Daily Covid-19 cases rise again in India

Police stop a riders for not wearing masks, in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on Thursday. Pic/PTI

The number of daily Covid-19 cases rose again, to 16,156 from the tally recorded the day before (13,451). According to the Union health ministry's data updated on Thursday morning, India's total tally increased to 3,42,31,809, and the active cases declined to 1,60,989. The ministry had added 12,428 cases on Tuesday morning.

The toll climbed to 4,56,386 with 733 fresh deaths, including 622 from Kerala, according to the data updated at 8 am. Of the 622 deaths in Kerala, 93 were reported in the last few days, while 330 were not confirmed until June 18 last year due to lack of adequate documentation and 199 were designated as Covid-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and Supreme Court directions, a state government release said.

Oman approves Covaxin for travel

Bharat Biotech's Covaxin has been included to the approved list of Covid-19 vaccines for travel to Oman without quarantine. All passengers from India who have received two doses of Covaxin at least 14 days before the estimated arrival date will now be able to travel to Oman without the quarantine need, stated a press release issued by Embassy of India, Muscat.

3,42,31,809
Total no. of Coronavirus cases in India so far

4,56,386
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

1,60,989
Total no. of active cases in India

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