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India on Tuesday recorded less than 3,000 new Covid-19 deaths for the first time in 34 days. The daily case count also continued the downward trend to 1.27 lakh new cases in a day. With 2,795 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's death toll now stands at 3,31,895. Meanwhile, 1,27,510 new Covid-19 cases took the national caseload to 2,81,75,044, as per Union health ministry. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3uBr8HN

Rain accompanied by winds and thunderstorm lashed parts of Delhi-NCR late on Monday. Some parts of the national capital witnessed light rain early on Tuesday as well. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fXvGDl

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The trial run for Metro 2A and Metro 7 corridors which runs along the Link Road and Western Express Highway was flagged off by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday. He also performed the bhoomipujan of an underpass that will link the domestic and international terminals of the city airport to Western Express Highway. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3wJvr5u

Sachin Solat, a member of Ahmednagar’s paediatric task force, said there was nothing alarming about almost 10,000 children and teenagers testing positive for Covid in the district in May. “The number was around 11.5% of the total Covid cases registered in the month in the district, which is acceptable. There is nothing unusual about it,” he said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3c9374B

As the second wave of Covid shows signs of ebbing in the state, except in about 10 districts, about 20 lakh people are isolating at home, 15,000 are in institutional quarantine and only 26% of hospital beds are occupied by patients, information compiled by the CMO and the health department shows. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3uGEti6

The number of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra dropped by a third from April to May, but the number of deaths went up 87% in the same period. A similar picture emerged in Mumbai, where cases in May were a fourth of the April cases, but deaths increased by 17%. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3i5R9wo

The capital on Monday reported 648 fresh Covid-19 cases — the lowest in two-and-a-half months — and 86 deaths. The positivity rate fell below 1% (0.99%) the first time since 0.90% recorded on March 19. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3peABUv

The capital is likely to receive the first consignment of the Russian vaccine against Covid-19 — Sputnik V — next month, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Monday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3uB6dof

Retorting to Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s comment that the national capital was exhausting its vaccines too soon, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that he aimed to save people’s lives, not vaccines. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vE2tUh

Delhi High Court on Monday allowed private unaided schools in the capital to levy the annual charges and the development fee from students who have been since 2020 paying only the tuition fee. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fEeB2a

Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri slammed opposition parties and claimed they had roped in activists for creating a “false narrative” around the Central Vista project. Sixty former bureaucrats who have raised objections to the project were also the target of the minister’s ire as he dubbed them “padhe likhe murkh” (educated fools). from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fDzgU5

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The Haryana government on Sunday extended the lockdown across the state by more than a week till June 7. In an order issued on Sunday, the government said though the positivity rate had come down, the restrictions must continue to bring down the fatalities. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3p4orgQ

Neha Sharma (name changed) was frantically searching for an oxygen cylinder as her husband was sinking when she came across a number on a WhatsApp group. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fy1uPW

Delhi has already received nearly seven times more rainfall this month than what is considered normal for the month. While the normal is 19.7mm, this May’s figure stands at 144.8mm, aided by western disturbances and a strong spell as an aftermath of cyclone Tauktae. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3wMnXyO

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Union chemicals minister Sadananda Gowda on May 25 said over 11,700 cases of mucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus disease, had been identified in India. Going by this number, the required number of vials for the six-week therapy would be over 29 lakh. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RYNNk5

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Pune and not Mumbai has led the death charts in May. For instance, Pune added 2,661 deaths, which was nearly 22% of the total deaths it has reported so far. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yIOv5P

More Mumbaikars got their Covid-19 shots through private hospitals than with the BMC’s free vaccine service in the last two days. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fA19fT

Srinagar resident Mohammed Husain (68) travelled 2,000km here when diagnosed with black fungal infection a month after he recovered from Covid. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2SCVWLg

Right now, Sion’s Paul Nagarajan is in his native Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu where he is known as ‘Mumbai Paul’. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Ti0VkD

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The Centre has discontinued allocation of the antiviral drug remdesivir to the states as supply has now surpassed demand. It will, however, maintain a stockpile of 50 lakh vials for emergency requirements. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RURvLI

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The home ministry late on Friday expanded the list of states and districts where the respective home secretaries and collectors can exercise delegated powers of the central government to grant citizenship to immigrants belonging to six minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3uHMR17

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With the addition of 832 deaths on Saturday, Maharashtra-’s toll for May crossed the 25,000 mark, which is higher than the toll of most states for the entire pandemic. It reported 443 deaths on Saturday and added 389 “old” deaths, taking its cumulative toll to 94,030. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fUhFGq

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Delhi needs to be prepared to handle around 45,000 Covid-19 infections daily with 9,000 patients needing hospitalisation in the “worst-case scenario” of a third wave hitting the capital hard, a report by IIT-Delhi says. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yOoXUT

Delhi recorded 1,141 new Covid-19 cases on Friday from 71,853 tests with a positivity rate of 1.59%. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vJCQkY

Empty streets, markets without shoppers and all entertainment within the house make for a good strategy against Covid-19. But there were some who depended for their lives on people being out on the roads. Delhi’s beggars and homeless people are struggling amid the lockdown. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3i2J8rV

The north and south municipal corporations have prepared a list of 175 areas vulnerable to mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yLMiGD

A private hospital in Noida will on Saturday start a 24x7 drive-through vaccination session site. Felix Hospital in Sector 137 will also set up a 24-hour walk-in camp — a first in the city — and a pre-registered vaccine centre near the compound. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fsdMtg

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Delhi recorded 1,072 fresh Covid-19 cases on Thursday from 70,068 tests and saw the positivity rate dip further to 1.53%, the lowest in 64 days. The number of fatalities also declined to 117, the lowest since April 15 when 112 people had died of Covid-19. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/34rnmpP

A first-year history honours student hailed by his classmates and teachers as “bright” and “an allrounder”, and who was part of St Stephen’s College’s efforts in helping Covid-19 patients find hospital beds and precious oxygen, fell to the virus on Tuesday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oVhb6W

Faced with acute shortage of Amphotericin B for black fungus treatment despite efforts by the Centre, Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed its duty-free import by individuals or organisations for personal use. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3wHq2M3