Top 10 Covid-19 updates: Maharashtra logs 6,270 cases in 24 hours – lowest daily count in 4 months

Maharashtra on Monday reported 6,270 new coronavirus cases, its lowest daily infection count in four months, reported PTI. This pushed that Covid-19 tally to 59,79,051, while 94 deaths took the toll to 1,18,313. Meanwhile, Delhi recorded 89 new coronavirus cases, its lowest single-day tally this year. The national Capital also registered 11 deaths.India reported 53,256 new coronavirus cases, taking its overall count of infections since the pandemic broke out in January 2020 to 2,99,35,221. This is India’s lowest daily rise in cases in 88 days. The country’s toll rose by 1,422 to 3,88,135.The Union health ministry said over 80 lakh doses had been administered on the first day of the implementation of the new vaccination guidelines. “Today’s record-breaking vaccination numbers are gladdening,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted. “The vaccine remains our strongest weapon to fight Covid-19. Congratulations to those who got vaccinated and kudos to all the front-line warriors working hard to ensure so many citizens got the vaccine. Well done India!”The Assam and Bihar governments eased coronavirus restrictions in their states. The Assam government said that from Tuesday, restrictions will be relaxed between 5 am and 5 pm in districts that have been recording less than 400 daily cases for the past 10 days. In…

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