one month in office, CM HimantaSarma on Thursday handed over the document of Rs 7.81 lakh fixed deposit, a cheque of Rs 3,500 and a laptop each to 11 children orphaned in Assam due to Covid pandemic.CM HimantaBiswaSarma said that the High School Leaving Certificate and Higher Secondary final examinations in the state would be held between July 15 and July 20 provided the positivity rate of COVID-19 cases drops below 2 percent by July 1.He also inaugurated the first ever DRDO supported 300 bed COVID hospital in Northeast in Guwahati on Thursday.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726233 9/14 6/11/2021 Press Information Bureau Manipur: The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Thursday stated that the Central government has allocated two oxygen plants of 1,000 LPM each to RIMS, Imphal and the plants are proposed to be commissioned by 30th June.COVID-19 positive cases continue to climb with 730 new daily cases and 10 more deaths due to the infection in Manipur on Thursday, the state health department stated.4,52,635 people in the State have been administered the COVID Vaccine as of Thursday, while a total of 1345 D-type Oxygen cylinders and 521 B-type Oxygen Cylinders have been made available to various health facilities in the state. Govt issues guidelines for COVID-19 management in kids in the State.

Meghalaya: After 13 days of respite, new cases of COVID-19 surpassed the number of recoveries in Meghalaya on Thursday. 603 fresh cases were reported in the state against 427 recoveries. Given the perceived third wave, the State Government has constituted a committee of pediatricians and gynecologists to formulate plans and policies for effective management of pediatric Covid-19. The committee will be headed by Dr.HunsiGiri, Retd. Addl. DHS(MCH). Meghalaya will intensify the COVID-19 vaccination drive following the Centre’s decision to give free vaccines to the states for the 18-44 years category from June 21. “The strategy of the state government is going to change as Government of India has agreed to supply the vaccines for the 18 plus category. We will combine the two categories of 18 plus and 45 plus,” Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma told reporters on Thursday.

Nagaland: Nagaland registered 113 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths on Thursday. 3,26,191 persons have been administered COVID vaccine in Nagaland so far, according to an update from the State Immunisation Officer Dr RituThurr. State Health Department informed that CoWIN portal would open from 9 am onward on June 13 and June 20 for booking of slots for 18-44 yrs age group in the state.

Tripura:. From today till 18th of this month, in six urban areas includingAgartalaMuncipal Corporation Covid curfew will continue as the rate of COVID-19 cases is more than 5 percent. Since morning 6 to 2 PM essential shops will remained open in these areas. 658 samples tested positive with positivity rate of 4.42% while 5 died in last 24 hours.

Sikkim: Three more people lost their battle against Novel Coronavirus in the last 24hours in Sikkim, taking the State’s COVID-death toll to 279 today. Sikkim recorded 287 fresh cases of novel Coronavirus in the past 24 hours taking the state’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 to 17,943. The number of active Covid cases currently stands at 4040 in Sikkim.

Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 584785. Number of active cases is 16244. Total Deaths reported is 15367. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1180420. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 313141. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3038175. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 499024.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1726233 10/14 6/11/2021 Press Information Bureau Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 764633. Total active COVID-19 patients is 6365. Number of deaths is 8861. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 6315736.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 60928. Total number of Active Cases is 581. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 783.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 197438. Total number of Active Cases is 6338. Total deaths reported till date is 3342.

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‘Whole of Govt’ & ‘Whole of Society’ putting up a strong fight against #COVID19

Recovery rate increases to 94.93%

2,77,90,073 total recoveries across the country so far

More than 24.6 Cr #COVID19Vaccine doses administered@PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/Ww3zwT95EM — Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 11, 2021

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 ख़द उपचार करने और अनावशक दवाइयां लेने से बचे @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/n52SAEtu0E — Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 11, 2021

“The national coverage for the first dose among health care workers is over 82 per cent, with 18 states including Punjab, Maharashtra, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Assam lagging.” @MoHFW_INDIA⁦ ⁩ https://t.co/vjkMHStn4p — Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) June 11, 2021

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#IndiaFightsCorona:

#COVID19 UPDATE (As on 11th June, 2021)

✅Less than 1 lakh new cases for the 4th day

✅At 91,702 cases, declining trend in daily new cases continues

✅Daily positivity rate at 4.49%, less than 10% for 18 consecutive days#Unite2FightCorona

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#CoronaVirusUpdates:

Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on June 11th, 2021)

▶94.93% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (2,77,90,073) ▶3.83% Active cases (11,21,671) ▶1.24% Deaths (3,63,079)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/Aqu1qHxFuO — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 11, 2021

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#IndiaFightsCorona:

#COVID19Vaccination Status (As on 10th June, 2021, 8:00 PM)

✅India's Cumulative Vaccination Coverage exceeds 24.58 Crores (24,58,47,212)

✅1st Dose: 19.82 Crores (19,82,92,894) ✅2nd Dose: 4.75 Crores (4,75,54,318)#LargestVaccinationDrive #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/gjQmmK5jpb — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 11, 2021

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J&K: @DRDO_India after constructing 500-bedded COVID Hospital in Jammu completed yet another 500-bedded hospital in Kashmir valley in just 17 days. pic.twitter.com/LB2Svu4mJr — All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) June 9, 2021

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Posted On: 10 JUN 2021 6:30PM by PIB Delhi

India reports less than 1 lakh cases for the 3rd Day 94,052 new cases in last 24 hours 1,51,367 patients recovered during last 24 hours Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 28th consecutive day 2,76,55,493 total Recoveries across the country so far Recovery Rate increases to 94.77% Daily positivity rate at 4.69%, less than 10% for 17 consecutive days. Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 37.21 cr tests total conducted Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive crosses 24 Cr mark (24,27,26,693)

#Unite2FightCorona#IndiaFightsCorona PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU  MINISTR Y OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725826 1/14 6/10/2021 Press Information Bureau GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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v. India reports less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases for the 3rd successive day

v. India's Active Caseload further declines to less than 12 lakh after 60 days

v. Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 28th consecutive day

v. Recovery Rate increases to 94.77%

v. Daily Positivity Rate stands at 4.69%, less than 10% positivity for 17 continuous days

India has reported 94,052 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours.The country has recorded less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases for 3 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.India has been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload.The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 11,67,952. A net decline of 63,463 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now 4.00% of the country's total Positive Cases.As more people are getting recovered from COVID infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 28th consecutive day. 1,51,367 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.57,315 more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725848

COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE eVIN used by Health Ministry for inventory management of Vaccines under UIP and tracking storage temperature data of UIP Vaccines

Union Govt committed to preventing any misuse of this sensitive eVIN data for unauthorised commercial purposes

Union Govt also committed to transparency in COVID-19 vaccination programme including data associated with it as reflected on Co-WIN Some media reports have highlighted the letter of the Union health Ministry to States/UTs regarding the eVIN inventory and temperature data.The Government’s advice to States/UTs to obtain permission of the Union Ministry of Health before sharing the E-VIN data & analytics related to vaccines stocks and the temperature at which they are stored, is solely to prevent any misuse of this data by various agencies for commercial purpose. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725882    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725826 4/14 6/10/2021 Press Information Bureau

Dr. Harsh Vardhan addresses the WHO High-Level Coalition on Health and Energy Platform of Action Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally addressed the first meeting of the World Health Organization High-Level Coalition on Health and Energy Platform of Action, here yesternight through Video Conference. The meeting was attended by several dignitaries and national heads and representatives of various stakeholders like World Bank, UNDP, UNHRC, The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) etc. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725863

Oxygen Expresses deliver nearly 28000 MT of LMO to the Nation 397 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country Oxygen Expresses transported 1628 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States More than 3900 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) offloaded in Tamil Nadu by Oxygen Expresses Oxygen Expresses offloaded more than 3100 and 3400 MT of LMO in the state of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka respectively 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5722 MT in Delhi, 2354 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 3450 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 3972 MT in Tamil Nadu, 3130 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 2765 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 400 MT in Assam

Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country.Oxygen Expresses crossed mark of 28000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation yesterday.So far, till yesterday, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 28060 MT of LMO in more than 1628 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 397 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725720 Hybrid Multiply Face Masks: An Alternative to N95 Respirator Parisodhana Technologies Pvt. Ltd. was supported partly by BIRAC and IKP Knowledge Park, under the Fast-Track COVID-19 fund to develop hybrid multiply face masks, SHG-95® (Billion Social Masks). These ‘Made in India’ face masks provide high particulate (>90%) and bacterial filtration efficiency (>99%). The face masks so developed ensure high breathability, have comfortable ear loops, and are convenient to be used even in tropical conditions since they are prepared from purely hand weaved cotton contact materials. A special filtration layer is an added advantage. The cost of these hand washable and reusable face masks has been estimated as INR 50-75 per piece by the company, making it affordable for general public as well. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725826

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725826 5/14 6/10/2021 Press Information Bureau Shri Dharmendra Pradhan dedicates to the nation Jumbo COVID-care facility in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today dedicated to the nation, a 114 bedded COVID Care Facility in Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) of SAIL in Chhattisgarh. This hospital is equipped with gaseous oxygen and has been set up after laying a pipeline of 1.5 Km for supply of gaseous oxygen from the plant. This is the first phase of this project which aims to scale up to reach a total of 500 oxygenated beds in the subsequent two more phases. The centre has a facility of double oxygen backup supply. Apart from gaseous oxygen as the main source, there is also provision of back-up of stored Liquid Medical Oxygen.The facility is also equipped with necessary internet & telecom services to facilitate IT requirements and remote consultancy. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725915

Minority Affairs Minister Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi reviews Haj preparations and status of vaccination The Minister said that a nationwide campaign will be launched by various social and educational institutions to “curb and crush” rumours and apprehension regarding the vaccination drive going on in India. “State Haj Committees, Waqf Boards, their associated organisations, Central Waqf Council, Maulana Azad Education Foundation and other social and educational institutions will be part of the campaign,” he added. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725961

Inputs from PIB Field Offices Kerala:All popular holiday destinations in Kerala may soon be declared as complete "vaccinated zones" as the state government is mulling to provide Covid-19 jab to everyone in the tourism sector, which had suffered massive losses due to the pandemic. State Tourism Minister P A Mohammed Riyas told the state Assembly today that the government has already started providing vaccines to those working in the industry after including them in the prioritised list considering them as front line Covid fighters. The State government has also decided to initiate steps to set up a vaccine manufacturing unit at the Life Science Park in the state capital. A working group will be formed which will take up the discussions with major vaccine manufacturers and initiate the steps for production. Meanwhile, the state reported 16,204 new Covid cases yesterday and the TPR stood at 14.09 %. With 156 new fatalities, the death toll mounted to 10,437. So far a total of 1,09,20,453 people have been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 87,15,715 received first dose and 22,04,738, second dose.

Tamil Nadu:TN assembly session will begin at KalaivanarArangam from June 21 following Covid19 protocols; MLAs and all Assembly staff to have a Covid negative to be allowed inside. Overturning its earlier decision, Tamil Nadu government has decided not to hold entrance exams for admission to Class 11 and instead increase the number of seats by 10-15 per cent in government and government-aided schools. Tamil Nadu Health Secretary has sent an urgent message to the Centre, stating that the state has run out of vaccine stocks. Over 3,800 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) have been https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725826 6/14 6/10/2021 Press Information Bureau delivered to Tamil Nadu through 56 oxygen express trains till date. State Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said as many as 1,052 cases of Mucormycosis were reported in the state so far. TN reported 17,321 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 405 deaths on Wednesday, taking the State’s tally to 22,92,025 and toll to 28,170. Till date 1,02,18,925 have been vaccinated across the State, of which 81,07,953 received first dose and 21,10,972 received second dose.

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 09-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 10,959; New Covid Deaths: 192. Around 1,75,966 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,59,33,071 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Doctors are being trained to treat children as a precautionary measure in the wake of the experts’ view that children are likely to be infected by the third wave of the corona. Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizer DV SadanandaGowda said on Wednesday that the Centre had provided 15,520 Vials of Amphotericin-B injection to the state for the treatment of black fungus.The state government will launch a free vaccination drive from Thursday that will cover 10,000 sportspersons in Karnataka. The Department of Railways has so far delivered 3,340 tonnes of oxygen to Karnataka. The government released Rs 2,000 subsidy to registered street vendors under the DeendayalAntyodaya Scheme of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Department

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 8766 new Covid-19 cases after testing 93,511 samples with 67 deaths, while 12,292 got discharged during the last 24 hours. A total of 1,12,24,580 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 86,27,811 first doses and 25,96,769 second doses. Principal Secretary (Health) Anil Kumar Singhal said that AP has purchased yet another 16,54,000 doses of vaccines from various companies which are yet to come, while under the Central government quota, 51,40,000 doses are expected by June. He announced that the first dose of corona vaccine will be administered by July 10 to mothers having children below the age of five. The government has decided to vaccinate the elderly without any Aadhaar card. Meanwhile, junior resident doctors have called off their strike and are resuming duties from today.

Telangana:The State Government has decided to cancel the Intermediate Second Year (12th Class) examinations due to the prevailing pandemic situation. As many as 1813 new Covid cases and 17 fatalities were reported yesterday taking the total number of cases in the state to 5,96,813 and deaths to 3426. State Finance Minister Shri Harish Rao and the Chief Secretary Shri Somesh Kumar yesterday reviewed the progress of Covid vaccination drive in the state with concerned officials and decided to inoculate 10 lakh people in the next four days covering super spreaders/high risk groups in major urban local bodies. It has also been decided to include dialysis and thalassemia patients, employees of banks, postal, revenue and electricity departments and Self-Help Group women in the priority list. A total of 1,63,578 people of all categories received first dose of Covid vaccine and 10,724 received second dose yesterday taking the cumulative number of people who received first dose in the state to 57,48,744 and second dose to 14,69,555.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725826 7/14 6/10/2021 Press Information Bureau Maharashtra: The second wave of corona is continuously receding in the state. The number of new cases has remained low since last Monday after the districts were divided into different levels and the restrictions were relaxed accordingly. In the state, 16,379 patients were cured from corona on Wednesday. As a result, the total number of cured patients has reached 55,97,304. As a result, the recovery rate of patients in the state has also improved to 95.45 percent. The number of daily cases in Pune is still higher than other cities, followed by Mumbai and Kolhapur. Gujarat: Amidst the decreasing cases of corona, the Gujarat government has decided to relax the restrictions from June 11 to 26. During this period, hotels and restaurants, gyms can operate with 50 per cent capacity from 9 am to 7 pm. However, night curfew will continue between 9 pm and 6 am in 36 cities, officials said. On June 9 (Wednesday), 644 cases of corona infection were registered, while 10 people died. The number of active cases of corona in the state is 13683, while so far 794703 people have reached home after recovering. The small village of Dugdol in Banaskantha district with a population of about 3000 remained free from corona due to self-discipline. 2,66,223 people were vaccinated on Wednesday and it includes 1,87,269 people in the age group of 18-44 years. In all, a total of 1.91 crore people have been vaccinated so far. Rajasthan: In the last seven days, at least 50 persons succumbed to mucormycosis or black fungus in the state, which takes the total number of deaths due to black fungus to 128. Active cases are now only 1.2% of the state's overall positive cases. In the last 24 hours, the state reported 30 Covid deaths while 520 tested positive taking the casualty count to 8,749 and overall tally to 9,48,024. In collaboration with the local-self government (LSG) department, the health department is planning to organise special vaccination camps for people living in shelters (homeless people) in the state. Madhya Pradesh: Markets opened today in Bhopal after a two month break.Vaccination of 15,000 shopkeepers was done in the 39 special camps arranged for them. Private offices started functioning with 50% attendance. Hotels,resorts are also allowed to open. Restaurants can provide take home and home delivery. There were 537 new infection cases in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. More than 10 cases have been reported in 7 districts of the state.179 new cases were found in Indore and 124 in Bhopal.46 in Jabalpur. The number of cases of Black Fungus are reducing and number stands at 1056 now. Chhattisgarh: 72 lakh 1,826 vaccines have been administered in Chhattisgarh so far, to prevent corona infection. The state ranks among the first two states in immunization of health workers and figures among the first ten states to vaccinate citizens above 45 years of age. More than 9 lakh in the age group of 18 years and above have received the first dose of vaccine so far. 90 percent health workers, 100 percent frontline workers and 77 percent citizens of the state above 45 years of age have also been given the first dose to prevent corona infection. In urban areas of Chhattisgarh, people living in slums are getting the benefit of regular check-up-treatment-medicine from Mobile Medical Units (MMUs), which has proved to be very useful in controlling the infection and till date, ten thousand camps have been organized under this scheme. Goa: Stating that the TikaUtsav has enabled the government to reach out to people, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the State government was contemplating on launching TikaUtsav 3.0 to vaccinate maximum people in the age group of 18-44. The State government has dropped the proposal of purchasing Ivermectin after the central government recently dropped the anti-parasitic drug from its      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725826 8/14 6/10/2021 Press Information Bureau Covid management protocol. 456 new COVID-19 cases were identified on Wednesday, which takes the number of active cases to 5790. Also, 16 deaths were reported on Wednesday. The state's recovery rate stands at 94.61% Assam:The positivity rate of the Covid-19 went up slightly to 3.24 percent on Wednesday when 3,751 new cases were detected in the State. Fifty-five people died of the virus on Wednesday. Assam Health Minister KeshavMahanta on Wednesday stated that the vaccination process will be completed by August 15 in the state. Mahanta informed that the Covid vaccines will be available in the state from June 21. Manipur:Seven fatalities, 775 new positive cases reported in the state.State records another post- vaccination fatality.Negative Covid certificate now needed to open pharmacies/oil pumps. Drive conducted to check certificates in the state.The number of persons vaccinated in Manipur reached 4,41,745. Meghalaya:Recoveries continue to overshadow fresh cases in the state. 507 people recuperated from the virus as against 448 fresh cases.The genome sequencing report received by state government on Wednesday has revealed the presence of the highly infectious Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Meghalaya resulting in a higher rate of hospitalisation in the state.The Meghalaya government has revised the entry-exit protocol making RT-PCR testing mandatory for all entrants to the state regardless of whether they have a COVID-negative certificate in their possession.. Sikkim:Out of 2135 Covid tests conducted on Wednesday, Sikkim recorded 231 new positive cases and one Covid-related death. The total active tally now is 3869, with 371 recoveries.

