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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Monday, June 21, 2021: With a view to inoculate more citizens against the Covid-19 disease, the Centre on Monday launched its campaign to administer vaccine doses to all beneficiaries above 18 years free of cost. Andhra Pradesh has set a new record by administering over 13 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines till Sunday. A total of 13,45,004 vaccine doses were administered to people across the state in a special drive
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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Monday, June 21, 2021: Andhra Pradesh has logged 5,646 new Covid cases and 50 deaths during the 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. on Sunday. A total of 1,00,001 samples were tested during the period.
With this, the cumulative number of cases jumped to 18,50,563, while the fresh fatalities pushed the cumulative death toll to 12,319. According to the daily media bulletin issued by the state command control room, Chittoor district accounted for 11 deaths during the 24 hour period.
Seven people succumbed to the virus in West Godavari followed by six in Guntur, five in East Godavari, four in Srikakulam, three each in Anantapur, YSR Kadapa, Krishna, and Prakasam, two each in Kurnool and Visakhapatnam, and one in Nellore.
During the last 24 hours, East Godavari district reported a maximum number of cases at 1,098. According to the bulletin, 890 new cases were traced in Chittoor, 761 in West Godavari, 441 in Krishna, and 396 in Srikakulam.
he national capital on Sunday reported 124 new Covid-19 cases, while its daily test positivity rate stood at 0.17 per cent, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi government.
With seven more deaths reported on Sunday, daily deaths were below 10 for the second consecutive day. With these, the total toll has risen to 24,914.
During the same time period, 398 people recovered from the disease, taking the national capital's total recoveries to 14,05,287 till date.
Delhi presently has 2,091 active cases, of which 600 are under home isolation.
A total of 72,670 Covid samples were tested in the last 24 hours, including 52,790 through RT-PCR and 19,880 through Rapid Antigen method.
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"Out of 21 cases of Delta plus variant detected in Maharashtra, 9 are from Ratnagiri, 7 from Jalgaon, 2 from Mumbai, and one each from Palghar, Thane & Sindhudurg. We are ascertaining their vaccination status & travel history," he added.
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