Coronavirus Highlights: India Reports Over 2,200 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

Shanghai Reports New Cases After 5 Days of 'Zero Covid'

The commercial hub of 25 million found three new cases outside quarantined areas in one district on May 19. Infections also rose inside strictly controlled areas.

All three, from the same family, had taken three vaccine doses, and their infection was discovered during regular testing in Qingpu district, authorities said.

COVID-19 UPDATE - MAY 20


Active cases stand at 0.03%.

2,614 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases total recoveries to 4,25,92,455.

Recovery Rate currently at 98.75%.

Daily positivity rate (0.50%).

Weekly positivity rate (0.53%).

84.58 crore total tests conducted so far; 4,51,179 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.

191.96 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under nationwide vaccination drive.

Tamil Nadu Logs 42 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

Tamil Nadu today recorded 42 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the cumulative infections in the state to 34,54,764.

27 men and 15 women in the state tested positive through RT-PCR test in the last 24 hours, according to a bulletin from the state health department. The tally, however, remained unchanged at 38,025.

Including 41 people who got discharged after treatment in the last 24 hours, the net recoveries in the state rose to 34,16,417. The number of active cases remained 322.

Chennai accounted for a maximum of 23 new infections, followed by Chengalpattu with 5, Tiruvallur: 3, Coimbatore and Kancheepuram: 2 each, while Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Erode, Kanyakumari, Nilgiris, Salem and Virudhunagar recorded one case each, respectively, the bulletin said.

WHO Authorises China's CanSinoBIO COVID-19 Vaccine
The World Health Organization on Thursday authorised the use of Chinese manufacturer CanSinBIO's Convidecia vaccine against COVID-19.