A 30-year-old male, on Friday, became the first person to be administered the first dose of India’s indigenous COVID vaccine, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, one of the 12 sites selected to test the vaccine. The subject, who was monitored for two hours at the hospital, has been discharged and will be under medical supervision for the next two weeks, said doctors at AIIMS.
With 48,962 COVID-19 positive cases and 757 deaths on Friday, for the third consecutive day cases and deaths in India crossed the 45,000 and 750 marks. Total cases stood at 13,36,874, with more that one lakh cases added in just the last two days.
Here is a list of State Helpline numbers. You can track coronavirus cases, deaths and testing rates at the national and State levels here.
Here are the latest updates:
9.40 am | Kerala
A 40-year-old woman died of COVID-19 at Kollangode in Palakkad district on Friday night. She had come back from Tiruppur three weeks away and was in quarantine. Health officials said she had a chronic diabetes history.
– Abdul Latheef Naha
9.00 am
Cabinet Secretary reviews COVID-19 management in 9 States
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Friday reviewed the management of COVID-19 in nine States with high active caseload and advised Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam to urgently ramp up testing, strictly implement containment plan, augment health infrastructure and ensure effective clinical management.
8.30 am | West Bengal
Complete lockdown in West Bengal
A commuter rides a bicycle on a deserted city road, during weekly two-day complete lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus disease, in Kolkata, on July 23, 2020.
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PTI
The State will go for another complete lockdown on Saturday. No flights will operat