Coronavirus in India live updates: Canada bans passenger flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days

In the wake of upsurge in Covid-19 cases across the country and the ECI Order dated 22nd April, 2021, I am cancelling all my prescheduled meetings and we will reach out to the people virtually.

More than 1,900 police personnel had tested positive for Covid-19 during the first wave. Now that the entire police force (25,000) has received both jabs of vaccine, only 300 have tested positive for the virus so far in the second wave: Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kuma

For last 2 days, we're facing problems with oxygen supply. 162 MT O2 has been assured to Haryana. 12 stations will supply 480 MT O2 to Delhi. We've started building 2 temporary hospitals. Supply centres are requested to give O2 as per the allocation: Haryana CM Manohar L Khattar

Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla writes to all states and UT on seamless supply and transport of Remdesivir, asks authorities to personally monitor

At 8 pm, oxygen in store is for 5 hours for peripheral use till 1 am and lesser for high flow use. There are 510 Covid-19 patients admitted with 142 patients on high flow oxygen support. We are in dire need of oxygen supplies: Official from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi

Karnataka will procure 1 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine as we begin to inoculate citizens between 18 to 44 years from May 1. Rs 400 crores earmarked for this in the first phase: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa

Mumbai reports 7,410 fresh Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Maharashtra Covid case tracker

Maharashtra reports 67,013 new Covid-19 cases, 62,298 recoveries and 568 deaths in the last 24 hours

Kerala reports 26,995 new Covid-19 cases, 28 deaths in last 24 hours

Amid rising Covid-19 cases, Kathmandu's Pashupatinath Temple to remain closed from tomorrow until further notice, as per the temple's statement

Special Commissioner Muktesh Chander to provide security logistics for movement of oxygen tankers from manufacturers' sites to Delhi hospitals: PTI

Gujarat reports 13,105 fresh Covid cases, 5,010 recoveries, and 137 deaths in the last 24 hours

Tamil Nadu reported 12,652 fresh Covid-19 cases, 7,526 recoveries, and 59 deaths

Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation have granted conditional exemption to Indian Council of Medical Research for conducting feasibility study of Covid-19 vaccine delivery using drones in collaboration with IIT Kanpur

State governments are free to procure Covid-19 vaccine doses from the vaccine manufacturers as per the Liberalised Pricing and Accelerated National Covid-19 vaccination strategy: Union heath ministry

Gujarat in 24 hours vaccinated 58,238 persons for the first dose and 84,299 for the second. In all, 91.51 lakh are administered first and 17.07 lakh second dose of Covid vaccine.

1,410 new Covid-19 cases, 461 recoveries and 21 deaths reported in Goa in the last 24 hours. Goa's positive case tally rises to 72,224 including 10,228 active cases, 61,032 recovered cases and 964 deaths: State health department

There have been media reports suggesting that Serum Institute of India has contracted all its production till May 25 to Centre and state govts won't be able to procure vaccine till that date. These reports are based on incorrect facts and are without any basis: Union health ministry