COVID-19 UPDATES IN INDIA (May 26 2021)

  • 26 May 2021, 10:30 PM (IST)

    Haryana: Today the state reported 3,138 new COVID-19 positive cases,5,476 recoveries & 106 deaths. There are 31,644 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Active cases: 31,644
    • Recovered cases: 7,08,255
    • Total Deaths: 7,841
    - Haryana Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 10:15 PM (IST)

    Jharkhand: Today the state reported 977 new COVID-19 positive cases, 2,403 recoveries & 19 deaths. There are 14,196 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Active cases: 14,196
    • Recovered cases: 3,14,929
    • Total Deaths: 4,910
    - Jharkhand Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 10:00 PM (IST)


  • 26 May 2021, 09:50 PM (IST)

    Jharkhand: Our vaccine wastage is 4.65%, not 37%, as is being said. There is no factual basis in it, it's misleading publicity. Our wastage is less than other states. For vaccines, we've only 1.37 lakh vaccines left for 18-44 age group, which will be finished soon
    - Health Minister, Jharkhand


  • 26 May 2021, 09:38 PM (IST)

    Assam: The state reported 5,699 new COVID-19 positive cases, 6,266 recoveries & 90 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are 52,884 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Active cases: 52,884.
    • Recovered cases: 3,29,634.
    • Total Deaths: 3,005
    - Assam Health Department


  • 25 May 2021, 09:27 PM (IST)

    Punjab: The state reported 4,124 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, 6,397 recoveries and 186 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are 50,549 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Recovered Cases: 44,87,859
    • Total Deaths: 13,827
    - State Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 09:15 PM (IST)

    Karnataka: During discharge, Covid patients will be tested for any fungus infection and will also be subjected to MRI scan if necessary. All district hospitals have been instructed to have a dedicated post-covid ward.
    After 1 week of discharge, covid recovered persons should get themselves tested at post covid ward or can get a teleconsultation. Recovered person will be contacted to check for symptoms of fungus infection. If symptoms found they will be called to hospitals.
    - Dr. K Sudhakar, Health Minister, Karnataka


  • 26 May 2021, 09:05 PM (IST)

    Maharashtra: Maharashtra state reported 24,752 new COVID-19 positive cases, 23,065 recoveries & 453 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are 3,15,042 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Total Cases: 56,50,907
    • Active cases: 3,15,042
    • Recovered cases: 52,41,833
    • Total Deaths: 91,341
    - Maharashtra State Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 08:52 PM (IST)

    PM Narendra Modi speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron, thanks him for assistance rendered by France to India's Covid response
    - PMO


  • 26 May 2021, 08:45 PM (IST)

    Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu reported 33,764 new COVID-19 positive cases, 29,717 recoveries & 475 deaths in the past 24 hours. There are 3,10,224 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Active cases: 3,10.224.
    • Recovered cases: 16,13,221.
    • Total Deaths: 21,815
    - Tamil Nadu Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 08:35 PM (IST)

    West Bengal: The state reported 16,225 new COVID-19 positive cases, 19,071 recoveries & 153 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are 1,23,377 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Active cases: 1,23,377.
    • Recovered cases: 11,79,999.
    • Total Deaths: 14,827
    - West Bengal Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 08:22 PM (IST)

    Assam: The state government declares black fungus as notifiable disease.


  • 26 May 2021, 08:13 PM (IST)

    Gujarat: The state reports 3,085 new COVID-19 positive cases, 10,007 recoveries & 44 deaths in the past 24 hours. There are 55,548 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Active cases: 55,548.
    • Recovered cases:7,32,748.
    • Total Deaths: 9,701
    - Gujarat Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 08:02 PM (IST)

    Pune [Maharashtra]: Pune reports 2,999 new COVID-19 positive cases, 5,774 recoveries & 74 deaths today.
    - Health Department, Zilha Parishad, Pune


  • 26 May 2021, 07:49 PM (IST)

    Bihar: The state reported 2,603 new COVID-19 positive cases on May 25. There are 30,992 active cases are undergoing treatment.
    - State Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 07:39 PM (IST)

    Himachal Pradesh: 1,365 new COVID-19 positive cases & 44 deaths reported today. There are 22,181 active cases are undergoing treatment.
    Recovered cases: 1,59.227
    Total Deaths:2,917
    - State Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 07:30 PM (IST)

    Karnataka: 26,811 new COVID-19 positive cases, 40,741 recoveries & 530 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. There are 4,09,924 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Active cases: 4,09,924.
    • Recovered cases: 20,62,910.
    • Total Deaths: 26,929
    - Karnataka Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 07:20 PM (IST)