Tripura: 625 people tested positive while 16,804 samples were tested and positivity rate of 3.72% recorded in last 24 hours. State also registered 14 deaths which is the highest ever single day figure. While Health Secretary and NHM MD visited GBP hospital as being directed by the CM of Tripura. Nagaland: Lockdown extended in Nagaland by one week till June 18 with more relaxations. Shops allowed to open from 6 am till 2 pm. Light motor passenger vehicles allowed to ply on odd-even basis. No mask - no movement to be strictly enforced by District Task Forces. CM Neiphiu Rio to launch Nagaland Covid Info App . The app will provide easy to access Covid info and also status of hospital beds.

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India continues to put up a strong fight against #COVID19

Recovery rate increases to 94.77%

Daily Positivity Rate decreases to 4.69%

2.7 Cr patients recovered across the country @PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/EKxfcQ0guV — Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 10, 2021

#LargestVaccineDrive crosses yet another milestone!

Over 24 crore #COVID19Vaccine doses administered across the country so far

33,79,261 #vaccine doses administered in last 24h @PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA #Unite2FightCorona#IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/7bREUcfnRa — Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 10, 2021

Data on #COVID19Vaccine stocks, consumption & balance is regularly shared with media & public in a transparent manner.@MoHFW_INDIA letter advising States/UTs to seek consent before sharing E-VIN data analytics is to prevent misuse of sensitive data for commercial purposes. — Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 10, 2021

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Daily Air Transport of Vaccines in temperature controlled seamless cold chain.

India’s fight against Covid continues.

On 8 June 2021 42.67 Lakh doses flown to 34 destinations on 36 flights

Since Jan 2021 Over 22.29 Cr doses flown to 60 domestic stations on 1,477 flights pic.twitter.com/0qPwuulPtv — Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) June 9, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:

#COVID19 UPDATE (As on 10th June, 2021)

✅Less than 1 lakh new cases for the 3rd day

✅At 94,052 cases, declining trend in daily new cases continues

✅Daily positivity rate at 4.69%, less than 10% for 17 consecutive days#Unite2FightCorona

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#CoronaVirusUpdates:

Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on June 10th, 2021)

▶94.77% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (2,76,55,493) ▶4.00% Active cases (11,67,952) ▶1.23% Deaths (3,59,676)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/rNPBnToqfM — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 10, 2021

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헡헲현 헥헲헰헼혃헲헿헶헲혀 have exceeded 헡헲현 헖헮혀헲혀 for the last 28 days

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Vaccine Politics: The Opposition’s Mind Game with India!

Stay away from any kind of rumours, apprehensions and confusion.

Government of India will ensure vaccine for every eligible Indian. #Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/8Oyg6x1Fez — Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) June 10, 2021

PM @narendramodi Ji led Government’s compassionate approach and support helped women sustain financially during the pandemic. #NariShakti4NewIndia pic.twitter.com/55YCVgtmaD — Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) June 10, 2021

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‘Vaccine for All’ gains momentum!

- More than 24 crore vaccine doses administered till date.

- Over 31 lakh vaccine doses administered in a single day. #IndiaFightsCoronahttps://t.co/kVxVZOLSvT — Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) June 9, 2021

Keep your immunity high during #COVID and later. Many herbs and spices in our Indian kitchen are immunity boosters and can be consumed in multiple ways.

Stay strong and fight #corona!#Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/OjQn07wrdi — Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) June 9, 2021

Oxygen Expresses deliver nearly 28000 MT of LMO to the Nation

397 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the countryhttps://t.co/sOTq23fYdR pic.twitter.com/UK1v7XHIaN — Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) June 9, 2021

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✅ #कोविड19 एक गंभीर बीमारी है जिससे बचाव के लिए टीकाकरण आवशक है।

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Military personnel are receiving fraudulent messages claiming to be from #AFC #RR #BHDC to click on links on Whatsapp/ SMS/E mails for updation of vaccination status on CoWin app for issue of digital certificate. It is advised not to respond to such fraudulent attempts. pic.twitter.com/qz9vagcr9T — ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) June 9, 2021

The claims linking #5G technology with the #COVID19 pandemic are false & have no scientific basis.

Testing of 5G network has not yet started anywhere in India.

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Posted On: 09 JUN 2021 5:38PM by PIB Delhi

Less than 1 lakh new cases for the 2nd day; India reports 92,596 new cases in last 24 hours 2,75,04,126 total Recoveries across the country so far 1,62,664 patients recovered during last 24 hours. Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 27th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 94.55% Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 5.66% Daily positivity rate at 4.66%, less than 10% for 16 consecutive days Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 37.01 cr tests total conducted 23.9 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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COVID-19 UPDATE India reports less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases for the 2nd successive day India's Active Caseload further declines to less than 13 lakh after 57 days Active Cases decrease by 72,287 in last 24 hours Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 27th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 94.55% Daily Positivity Rate further dips to4.66%, continues the trend of less than 10% positivity for 16 continuous days More than 27.7 lakh vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours India has reported 92,596 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours.Thecountry has recorded less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases for 2 continuous days now. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and States/UTs.India has been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload.The country’s Active Caseload today stands at 12,31,415. A net decline of 72,287 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now 4.23%of the country's total Positive Cases.India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 27th consecutive day. 1,62,664 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725529 COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725607 4/12 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau More than 25 crore (25,06,41,440) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 23,74,21,808 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.33 crore (1,33,68,727) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.Furthermore, more than 3 lakh (3,81,750) vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725535

Pradhan MantriGaribKalyan Anna Yojana extended till Deepawali Till November, 80 crore people will continue to get free food grain every month FCI supplies 69 LMT free food grains to all States/ UTs under PMGKAY All 36 States/ UTs lift 100% free food grains for May 2021 under PMGKAY North-Eastern States, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura lift full allocation for May-June 2021 The Government of India bear entire cost under PMGKAY Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on 7th June, 2021 conveyed the decision ofextension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY-III) till Deepawali. This means that till November 2021, more than 80 crore people will continue to get decided amount of free food grain every month. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725351

Oxygen Expresses deliver nearly 27600 MT of LMO to the Nation 392 Oxygen Expresses complete Oxygen deliveries across the country Oxygen Expresses transported 1603 tankers of LMO so far and bring relief to 15 States More than 3700 MT LMO offloaded in Tamil Nadu by Oxygen Expresses Oxygen Expresses offloaded more than 2700, 3000 and 3300 MT of LMO in the state of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka respectively 614 MT of Oxygen has been offloaded in Maharashtra, nearly 3797 MT in Uttar Pradesh, 656 MT in Madhya Pradesh, 5790 MT in Delhi, 2212 MT in Haryana, 98 MT in Rajasthan, 3341 MT in Karnataka, 320 MT in Uttarakhand, 3773 MT in Tamil Nadu, 3049 MT in Andhra Pradesh, 225 MT in Punjab, 513 MT in Kerala, 2765 MT in Telangana, 38 MT in Jharkhand and 400 MT in Assam

Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country.Oxygen Expresses crossed mark of 27000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation.So far, till yesterday evening, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 27600 MT of LMO in more than 1603 tankers to various states across the country. It may be noted that 392 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725353

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725607 5/12 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau CSIR-IICT licenses process know-how for synthesis of 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose to Lee Pharma Ltd. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, (IICT), a constituent laboratory of CSIR and Lee Pharma, an integrated pharmaceutical company, based in Hyderabad have entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement for the synthesis of 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose (2-DG). Recently, 2-DG developed by DRDO and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has received approval for use in Covid-19 patients. It has been found to help speed up recovery and reduce oxygen dependence and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has launched the drug in the form of sachets. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725576

Indigenously designed & manufactured high purity oxygen concentrator being supplied to Indian hospitals An indigenously designed oxygen concentrator, which ensures high-purity oxygen supply, is now out in the market. An Indian startup has designed developed this affordable portable oxygen concentrator and is now manufacturing it for supply to various hospitals in the country. Oxygen saturation levels of patients have been a major challenge in the treatment of COVID 19, especially in the second wave. Indian medical devices manufacturers and indigenous automation companies took this challenge up and came up with innovative designs of ventilators, portable respiratory aids, and related devices. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725607

KirenRijiju Releases E-Book on 20 Medicinal Plants for Covid-19 Care Minister of State for Ayush (IC), Shri KirenRijiju, yesterday released the e-book on 20 Medicinal Plants for Covid-19 Care today. National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), has prepared an e-book “20 Medicinal Plants for 2021 for Covid-19 care” to highlight important medicinal plants and their therapeutic properties. These medicinal plants are useful in the prevention & management of Covid-19 along with standard of care. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725423

Inputs from PIB Field Units Kerala: According to the health department, 1,50,66,820 people belonging to the 18-45 age group are to be vaccinated in the state. So far, a total of 1,07,76,871 vaccination doses have been given in the state for 45 plus age group. Out of this, 85,82,771 were first dose and 21,94,100 second dose. Meanwhile, the government has decided to vaccinate the bedridden patients and senior citizens who cannot move out, at their residences. The state confirmed 15,567 Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. As of now, there are 1,43,254 active cases in the state. 124 deaths due to the virus on Tuesday with the toll rising to 10,281. The test positivity rate stands at 14.15 %.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725607 6/12 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau Tamil Nadu: The State government has declared 15 medical items, including mask and hand sanitisers, as essential articles and fixed maximum retail prices (MRP) for them under Tamil Nadu Essential Articles Control and Requisitioning Act. Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin wrote to the CMs of 12 other States on Tuesday, urging them to come together to press the Centre for a moratorium on loan repayment for MSMEs. Number of mucormycosis patients crossed 1,000 in TN; the State requires 35,000 vials of Amphotericin B for the treatment of mucormycosis. The daily tally of Covid-19 cases dipped to 18,023 in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, however, the number of deaths crossed 400 as the State recorded 409 fatalities. Till date 1,01,67,260 have been vaccinated across TN, of which 80,60,098 received first dose and 21,07,162 received second dose.

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 08-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 9,808; Total Active Cases: 2,25,004; New Covid Deaths: 179; Total Covid Deaths: 32,099. Around 1,94,246 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,56,76,863 have been vaccinated in the state till now. There has been a drastic reduction in Corona infection and deaths in the state. After 56 days, the number of daily cases falls within the 10 thousand limits, and after 42 days the number of deaths is within 200. Positivity rate of tests has dropped below 3% after 50 days in Bangalore. Athletes representing State and nation will be given free vaccines on Thursday and Friday.

Andhra Pradesh:State reported 7796 new Covid-19 cases after testing 89,732 samples with 77 deaths, while 14,641 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 17,71,007; Active cases: 1,07,588; Discharges: 16,51,790; Deaths: 11,629. A total of 1,10,37,411 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 84,49,909 first doses and 25,87,502 second doses. Monoclonal antibodies cocktail therapy for Covid has started in Nellore district and the authorities provided these injections to more than 10 people so far. The health and family welfare department has directed its medical officers to prepare the list of mothers having children below five years of age so as to vaccinate all the mothers as per vaccine availability. Meanwhile, the health department invited junior doctors to hold discussions as they have proceeded on strike since this morning. Junior resident doctors are demanding for health insurance and ex-gratia facilities to be provided, besides incentives and increased security arrangements in hospitals and to stopping TDS deduction.

Telangana:The State Cabinet has decided to extend lockdown in the state by 10 days from 9th of this month with relaxation from 6.00 AM to 6.00 PM. A total of 1,897 news daily cases and 15 deaths were reported yesterday taking the total number of cases in the state to 5,95,000 and fatalities to 3409. The number of Active Cases in the state now stands at 24,306. The recovery rate is reported to be at 95.34 percent against the national average of 94.24 percent. The special vaccination drive to inoculate the students going abroad for higher studies is on in the state. All-out efforts are on to complete the special drive by Friday next because the students need to wait for a month to get their second Covid dose.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725607 7/12 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau Maharashtra: Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 10,891 new cases of Coronavirus infection, taking the state’s tally of total cases to 58,52,891. 16,577 patients were discharged from various hospitals post recovery on Tuesday, taking the total number of recoveries to 55,80,925. Whereas the death toll increased by 295 to 1,01,172. The number of active cases stands at 1,67,927. Maharashtra’s recovery rate stands at 95.35 per cent while the case fatality rate stands at 1.73 per cent.Mumbai on Tuesday reported seven deaths due to Covid-19, the lowest in the last two-and-a-half months since the city recorded seven deaths on March 20 at the onset of the second wave of the pandemic. On Tuesday, 682 fresh Covid-19 cases were recorded in Mumbai Positivity rate has remained steady below 3 per cent since the last few days.In order to protect the elderly and sick people who are unable to walk and are bedridden, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) carried out a special vaccination session at Narmada Niketan, Vishramdham and Parijat Ashram in Belapur. The beneficiaries was re-registered on the Government Cowin Portal. Gujarat: The Gujarat government has exempted the cinema halls, multiplexes and gyms from paying property tax during the last financial year due to Covid19 pandemic.Meanwhile, Gujarat has recorded 695 new cases of Covid19 infections on Tuesday. 2122 patients recovered during the last 24 hours and were discharged from the hospitals. Total 7,93,028 patients have recovered from Covid19 in Gujarat till now. The recovery rate further improved and reached up to 96.98 percent. 11 patients lost their lives on Tuesday. Gujarat has now 14,724 active cases at present, out of which 351 patients are on ventilator.Meanwhile, 2,58,797 persons have been vaccinated in the state on Tuesday. Rajasthan: The Rajasthan government has announced certain relaxations to the COVID-19 lockdown imposed in the state following a dip in the number of infections and the positivity rate. Under the modified guidelines issued by the Home department to come into effect from June 8, government and private offices in the state can stay open till 4 pm with 50 percent of staff presence.The Rajasthan government has issued an order for forming committees at the state, district and block levels to ensure proper utilisation of coronavirus vaccines. These teams will also conduct a detailed audit of disposal of vaccine doses that have been wasted. Madhya Pradesh: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan while reviewing Covid control efforts in the state, directed officials to generate awareness among the people regarding Covid vaccination. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also directed his officials to ensure that all citizens above the 18 years of age are vaccinated and vaccines are not wasted. The state’s average positivity rate for 7 days is 0.9 percent. Out of the total active patients of the state, 4,521 are in home isolation and 3,462 in hospitals. No cases of Corona has been reported in 6 districts of the state including Alirajpur, Bhind, Chhatarpur, Katni, Singrauli and Tikamgarh. Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh on Tuesday reported 1,102 COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths, taking the infection count to 9,82,962 and the toll to 13,257. The number of recoveries reached 9,50,234 after 509 people were discharged from hospitals and 1,798 completed their home isolation during the day. The number of active cases in the state stands at 19,471. Chhattisgarh has so far administered 71.51 lakh anti- Covid doses to people. All frontline workers and 90 percent of the health staff have been vaccinated with the first dose. In the 18-44 years age group, 8,85,736 people have been vaccinated.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725607 8/12 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau Goa: Goa on Tuesday saw 473 new COVID-19 cases and 14 casualties that raised the tally of infections to 1,60,284 and toll to 2,859. The count of recoveries rose to 1,51,526 in the state, after 957 persons were discharged from hospitals during the day. The coastal state is now left with 5,899 active cases. Assam:43 people died of the COVID-19 in Assam on Tuesday when 3,948 new COVID-19 cases were detected. The positivity rate in the State is 2.96 percent.The State Health Department has instructed the districts to constitute task force to ensure that the private hospitals do not overcharge COVID patients.The Guwahati High Court has directed the Assam Government to file its response on setting up of post-COVID clinics in the State since patients require constant monitoring even after testing negative. Manipur: The second wave of the global Coronavirus pandemic continues to exact a heavy toll with Manipur reporting 12 more deaths and recording 748 new positive cases in the last 24 hours.In a tragic incident a young woman and mother of a 7 month old child from Khangabok Part -1 KhullakpamLeikai, Thoubal died shortly after taking Covishield (COVID-19 vaccine) on Monday. Nagaland: Nagaland registers 133 new COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths on Thursday. Active cases are 4676 while total is 23,051. Lockdown may continue in Nagaland with some relaxations. Sources say state govt likely to go for lockdown extension in view of fresh spike of COVID-19 cases in rural areas. Random COVID-19 testing conducted at Kiphere Town. Intensified vaccination drive to be held on June 9 from 10 am at GovtHr Sec School. Tripura: 700 people tested positive of COVID-19 while 5 died in last 24 hours, total tests done is 15,873. Agartala Municipality Area still has 11.99% of positivity rate while overall positivity rate in the state is 4.41%. Sikkim: Sikkim reported 255 new cases of Novel Coronvirus from the testing of 3,026 samples. 12,894 of the 17,425 cases of COVID-19 detected in the State thus far have already made full recoveries. There arecurrently 4,018 active Covid cases in the State, of whom 188 have symptoms severe enough to require hospitalisation and 22 of them are admitted in Intensive Care Units for Covid patients at CRH- Tadong and STNM Hospital, Gangtok..Covid’s death toll in Sikkim now stands at 275, of which 139 deaths occurred in the past month and half that the second wave has been here. Meghalaya: The COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya continued its downward slide with the daily caseload coming down below the 400-mark after 31 days. The active tally has also come down below the 5,000- mark after 22 days.The state recorded 379 fresh cases while 773 recoveries on the day brought the active tally down to 4,924.. With the second wave of COVID-19 showing a declining trend, the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Institute of Regional Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) is preparing for a perceived third wave of the pandemic. Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 582081. Number of active cases is 18546. Total Deaths reported is 15219. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1157194. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 311812. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3019909. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 495043.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 763566. Total active COVID-19 patients is 7531. Number of deaths is 8789. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 6107857.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725607 9/12 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 60778. Total number of Active Cases is 685. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 779.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 196351. Total number of Active Cases is 6983. Total deaths reported till date is 3312.

