COVID-19 Daily Updates

Citizens above 60 years of age to receive COVID-19 vaccine from March 1

February 24, 2021, 3:41 PM

Sneha Shah | New Delhi

Prakash Javadekar

Prakash Javadekar

While addressing a media briefing on Wednesday, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar announced that citizens above the age of 60 years, and those above the age of 45 years with comorbidities would receive COVID-19 vaccine from March 1, 2021.

From March 1, people above 60 years of age and those above 45 years of age with comorbidities will be vaccinated at 10,000 government and over 20,000 private vaccination centres across the country, Javadekar informed.

The vaccine would be administered free of cost at government vaccination centres, he said.

Also read : No child deprived of education during COVID-19 pandemic: Prakash Javadekar

Those who wish to get vaccinated from private hospitals will have to pay. The amount they would need to pay will be decided by the health ministry within three to four days, as they are in discussion with the manufacturers and hospitals, he added.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

Published

4 years 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

4 years 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

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4 years 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.