    Uttarakhand: 2,991 new COVID-19 positive cases, 4,854 recoveries & 53 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. There are 43,520 active cases are undergoing reatment.
    Recovered cases: 2,66,182
    Total Deaths:6,113
    - State Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 07:06 PM (IST)

    The Central govt has created a new portal and they are collecting data directly from vaccination centres and not from state govt. There is delay from some vaccination centres in providing data which the Centre is calling vaccine wastage.
    - Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo


  • 26 May 2021, 07:00 PM (IST)

    Rajasthan: The state reported 3,886 new COVID-19 positive cases, 13,192 recoveries & 107 deaths in the past 24 hours. There are 78,126 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Active cases: 78,126
    • Recovered cases: 8,41,602
    • Total Deaths: 8,018
    - State Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 06:49 PM (IST)

    Goa: Goa reported 1,487 new COVID-19 positive cases, 1,363 recoveries & 39 deaths in the past 24 hours. There are 15,971 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Active cases: 15,971
    • Recovered cases:1,32,607
    • Total Deaths: 2,499
    - Goa Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 06:41 PM (IST)

    Himachal Pradesh: 214 vaccination centers have been established in Himachal Pradesh for vaccinating people above 18 years of age.
    - State Government


  • 26 May 2021, 06:32 PM (IST)

    Jharkhand: Jharkhand Goverent says, it is wrong to project that vaccine wastage percentage is as high as 37.3 per cent in state whereas it is 4.65℅, much below national average of 6.3℅
    - State Government


  • 26 May 2021, 06:23 PM (IST)

    Kerala: The state reported 28,798 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 151 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are 2,48,526 active cases are undergoing treatment.
    Active Cases: 2,48,526
    Total Deaths: 7,882
    - State Health Department, Kerala


  • 26 May 2021, 06:10 PM (IST)

    Madhya Pradesh: The state reported 2,182 new COVID-19 positive cases, 7,479 recoveries & 72 deaths in the past 24 hours. There are 43,265 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Active cases: 43,265.
    - State Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 06:00 PM (IST)

    Andhra Pradesh: The state 18,285 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, 24,105 recoveries and 99 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. There are 1,92,104 active cases are undergoing treatment.
    Active Cases: 1,92,104
    Recovered Cases: 24,859
    Total Deaths: 10,427
    - State Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 05:55PM (IST)

    Punjab: Due to decreasing number of COVID cases in Ludhiana, all shops can now remain open till 3 pm and home delivery by restaurants till 9 pm from tomorrow.
    - Deputy Commissioner,Ludhiana


  • 26 May 2021, 05:38 PM (IST)

    Telangana: The state reported 3,762 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, 3,816 recoveries and 20 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are 38,632 active cases are undergoing treatment.
    Active Cases: 38,632
    Total Recoveries: 5,22,082
    Total Deaths: 3,189
    - State Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 05:07 PM (IST)

    Gujarat: Night curfew timing has been changed in 36 cities of Gujarat. Now, the curfew will remain in force between 9 pm and 6 am (instead of 8 pm to 6 am)
    - Vijay Rupani, CM Gujarat


  • 26 May 2021, 04:21 PM (IST)

    Delhi: Why isn’t this country buying vaccines? We can’t leave it on states. Our country is at war against Covid19. If Pakistan attacks India, will we leave states on their own? Will UP buy its own tanks or Delhi its own arms?: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
    - Arvind Kejriwal, CM Delhi


  • 26 May 2021, 04:17 PM (IST)

    Delhi: It is the Centre's responsibility to provide vaccine, not states. If we delay it more, don't know how many more lives will be lost
    - Arvind Kejriwal, CM Delhi


  • 26 May 2021, 04:10 PM (IST)

    Delhi: There's no vaccine in Delhi; for 4 days vaccination centres for the 18-44 age group are shut & not just here but across India, several centres are shut. Today when we should have opened new centres, but now we are also shutting the existing ones, which is not good.
    - Arvind Kejriwal, CM Delhi


  • 26 May 2021, 03:57 PM (IST)

    Cumulatively 17,831 oxygen concentrators; 18,111 oxygen cylinders; 19 oxygen generation plants; 13,489 ventilators/ BiPAP; 6.9 lakh Remdesivir vials, 12lakh favipiravir tablets delivered/ dispatched to States and UTs, so far.
    - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare


  • 26 May 2021, 03:51 PM (IST)

    India becomes second country after the US to cross 20 crore cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage; 42% population above 60 years have received their first dose of the vaccine.
    - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare


  • 26 May 2021, 03:47 PM (IST)

    Additional 29,250 vials of Amphotericin-B, used in the treatment of Mucormycosis (black fungus infection), have been allocated to all the States/UTs today.
    - Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers


  • 26 May 2021, 03:27 PM (IST)

    Delhi: The state positivity rate is below 2% (1.93%)


  • 26 May 2021, 03:25 PM (IST)

    Delhi: Delhi reported 1,491 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, 3,952 recoveries and 130 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are 19,148 active cases are undergoing treatment.