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India reports less than 1 Lakh Daily New Cases after 63 days 86,498 new cases reported in last 24 hours; lowest in 66 days India's Active Caseload further declines to 13,03,702 1,82,282patients recovered during last 24 hours. Recovery Rate increases to 94.29% Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 5.94% Daily positivity rate at 4.62%, less than 10% for 15 consecutive days. Testing capacity substantially ramped up–36.8cr tests total conducted 23.61 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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COVID-19 Vaccination UPDA TE    https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725366 3/13 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau More than 24 crore (24,65,44,060) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 23,47,43,489 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today).More than 1.19 crore (1,19,46,925) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725240

Frequently Asked Questions on COVID-19 Vaccination Dr. V K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog and Dr.RandeepGuleria, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences have addressed various doubts people have regarding COVID-19 vaccines in a special programme on DD News on Sunday the 6th June. To see the detailed FAQs Click Here: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725244

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s address to the Nation on COVID-19 (7th June, 2021) The Prime Minister expressed condolences for the people who lost their lives in the pandemic. Terming the pandemic the biggest calamity of last hundred years, a pandemic not seen nor experienced in the modern world, the Prime Minister said that the country fought the pandemic at many fronts. Shri Modi made many important announcements. Key Points: Government of India to provide free vaccine to all Indian citizens above 18 years of age

25 per cent vaccination that was with states will now be undertaken by Government of India: PM

Government of India will buy 75 per cent of the total production of the vaccine producers and provide to the states free of cost: PM

Pradhan MantriGaribKalyan Anna Yojna extended till Deepawali: PM

Till November, 80 crore people will continue to get free food grain every month

Supply of vaccine to increase in coming days: PM

PM informs about development progress of new vaccines

Vaccines for children and Nasal Vaccine under trial: PM   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725366 4/13 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau

Those creating apprehensions about vaccination are playing with the lives of people: PM

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Fresh Order for Vaccines placed to achieve Universalization of Vaccination In immediate follow-up of the Hon. Prime Minister's announcement of these changes in the Guidelines of National COVID Vaccination program yesterday, the Union Health Ministry has placed an order with Serum Institute of India for 25 crore doses of Covishield and with Bharat Biotech for 19crore doses of Covaxin.These 44 crore (25+19 cr) doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be available till December 2021, starting now.Additionally, 30% of the advance for procurement of both the Covid Vaccines has been released to Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725339

“No data to show children will be seriously infected in subsequent COVID-19 waves” “It is a piece of misinformation that subsequent waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are going to cause severe illness in children. There is no data - either from India or globally - to show that children will be seriously infected in subsequent waves.” This was informed by Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, Dr. RandeepGuleria, during a media briefing on COVID-19, held at National Media Centre, PIB Delhi today. Dr. Guleria cited that 60% to 70% of the children who got infected and got admitted in hospitals during the second wave in India, had either comorbidities or low immunity; healthy children recovered with mild illness without need for hospitalization. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725366

Centre issues SOPs for vaccination of persons undertaking international travel for educational purposes, or employment opportunities, or as part of India's contingent for Tokyo Olympic games It has been a constant endeavour of the Union Government to streamline the vaccination process to increase coverage of all segments of the population. In this regard, taking note of the several representations received by Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for allowing administration of second dose of Covishield for such persons who have only taken first dose of Covishield and are seeking to undertake international travel for educational purposes or employment opportunities or as part of India's contingent for Tokyo Olympic games, but whose planned travel dates fall prior to completion of the currently mandated minimum interval of 84 days from the date of first dose, Union Health Ministry has written to States/UTs to facilitate vaccination of such persons.   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725366 5/13 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau The Ministry had issued SOPs yesterday in this regard which have been conveyed to States/UTs. States/UTs have been advised to widely publicize and take all necessary measures to immediately implement these SOPs. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725122

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Says, instructions issued for immediate release of pension to the family of a government employee who loses his or her life due to COVID -19 infection Government has issued instructions for immediate release of pension to the family of a government employee who loses his or her life due to COVID -19 infection. In a landmark order, the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) in the Union Ministry of Personnel has instructed all Ministries, Departments, Controller General of Accounts as well as CMDs of Pension Disbursing Banks to ensure that the Family Pension is started within one month of the receipt of the claim from the eligible family member of a Government servant who has lost his or her life due to COVID. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725364

Oxygen Expresses deliver more than 26891 MT of LMO to the Nation Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country. Oxygen Expresses crossed mark of 26000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation yesterday. So far, as of yesterday, Indian Railways has delivered more than 26891 MT of LMO in more than 1567 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 383 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725090 Dr. Jitendra Singh Says, Natural Immunity Boosters are more beneficial than Pharmacological ones Delivering the key-note address as Chief Gueston the World Food Safety Day, 2021 yesterday, the Minister said that at the time of the pandemic COVID-19, it has become more important for each citizen to understand and to have awareness about good nutrition, the substances of food, and its impact on the immune system. He said, good and safe food will add to the immunity of the body which helps to fight the diseases and therefore effort should be made to keep food safe and healthy at each step of the food chain. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725084

Varanasi Airport facilitates movement of over 1800 kgs of Vaccine shipment Varanasi Airport has been actively contributing in the movement of COVID patients, Medicine and essential equipment in and out of Varanasi. Scheduled and non-scheduled flights are handled most professionally at Varanasi airport giving due care and importance to laid down government norms and protocols.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725366 6/13 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1725119

Inputs from PIB Field Units Maharashtra: Maharashtra has reported the maximum number of mucormycosis cases (6,339) in India. India has so far reported 28,252 cases of mucormycosis. Maharashtra on Monday recorded as many as 10,219 new coronavirus cases, the lowest since March 10, taking the tally of infections in the state to 58,42,000, the death toll increased to 1,00,470 with 154 new fatalities. Maharashtra's recovery rate of COVID-19 cases is 95.25 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.72 per cent. Gujarat: Gujarat on Monday reported 778 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 11 fatalities, taking the tally to 8,17,012 and the toll to 9,944. With 2,613 patients being discharged during the day, Gujarat's cumulative count of recoveries rose to 7,90,906, leaving the state with 16,162 active cases. Gujarat's case recovery rate improved further to 96.80 per cent on Monday.Gujarat government has exempted the hotels, resorts, restaurants and water parks in the state from paying property tax and fixed electricity charges for one year. This relief has been granted from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021 due to Covid19 pandemic. A total of 2,59,192 people received COVID-19 vaccine jabs in Gujarat during the day, taking the count of doses administered so far to 1,86,55,846.A total of 1,86,825 doses were administered to people in the age group of 18 to 44 years in the day, raising the number of the beneficiaries in this group in Gujarat to 26,62,353. Rajasthan: In Rajasthan, the State Government has announced some more relaxations under Unlock 2.0. The new guidelines issued by the Home Department yesterday night have come into effect from 5 a.m. today. Persons coming to Rajasthan and have taken both doses of COVID vaccine 28 days ago now need not to bring an RT-PCR negative report. However, it will be mandatory for other passengers to bring the RT-PCR test report done 72 hours before starting the journey.Now most of the business establishments are allowed to operate from morning to five in the evening. But weekend curfew will be continued. All government and private offices can now be opened till 4 p.m. with the presence of 50 per cent attendance. All government and private educational institutions have also been allowed to open, but students will not be called for academic activities. Roadways and private buses will start operating in the state from June 10. But, the city bus service running in the cities will be restricted. Public parks will also open from 5 A. M. to 8 A.M. Meanwhile, the positivity rate in the state has come down below two per cent. Madhya Pradesh: Markets in Bhopal will reopen from 10 June. The district administration had allowed only shops selling essential items till now. In order to encourage vaccination among the shopkeepers ‘TikaLagvao,BazarKhulwao’ abhiyan was launched by Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang in Bhopal.101 oxygen plants will start production in the state by 30th August. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan yesterday has also directed for creating 800 MT storage capacity in all Divisional headquarters so that any emergency could be dealt with. Madhya Pradesh on Monday reported 571 covid positive cases and 32 deaths while 1,782 patients recovered from infection. The active cases reduced to 8,860. Not a single district of the state is now in the Red Zone.     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725366 7/13 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau Chhattisgarh: In Chhattisgarh, the situation of COVID infection is improving steadily. Besides, the COVID vaccination campaign is also going on in full swing.More than 8,30,000 in the age group of 18 to 44 years have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Chhattisgarh. Besides, 77 per cent of the people above the age of 45 years have also been vaccinated. The first dose of COVID vaccine has been given to 100 per cent frontline workers in the state. As far as health workers are concerned, 90 per cent of them have been vaccinated. So far, more than 71 lakh vaccines have been administered to persons of all age groups and categories in the state, including first and second doses.Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 case count rose to 9,79,576 on Saturday with addition of 1,356 cases, while the death toll rose by 30 to reach 13,192. The number of recoveries rose to 9,41,489 after 512 people were discharged from various hospitals while 2,396 others completed home isolation during the day. Goa: Chief minister Pramod Sawant said that the state government would start the process of unlock in Goa after June 15 and not before that, and added that the state can only think of restarting tourism after vaccinating the (eligible) population of the state.Goa on Monday reported 418 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 13 fatalities, taking the tally to 1,59,811 and the toll to 2,840. With 1,162 patients being discharged during the day, the overall count of recoveries in Goa rose to 1,50,574, leaving the state with 6,397 active cases. With 2,745 new tests, the total number of samples tested so far in Goa has gone up to 8,48,687. Kerala:State Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal has said that the new vaccine policy of the central government is a good decision which should have been taken earlier. He added that time bound completion of vaccination also is important. Meanwhile, the State Road Transport Corporation’s long distance bus services that was stopped due to the second wave of Covid pandemic will resume from tomorrow. Services will be operated on busy routes where more people travel. There will no service on Saturday and Sunday. The State government has extended the lockdown, which was scheduled to end on June 9, till June 16, as the state reported 9,313 new Covid-19 cases and 221 more deaths yesterday. TPR stands at 13.2 %. So far a total of 1,05,30,981 vaccination doses have been given in the state. Out of this, 83,54,536 were first dose and 21,76,445 second dose.

Tamil Nadu: TN CM M K Stalin has thanked PM Modi for announcing free vaccines for all and urged for more freedom to states. Taking note of the spread of black fungus aka mucormycosis infection in TN, Chief Minister Stalin Monday allocated Rs 25 crore to combat it. State Health Minister Ma Subramanian has said said one crore vaccines can be produced in Connoor in a month if Centre permits; he said that the bottling facility at the Pasteur Institute of India in Coonoor has capacity to bottle one crore vaccines. Three more oxygen express trains, carrying 204.14 MT of oxygen reached Tamil Nadu yesterday. With lockdown relaxations coming into effect, normalcy is returning slowly in Tamil Nadu. TN on Monday registered 19,448 new cases, and the total number of infections has touched 22,56,681. After many days, cases came below 20,000. Till date 1,01,19,582 have been vaccinated across TN, of which 80,16,934 received first dose and 21,02,648 received second dose.

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 07-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 11,958; Total Active Cases: 2,38,824; New Covid Deaths: 340; Total Covid Deaths: 31, 920. Around 1,48,800 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,53,34,586 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Health Minister Sudhakar said that, the State has taken steps to reduce the vaccine shortage in the state, https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725366 8/13 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau every eligible person will be given a two-dose coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. The Mysore University has attracted the attention of the country by developing a unique Corona test kit that can provide result in 5 to 10 minutes. In the wake of Corona 3rd wave anxiety, the government has prepared an action plan for upgrading the district and taluk hospitals at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore. The Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) has vaccinated close to 60% of population in the 45+ age group, after it stepped up inoculation drive across Bengaluru in the past few weeks. The civic body has set a target of 75% and embarked on door-to-door assessment of beneficiaries at booth levels using voters’ list.

Andhra Pradesh:State reported 4872 new Covid-19 cases after testing 64,800 samples with 86 deaths, while 13,702 got discharged during the last 24 hours. A total of 1,09,92,317 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 84,08,633 first doses and 25,83,684 second doses. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy thanked PM Modi for deciding to provide Covid Vaccines free to people above 18 years of age. In view of the threat of third wave striking the country which according to experts may affect children more, the State Government has decided to set up paediatric care centres at Visakhapatnam, Tirupati and Krishna-Guntur regions. The Chief Minister also directed the officials to prepare an action plan for the construction of each hospital at a cost of Rs 180 crore. Meanwhile, PG doctors and house surgeons under the AP Junior Doctors’ Association served strike notice for boycotting duties from June 9, if their demands of ex-gratia/health insurance for all frontline workers, Covid incentives for all the junior doctors including postgraduates and interns, increased security measures in hospitals to prevent untoward incidents and resolve TDS issue in stipend pay.

Telangana:The State Cabinet is meeting today to take stock of the Covid situation and lockdown in the state. As many as 1933 new daily cases and 16 fatalities were reported yesterday taking the total number of cases in the state to 5,93,103 and deaths to 3,394. Total number of Active cases in the state now stands at 25,406. The vaccination drive in the state to inoculate high risk groups/super spreaders is going on. Coming to cumulative numbers of vaccine beneficiaries in the state, a total of 52,59,171 people of all categories received first dose and 14,36,126 received the second dose. The State Health Department is gearing up to face the likely third wave of Corona pandemic and decided to increase number of beds in Govt hospitals by 6,000 and procure medical equipment and medicines to treat the children affected by Covid.

Assam:37 more COVID-19 deaths were reported in Assam in the last 24 hours, taking the pandemic toll to 3,695. During the day, 3,804 new infections were detected in 1,24,316 tests at the positivity rate of 3.06 percent. Kamrup Metro saw 318 new cases. Amidst apprehensions that many senior citizens and individuals with special needs may not be able to receive the doses of COVID-19 vaccine due to inability to travel to a COVID vaccination center, the Health department has issued a new SOP for creation of Near to Home COVID Vaccination Centres.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725366 9/13 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau Manipur: After experiencing single digit daily fatality count and daily positivity rate for two days, the state on Monday reported two-digit fatalities and positivity rate as the government bulletins reported 15 death cases and 598 new positive cases out of 4987 samples tested in the last 24 hours.CM leads interfaith prayer to curb virus.The number of people who have been administered COVID-19 vaccine in Manipur reached 4,23,072, as per the latest updates from the state health department.Mass Vaccination and mass testing conducted at different parts of the state.

Meghalaya:Meghalaya, for the third consecutive day, reported COVID-19 cases below 500-mark with the daily virus-related fatalities seeing a significant drop on Monday. With 438 fresh COVID-19 cases and five fatalities, the state’s total confirmed cases have gone up to 39,156.

