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This Article is From Feb 22, 2021

News Highlights: 14,264 Fresh Coronavirus Infections In India, 1.09 Crore Total Cases

Latest News Highlights: Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have recorded an "upsurge" in daily new cases of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said.

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Updated : February 22, 2021 5:55 am IST

Latest News Updates: India has reported 14,264 fresh coronavirus cases (File)

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As many as 14,264 new coronavirus cases - 1.9 per cent higher than yesterday - and 90 deaths, said the health ministry on Sunday morning. 13,993 new cases were reported on Saturday. With the news cases, the coronavirus tally in the country has reached 1,09,91,651 including 1,45,634 active cases and 1,06,89,715 discharges. The death count has mounted to 1,56,302 with the loss of 90 more lives due to the virus in the last 24 hours.

As per the Health Ministry, 1,08,38,323 vaccine doses have been given through 2,29,462 sessions till Saturday evening.

"This includes 63,52,713 health care workers who have taken the first dose 8,73,940 health care workers who have taken the second dose, along with 36,11,670 frontline workers who were administered the first dose," it said.

Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have recorded an "upsurge" in daily new cases of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said in the last seven days, Chhattisgarh has also seen a rise in daily active new cases. In the last 24 hours, 259 daily new cases have been reported, it said.

Here are the Highlights:

Feb 22, 2021 05:23 (IST)
UK accelerates vaccine rollout with end of lockdown in sight

The UK government on Sunday vowed to offer a first coronavirus vaccine dose to every adult by the end of July, as it readied to announce a gradual easing of its third lockdown in England.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who will outline the lockdown review in parliament on Monday, said the faster inoculation campaign would seek to offer a first dose to everyone aged over 50 by mid-April.

The previous targets were to inoculate over 50s by May, and all adults by September.

"We will now aim to offer a jab to every adult by the end of July, helping us protect the most vulnerable sooner, and take further steps to ease some of the restrictions," Johnson said, while stressing the exit would be "cautious and phased".

Britain, one of the hardest-hit countries in the world by the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 120,000 deaths, was also the first nation to begin a mass vaccination campaign, in December.


Feb 22, 2021 05:08 (IST)
Pune reports over 1,100 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths in last 24 hours

As many as 1,176 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in Pune district, as per Health Department, Pune Zilha Parishad on Sunday. The deaths due to COVID-19 mounted to 9,183. The overall positive cases stand at 3,98,607 including 7,355 active cases.

Maharashtra reported 6,971 new COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours.According to the state health department, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra has reached 21,00,884 with the addition of new cases. The deaths have risen to 51,788 with the addition of 35 deaths.

A total of 19,94,947 people have recovered from the virus in the state as of today, with 2,417 additional recoveries in the state. The number of active cases in Maharashtra stands at 52,956.
Feb 22, 2021 03:57 (IST)
France reports 22,046 coronavirus infections

France reported 22,046 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, slightly down from 22,371 a day before, according to data released on Sunday by the country's Public Health Agency.

To date, France has recorded 3,605,181 infections, the sixth-highest tally in the world.

The number of French people who have died from the virus rose by 160 to 84,306, compared to a single-day increase of 183 reported on Saturday.

In the Mediterranean city of Nice, the virus was circulating faster due to the spread of the variant that was first identified in Britain. The city''s incidence rate is at 740 cases per week per 100,000 residents, the highest in the country.
Feb 22, 2021 03:27 (IST)
BSF jawan injured in landmine blast in Odisha

A Border Security Force jawan was seriously injured on Sunday after a landmine, suspectedly planted by Maoists, went off in Odisha''s

Malkangiri district, police said. The landmine explosion occurred when a group of security force personnel were returning after a combing operation in Gagapadar forest under the jurisdiction of Mathili Police Station. The BSF jawan sustained serious injuries on his left leg and was hospitalised.
Feb 22, 2021 02:28 (IST)
Fog delays delivery of Ebola vaccines for Guinea

The delivery to Guinea of vaccines against the Ebola virus has been delayed because of fog disrupting flights to the capital Conakry, a health official said Sunday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) had announced that more than 11,000 doses of the Merck vaccine against the deadly disease were to arrive in Conakry on Sunday.

The plane left Geneva early Sunday but flew on to the Senegalese capital Dakar, according to the head of Guinea's health agency ANSS, Sakoba Keita, who said it would attempt to land in Conakry on Monday, conditions permitting.

The Guinean capital has been cloaked in fog for the past three days because of a strong Harmattan wind carrying dust from the Sahara Desert, and a Guinean official told AFP that all flights in and out of Conakry were cancelled "until further notice".



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Feb 22, 2021 02:13 (IST)
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Feb 22, 2021 01:50 (IST)
India sends 13 boxes of COVID-19 vaccine to Mongolia

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, India sent 13 boxes of COVID-19 vaccine to Mongolia on Sunday. 

The vaccine was sent from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Mumbai to Mongolia.

Feb 22, 2021 01:36 (IST)
Assam Chief Minister inaugurates several projects ahead of assembly polls

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday inaugurated several projects, including a 100-bed hospital and a veterinary boat ambulance in Majuli district.

In a bid to improve preparedness for disaster and rescue operations, Mr Sonowal also launched an emergency speed boat and five pump-operated rubber boats of the district authorities.

He also dedicated the 100-bed Sri Sri Pitambardev Goswami hospital to the state at Garamur area in the district, besides a veterinary boat ambulance at Kamalabari Ghat.

Mr Sonowal also inaugurated a new branch of Punjab National Bank along with an ATM at Phulani in the district.

