Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 42,618 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In India, 6% Lower Than Yesterday

1.3 Lakh Vaccinated In Mumbai On Saturday
A total of 1.3 lakh people were vaccinated on Saturday in Mumbai, resulting in 80 per cent of eligible beneficiaries getting the first dose, making the metropolis the top ranked in terms of inoculation percentage, a civic official said, reported PTI.

Bengal Logs 700 Covid Cases, 8 Related Deaths In 24 Hours

Nagaland Reports 58 New Covid Cases Saturday
Nagaland on Saturday reported 58 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 30,302, a health department bulletin said, reported PTI. With no related fatalities on Saturday, the death count remained unchanged at 626.

10 Covid Deaths, 542 Cases In Assam In 24 Hours
Assam on Saturday reported 542 cases of coronavirus, 22 less than Friday, with the overall tally rising to 5,91,659, a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission (NHM) said, reported PTI.

COVID-19 India News: Telangana Reports 306 New Cases, 3 More Deaths
Telangana on Saturday reported 306 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 6,59,313, while three more fatalities took the death count to 3,883, reported PTI. Recoveries outnumbered fresh cases on Saturday with 366 people recuperating from the infectious disease, taking the cumulative number so far to 6,49,757. The number of active cases was 5,673, the bulletin said.

COVID-19 India News: J&K Reports 116 New Cases, One More Death

COVID-19 News: Japan To Extend State Of Emergency In Tokyo Area: Report
The Japanese government plans to extend a state of emergency in and around Tokyo until the last week of September in a further bid to contain the coronavirus epidemic, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Saturday, according to Reuters. Japan had last month expanded the emergency curbs to cover about 80% of its population until September 12, but the number of severe cases and the strain on the medical system have not eased sufficiently in Tokyo and surrounding areas to allow the restrictions to be lifted. The government plans to extend them by about two weeks in Tokyo and Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures, the Mainichi said, without citing sources.

COVID-19 News: Bahrain Approves Booster Shot Of Sputnik-V Vaccine
Bahrain has authorised the use of a booster dose of the Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine, the first time the Russian shot has been approved for a third dose, the state-run Bahrain News Agency said on Saturday, reported Reuters. The booster shot was approved for use among all over-18s at least six months after receiving their second dose of the Sputnik-V vaccine, the news agency reported. Bahrain and the UAE have already approved third booster shots using Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

COVID-19 India News: Delhi Reports Zero Covid Deaths For 4th Straight Day, 55 New Cases
Delhi reported zero Covid deaths for the fourth straight day, according to data shared by the city health department. The cumulative death count in the city stands at 25,082, it said. The city also reported 55 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total cases in the city to 14,37,929. The positivity rate stood at 0.08%, according to the health department's latest bulletin. It reported 35 positive cases on Friday, 39 cases on Thursday, 36 cases on Wednesday and 28 on Tuesday. Read here.

COVID-19 News: Philippines Lifts Travel Ban On India, 9 Other Countries
The Philippines on Saturday decided to welcome travellers from India and nine other countries from September 6, according to a Presidential Palace announcement, reported news agency PTI. The announcement came even as the country recorded its second highest number of COVID-19 cases with 20,310 infections on Friday, pushing the national tally to 2.04 million, The Manila Times newspaper reported. The other countries are Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, an official said.

COVID-19 News: Negative Report Must For Passengers From India To Turkey: Embassy
Passengers from India to Turkey will be required from Saturday to submit a negative COVID-19 report from RT-PCR test done not more than 72 hours before arrival, the Turkish Embassy in New Delhi said, according to PTI. The rule will also apply to those passengers who have been in India in the 14 days prior to their travel to Turkey.

COVID-19 India News: 118 Children Among 681 New Cases In Odisha
Five more people died in the state, taking the death count to 8,040. There are 7,186 active cases in the state at present, while 9.95 lakh patients have recovered, including 835 on Friday. The new cases were detected after testing 67,229 samples.

New Zealand Records First Covid-19 Related Death In 6 Months
New Zealand recorded its first Covid-related death in six months Saturday, but health authorities said there were signs the outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant was coming under control. Read here.

COVID-19 India News: Puducherry Reports 120 New Cases, One More Death
The Union Territory of Puducherry recorded 120 new cases of coronavirus after testing 5,017 samples during the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Saturday, taking the overall tally to 1,24,049, Health department director G Sriramulu said, reported PTI. With one more person from Mahe dying due to the infection, the death count has risen to 1,816, he said.