Sikkim:After many weeks, Sikkim has recorded zero Covid death, as per the Health department report of Monday. Meanwhile, 59 Covid cases were detected from the 706 samples tested on Sunday.The positivity rateis 8.3%. The State’s active Covid tally is 4051 cases.

Tripura:235 people infected in last 24 hours and 8 died while 595 people recovered in the same time. Meanwhile state government has asked opinion of the parents with regard to the conduct of secondary and higher secondary examination for which a dedicated website has been launched. The feedback in the form of Yes or No can be given by 6 PM on June 15.

Nagaland:Nagaland reports 145 new Covid cases and three fatalities on Monday. Active cases are 4703 while tally reaches 22,918.A total of 2,88,674 beneficiaries have been inoculated in Nagaland so far. 62% of healthcare workers vaccinated, 38% yet to avail vaccine. Nagaland to intensify Covid vaccination for 18-44 yrs age group from June 8 till June 18. Vaccination to be carried out in all health facilities during Monday to Friday.

Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 580829. Number of active cases is 19995. Total Deaths reported is 15160. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1139243. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 310796. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 3003115. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 492815. Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 762931. Total active COVID-19 patients is 8024. Number of deaths is 8751. Cumulative coverage of vaccination is 6060728. Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 60707. Total number of Active Cases is 740. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 774. Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 195755. Total number of Active Cases is 7555. Total deaths reported till date is 3299.

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21 जून, सोमवार से देश के हर राज मे, 18 वर् से ऊपर की उम के सभी नागरिको ं के लिए, भारत सरकार राज् य को मुफ वैक्न मुहैया कराएगी।

वैक्न निर्मताओ ं से कु ल वैक्न उत्दन का 75 पतिशत हिस् भारत सरकार खुद ही खरीदकर राज सरकारो ं को मुफ देगी: PM @narendramodi — PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 7, 2021

देश की किसी भी राज सरकार को वैक्न पर कु छ भी खर् नही ं करना होगा।

अब तक देश के करोड़ ो लोगो ं को मुफ वैक्न मिली है। अब 18 वर् की आयु के लोग भी इसमे जुड जाएं गे।

सभी देशवासियो ं के लिए भारत सरकार ही मुफ वैक्न उपलब करवाएगी: PM @narendramodi — PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 7, 2021

पधानमंत् गरीब कल्ण अन योजना को अब दीपावली तक आगे बढ़या जाएगा। महामारी के इस समय मे सरकार गरीब की हर जररत के साथ उसका साथी बनकर खड़ है।

यानि नवंबर तक 80 करोड से अधिक देशवासियो ं को हर महीने तय मात् मे मुफ अनाज उपलब होगा। pic.twitter.com/Ospx5R80FT — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 7, 2021

Some people thrive on creating panic and furthering vaccine hesitancy.

Such elements are doing a great disservice to the efforts to make our planet COVID-free. pic.twitter.com/uUYKy2lpj6 — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 7, 2021      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725366 11/13 6/9/2021 Press Information Bureau

Vaccines are central to the fight against COVID-19.

Remember the times India had wait for years to get vaccines for various diseases.

Here is what changed after 2014. pic.twitter.com/nStfbv9sXw — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 7, 2021

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State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 8th June, 2021, 8 AM)

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Another Oxygen Express for Delhi arrives :#OxygenExpress carrying 73.99 tonnes of medical oxygen from Rajkot, Gujarat has arrived at its destination Okhla, Delhi. pic.twitter.com/PZcP4uj7EW — Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) June 7, 2021

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India reports 1 Lakh Daily New Cases in last 24 hours, lowest in 61 days India's Active Caseload further declines to 14,01,609 1,74,399 patients recovered during last 24 hours Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 25th consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 93.94% Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 6.21% Daily positivity rate at 6.34%, less than 10% for 14 consecutive days. Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 36.6 cr total tests conducted 23.27 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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COVID-19 UPDATE India has reported 1,00,636 New Cases in the last 24 hours. This is the lowest in the last two months.The country has recorded less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 11 continuous days now. This is a result of collaborative and sustained efforts by the Centre and States/UTs following the “whole of Government” approach. India reports 1 Lakh Daily New Cases, lowest in 61 days Less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 11 consecutive days India's Active Caseload drops to14,01,609 today Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 25th consecutive day Steady incline in National Recovery Rate maintained; Recovery Rate increases to 93.94% Daily Positivity Rate at 6.34% continues trend of less than 10% positivity rate for 14 consecutive days 23.27 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725008 3/10 6/7/2021 Press Information Bureau Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725008

COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE More than 24 crore (24,60,80,900) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 23,11,69,251 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.49 crore (1,49,11,649) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725005

Dr Harsh Vardhan chairs 28th meeting of Group of Ministers (GOM) on COVID-19 Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare chaired the 28th meeting of the high- level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 by a video-conference, here today. He was joined by Dr. S. Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs, Shri Hardeep S. Puri, Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs (I/C); Civil Aviation (I/C); & MoS Commerce & Industry, Shri Nityanand Rai, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State, Health & Family Welfare.Dr. Harsh Vardhan gave a snapshot of India’s efforts to contain COVID-19 at the outset: “The recovery rate has been climbing up and stands at 93.94% today. In the last 24 hours we have had the least number of Daily New cases in the last 61 days with just over 1 Lakh cases (1,00,636). 1,74,399 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours and our case fatality rate has been 1.20%. Today is the 25th day in succession where our daily recoveries outnumbered new cases.” Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725061

Centre to States: Unique Disability Identification Card (UDID) now acceptable as a Photo ID for registration on Co-WIN 2.0 It has been the constant endeavour of the Union Government to streamline the vaccination process for its universalization. In this backdrop, the Union Ministry of Health has written to the States/UTs today to include the Unique Disability Identification (UDID) Card as a Photo ID while registering on Co-WIN 2.0. As per the Guidance note for Co-WIN 2.0 issued on 2nd March 2021, seven prescribed Photo IDs were specified and prescribed for verification of beneficiary prior to their vaccination. In the letter written to the States and UTs, the Union Health Ministry has stated that the UDID card, issued to persons with disability by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, has all the necessary features such as the name, year of birth, gender and photograph of the person, and meets the criteria for use of identification in COVID-19 vaccination. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725057

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725008 4/10 6/7/2021 Press Information Bureau Inputs from PIB Field units Kerala:The review meeting to be chaired by Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan later today is likely to take a call on extending the lockdown in the state. The TPR has been below 15% for the last three consecutive days. It was 28.25 on May 8 when the lockdown started. On May 12, it rose again to 29.72. Yesterday it stood at 14.27 % with 14,672 new positive cases. However, the death toll is nearing 10,000. State Health Minister Veena George today informed the assembly that the vaccination drive in the state will be intensified in a targeted manner. So far a total of 1,03,82,765 people have been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 82,16,201 took first dose and 21,66,564 second dose.

Tamil Nadu: TN Chief Minister M.K. Stalin visited the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur on Sunday to take stock of the incidence of Covid-19 infection among Asiatic lions at the zoo. Black fungus has affected 921 persons in Tamil Nadu, officials said; State has so far received 2470 vials of Black Fungus drug Amphotericin-B from Centre. Three Oxygen express trains, carrying 354.92 MT of oxygen from Durgapur, Rourkela and Raipur reached Chennai on Sunday. Oxygen expresses have so far brought 3,315.69 MT of oxygen. The number of Covid-19 cases continued to fall in Tamil Nadu, with 20,421 fresh cases reported on Sunday. The tally of active cases stands at 2,44,289. So far, 22,37,233 people have tested positive.

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 06-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 12,209; Total Active Cases: 2, 54,505; New Covid Deaths: 320; Total Covid Deaths: 31,580. Around 57,519 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,51,12,744 having been vaccinated in the state till now. Covid-19 patient discharges are outstripping new cases being found daily, with officials describing the development as a sign of the state’s recovery from the second wave. The government is leading the creation of 20 thousand new jobs in the healthcare sector. Areas such as the maintenance of medical equipment that do not require much medical technology have been identified for this.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 8976 new Covid-19 cases after testing 83,690 samples with 90 deaths, while 13,568 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 17,58,339; Active cases: 1,23,426; Discharges: 16,23,447; Deaths: 11,466. A total of 1,08,52,057 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 82,75,784 first doses and 25,76,273 second doses. State Covid nodal officer ArjaSrikanth said the State government is setting up oxygen plants in all districts to meet the requirements of the Covid patients. With a drop in new infections for the past couple of days, the state government has decided to extend the partial curfew relaxation time by two more hours after June 10. Meanwhile, amid projections of a possible third wave of Covid-19 and its greater impact on children, nine kids in the age group of 4-10 were infected with the virus and admitted to Ruia Government General Hospital, Tirupati on Sunday. The State government is likely to come up with a plan of action to face the third wave. Plans are afoot to strengthen paediatric health care facilities in hospitals across the State.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725008 5/10 6/7/2021 Press Information Bureau Telangana:State Cabinet is meeting tomorrow to take stock of the Covid situation and lockdown in the state. A total of 1436 new Covid cases and 14 fatalities were reported in the state yesterday taking the total number of cases to 5,91,170 and fatalities to 3378. The number of active cases in the state now stands at 27,016 and recovery rate is reported to be at 94.85 against the national average of 93.62. A Mega Vaccination drive was taken up in Hyderabad yesterday where more than 40,000 individuals above 18 years of age received the vaccine. The vaccination drive was organised by the Medicover Hospitals, Cyberabad Police Commissionerate and Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC). About 3000 people were vaccinated per hour in the drive through 300 counters set up at the venue. Special vaccination drive for high risk groups in the state is going on and out of 10 lakh people identified in this category, about 4 lakh people have been vaccinated so far.

Maharashtra: As Maharashtra gears up for a five-level unlocking under its 'Break the Chain' initiative, the state has issued a fresh notification for Navi Mumbai and Thane's unlocking process that will begin today. A notification issued put Thane and Navi Mumbai civic areas in level 2 of the state government's five-level plan to ease restrictions from today based on the weekly positivity rate and the occupancy of oxygen beds.The Covid-19 vaccine trial among children of 12 to 18 years of age group has been started in Nagpur. The vaccine is being given by intramuscular mode to children.Maharashtra yesterday crossed the grim milestone of one lakh coronavirus deaths after 230 fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours. According to the health bulletin, the state witnessed 12,557 new coronavirus cases, taking the cumulative tally to 5,831,781. This is the lowest daily number of cases recorded in the state in nearly three months. Mumbai reported 794 fresh cases, 20 deaths and 833 people were discharged following their recovery. Gujarat: On Sunday, Gujarat recorded the deaths of 12 Covid positive patients, a 65-day low for the state. Gujarat recorded 848 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking its tally to 8,16,234, while the recovery count rose by 2,915 during the day to touch 7,88,293, which is over 96 per cent of the caseload. The cases are also down at an 84-day low at 848.2,26,335 people were vaccinated on Sunday, taking the overall number of doses administered so far in the state to 1,84,04,654. Rajasthan: In view of the drop in Covid-19 cases, the Ashok Gehlot-led government began the "unlock" process in the state by easing certain restrictions from June 2. Accordingly, government offices are now allowed to function with 25 per cent employees till June 7, and after that with 50 per cent employees. Private offices are allowed to remain open till 2 pm and can operate with 25 per cent employees. As per the new guidelines, organisation of wedding has been banned till June 30, while the number of people allowed to attend funerals has been capped at 20.Active coronavirus cases in Rajasthan dropped below the 20,000-mark. With the state reporting 904 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, active caseload in Rajasthan now stands at 18,575. Of the 904 new cases, Rajasthan’s capital Jaipur account for 169 cases.

Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh reported 735 new positive cases yesterday and 42 deaths while 1,934 patients recovered from infection. 44 districts of the state reported below 10 corona cases. The number of active cases in the state declined to 10,103. The state reported 0.9 per cent corona-positive rate.Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan while reviewing corona control arrangements has said that state should be made self-reliant in oxygen production before the possible third wave.     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725008 6/10 6/7/2021 Press Information Bureau Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh has reported 999 fresh cases of the Covid-19 yesterday. This is the lowest number of cases reported in the last about 80 days. Chhattisgarh has been witnessing a steady decline in cases of CoVID infection. The test positivity rate in the state has come down to less than 3 percent. The number of people recovering from the disease also outnumbered the number of people testing positive as 1909 patients discharged after recovery on Sunday. The number of COVID-19 cases continued to fall in various districts. Out of the 28 districts, in three districts cases were reported in single digit. While in remaining districts, cases were reported in double digits. Goa: Goa's coronavirus caseload went up by 403 and reached 1,59,393 on Sunday, while the day also saw 16 deaths and 1,449 recoveries. The state's toll stands at 2,760 and the recovery count is 1,49,479, leaving it with an active caseload of 7,154. With 3,022 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Goa went up to 8,45,942. Assam: 37 people succumbed to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Assam, while 2,228 new infections were detected from 73,648 tests done during the day. The positivity rate was 3.03 percent. Kamrup Metro saw 309 new cases. Manipur: Manipur on Sunday reported 9 fatalities and 823 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 8773 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The number of people who have been administered COVID-19 vaccine in Manipur reached 4,22,872, as per the latest updates. Nagaland: Nagaland's COVID positivity declined a bit with 77 new cases detected on Sunday along with 4 deaths. Active cases are 4732 while tally is 22,77,3. Tripura:In Tripura, 654 tested positive of COVID-19 with 6 deaths in last 24 hours. Positivity stands at 4.06% with total 16105 total samples tested. Sikkim: Sikkim registered 340 new COVID-19 cases from the 2548 samples tested on Saturday. The positivity rate, as perHealth department, is 13.34%.The State’s active COVID tally is 4306.

Meghalaya: In Meghalaya, 12 more persons have succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday taking the death toll in the state to 664. The Meghalaya Government will now allow citizens in the age group of 18-44 years to book vaccine slots on the spot.An official from the Health department informed that on the spot vaccination for the 18-44 group will begin tentatively from June 11 in selected centres. Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 579560. Number of active cases is 22160. Total Deaths reported is 15076. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1120741. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 309955. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 2982118. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 490177. Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 762291. Total active COVID-19 patients is 9097. Number of deaths is 8712. Cumulative coverage of vaccination is 6018309. Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 60659. Total number of Active Cases is 833. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 772. Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 194742. Total number of Active Cases is 9484. Total deaths reported till date is 3263.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1725008 7/10 6/7/2021 Press Information Bureau Important Tweets

While GOI is doing all it takes to ramp up vaccine production, it is essential that State Governments ensure proper utilisation of life-saving vaccines in these challenging times. https://t.co/shKUtFqhWO pic.twitter.com/q4KZcodLma — Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) June 7, 2021

Humbled to be of service to people of Sonbhadra, my adopted aspirational district. A decommissioned oxygen plant with capacity of 300 cylinders was revived when the second wave hit.

Since it only had 150 oxygen cylinders, I have been able to arrange the remaining 150 cylinders. pic.twitter.com/RpzAG4a6wL — Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) June 6, 2021

#OxygenExpress carrying 83.55 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen from Rourkela, Odisha arrived at Krishnapatnam Port, Andhra Pradesh yesterday.

