Coronavirus India Live Updates: India recorded 51,667 new coronavirus cases and 1,329 deaths in the last 24 hours ending 9 am on Friday.
Daily Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra is witnessing an upward trend after maintaining a trajectory below the 10,000-mark for days even as the state is battling the Delta Plus variant.
There were 10,107 cases of infections in Maharashtra on June 16, since then state cases below the 10,000-mark.
This comes amid the Maharashtra government informing the Bombay High Court that more than 2,000 people have fallen victim to fake Covid-19 vaccination camps in Mumbai so far.
At least 224 more people, including two security personnel and over 55 children, have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Mizoram, pushing the Covid-19 caseload to 18,859, a health official said on Friday.
With the addition of 462 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 5,29,800, an official said on Friday.
“The state government accomplished the goal of vaccinating more than 8 lakh people on Thursday, taking the cumulative doses to over 2.88 crore,” said a spokesperson.
Globally, the two companies have supplied their Covid-19 vaccines only after indemnities were given against the costs of compensation for adverse effects due to vaccination.
Grant of indemnity does not always mean beneficiaries cannot seek compensation for adverse events, but the bar is very high.
Even as it announced further easing of lockdown restrictions, the Gujarat government on Thursday made it mandatory for “managers, owners and staff of business/ professional establishments” to be vaccinated – by June 30 in 18 cities and towns that remain under night curfew, and by July 10 in the rest of the state.
Out of 55,276 claims intimated to the insurance firms, nearly 88 per cent — 48,484 claims — amounting to Rs 3,593 crore have already been settled, said L Alamelu, Member .