Coronavirus LIVE: Navy's Seniormost Submariner Vice Admiral Srikant Passes Away Due To COVID-19 Related Complications

Coronavirus LIVE: India is quickly moving towards the psychological one-crore-cases milestone, and continues to be the second worst-hit after the US. Only 22,065 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the past 24 hours taking the overall tally to 99,06,165 on Tuesday as 354 deaths were also reported, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. Check the latest updates related to Coronavirus (Covid-19) here.

Background

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has assured that almost 1 billion doses of leading Covid-19 vaccine candidates have been secured as part of its 'COVAX' programme to provide vaccines for low and middle-income countries.
 

India's coronavirus case count rose to 98.57 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 93.57 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.93 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. 30,254 infections were reported in a day on Sunday, while the death count rose to 1,43,019 with 391 new fatalities, the data showed.

The COVID-19 caseload of the country remained below 4 lakh for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was to begin leaving the company's Michigan factory on Sunday, ready to be injected into the arms of millions of the most vulnerable Americans as the global number of deaths topped 1.6 million.

Doses will be shipped out in boxes containing dry ice that are capable of staying at -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit), the frigid temperature needed to preserve the drug.

14:47 PM (IST)  •  15 Dec 2020

Supreme Court observes that doctors engaged in COVID19 duty are working continuously and suggested that they must be given a break after continuous service. A Bench of SC was hearing a suo motu case pertaining to the management of COVID-19 crisis and mishandling of dead bodies.

13:55 PM (IST)  •  15 Dec 2020

Delhi begins training of health workers for Covid vaccination drive

The mammoth task of training health care workers for the Covid-19 vaccination drive has begun in the national capital, as the country eyes the rollout of the vaccines after they get accelerated approval from the drug regulator.

13:54 PM (IST)  •  15 Dec 2020

Centres assures SC it will consider granting break to doctors engaged in COVID-19 duty as suggested by top court

11:57 AM (IST)  •  15 Dec 2020

Navy's seniormost submariner Vice Admiral Srikant passed away due to COVID19 related complications in Delhi last night. He was Director-General of Project Seabird & had earlier held appointments of Inspector General Nuclear Safety & Commandant of NDC: Indian Navy officials

10:31 AM (IST)  •  15 Dec 2020

Active & recovered cases : Till now, 94,22,636 people have recovered, and over 34,477 in the last 24 hours. Currently, there are 3,39,820 active cases. The recovery rate stands at 94.98 per cent, and the fatality rate is 1.45 per cent.