Railways staff are working round the clock ensuring uninterrupted and swift supply of Medical Oxygen across nation. pic.twitter.com/JI8uMwxjzn — Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) June 6, 2021

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#CoronaVirusUpdates:

State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 7th June, 2021, 8 AM)

#IndiaFightsCorona:

Progress in last 24 hours (As on 07th June, 2021, till 08:00 AM)

✅Persons Recovered: 1.7 Lakh (1,74,399) ✅Vaccine Doses Administered: 13.9 Lakh (13,90,916) ✅Samples Tested: 15.8 Lakh (15,87,589)#Unite2FightCorona#LargestVaccinationDrive#We4Vaccine pic.twitter.com/r74P6DqNrq — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 7, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:#COVID19Vaccination Status (As on 7th June, 2021, 8:00 AM)

✅Total vaccine doses administered (so far): 23,27,86,482

✅Vaccine doses administered (in last 24 hours): 13,90,916#We4Vaccine #LargestVaccinationDrive@ICMRDELHI @DBTIndia pic.twitter.com/TaXEhz9ECH — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 7, 2021

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✅यदि आप किसी बच् को संकट मे पाते है तो कृ पया उचित सरकारी संसथा को सूचित करे ✅रिपोर् न करना अथवा बच् को सीधे गोद लेना या देना दंडनीय अपराध है ✅सोशल मीडिया प्टफॉर् पर इस तरह की गतिविधियो ं पर पैनी नजर रखी जा रही है@MinistryWCD @PIBWCD @NCPCR_ @NCWIndia @CHILDLINE1098 pic.twitter.com/CzwKOIch0H — Central Adoption Resource Authority, MWCD, GOI (@CARAWCD) June 7, 2021

With #Mucormycosis or #BlackFungus being one of the major concerns post #COVID19 recovery, here are the guidelines issued by the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) you should know about. Take a look! #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/W93W6W4H8N — MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) June 6, 2021

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 06 JUN 2021 6:38PM by PIB Delhi

India reports 1.14 Lakh Daily New Cases in last 24 hours, lowest in 60 days Declining trend sustained; Less than 2 Lakh Daily Cases since 10 successive days India's Active Caseload drops below 15 Lakh; at 14,77,799 today Active Cases decrease by 77,449 in last 24 hours More than 2.69 crore persons have recovered from COVID infection across the country so far 1,89,232 patients recovered during last 24 hours Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 24th consecutive day Steady rise in national Recovery Rate maintained; Recovery Rate increases to 93.67% Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 6.54% Fall in Daily Positivity Rate at 5.62% continues; less than 10% for 13 consecutive days With substantially ramped up capacity, 36.4 cr total tests conducted India crosses landmark of 23 cr vaccination coverage; 23.13 crore Vaccine Doses administered so far

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COVID-19 UPDATE India has reported 1,14,460 New Cases in the last 24 hours. This is the lowest in the last two months. The country has recorded less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 10 continuous days now. This is a result of collaborative and sustained efforts by the Centre and States/UTs following the “whole of Government” approach.India has been witnessing a continuous fall in the active cases.The country’s Active Caseload has dipped below 15 lakh mark; stands at 14,77,799 today. The Caseload is below 20 lakhs for six successive days.A net decline of 77,449 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 5.13%of the country's total Positive Cases. India reports 1.14 Lakh Daily New Cases, lowest in two months Less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 10 continuous days India's Active Caseload drops below 15 Lakh; at 14,77,799 today Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 24th consecutive day Steady rise in national Recovery Rate maintained; Recovery Rate increases to 93.67% Decline of Daily Positivity Rate to 5.62% continues trend of less than 10% positivity rate for 13 continuous days     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724905 3/7 6/7/2021 Press Information Bureau India crosses landmark of 23 cr vaccination coverage Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724874

COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE Government of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 24 crore vaccine doses (24,60,80,900) to States/UTs.Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 22,96,95,199 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.63 crore COVID Vaccine doses (1,63,85,701) are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724878

CSIR initiates clinical trials of drug Niclosamide for treatment of Covid-19 CSIR in collaboration with Laxai Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., has initiated Phase-II clinical trial with anti- helminitic drug Niclosamide for treatment of Covid-19. The trial is a multi-centric, phase-II, randomized, open label clinical study to evaluate efficacy, safety and tolerability of NIclosamide for the treatment of hospitalized Covid-19 patients. Niclosamide has been extensively used in past for treatment of tapeworm’s infection in adults as well as children. The safety profile of this drug has been tested over time and has been found safe for human consumption at different dose levels. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724905

Oxygen Expresses crosses milestone of 26000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country. Oxygen Expresses crossed mark of 26000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation. So far, Indian Railways has delivered more than 26281 MT of LMO in more than 1534 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 376 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724917

Busting Myths of Vaccination Liberalised Pricing and Accelerated National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy ensures Vaccine Equity. Private hospitals have received over 1.20 crore Doses of COVID vaccines in the month of May 2021

Government of India in close partnership with all the States/ UTs is running one of the largest COVID- 19 Vaccination drives in the world since 16th January 2021.There have been some media reports alleging vaccine inequity in India's Vaccination Drive. These reports are inaccurate and speculative in nature.A ‘Liberalised Pricing and Accelerated National COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy’ was adopted on 1st May 2021, which is guiding the ongoing Phase-III of COVID-19 vaccination Drive. It is reiterated that the https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724905 4/7 6/7/2021 Press Information Bureau Liberalised Vaccine policy, which envisages a larger role for the private sector and the Centre is setting aside 25% of vaccines for the private sector. This mechanism facilitates better access and reduces the operational stress on Government Vaccination facilities in terms of those who could afford to pay and would prefer to go to a private hospital. Details:https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724784

Dr Jitendra Singh contributes Rs. 10 Lakh for COVID affected children of his Lok Sabha constituency Dr Jitendra Singh yesterday contributed Rs. 10 Lakh, raised from voluntary/personal sources, for the COVID affected children of his Lok Sabha constituency of Udhampur-Kathua-Doda. Deputy Commissioner Kathua, Rahul Yadav received the cheque for the amount, in his capacity as the Nodal Authority for all the six districts of the constituency.During his visit to Kathua, Dr Jitendra Singh also met a group of children who had lost their bread-earner during the current pandemic. He said, it is not in any way possible to compensate for the loss of the near and dear ones, but to live up to the call of our conscience, we have sought to make a very small and a humble effort to stand by these children. Details :https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724738

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#OxygenExpress trains have achieved a milestone of delivering 25,000 MT of oxygen in service to the Nation via Green Corridors by ensuring timely & swift movement of life-saving oxygen for COVID-19 patients. pic.twitter.com/kNCwkzsUrN — Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) June 5, 2021

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Daily Air Transport of Vaccines in a temperature controlled seamless cold chain.

On 4 June 2021 10.36 Lakh doses flown to 21 destinations on 21 flights

Since January 2021 Over 21.66 Crore doses flown to 60 domestic stations on 1,418 flights@MoCA_GoI @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/JOSDSL6PUG — Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) June 5, 2021

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 6th June, 2021, 8 AM)

➡️States with 1-100000 confirmed cases ➡️States with 100001-810000 confirmed cases ➡️States with 810000+ confirmed cases ➡️Total no. of confirmed cases so far #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/FOmM4gcwLq — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 6, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:

Government of India has so far provided more than 24.60 crore vaccine doses to States/UTs Free of Cost (As on 6 June, 2021, 8:00 am)

➡️More than 1.63 crore doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered#We4Vaccine #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/ufNp8j2Lak — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 6, 2021

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#CoronaVirusUpdates:#COVID19 testing status update:@ICMRDELHI stated that 36,47,46,522 samples tested upto June 5, 2021

20,36,311 samples tested on June 5, 2021#IndiaFightsCorona #Unite2FightCorona #StaySafe @DBTIndia pic.twitter.com/lLYG1kstft — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 6, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:

Progress in last 24 hours (As on 06th June, 2021, till 08:00 AM)

✅Persons Recovered: 1.8 Lakh (1,89,232) ✅Vaccine Doses Administered: 33.5 Lakh (33,55,539) ✅Samples Tested: 20.3 Lakh (20,36,311)#Unite2FightCorona#LargestVaccinationDrive#We4Vaccine pic.twitter.com/Ailuupylcm — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 6, 2021

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 05 JUN 2021 6:19PM by PIB Delhi

India reports 1.20 Lakh Daily New Cases in last 24 hours, lowest in 58 days Less than 2 Lakh since 9 successive days On a sustained downward slope, India's Active Caseload further decreases to 15,55,248 Active Cases decrease by 80,745 in last 24 hours More than 2.67 crore persons have recovered from COVID infection across the country so far 1,97,894 patients have recovered during last 24 hours More daily Recoveries than Daily New Cases reported for 23 consecutive days Steady continuous increase in national Recovery Rate, stands at 93.38% today Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 6.89% Daily positivity rate further dips to 5.78%, less than 10% for 12 consecutive days With substantially ramped up Testing capacity, more than 36.1 cr tests total conducted so far 22.78 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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COVID-19 UPDATE India has reported 1,20,529 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours, its lowest in almost two months (last 58 days). The country has recorded less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 9 continuous days now. This is a result of collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs. India reports 1.20 lakh Daily New Cases in last 24 hours, lowest in nearly two months Less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 9 continuous days With 15,55,248 Active Cases, the Caseload is below 20 lakhs for five successive days Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 23rd consecutive day Recovery Rate increases to 93.38% Daily Positivity Rate further dips to 5.78%, continues the trend of less than 10% positivity for 12 continuous days More than 36.5 lakh vaccine doses administered in last 24 hours   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724633 4/8 6/5/2021 Press Information Bureau Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724611

PM Modi reviews progress of India’s vaccination drive PM Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting, yesterday, to review the progress of India’s vaccination drive. Officials gave a detailed presentation on various aspects of the vaccination drive. PM was briefed about the current availability of vaccines and the roadmap for ramping it up. He was also apprised about the efforts undertaken to help various vaccine manufacturers ramp up production of vaccines. Government of India is actively working with vaccine manufacturers & helping them in terms of facilitating more production units, financing and supply of raw materials. PM reviewed the status of vaccination coverage in health-care workers as well as front-line workers. He also took stock the vaccination coverage in the above 45 as well as 18-44 age group. PM also reviewed the status of vaccine wastage in various states. PM instructed that vaccine wastage numbers are still on the higher side and steps need to be taken to bring them down. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724544

COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE Government of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 24 crore vaccine doses (24,21,29,250) to States/UTs. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 22,27,33,963 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.93 crore COVID Vaccine doses (1,93,95,287) are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724628

Finance Minister SmtNirmalaSitharaman meets heads of insurance companies for faster claim settlement Union Finance Minister SmtNirmalaSitharaman met the heads of insurance companies through Video conferencing today to review the progress made under the Pradhan MantriGaribKalyan Package (PMGKP) Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19 and also to accelerate the disbursement of pending claims under the Pradhan MantriJeevanJyotiBimaYojana (PMJJBY) during the pandemic. She also stressed the importance of streamlining the process and documentation requirements under the schemes so that the claims are disbursed speedily. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724706

Government to prioritize vaccination to seafarers Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways (I/C) and Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri MansukhMandaviya has reviewed the status of vaccination to the seafarers. Shri Mandaviya suggested https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724633 5/8 6/5/2021 Press Information Bureau that the seafaring industry should not get hampered due to non-vaccination and emphasized that all efforts should be made to get the seafarers vaccinated before joining their scheduled duties on board. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724703

Oxygen Expresses crosses milestone of 25000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation Indian Railways is continuing its journey ofbringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country.Oxygen Expresses crossed the milestone of 25000 MT of LMO delivery in service to the Nation.So far, Indian Railways has delivered more than 25629 MT of LMO in more than 1503 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 368 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724669 “Covid-19 in Children: Threats & Precautions” CSIR’s new entity, the CSIR-National Institute of Science communication and Policy Research (NIScPR)), New Delhi, organized a half-day online session on COVID-19 in children yesterday (04 June 2021). The session was focused on the recent second wave outbreak and the impact of COVID-19 on children, threats and necessary protocols required for the safety of children. The Chief Guest of the webinar was Dr. V. Vijayalakshmi; Additional Commissioner (Academics), KVS (HQ), New Delhi and the Guest speaker was Prof. Dr. R. Somasekar, Professor of Pediatrics, SreeBalaji Medical College &Hosptial (SBMCH), Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Executive Board Member 2021, Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP). The program was attended by about 150 delegates including several dignitaries, faculty members, researchers and scientists, and students from various schools through the link made available on Face Book by CSIR-NIScPR. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724633

109th Session of ILC: Gangwar reiterates India's committment towards countering impact of Covid-19 pandemic Union Minister of State (i/c) for Labour and Employment Shri Santosh Gangwar has reiterated India's committment towards making all possible efforts to counter the impact of the pandemic, and emerge stronger. Addressing the virtual Non-Aligned Movement Labour Ministers Meeting under 109th Session of the ILC last evening, Shri Gangwar said, the world has witnessed loss of lives and livelihood, slowdown of economies, adverse impact on the entire sections of the society and especially, the weaker ones more unsafe. He said, there is need to ensure better support to the health-care systems, social protection and employment generation. Governments are required to deal with the pandemic and provide an effective response at policy levels, to balance business continuity, income security and above everything, well-being of all, he added. Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724632

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Reviewed India's vaccination drive including the steps being taken to assist vaccine manufacturers and the need to further reduce vaccine wastage. https://t.co/qpHima3Cto — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 4, 2021

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 5th June, 2021, 8 AM)

#IndiaFightsCorona:

푰풏풅풊풂'풔 #푽풂풄풄풊풏풂풕풊풐풏푫풓풊풗풆 풄풓풐풔풔풆풔 22.7 풄풓풐풓풆 풎풂풓풌 풐풇 풂풅풎풊풏풊풔풕풆풓풆풅 풅풐풔풆풔.

☑️#StaySafe, follow #COVIDAppropriateBehaviour and get yourself vaccinated #We4Vaccine #LargestVaccinationDrive pic.twitter.com/QVM9ueTkek — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 5, 2021

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#CoronaVirusUpdates:

Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on June 5th, 2021)

▶93.38% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (2,67,95,549) ▶05.42% Active cases (15,55,248) ▶1.20% Deaths (3,44,082)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/c28VpRAxSU — #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 5, 2021

Finance Minister @nsitharaman meets heads of insurance companies for faster claim settlement

FM emphasizes for streamlining process and documentation requirements under the schemes for enabling speedy claims disbursement

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PIB Headquarters PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 04 JUN 2021 7:16PM by PIB Delhi

India reports 1.32 Lakh Daily New Cases in last 24 hours, maintaining continued trend in decreasing Daily New Cases 2,07,071 patients recovered during last 24 hours More daily Recoveries than Daily New Cases for 22 consecutive days On a sustained upward slope, National Recovery Rate further increases to 93.08% Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 7.27% Daily positivity rate at 6.38%, less than 10% for 11 consecutive days 22.41 crore Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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COVID-19 UPDATE

On a continued downward slope, India's Active Caseload further declines to 16,35,993; less than 2 Lakh since 8 successive days     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724432 2/10 6/4/2021 Press Information Bureau Active Cases decrease by 77,420 in last 24 hours India reports 1.32 Lakh Daily New Cases in last 24 hours, maintaining continued trend in decreasing Daily New Cases More than 2.65 crore persons have recovered from COVID across the country so far 2,07,071 patients recovered during last 24 hours More daily Recoveries than Daily New Cases for 22 consecutive days On a sustained upward slope, National Recovery Rate further increases to 93.08% Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 7.27% Daily positivity rate at 6.38%, less than 10% for 11 consecutive days COVID Testing capacity substantially ramped up–35.7cr tests total conducted 22.41 crore Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

PM chairs meeting of CSIR Society

We have to prepare for the needs of this decade as well as the needs of the coming decades: PM Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Society today through video conference. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister remarked that the Corona pandemic has emerged as the biggest challenge of this century. But whenever there was a big humanitarian crisis in the past, science has prepared the way for a better future. He added that the basic nature of science is to create new strength by finding solutions and possibilities during crises. The Prime Minister lauded the scientists for the scale and speed at which the vaccines were made within a year, to save humanity from the pandemic. He said this is the first time such a big thing has happened in history. He added that in the previous century, inventions were made in other countries and India had to wait for many years. But today the scientists in our country are working at the same speed and at par with other countries. He appreciated the scientists for making India self-reliant on COVID-19 vaccines, testing kits, necessary equipment and new effective medicines in the fight against Corona. He said that bringing science and technology at par with developed countries is better for the industry and the market. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724359

Government caps Trade Margin on Oxygen Concentrators In view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to the COVID pandemic that has resulted in recent volatility in Maximum Retail Prices (MRP) of Oxygen Concentrators, the Government has decided to step-in to regulate the price of Oxygen Concentrators. As per information collected by the government, margin at the level of distributor currently ranges up to 198%. By invoking extraordinary powers under Para 19 of the DPCO, 2013 in larger public interest NPPA has capped the Trade Margin up to 70% on Price to Distributor (PTD) level on Oxygen Concentrators. Earlier, in February 2019 NPPA had successfully capped the Trade Margin on Anti-cancer Drugs. Based on the notified Trade Margin, NPPA has instructed the manufacturers / importers to report revised MRP within three days. Revised MRPs will be informed in public domain within a week by NPPA.  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724432 3/10 6/4/2021 Press Information Bureau For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724330

COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE Government of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 24 crore vaccine doses (24,21,29,250) to States/UTs. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 22,27,33,963 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.93 crore COVID Vaccine doses (1,93,95,287) are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724292

Indian visa or stay stipulation period of foreign nationals stranded in India due to COVID-19 pandemic to be considered as deemed to be valid till 31.08.2021

Due to non-availability of normal commercial flight operations on account of the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020, a number of foreign nationals who came to India prior to March 2020 on valid Indian visas had got stranded in India. Keeping in view the difficulties being faced by such foreign nationals in getting their visas extended in India due to the lockdown, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had issued an order on 29.06.2020 conveying that the Indian Visa or stay stipulation period of such foreign nationals expiring post 30.06.2020 shall be deemed to be valid until 30 more days from the date of resumption of normal international flight operations, on gratis basis. The matter has now been reconsidered by the MHA in the light of non- resumption of normal commercial flight operations, and it has accordingly been decided that the Indian visa or stay stipulation period of such foreign nationals stranded in India will be considered as deemed to be valid till 31.08.2021 on gratis basis without levy of any overstay penalty. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724392

Powergrid installs Oxygen Plant at District hospital, Jaisalmer Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), installed an Oxygen Plant at District Hospital, Jaisalmer, which was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot. The plant has been built at an estimated cost of ₹1.11 crore under CSR initiative. The installed oxygen plant has an 850 Litre/Min capacity, which will augment public health infrastructure of the state. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724432

Oxygen Expresses cross 10000 MT of LMO delivery to the Southern States of country

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724432 4/10 6/4/2021 Press Information Bureau Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country. So far, Indian Railways has delivered more than 24840 MT of LMO in more than 1463 tankers to various states across the country.It may be noted that 359 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States.Oxygen Expresses crossed 10000 MT of LMO delivery to the Southern States of country. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724375

INPUTS FROM PIB FIELD OFFICES Kerala: Announcing aRs 20,000 crore package to tide over the crisis induced by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, State Finance Minister K N Balagopal today presented the maiden budget of the second LDF government. He also set aside Rs 1,000 crore for free vaccination for everyone aged above 18 years. An additional 500 crores would be spent to ensure related equipment and facilities for free vaccination. A new oxygen plant with a capacity of 150 metric tons will be set up and a special block to deal with communicable diseases will be formed in Medical colleges. All hospitals will also be equipped with isolation wards. Meantime, the Kerala High Court has directed the state government to vaccinate at home, bedridden patients and senior citizens who are unable to travel outside. A division bench of the Court also asked the government to take a decision on the matter within 10 days. Meanwhile, Kerala recorded 18,853 new Covid cases on Thursday. With 153 new fatalities, the death toll mounted to 9375.The test positivity rate was 15.22 %. A total of 99,53,059 people has so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 78,21,551 had first dose and 21,31,508 second dose.

