India reported 25,467 new Covid-19 cases and 389 deaths in the last 24 hours, making it the lowest in 160 days, as per health ministry's updated bulletin.
Kerala on Monday saw 13,383 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 90 deaths, pushing the total infection count to 38,27,688 and toll of fatalities to 19,584 till date, an official press release here said.
As many as 21,942 people have been cured of the infection since Sunday, taking the total recoveries to 36,53,008 and the number of active cases to 1,54,563, the release said.
Dahi Handi organising committees have decided to call off the Dahi Handi events held during Janmashtami festival in Maharashtra this year due to the covid infection.?
The decision was taken after Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday appealed organisers to set an example and send a message to the world that Maharashtra prioritised saving the lives over festivities amid pandemic.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said schools in the state will reopen after the puja vacations, provided the COVID-19 situation does not change for worse.
She also said that a sanitisation drive will be conducted at the educational institutes before their campuses reopen for physical classes.
The U.S. drug regulator on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine - the first to secure such Food and Drug Administration validation - prompting President Joe Biden to make a fresh pitch to vaccine skeptics to get the shot to fight the relentless pandemic.
The FDA, which gave the two-dose vaccine emergency-use authorization in December, provided its full approval for use in people age 16 and older based on updated data from the companies' clinical trial and manufacturing review.?