    • Total Cases: 14,21,477
    • Total Recoveries: 13,78,634
    • Total Deaths: 23,695
    • Active Cases: 19,148
    - Delhi Health Department


  • 26 May 2021, 03:05PM (IST)

    When Casirivimab & Imdevimab are injected into infected patient in early stage it blocks virus from entering cells of patient. It is working against Covid-19 & also effective against B.1.617. This is a new weapon.
    - Dr Naresh Trehan, Chairman, Medanta on COVID antibody cocktail


  • 26 May 2021, 02:29PM (IST)

    Bengal: The state government declares black fungus as notifiable disease.


  • 26 May 2021, 02:27 PM (IST)

    Jharkhand: As per total vaccine doses availability with Govt on Jharkhand till today, current vaccine wastage proportion is only 4.65%. Vaccination data could not be fully updated to the central Co-Win Serve/Platform due to technical difficulties & the updation is in process.
    - CMO, Jharkhand .


  • 26 May 2021, 02:17PM (IST)

    Haryana: What is the base of announcements that the third wave will come or that it will impact only children? There is no evidence. However, we’re ready for it.
    - Anil Vij, State Health


  • 26 May 2021, 02:13PM (IST)

    Haryana: Haryana Medical Services Corporation Ltd has floated two global tenders for the supply of one crore doses of COVID vaccine and 15000 vials of Amphotericin (Amphotericin is used for the treatment of Black Fungus)
    - Anil Vij, State Health


  • 26 May 2021, 01:21 PM (IST)

    Manipur:In Ukhrul, the mortality rate is low, onlye 8 people died till today. Only 7 people died in Senapati. The spread of COVID-19 cases is a little high, so home isolation has been conducted, medication & distribution of oximeter is going on.
    - N Biren Singh, CM Manipur.


  • 26 May 2021, 01:17 PM (IST)

    Manipur: Within 10-15 days, there'll be one PSA oxygen plant in each hill district. I've also given oxygen concentrators to hill districts. In Senapati, I also provided 1 ambulance.
    - N Biren Singh, CM Manipur.


  • 26 May 2021, 12:04 PM (IST)

    More than 1.77 cr vaccine doses still available with states and UTs. They will receive one lakh more within next three days.
    - Union Health Ministry.


  • 26 May 2021, 11:25 AM (IST)

    Positivity rate has been reduced to 3% in villages. But due to fewer facilities available in villages, we’re spreading awareness among villagers and proving them Fateh Kit.
    - Virendra Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana.


  • 26 May 2021, 11:04 AM (IST)


  • 26 May 2021, 10:44 AM (IST)

    PM: I once again salute our frontline healthcare workers, doctors, nurses who selflessly risk their lives every day to serve others in need, to those who have suffered & lost their dear ones.
    - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister


  • 26 May 2021, 10:34 AM (IST)

    IMA Uttarakhand sends a defamation notice of Rs 1000 cr to Yog Guru Ramdev:
    The notice states that if he doesn't post a video countering the statements given by him and tender a written apology within the next 15 days, then a sum of Rs 1000 crores will be demanded from him.


  • 26 May 2021, 10:25 AM (IST)

    States have been urged repeatedly to keep vaccine wastage below 1%, many States like Jharkhand (37.3%), Chhattisgarh (30.2%), Tamil Nadu (15.5%), Jammu & Kashmir (10.8%), Madhya Pradesh (10.7%) are reporting much higher wastage than the national average (6.3%).
    - Ministry of Health.


  • 26 May 2021, 10:15 AM (IST)

    • Total vaccine doses administered (so far): 20,06,62,456
    • Total vaccine doses administered (in last 24 hours): 20,39,087


  • 26 May 2021, 10:08 AM (IST)

    Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, 22,17,320 samples were tested yesterday. There are 33,48,11,496 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 25 May 2021.


  • 26 May 2021, 10:00 AM (IST)

    India reported 2,08,921 new coronavirus(COVID-19) cases.
    2,95,955
    patients have been discharged from the hospital due to their good health condition. There are 4,157deaths reported in last 24 hours. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, 22,17,320 samples were tested yesterday

    • Total Cases: 2,71,57,795
    • Active Cases: 24,95,591 (09.19℅)
    • Recovered Cases: 2,43,50,816 (89.66℅)
    • Total Deaths: 3,11,388 (1.15℅)
    • Total Vaccination: 20,06,62,456


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