Tamil Nadu: Chief Minister M.K. Stalin chaired a meeting with representatives of Bharat Biotech International Limited at the Secretariat on Thursday to discuss the establishment of the company’s vaccine manufacturing units in Tamil Nadu. CM Stalin wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan seeking immediate allocation of at least 30,000 vials of liposomal Amphotericin B to Tamil Nadu to treat mucormycosis patients. He said 673 cases had been detected in the State. Hosur co. gets nod to make Amphotericin B: Hosur-based MylanPharma has been granted permission to produce Amphotericin B. The Greater Chennai Corporation is planning to conduct a serosurvey in the city in a fortnight. The serosurvey will be the first to be done in the second wave of the COVID 19 pandemic. The daily count of Covid-19 infections dropped below the 25,000 mark in TN on Thursday. A total of 24,405 people tested positive and 460 died of the infection, taking the tally of cases to 21,72,751 and toll to 25,665. Till date 96,19,198 have been vaccinated across TN, of which 75,44,779 received first dose and 20,74,419 received second dose.

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 03-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 18,324; Total Active Cases: 2,86,798; New Covid Deaths: 514; Total Covid Deaths: 30,531. Around 1,82,306 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,43,27,273 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday announced the second package of Rs 500 crore for various classes who have been hit by the corona lockdown. Karnataka has the third highest number of tests in the country, with the total number exceeding 3.01 crore. Express train carrying 110.84 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen from Gujarat arrived at the city’s Whitefield ICD depot on Wednesday night. A total of 2,784.47 tonnes of Oxygen has been shipped to the state, Southwest Railways said.  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724432 5/10 6/4/2021 Press Information Bureau

Andhra Pradesh:State reported 11,421 new Covid-19 cases after testing 86,223 samples with 81 deaths, while 16,223 got discharged during the last 24 hours. A total of 1,03,37,846 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 77,83,529 first doses and 25,54,317 second doses. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy sought the support of Kerala CM PinarayiVijayan and Chief Ministers of other States for a collaborative effort to speak in one voice and urge the Centre to take the responsibility of Covid-19 vaccination drive across the country. Meanwhile, as part of Operation SamudraSetu II, INS Airavat of the Eastern Naval Command arrived at Visakhapatnam yesterday with Covid relief stores which includes 158 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen in seven Cryogenic Oxygen Tanks, 2722 Oxygen Cylinders and 10 ventilators from Vietnam and Singapore which were facilitated by the Indian Missions. The consignment is being handed over to various government agencies and NGOs after disembarkation.

Telangana:As directed by the State High Court, the Health Department is taking steps to ensure that the private hospitals return the excess amount collected for treatment from Covid patients and committees are being formed to pursue the matter with the concerned private hospitals. Till now a total of 62.23 Lakh doses of Covid vaccines have been administered to various sections of the society and still 9 lakh doses of vaccine stock is available with the health department as on yesterday. Meanwhile, as many as 2,261 new Covid cases and 18 deaths were reported yesterday taking the cumulative number of Covid cases in the state to 5,85,489 and fatalities to 3,331. Number of Active cases in the state now stands at 32,579.

Assam:46 more Covid patients died in Assam on Thursday even as 4,309 new infections were detected during the day from 1,07,075 tests. The positivity rate was 4.02 percent. Assam Health Minister KeshabMahanta said that an additional 200 ICU beds are under construction at the parking area of the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital would be ready by mid June.Assam CM HimantaBiswaSarma said that by December this year all people in the state will be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Manipur:The number of daily COVID-19 positive cases in the state dipped from 729 on Wednesday to 621 on Thursday with death of 10 persons in last 24 hrs. The State Government approved the Catholic Church’s proposal of setting up a dedicated COVID-19 ward at the Catholic Medical Center (CMC) Hospital at Koirengei in Imphal . A total of 4,01,133 have been administered COVID-19 vaccine in Manipur.

Meghalaya:Meghalaya witnessed a dip in COVID-19 casualties on Thursday with nine deaths reported on the day, taking the death toll to 625. Recoveries continued to outnumber fresh infections bringing the total active caseload down to 6,352.As many as 552 new cases were recorded on Thursday whereas 594 patients recuperated from the disease. Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said the state government will take a call on the lockdown after weighing the rates of positivity and hospitalisation as well as the recovery trend.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724432 6/10 6/4/2021 Press Information Bureau Sikkim:289 new Covid casesin Sikkim, four deaths : Out of 1717 tests done onThursday, Sikkim recorded 289 new Covid positive cases. There were four new Covid-related deaths. The total active tally now is 4,184and total death tally so far stand at 263 in the State.

Tripura:After spike in positive cases on wednesday, the overall positivity rate in the state has again come down to 4.77% with detection of 677 positive cases and death of 5 in last 24 hours. Total tests done in last 24 hours is 14,188.

Nagaland:Nagaland registered 168 new Covid cases and 5 deaths on Thursday. Active cases were 4711 while tally went up to 22,240.

Maharashtra: The Maharashtra State Disaster Management Department has prepared a 5-level unlock plan for the state on the basis of weekly positivity rate and status of occupancy of oxygen beds in the districts. The Chief Minister's Office (CMO) has, however, clarified that the current set of curbs would continue and a final decision is yet to be taken on approving the unlock strategy. The state government said, corona infection is still not completely eradicated in the state and infection is still on the rise in some places in rural areas.Maharashtra Minister Vijay Wadettiwar has informed that the state government has decided to cancel the Class 12 state board examinations in view of the ongoing second wave of COVID-19 and a possible third wave. The state government’s decision to scrap final examinations comes after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) cancelled their 12th board exams.

Gujarat: Gujarat government has announced the reopening of markets for longer hours from today. According to the official sources, all shops, shopping complexes, hair-cutting saloons, beauty parlors, marketing yards and other commercial establishments can now remain open from 9am to 6pm. The relaxations will be applicable in 36 cities and towns of the state including 8 big municipal corporations. However, the night curfew will remain in force till one more week from 9pm to 6am. According to the new relaxed guidelines, the restaurants can provide take-away service until 10pm now.Gujarat recorded 1,207 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of cases to 8,13,270. As many as 3,018 patients were discharged during the day. The tally of recoveries went up to 7,78,976. The state's recovery rate stood at 95.78 per cent. Gujarat now has 24,404 active cases, 429 of them on ventilator.

Rajasthan: Forty-four COVID-19 related deaths and 1,258 fresh cases were reported in Rajasthan on Thursday, taking the total number of fatalities and positive cases to 8,559 and 9,43,494 respectively. A total of 9,07,527 COVID patients have recovered from the infection while the number of active cases at present is 27,408.

Madhya Pradesh: With the addition of 846 fresh cases of coronavirus and 50 casualties, the tally of infections in Madhya Pradesh rose to 7,82,945, while the toll reached 8,207 on Thursday. At least 3,746 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recoveries 7,60,552. The https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724432 7/10 6/4/2021 Press Information Bureau number of active cases in the state stands at 14,186. No new positive case has been reported in three districts of Alirajpur, Jhabua and Katni. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while reviewing the situation and arrangements of Corona in the state, has said that now no district of the state is in the Red Zone from the point of view of COVID infection. The state is rapidly coming out of the Corona infection. The weekly average positivity rate of all 52 districts is less than five per cent. . Chhattisgarh: In Chhattisgarh, the recovery rate from COVID infection has increased to almost 97 percent. The test positivity rate in the state has come down to about three percent. Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 caseload rose to 9,76,760 on Thursday with addition of 1,619 cases, while the death toll went up by 22 to reach 13,139. The number of recoveries reached 9,34,243 after 756 people were discharged from various hospitals while 3,098 others completed their home isolation during the day. The number of active cases in the state stands at 29,378.

Goa: Goa's coronavirus caseload rose to 1,57,847, after 572 persons tested positive for the infection on Thursday. At least 1,695 patients were discharged from hospitals, while 17 died of the infection during the day. With this, the count of recoveries reached 1,45,437 and the toll stood at 2,710. There are currently 9,700 active cases in the state.

Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 574114. Number of active cases is 28673. Total Deaths reported is 14840. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1060266. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 307979. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 2902938. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 482417. Total 18-44 years age group Vaccinated with 1st dose is 477700.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 760019. Total active COVID-19 patients is 12688. Number of deaths is 8532. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 5898869.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 60399. Total number of Active Cases is 1135. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 762.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 193137. Total number of Active Cases is 11057. Total deaths reported till date is 3217.

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India reports 1.34 lakh Daily New Cases in last 24 hours; Less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 7 continuous days Daily India has reported 1,34,154 Daily New Cases in the last 24 hours. The country has recorded less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 7 continuous days now. This is a result of collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs. India has been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. 17,13,413 active cases have been reported today. A net decline of 80,232 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 6.02%of the country's total Positive Cases. India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 21st consecutive day. 2,11,499 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 7.66% while the Daily Positivity rate has reduced and is at 6.21% today. It has remained less than 10% for 10 consecutive days now.  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724126 3/9 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau A total of 22,10,43,693 vaccine doses have been administered through 31,24,981 sessions, as per the  provisional report till 7 am today. For details:https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723955  COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE Government of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 24crore vaccine doses (24,17,11,750) to States/UTs. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 21,96,49,280 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today).  More than 2 crore COVID Vaccine doses (2,20,62,470) are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723959

Union Ministry of Health finalises advance arrangement with M/s Biological-E Ltd., Hyderabad for 30 cr COVID19 Vaccine doses Union Ministry of Health has finalised arrangements with Hyderabad based vaccine manufacturer Biological-E to reserve 30 crore of COVID-19 vaccine doses. These vaccine doses will be manufactured and stockpiled by M/s Biological-E from August-December 2021. For this purpose, the Union Ministry of Health would be making an advance payment of Rs. 1500 crore to M/s Biological-E. The COVID-19 vaccine of Biological-E is currently undergoing Phase-3 clinical trial after showing promising results in Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials. The vaccine being developed by Biological-E is a RBD protein sub-unit vaccine and is likely to be available in the next few months. The proposal of M/s Biological-E was examined and recommended for approval after due diligence by National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC). For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723933

Advisory to General Entertainment channels for promotion of national helpline numbers Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today issued advisory to all private General Entertainment (non-news) television channels to promote awareness of the following national helpline numbers by way of a ticker or such appropriate ways as they may consider at periodical intervals, especially during prime time

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Pune Airport transports over 10 crore doses of vaccines across the country since January 2021 Pune Airport has been playing significant role as the hub for the distribution of Serum Institute’s Covidshield vaccine across India. More than 10 crore doses of Covid Vaccine from 12th January 2021 till 27th May 2021, approximately 9052 Pieces (approx. 2,89,465wgt. in kgs) have been transported through various airlines from Pune Airport to different destinations such as Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Goa, Jaipur, Port Blair, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Patna, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Leh, Karnal, Hyderabad, Guwahati, Ranchi, Jammu, Cochin, Dehradun, Srinagar and Trivandrum. India's Airports across the country are contributing by ensuring seamless transport & shipment of vaccines and other essential medical supplies across the length and breadth of the country. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1724079

Busting Myths on Vaccination; More than 1 crore Doses of COVID vaccines have been distributed to Tamil Nadu till 2nd June, 2021 There have been some Media Reports suggesting shortage of vaccines in Tamil Nadu. These reports are factually incorrect and without any basis. As on 2nd June 2021, more than 1 crore doses of COVID vaccines have been distributed to Tamil Nadu, of which 93.3 lakhs doses have been consumed. Total 7.24 lakhs doses are currently available with the State. Tamil Nadu has also been provided information of the total number of doses of vaccines available to the State from Government of India channel, free of cost, for the first & second fortnight of June, 2021. Total 7.48 lakh vaccine doses for Tamil were available through Govt. of India channel from 1st June, 2021 to 15th June 2021 and additional 18.36 lakh vaccine doses for Tamil Nadu are also available through Govt. of India channel from 15th June to 30th June 2021. For details: https://www.pib.gov .in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=17241 16  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724126 5/9 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau

