Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Bengal Records 5,348 New Cases In Last 24 Hrs, Maharashtra Daily Tally At 10,989

Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Wednesday, June 9, 2021: India continues to observe a declining trend in the daily number of fresh Covid-19 cases and fatalities related to the deadly disease. In order to curb the impact of novel Coronavirus, Centre has ramped up vaccination drive, and placed orders for 44 crore doses of Covishield and Covaxin. Meanwhile, Pfizer said that it will start a large study to test its coronavirus vaccine in children below 12 and selected a dosing regime for the trial.

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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Wednesday, June 9, 2021: India continues to observe a declining trend in the daily number of fresh Covid-19 cases and fatalities related to the deadly disease. In order to curb the impact of novel Coronavirus, Centre has ramped up vaccination drive, and placed orders for 44 crore doses of Covishield and Covaxin. Meanwhile, Pfizer said that it will start a large study to test its coronavirus vaccine in children below 12 and selected a dosing regime for the trial. 

23:16 PM (IST)  •  09 Jun 2021

Haryana Reports 528 Fresh Covid Cases, 40 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs

Haryana reports 528 fresh #COVID19 cases, 940 recoveries, and 40 deaths today

Active cases 7079
Case tally 7,64,094 pic.twitter.com/SJlk0wkkgA

— ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2021

22:31 PM (IST)  •  09 Jun 2021

Bihar Revises Covid-19 Death Toll, Confirm Over 9,000 Fatalities

COVID-19 death toll in Bihar was on Wednesday revised drastically upwards by the state health department which put the total number of fatalities caused by the pandemic at 9,429.

According to the department, which had till the previous day stated the number of deaths to be under 5,500, as many as 3,951 deaths have been added to the toll after verification.

22:28 PM (IST)  •  09 Jun 2021

Rajasthan Reports 520 New Covid Cases, 30 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs

Rajasthan reports 520 new Covid-19 cases, 2282 recoveries and 30 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Total cases 9,48,024
Total recoveries 9,27,443
Death toll 8749

Active cases 11,832

21:19 PM (IST)  •  09 Jun 2021

Noida Metro Resumes Service, 1992 Passengers Take Ride On Day 1

Nearly 2,000 passengers on Wednesday took a ride on the Noida-Greater Noida metro which resumed service after a hiatus of over a month due to COVID-19 curbs, officials said.

The total ridership on the Noida-Greater Noida Metro stood at 1,992 on Wednesday, a Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) official said.

20:35 PM (IST)  •  09 Jun 2021

Maharashtra Records 10,989 New Covid Cases, 261 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs

Maharashtra reports 10,989 new #COVID19 cases, 16,379 discharges, and 261 deaths in the last 24 hours

Active cases 1,61,864

Case tally 58,63,880
Death toll 1,01,833
Total recovered cases 55,97,304 pic.twitter.com/I4wD7YU8Ar

— ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2021