COVID-19 Daily Updates

Centre allows COVID-19 vaccination for foreigners residing in India

August 10, 2021, 11:43 AM

Karan Pareek | New Delhi

In a progressive move towards curbing the spread of deadly Coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry, on Monday, announced that foreign nationals residing in India are now eligible to take COVID-19 vaccine.
Passports of foreign nationals would be used as identification document just as Aadhar, which is being used for Indians for vaccination.
This drive is only open for foreign nationals above 18 years of age and slot booking will happen through CoWin portal.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya shared this news on his Twitter account. He wrote, Together We Fight, Together We Win Govt has now allowed foreign nationals residing in India to register on CoWin portal and take #COVID19 vaccine. This will ensure overall safety from the transmission of the virus.
In a press release, the ministry mentioned that till date, India had administered more than 51 crore vaccine doses across the country. It further mentioned that a significant number of foreign nationals were living in India, especially in large metropolitan areas.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

Published

5 months ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

Published

6 months ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

Published

6 months ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.