 INPUTS FROM PIB FIELD UNITS Kerala:The State government has included 11 more categories, in the priority group under the 18-44 age group for Covid-19 vaccination. As many as 32 categories of people belonging to the age group were included in the group earlier by considering them as frontline workers. As per the new decision, field workers of Meteorology Department, field workers of Metro rail, field worker of water metro, Hajj pilgrims, ambulance drivers, bank employees, medical representatives, Air India field officers, police trainees, volunteers working in the field and all above 18 years in Tribal colonies will also come in the priority group. Judicial Officers and staff of High Court and Subordinate Courts, bedridden patients of the age group between 18 and 44 and age group above 45 years have also been included in this list. Meanwhile, Kerala recorded highest single-day toll of 213 deaths yesterday with the death toll mounting to 9222. 19,661 new Covid cases were also reported and TPR was at 15.3%. A total of 97,27,370 people have so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 76,19,545 had first dose and 21,07,825 second dose. Tamil Nadu:Students, teachers, parents and academicians in Tamil Nadu have requested the State government to cancel the Class 12 board examinations taking a cue from the central government's decision cancelling both the CBSE exams. Black Fungus: TN Health Department said that the government has established 312 beds in Government hospitals in Chennai to exclusively cater to those affected by Black Fungus. Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday asked the Union government to ensure supply of vaccine doses proportionate to the population of Tamil Nadu to recommence vaccination drive and operationalize the Integrated Vaccine Complex (IVC) in Chengalpet at the earliest. TN’s Covid-19 toll crossed 25,000 on Wednesday as 483 more people succumbed to the infection. Across the State, there was a further dip in fresh infections, with 25,317 people testing positive for Covid-19. Till date 93,39,816 have been vaccinated across the State, of which 72,77,828 received first dose and 20,61,988 received second dose. Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 02-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 16,387; Total Active Cases: 2, 93,024; New Covid Deaths: 463; Total Covid Deaths: 30,017; Around 1,21,723 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,40,22,690 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Chief Minister has given priority to preparing for the possible Covid 3rd wave, ensuring the submission of a study report within a week by task force headed by expert Dr Devi Prasad Shetty on Wednesday. The government is supplying nutritious food to workers who are engaged in smart city works. Since the start of the lockdown, thousands of workers have been served breakfast and lunch three times a day. To accelerate testing for Covid-19 and arrest the pandemic spread, a quicker option is ready to be unfurled at the Kempegowda International Airport on Thursday - mobile van testing. The vans equipped with mobile laboratories can conduct up to 2,000 tests daily. Andhra Pradesh: State reported 12,768 new Covid-19 cases after testing 98,048 samples with 98 deaths, while 15,612 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 17,17,156; Active cases: 1,43,795; Discharges: 15,62,229; Deaths: 11,132. A total of 1,02,25,904 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 76,78,110 first doses and 25,47,794 second doses. Nearly 3.60 lakh Covishield vaccine doses from the Serum Institute reached Vijayawada airport today. The State also received 50 oxygen cylinders and another 50 oxygen concentrators from Delhi. Vijayawada International Airport resumed operation of international flights destined to Gulf nations and https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724126 6/9 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau Singapore from Wednesday after a gap of nearly two months since April 3. Anti-Covid-19 jab to students and employees aged below 45 years and going abroad for study or work is also being  administered. Students hail the decision as they need to go abroad by the end of July to join universities. Telangana:Telangana High Court has ordered the State Health Department to issue revised order fixing maximum rates for Covid-related treatments and tests in private hospitals. The Court also asked the health department- instead of cancelling licences of the hospitals for collecting exorbitant charges for Covid treatment- to take steps to ensure that these hospitals return the money to the patients. The Health Department is conducting special vaccination drive from today to inoculate auto and cab drivers in the state. The students going abroad for higher studies will be vaccinated from 5th of this month. Meanwhile, a total of 2,384 new daily Covid cases and 17 fatalities were reported yesterday taking the cumulative number of positive cases in the state to 5,83,228 and fatalities to 3,313. The total number of Active cases in the state now stands at 33,379 and the recovery rate is reported to be at 93.70 percent against the national average of 92.4 percent. Assam: Assam reported 4,178 new COVID- 19 positive cases and 61 deaths on Wednesday, the National Health Mission bulletin said. The COVID-19 positivity rate in the State is 4 per cent. Private hospitals in Guwahati have begun administering vaccine doses to people, including the 18-44 age catagory. Manipur:14 persons succumbed to the virus and 729 people were found positive during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 9035.Manipur Chief Minister, N Biren Singh interacted with leaders of different religious organisations at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat today and later it was agreed that a joint prayer of all religions to seek divine intervention to end COVID-19 and save everybody from the pandemic would also be held at the western gate of Kangla at 10 am on June 7.The number of COVID-19 beds in RIMS hospital has been increased from 143 to 224, according to director, Prof. A Santa Singh. Nagaland:Nagaland reported 218 new COVID-19 cases and 14 fatalities on Wednesday. Current active cases are 4832 and total 22,072. Rise in COVID-19 cases in rural areas of the state worries Health Dept. Situation improving a bit in Dimapur&Kohima, says Principal Director H&FW DeptDrNeikheileiKhimiao on Wednesday.Church leaders in Noklak district take vaccine jabs. Says there are no religious sanctions on Covid vaccination & urged followers to come forward and avail the vaccine. Tripura:Tripura Chief Minister, launches COVID-19 special relief package for providing food packets and financial assistance to the poor and the needy families. Meanwhile Tripura Deputy CM who also holds finance portfolio chaired a meeting with financial institutions operating in the state for declaration of Loan Moratorium. Tripura in last 24 hours recorded 571 positive cases and 9 deaths, while 458 patients recovered. Sikkim: Sikkim's daily cases of COVID-19 dropped below 300 in last five days. On Wednesday, 250 fresh infections were reported. The death toll, meanwhile, climbed to 260 with three deaths in a day. The number of active cases of novel coronavirus in Sikkim currently stands at 4,103 while Sikkim’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded thus far has now reached 15,876. Maharashtra: In a bid to control the spread of Covid-19 infection in rural areas and to make the villages free from Corona virus, the Maharashtra government has announced a competition to award the villages which would eradicate the virus from their villages.   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724126 7/9 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau Maharashtra Government has decided to deposit a one-time amount of Rs five lakh in the bank accounts of children who have lost both their parents due to COVID-19. This amount will be given to the child  after he or she attains the age of 21 years.The Bombay High Court has said mucormycosis is no more a rare disease in Nagpur, and directed the Centre and the state government to take all steps to ensure adequate supply of medicines used in the treatment. Gujarat: Union home minister Amit Shah virtually inaugurated nine medical oxygen plants set up at government hospitals in different parts of Gujarat.The oxygen plants have been set up by an NGO - Vallabh Youth Organisation - at hospitals in Tilakvada, Sagbara, Ahmedabad (Sola civil), Daskroi in Ahmedabad district, Kalavad, Kapadvanj, Bhanwad, Mehsana and Porbandar. Gujarat reported 1,333 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the tally to 8,12,063, while 18 patients died and nearly 4,100 recovered from the infection. As many as 4,098 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, pushing the number of recovered cases in the state to 7,75,958. The state's recovery rate has further improved to 95.55 per cent. The number of active cases in the state now stands at 26,232 with 452 patients being on ventilators. Rajasthan: The Rajasthan Government has decided to prepare a package to help children who lost their parents due to Covid. The government also decided that the community health centers will be strengthened in view of the expected third wave of Covid-19. The State Government has decided to cancel the examinations of Class 10th and 12th of Rajasthan Secondary Education Board.74 persons died due to mucormycosis or black fungus from 1,524 such cases reported in the state, so far. The highest number of black fungus deaths have been reported from Jaipur. Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh reported below 1,000 corona cases on Wednesday, registering 991 fresh cases and 45 deaths while 4,113 Covid patients recovered from infection. The corona-positive rate reduced to 1.2 per cent. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed private hospitals in the state attached under Ayushman Bharat Yojana for free treatment to ensure best treatment to Covid patients.In Indore, the administration has launched a drive-in vaccination facility for people above 45 years of age. Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 tally rose to 9,75,141 on Wednesday as 1,792 more people tested positive for the infection, while 40 fresh fatalities took the toll to 13,117. The number of recoveries reached to 9,30,389 after 726 people were discharged from various hospitals, while 2,518 others completed their home isolation during the day. The number of active cases in the state stands at 31,635.The coronavirus case positivity rate declined to 3.2 per cent on Wednesday, while the average recovery rate has reached 95 per cent in the state as on May 31. Over 70.40 lakh vaccine doses against COVID-19 have been administered to people in all eligible categories in the state. Goa: Goa on Wednesday reported 706 new coronavirus positive cases and 22 fatalities, taking the tally to 1,57,275 and the toll to 2,693. A total of 1,711 patients were discharged during the day, taking the count of recoveries in Goa so far to 1,43,742. Goa is now left with 10,840 active cases. Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 571970. Number of active cases is 31133. Total Deaths reported is 14748. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 932092. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 254718. Total https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1724126 8/9 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 2862633. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 488899.  Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 759039. Total active COVID-19 patients are 14668. Number of deaths is 8461. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 5831510. Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases are 60288. Total number of Active Cases is 1251. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 761.  MV 

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India’s Daily New Cases stand at 1.32 lakh Less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 6 continuous days Recovery Rate further climbs to 92.48% Daily Positivity Rate at 6.57% continues trend of less than 10% positivity for 9 continuous days

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Daily Positivity Rate at 6.57% continues trend of less than 10% positivity for 9 continuous days As part of continued decline in the daily new cases,India has reported 1.32 lakh New Cases in the last 24 hours.1,32,788Daily New Cases were registered in the last 24 hours. The country has recorded less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 6 continuous days now.  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723797 2/10 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau India’s Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 20th consecutive day. 2,31,456recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Out of the people infected since beginning of the pandemic 2,61,79,085 people have already recovered from COVID-19 &2,31,456patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of92.48%, which is showing an increasing trend. A total of 20,19,773 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country and cumulatively India has conducted over 35 crore (35,00,57,330) tests so far. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 8.21% while the Daily Positivity rate has reduced and is at 6.57% today. It has remained less than 10% for 9 consecutive days now. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 21.85 Cr today under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.A total of 21,85,46,667vaccine doses have been administered through 30,91,543 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. For details:https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723613

Busting Myths of Vaccination Government of India has been supporting the efforts of States and UTs for an effective Vaccination drive under the ‘Whole of Government” approach since 16th January, this year. In order to streamline availability of the vaccine doses, the Central Government has been constantly in touch with the vaccine manufacturers and has opened up different procurement options for states/UTs since 1stMay 2021. There have been several unfounded media reports that have peddled misinformation among the masses regarding this exercise of national importance.There have been media reports alleging the Union Government promising 120 million doses of vaccines during June2021 while administering only around 58 million doses from the total of 79 million doses available in the month of May.This report is factually incorrect and without any basis. As per the data at 7:00 am, on 1st June 2021, between 1st-31st May 2021, a total of 61.06 million doses of vaccines have been administered by States/ UTs. A total of 16.22 million balance and unutilized doses were available with States/ UTs. The total vaccines shots available from 1st May – 31stMay 2021 were 79.45 million. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723628 More than 23 crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs Government of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 23 crore vaccine doses (23,35,86,960) to States/UTs. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 21,71,44,022 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.64 crore COVID Vaccine doses (1,64,42,938) are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723633      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723797 3/10 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau 500-bed COVID Care hospital set up by DRDO inaugurated in Haldwani, Uttarakhand A 500-bed COVID Care Hospital set up by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Haldwani was virtually inaugurated by Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Tirath Singh Rawat on June 02, 2021. This facility comprises 375 oxygen beds and 125 ICU beds with ventilators. With 100 per cent power backup, it is centrally air conditioned for all weather conditions. Pathology laboratory, Pharmacy, X-Ray and ECG etc. are inherent part of the facility. The Centre will become fully operational from June 03, 2021. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723653

Centre takes steps to accelerate domestic vaccine production With the aim of vaccinating the entire eligible population at the earliest, domestic vaccine production is being steadily ramped up in the country with help from the Centre. As part of this initiative, three public enterprises are being supported by the Department of Biotechnology under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 Mission CovidSuraksha. These enterprises are the 1. Haffkine Biopharmaceutical Corporation Ltd, Mumbai, 2. Indian Immunologicals Ltd, Hyderabad and 3. Bharat Immunologicals&Biologicals Ltd, Bulandshahar, UP. HaffkineBiopharma, a Maharashtra state PSU is getting ready to manufacture Covaxin vaccine under technology transfer arrangement with Bharat Biotech Ltd, Hyderabad. The production will take place at the Parel complex of the company. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723608

A new AI-driven platform will facilitate early-COVID interventions over Whatsapp A new AI-driven platform will now help early intervention through rapid screening of COVID 19 with the help of Chest X-ray interpretation over WhatsApp for doctors who have access to X-ray machines. The solution called XraySetu can work with low-resolution images sent via mobiles, is quick and easy to use, and can facilitate detection in rural areas. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723592

“The time to act is now” says Dr Harsh Vardhan while virtually addressing 149th Session of the WHO Executive Board Meeting Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare in his capacity as Chairperson, Executive Board, World Health Organization (WHO) addressed the 149th Session of the WHO Executive Board Meeting from NirmanBhawan today through Video Conference. Dr. Harsh Vardhan successfully completes his tenure as Chairperson of Executive Board of WHO today.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723797 4/10 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau .Dr. Harsh Vardhan reminded the audience of the brave, distinguished and honourable men and women who as COVID Warriors across the world have given away their lives so that humanity may survive. For details:https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723785

Union Minister Shri MansukhMandaviya inaugurates oxygen plant and fire fighting system at Deendayal port trust hospital Union Minister of State (I/C) for Ports, Shipping & Waterways Shri MansukhMandaviya inaugurated Medical Oxygen Generator Unit with Medical oxygen copper piping network and associated facilities like Firefighting system and Automatic oxygen source changeover system through oxygen cylinder bank, at Deendayal Port Trust hospital, Gopalpuri, Gandhidham (Kutch) virtually today. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723796

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan dedicates 100-bedded COVID care facility in Rourkela Steel Plant, Odisha Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today dedicated to the nation, IspatNidaanKendra,a 100-bedded COVID care facility in SAIL’s Rourkela Steel Plant, Odisha. The facility will be later scaled up to 500 beds. All the beds in this Jumbo COVID-care facility have the provision of gaseous oxygen directly through dedicated line drawn directly from the oxygen unit of the steel plant. The provision of gaseous oxygen will help in getting rid of the need to replenish cylinders and the logistic issues, besides ensuring uninterrupted availability of the life saving gas. This jumbo facility, which has been set up within a record time, is in addition to the beds and ICU beds already made available earlier for fight against COVID. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723797

INPUTS FROM PIB FIELD OFFICES Maharashtra: The Health Department has said that no significant change was seen in Covid19 infection in children after reviewing the data of Covid-19 patients of past six months in the state. This was informed by the additional chief secretary of the state's Health Department Dr. Pradeep Vyas. It was found that the infection has occurred to 1.3 percent in the age group of 0 to 5 years, 2.4 percent in 6 to 11 years, 4.1 percent in the 12 to 17 years during November 2020 to April 2021. The percentage of the whole age group between zero to 17 years was 7.8 percent. There are about 4,000 cases of mucormycosis in the state at present, informed State Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday. The State Government has made arrangements to treat all patients with mucormycosis free of cost, he further informed. Treatment rates of COVID-19 in private hospitals at the tehsil and district levels have been reduced by the State Government to give relief to patients outside big cities. Gujarat: Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has cancelled the Class XII Board Examination, informed State Education Minister BhupendrasinhChudasama. 1561 new COVID-19 cases have been reported on Tuesday. There are 29,015 active patients in the state where recovery rate is 95.21%. On Tuesday, 1.96 lakh people have been vaccinated. Till date, 1,10,205 people in the 18-44 https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723797 5/10 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau years age group have been given COVID-19 vaccine in the state.

Rajasthan: Rajasthan reported 1002 new COVID-19 cases, 65 deaths, and 6114 recoveries on Tuesday. There are 37,477 active cases at present. Maximum new cases were reported from Jaipur (233), followed by Alwar (111) and Udaipur (107). Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh reported 987 active cases of mucormycosis. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that special attention is being paid to the treatment of mucormycosis in the state and to ensure timely delivery of Amphotericin-B and other medicines to every hospital that is treating it. Out of 20 thousand 303 active patients of Corona in the state, 12 thousand 906 patients are in home isolation. ‘Kill Corona’ Campaign is being run in rural and urban areas in the state. So far 11,341 Covid patients have been treated free of cost under the CovidUpcharYojana in the state. The state cabinet approved the implementation of MukhyaMantri Covid-19 YoddhaKalyan Scheme for the period of two months for personnel serving like warriors in prevention of Covid-19 epidemic. The state cabinet also gave approval to various points of the Covid-19 BalKalyanScheme and MukhyaMantri Covid-19 VisheshAnugrahYojana. Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 Examination has been cancelled in view of the pandemic. The state has reported 1078 new COVID-19 cases, 45 deaths, and 4120 recoveries on Tuesday. Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh reported 1886 new COVID-19 cases along with 4471 recoveries on Tuesday.The positivity rate is continuously decreasing in the state and was at 3.1% as on Tuesday. In the state, 20.20% citizens, that is 59.20 lakh people have received atleast one dose of the vaccine. In the age group of 18-44 years, 7.89 lakh people have received the first dose. Goa: Goa reported 903 new COVID-19 cases along with 22 fatalities and 1777 recoveries on Monday. The state has witnessed a downward trend in deaths on Tuesday There are 11,867 active cases in the state at present. With the vaccination of 4009 people on Tuesday, the total number of vaccines administered in Goa has reached 5,21,940. Kerala: The Kerala Assembly today unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to provide free universal vaccination. The resolution also wants the Centre to float global tenders to procure vaccines for the entire country rather than asking states to purchase separately. Meanwhile, the state reported 19,760 new Covid cases on Tuesday. The TPR stands at 15.13%. The death toll has crossed 9,000. A total of 96,42,277 people has so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 75,44,092 had first dose and 20,98,185 second dose.

Tamil Nadu:Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday said the lockdown to contain the spread of Covid- 19 could not be extended endlessly and people’s cooperation was needed to put a full stop to it soon. As many as 518 people have been affected by mucormycosis in Tamil Nadu so far, and of these, 17 have died, Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian said on Tuesday. The State’s daily Covid-19 case count dipped to 26,513 on Tuesday, bringing its active caseload below the 3 lakh-mark. However, the toll due to the infection remained high, as 490 more people, including a 105-year-old woman, succumbed to it. Tamil Nadu, which had announced the suspension of vaccination drive from Wednesday, is to continue inoculating people after it received 4.95 lakh vaccines from the central      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723797 6/10 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau government on Tuesday night. The Tamil Nadu Department of Prisons and Correctional Services has vaccinated 30% of the 4,297 convicts lodged in prisons across the State. Till date 92,35,652 have been vaccinated across TN, of which 71,85,963 received first dose and 20,49,689 received second dose. Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 01-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 14,304; Total Active Cases: 2,98,299; New Covid Deaths: 464; Total Covid Deaths: 29,554. Around 1,62,227 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,38,46,247 having been vaccinated in the state till now. The government has received 5.76 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine on Tuesday in the Central government quota. The total quantity of Covishield obtained from the Center is 1.14 crore doses. On Tuesday, 352 tonnes of oxygen were delivered by 3 trains in a single day. The state has so far received 2561.24 tons of oxygen. The number of new cases of coronavirus in Bangalore is declining, with less than 4,000 cases registered for the second consecutive day. 7 genomic labs to be set up in Karnataka to study mutated strains found in 2nd Covid wave, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said.

Andhra Pradesh:State reported 11,303 new Covid-19 cases after testing 93,704 samples with 104 deaths, while 18,257 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 17,04,388; Active cases: 1,46,737; Discharges: 15,46,617; Deaths: 11,034. A total of 1,00,73,383 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 75,43,454 first doses and 25,29,929 second doses. The State crossed a milestone on Tuesday as over one crore people took Covid jabs, first and second doses combined together. In the first fortnight of June, the state is expected to get another 8,76,870 doses from the Centre. The state government is purchasing another 20,74,730 on its own but the stocks are expected only in the second half of the month, according to the health officials. The state received 3 cryogenic oxygen tanks from Singapore handed over by Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL). Meanwhile, due to the prevailing Coronavirus situation in the state, summer vacation for students in grades 1 through 10 has been extended until June 30th in all the schools across Andhra Pradesh.