Speaking at a meeting held on the occasion, he said it was a very significant day for Majuli as several state government initiatives and projects aimed at benefiting the people were made operational in the district.
Feb 22, 2021 01:17 (IST)
No fresh COVID-19 fatality in Assam, anganwadi worker dies days after vaccination

Assam reported no death due to COVID-19 on Sunday, even as nine new infections pushed the caseload to 2,17,392, the National Health Mission (NHM) said. The deaths stand at 1,091.  

The NHM said 1,347 more COVID-19 patients have died, but the government's Death Audit Board has not included them in the tally of fatalities caused by coronavirus, as they had other ailments, too.

Assam now has 260 active cases, while 2,14,694 patients have so far recovered from the disease. 
The NHM said a total of 1,55,054 people have thus far received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine across the state, while 11,118 people were administered the second dose.

Feb 22, 2021 01:06 (IST)
West Bengal's COVID-19 tally mounts to 5,73,762, deaths at 10,249

Three more COVID-19 fatalities in West Bengal pushed the number of deaths to 10,249 on Sunday, the health department said in a bulletin. 

The coronavirus tally climbed to 5,73,762 with 182 fresh cases, it said. At least 233 people were cured of the disease during the day, taking the recovery rate to 97.60 per cent. 

West Bengal now has 3,525 active cases, while 5,59,988 people have recovered from the disease so far.

Since Saturday, 20,003 samples have been tested, taking the total number of such clinical examinations to 84,29,395, the bulletin said. The positivity ratio in the state stood at 6.81 per cent, it said.
Feb 22, 2021 00:36 (IST)
Four new cases take Manipur's COVID-19 tally to 29,237

At least four people tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Manipur, taking the tally in the state to 29,237, a health department official said on Sunday. 

The northeastern state now has 80 active cases, while 28,784 people have recovered from the disease and 373 died. The new cases were detected out of 891 COVID-19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the official said.

State Health Society Mission Director N Shyamjai Singh has asked authorities of various facilities to enquire about the medical history of a person before administering the COVID-19 vaccine.
Feb 22, 2021 00:13 (IST)
One new COVID-19 case in Nagaland, tally at 12,192

Nagaland on Sunday reported just one new COVID-19 case, which took the state's tally to 12,192, Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom. The new case was detected in Kohima, he said. The northeastern state did not report any fresh case in the last two days. 

Six more people were cured of the disease during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 11,936, the health department director Dr Denis Hangsing said. 

The recovery rate among coronavirus patients in the state stood at 97.90 per cent. Ninety-one people have died due to the disease, and 10 of them had comorbidities, the official said. Nagaland now has 13 active cases, while 152 people have migrated to other states.
Feb 21, 2021 23:58 (IST)
Americans May Still Need To Wear Masks In 2022 To Fight COVID-19, Top US Expert Dr Anthony Fauci Says
Americans may still need to wear masks in 2022 even as the country relaxes other restrictions to combat COVID-19, Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said.
Feb 21, 2021 23:36 (IST)
Go for vaccine or forget quarantine leave: Punjab minister to health workers
Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday warned healthcare workers who do not get the COVID-19 vaccine shot of not allowing them quarantine leave if they get infected at a later stage. He said they will have to bear the cost of their treatment.

"The healthcare workers who do not get vaccinated to boost their immunity for COVID-19 despite being given repeated opportunities and in case they get the infection at a later stage, they will have to bear the cost of their treatment and they will not be allowed to avail quarantine/isolation leave," said Mr Sidhu.
Feb 21, 2021 22:52 (IST)
Karnataka reports 413 new Covid cases and two deaths
Karnataka recorded 413 fresh coronavirus infections and two deaths today, taking the total caseload to 9,48,149 and death count to 12,294, the health department said. According to a health bulletin, so far 9,29,800 people, including 353 on Sunday, had been discharged.

There were 6,036 active cases in the state which includes 127 in intensive care units, the department said. More than half of the fresh cases were contributed by Bengaluru Urban district, which reported 248 infections besides both the fatalities.
Feb 21, 2021 22:21 (IST)
Baba Ramdev Promoted Patanjali Clarifies On Coronil Certification, WHO Says Not Reviewed
Coronil, a medicine that claims to boost immunity against COVID-19, developed by yoga guru Ramdev-promoted Patanjali Ayurved has run into a controversy over claims of certification.
Feb 21, 2021 22:07 (IST)
US nears 500,000 Covid deaths
The United States was on the brink Sunday of the grim milestone of 500,000 Covid-related deaths since the start of the pandemic, as the nation's top virus expert warned a form of normalcy may not return until the end of the year. 

Signs of hope were emerging in the rollout of vaccines and the dropping off of a massive winter spike in infections, but the heavy toll continues to mount in a nation that has reported the most fatalities and cases in the world.

"It's terrible. It is historic. We haven't seen anything even close to this for well over a hundred years, since the 1918 pandemic of influenza," Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to US President Joe Biden, said on NBC's "Meet The Press.
Feb 21, 2021 21:36 (IST)
Feb 21, 2021 21:07 (IST)
Thousands of Covid vaccines from UAE arrive in Gaza
Around 20,000 coronavirus vaccine doses from the UAE arrived in Gaza Sunday, a delivery reportedly orchestrated by a rival of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas three months before scheduled Palestinian elections. The Russian-made Sputnik V doses entered Gaza via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, AFP journalists said -- meaning they did not pass through Israel, which has maintained a tight blockade on Gaza since 2007. 

Last week, Mohammed Dahlan, a former top member of Abbas's Fatah party now exiled in the United Arab Emirates, announced the delivery of the vaccines as a "generous grant" from Abu Dhabi.
Feb 21, 2021 20:25 (IST)
UK Starting To Restrict Spread Of Covid Variants: Health Secretary
Britain has started to drive down cases of the more infectious South African variant of coronavirus and will only emerge from lockdown in stages to make sure that does not change, the country's health secretary said on Sunday.



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