Telangana:The State Health Department has revoked the Covid treatment permission for six more private hospitals in the state. Till now, 22 hospitals have been barred from treating Covid patients as they were collecting exorbitant charges from patients and not following Covid treatment protocol. The largest Sputnik-V consignment of 27.90 Lakh more doses arrived in Hyderabad from Russia yesterday. With this, a total of 30 Lakh doses of Sputnik-V arrived in India. Telangana High Court directed the State Health Department to initiate steps to make private hospitals that overcharged Covid patients to return the excess amount. It also asked the health department to issue a fresh GO fixing the maximum prices to all the medical services and tests related to Covid. Meanwhile, as many as 2,493 new cases and 15 fatalities were reported in the state yesterday taking the total number of cases to 5,80,844 and fatalities to 3,296. The number of Active Cases in the state now stands at 33,254.

Assam:Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday complimented Assam Chief Minister HimantaBiswaSarma for his government's tireless fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the state and also assured to provide all possible support in the coming days. 51 COVID patients died in the state on Tuesday, with 4,682 new infections detected during the day out of 1,15,513 tests conducted. The positivity rate was 4.05 percent.With people from outside returning to https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723797 7/10 6/3/2021 Press Information Bureau the State due to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent trends showing a surge in Covid-19 cases in rural areas, the state government has notified fresh SOP for managing the virus in rural areas even as it launched the third phase of the community surveillance programme from Tuesday.

Manipur:Covid claimed 18 more lives with 798 more infections in the state.With the aim of early detection and early medication to flatten the COVID-19 curve, Chief Minister N Biren Singh flagged off “Aggressive Mass COVID-19 Testing drive in Imphal West” .So far, 3,88,761 individuals have been administered Covid vaccine including 80,335, who have received the second dose. Sikkim: Sikkim recorded 309 new Covid positive cases and four new Covid-related deaths on Tuesday. With 334 recoveries, the total active tally now is 3,992. A review meeting of StateExecutive Committee held on30th May has decided that henceforth, Rapid AntigenTesting (RAT) will be conducted in Government’s facilities only. Tripura:Highest single day tests -16,918 of which 841 tested positive and 6 died in last 24 hours While 864 people recovered in the same time. Meanwhile state government has fixed Covid rate for ILS and TMC hospitals in Agartala. The decision was taken by council of ministers so as to put a cap on the charges of Non Government hospitals. Nagaland:Nagaland registered 176 new Covid cases and 9 deaths on Tuesday. Active cases are 4725 while tally reached 21,854. Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 569756. Number of active cases is 33444. Total Deaths reported is 14649. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 920914. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 253715. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 2846545. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 486154. Total 18-44 years age group Vaccinated with 1st dose is 466597. Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 757868. Total active COVID-19 patients is 16280. Number of deaths is 8383. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 5770019. Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 60154. Total number of Active Cases is 1481. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 758. Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 191251. Total number of Active Cases is 12407. Total deaths reported till date is 3165.

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India reports lowest Daily New Cases of 1.27 Lakh in 54 days; declining trend in new

cases maintained. Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 19 successive days; Recovery Rate continues to increase, at 92.09% today. Weekly Positivity Rate currently pegged at 8.64%. Daily Positivity Rate dips to 6.62%, less than 10% for 8 consecutive days.

Testing capacity substantially ramped up- 34.67cr tests total conducted.

21.6 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive.

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India reports lowest Daily New Cases of 1.27 Lakh in 54 days; declining trend in new cases maintained. India's Active Caseload further declines to 18,95,520. Below 20 lakhs after 43 days.  https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723314 2/9 6/1/2021 Press Information Bureau Active Cases decrease by 1,30,572 in last 24 hours. 2,55,287 patients recovered during last 24 hours.  Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 19 successive days. Recovery Rate continues to increase, at 92.09% today. Weekly Positivity Rate currently pegged at 8.64%. Daily Positivity Rate dips to 6.62%, less than 10% for 8 consecutive days. Testing capacity substantially ramped up- 34.67cr tests total conducted. 21.6 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723292

More than 23 crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs

Government of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 23 crore vaccine doses (23,18,36,510) to States/UTs. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 21,51,48,659 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today). More than 1.57 crore COVID Vaccine doses (1,57,74,331) are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723314

Under ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP): Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19’, a New system of processing of the Insurance claims introduced to streamline the Process . ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19’ was launched w.e.f. 30.03.2020 initially for a period of 90 days to provide comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs. 50 lakh to all healthcare providers, including community health workers and private health workers drafted by the government for the care of Covid-19 patients and for those who may have come in direct contact of COVID-19 patients and were at risk of being impacted by it. The scheme is being implemented through an Insurance policy from New India Assurance Company (NIACL). The insurance policy has been extended twice so far. States and other stakeholders had been raising the matter that the processing of the insurance claims was getting delayed. In order to cut down on these delays and to further streamline and simplify the processing of the insurance claims, it has been decided to start a new system for approval of claims as per which the due diligence will be done by State Governments at the level of District Collector. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723396      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723314 3/9 6/1/2021 Press Information Bureau

 Government’s effort to augment domestic production ensured supply-demand balance of COVID 19 treatment drugs  Union Minister Shri D.V Sadananda Gowda today said that consistent efforts of Government to augment domestic production resulted in a stabilised supply-demand balance of COVID treatment drugs across the country. The Minister informed that total 98.87 lakh vials of Remdesivir were allocated to States, UTs & Central Institutions from 21st April to 30th May 2021. Production of Remdesivir has been ramped up ten times leading to enough supply than the demand. With the accelerated production, we are planning to supply up to 91 lakh vials up to the end of June, he added. He further informed that Cipla has imported 11,000 vials of 400 mg and 50,000 vials of 80 mg of Tocilizumab from April 25-May 30, 2021. In addition, MoHFW received 1002 vials of 400 mg & 50,024 vials of 80 mg via donation in May. Further, 20,000 vials of 80 mg and 1000 vials of 200 mg are likely to arrive in June, he added. Shri Gowda informed that about 2,70,060 vials of Amphotericin B have been allocated to States/UTs & Central Institutions from 11th May to 30th May 2021. This is in addition to the supplies of 81651 vials that had been made by manufacturers to States in the first week of May. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723419

Southern States of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana receive more than 2000 MT of LMO each from Oxygen Expresses;Assam receives its fourth Oxygen Express with 80 MT of LMO

Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country. So far, Indian Railways has delivered more than 22916 MT of LMO in more than 1357 tankers to various states across the country. It may be noted that 334 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States. Southern States of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana received more than 2000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) each from Oxygen Expresses. Assam received its fourth Oxygen Express with 80 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) in 4 tankers. It is worth mentioning that Oxygen Expresses started their deliveries 38 days back on 24th April in Maharashtra with a load of 126 MT. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723411

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723314 4/9 6/1/2021 Press Information Bureau Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, “Flexi (Flexible)” attendance option has been further extended till June 15, in view of the current COVID pandemic situation  Chairing a meeting of senior officers of Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh informed that the “Flexi (Flexible)” attendance option has been further extended till June 15, in view of the current COVID pandemic situation. This is in continuation of an earlier order providing for the flexy attendance in the offices. Prior to that, the offices were expected to function on a pattern of 50% attendance. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723445

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Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates the 270 Bedded Oxygenated COVID Care Centre at JSPL, Angul, Odisha

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today dedicated the COVID Care Centre at Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) Plant Angul, Odisha in the presence of Odisha Health & Family Welfare Minister Shri Naba Kisore Das and JSPL’s Chairman Shri Naveen Jindal. Sambalpur MP Shri Nitesh Ganga Deb, Chhendipada MLA Shri Susanta Kumar Behera, state Government and JSPL officials were also present on the occasion. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723408

CSIR-CMERI, MSME DI, Indore, Indian Medical Association and Laghu Udhyog Bharti converge for empowering MSMEs for an Oxygen Sufficient India

Towards its efforts for empowering the MSMEs for an Oxygen Sufficient India, a webinar was organised on ‘Oxygen Enrichment Unit - Opportunities & Scope for Indian MSMEs’ by the MSME Development Institute, Indore in association with Laghu Udhyog Bharti, MP; Indian Medical Association, MP and Inclusive Growth foundation. Prof. (Dr.) Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur was invited as the Key Speaker. Shri B. C. Sahu, Jt. Director, MSME, DI, Indore; Shri Gaurav Goel, Asstt. Director, MSME DI Indore, Shri Mahesh Gupta, President, Laghu Udhyog Bharti, MP; Dr. Anoop Nigam, President, IMA MP; Dr. Arvind Jain, IMA, MP together with around 100 stakeholders including those from the medical fraternity participated in the programme. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723435

  INPUTS FROM PIB FIELD UNITS   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723314 5/9 6/1/2021 Press Information Bureau

 Kerala: State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that one crore people will be vaccinated in the state by next month. Vaccination of people above 45 years of age is nearing completion in many districts. For those under 45, jabs for priority sections are also nearing completion. This will be completed once the vaccine is obtained. The state has asked Centre for more vaccines. Meanwhile, the TPR in the state dropped below 15% after 45 days on Monday as it recorded 12,300 new Covid-19 cases from 89,345 samples tested. The death toll due to the disease rose to 8,815 after confirming 174 more deaths. A total of 95,09,831 people has so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 74,29,230 had first dose and 20,80,601 second dose.

Tamil Nadu: TN promoted students studying in classes studying in classes I to VIII. Tamil Nadu is expecting vaccine supply from the Union government as its current stock of around five lakh doses will get exhausted by Tuesday, Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian said on Monday. Five patients including three from Tamil Nadu succumbed to black fungus infection in hospitals in the Union territory of Puducherry so far. The Centre has allocated 600 doses of Amphotericin B to Tamil Nadu. The State on Monday registered 27,936 new cases, and the total number of infections has touched 20,96,516. A total of 478 more deaths were reported on Monday in the State There are a total of 3,01,781 active cases of Covid-19 in the State. The TN health department has said that a total of 1,62,375 people were vaccinated yesterday in the state. Till date 90,94,255 have been vaccinated across TN, of which 70,61,570 received first dose and 20,32,685 received second dose.

Karnataka: New Cases Reported: 16,604; Total Active Cases: 3,13,730; New Covid Deaths: 411; Total Covid Deaths: 29,090. Around 1,77,637 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,36,17,575 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Gaurav Gupta, Chief Commissioner of BBMP, said that the Covid vaccine will be administered by the mobile unit at the workplace for frontline workers aged between 18 and 44 in various categories in the city. Less than four thousand cases of Covid infection were reported in the Bangalore city after 55 days on Monday, with 3992 people infected. Expanding the list of preferential groups for Covid-19 vaccination, the Karnataka government on Monday declared that students and working professionals travelling overseas for employment will be provided with vaccine from June 1.

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 7943 new Covid-19 cases after testing 83,461 samples with 98 deaths, while 19,845 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 16,93,085; Active cases: 1,53,795; Discharges: 15,28,360; Deaths: 10,930. A total of 98,63,347 doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 73,50,968 first doses and 25,12,379 second doses. The positivity rate has now come down to 9.5 per cent. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to vaccinate students going abroad for studies and also to those who are going abroad on work visa providing them a certificate from the government that they were vaccinated. Meanwhile, 14 out of 1179 people infected with black fungus have died and 97 recovered in the state while, 1068 patients are undergoing treatment in various hospitals for black fungus.      https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723314 6/9 6/1/2021 Press Information Bureau Telangana: Health Department has revoked Covid treatment permission for six more hospitals in the state for collecting exorbitant charges for treatment and violating Covid treatment protocol. As part of its  special vaccination drive to inoculate high risk groups first, the State Health Department decided to vaccinate Auto and Cab drivers from 3rd of this month. Due to the Covid pandemic, the State Government has extended summer holidays for schools till June 15. As many as 2,524 new daily cases and 18 fatalities were reported in the state yesterday taking the total number of cases to 5,78,351 and fatalities to 3281. The number of Active Cases in the state now stands at 34,083. The recovery rate in the state is reported to be at 93.53 percent against the national average of 91.6 percent.  Maharashtra: With Covid-19 cases on a steady decline, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Monday allowed non-essential shops to function between 7 am to 2 pm on alternate days from Monday to Friday for the next 15 days. Maharashtra on Monday reported 15,077 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest since March 15, taking the caseload to 57,46,892, while 184 more deaths pushed the toll to 95,344. As many as 33,000 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, pushing the number of recovered cases to 53,95,370. The state now has 2,53,367 active cases. Meanwhile, Mumbai city reported 666 new cases and 29 deaths, taking its tally to 7,05,288 and the toll to 14,826.

Gujarat: Gujarat on Monday reported 1,681 new Covid cases and 18 deaths. This tally was the lowest in 71 days, whereas the mortality rate was the lowest for 55 days. For cities, the Covid tally reduced further with at least one and a half times more discharges than the number of new cases. Gujarat on Monday administered 2 lakh shots of Covid vaccines, of which 1.66 lakh were first shots. The state government has decided to give vaccination on priority to students who are going abroad for higher education.

Rajasthan: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has issued guidelines to start the "unlock" process and eased certain restrictions from Wednesday as cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) have come down in the state. However, exemption for various activities will be given only in areas where the positivity rate is less than 10 per cent or the use of oxygen, intensive care unit (ICU) and ventilator beds is less than 60 per cent, Ashok Gehlot has said. Rajasthan recorded 68 Covid-19 deaths and 1,498 new cases on Monday, taking the total number of fatalities and case tally to 8,385 and 9,39,958 respectively.

Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday that the ongoing ‘corona curfew’ in the state has been extended till June 15 but certain relaxations will be given in order to revive the economy. The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 7,80,030 on Monday with the addition of 1,205 new cases, while 48 more deaths pushed the fatality count to 8,067. It is after a gap of over two months that less than 1,300 coronavirus cases have been reported in a day in Madhya Pradesh, indicating that the second COVID-19 wave is on the wane. The number of active cases in the state stands at 23,390.

     https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723314 7/9 6/1/2021 Press Information Bureau Chhattisgarh: The Chhattisgarh Government on Monday extended the lockdown, which was scheduled to end on May 31, and said that it will continue with some relaxation in restrictions in those districts  where the COVID-19 case positivity rate is less than five per cent. Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count rose to 9,71,463 on Monday with the addition of 2,163 fresh cases, while the death toll increased to 13,048 after 32 more patients succumbed to the infection. The number of recoveries reached 9,22,674. The number of active cases in the state now stands at 35,741.

 Goa: The Covid-19 positivity rate in Goa has now come down to 19 per cent as against 51 per cent a month back. Dr Shivanand Bandekar, head of the state's expert committee on COVID-19 has said that till last week, the coastal state reported a total of 12 cases of mucormycosis, and since then there has been no fresh case of the black fungus infection. The Goa government has decided to expand the definition of frontline workers to make taxi drivers, motorcycle pilots as well as seafarers eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine.

Assam: In Assam, COVID-19 positivity rate dropped below 4 in the State even as 4,348 new infections were detected from 1,11,586 tests. The positivity rate was 3.90. Kamrup Metro saw 384 new cases. Casualties in the state in the last 24 hours were 65. From June 1, 2021, medical teams will start visiting every household in the 28,149 villages across the state to track and break the COVID-19 chain. As many as 304 gaon panchayat, village council development committees and village development councils of Assam remain COVID free and no infections have been reported from those places so far. Manipur: Manipur crosses 50 thousand mark with 869 more cases. 14 more succumb to take death tally to 807 in the State. Manipur Chief Minister said that will not allow detractors to sabotage the collective fight against the pandemic. DCs, CMOs advised to intensify vaccination. Meghalaya: Meghalaya is now witnessing a decline in the number of fresh cases daily while the recovery rate has been climbing steadily since last week. For the fourth straight day, the number of recoveries overshadowed the new cases. 408 new cases were detected in the state on Monday as against 977 recoveries, a new record.

Gujarat: State registered 117 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths during the last 24 hours. Active cases are 4934 while tally reaches 21,680. Mokokchung oxygen plant installed under PM Cares Fund cleared for use but not yet operational. Connection of oxygen pipelines to 50 Covid beds completed on May 30. Tripura: The State tops in the country with highest number of vaccination for the population above 45 informed education minister of Tripura in a press meet in Agartala. Further the infection rate is also declining in the state. Positivity rate has come down to 2.51%. While West Tripura district which was having highest positivity rate in the state has also shown declining trend with positivity rate of 3.12. Sikkim:. 146 new cases detected in the past 24 hours to take the State’s tally of confirmed cases to 15,317 on Monday. This is a substantial lowering given that earlier this week Sikkim broke the 400-mark and had many days of 300-plus daily cases. While the drop in daily cases is reassuring, fatalities continue to remain a worry and Sikkim’s COVID death toll reached 253 with three more COVID patients succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours.   https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1723314 8/9 6/1/2021 Press Information Bureau

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