The national capital reported 7,437 new positive cases on Thursday, with positivity rate at 8.10 per cent. Active cases in Delhi stood at 23,181.

Dr Vardhan says over 89 lakh healthcare workers have got the first dose and over 54 lakhs have got the second dose. As far as frontline or field level workers are concerned, over 98 lakhs got the first dose and over 45 lakhs have got the second dose, he adds

Over the last three days, as many as 39 doctors including the vice chancellor Lieutenant General (Retired) Dr Bipin Puri and medical superintendent Professor D Himanshu have tested positive for the infection

\"Don't be under any kind of pressure that your performance is bad because your numbers are high. You just focus on testing, I'm telling you even now. There is no reason to think you are doing badly if your numbers are high,\" says PM Modi

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talks about equitable access and widespread distribution of coronavirus vaccines; elaborates on India's immunisation programme

Vardhan says as long as supply of vaccines remains limited, there is no option but to prioritise. Maharashtra has vaccinated only 86 per cent of health workers with first dose; just 41 per cent healthcare workers with the second dose, he adds

Prime Minister Modi got the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine today at AIIMS; the first shot of the life-saving jab was administered to the PM on March 1

As of Tuesday, over 8.31 crore people have been immunised against COVID-19, with more than 43 lakh people getting the life-saving jabs in the last 24 hours

Additionally, the Gujarat Cricket Association has ordered that the next three T20 matches between India and England will be played without any spectators at the Narendra Modi Stadium in view of rising cases of coronavirus

The business tycoon got the COVID-19 jab as part of the second phase of the nationwide vaccination drive. The second phase of the mass COVID-19 vaccination drive began on March 1

The COVID-19 death toll surged to 1,58,446, with 140 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, pushing the death rate to 1.40 per cent

The Union Health Ministry has stated that 90 lakh people have been given Covaxin so far as part of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive and only 307 people have experienced some side effects from taking the vaccine

PM Modi's mother Heeraben Modi was administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The Prime Minister has also urged citizens to help and motivate eligible people to take the COVID-19 jab

Data from 25,800 participants who received a vaccine or placebo in 1:1 ratio showed that the vaccine was well-tolerated; Bharat Biotech said the trial conducted with ICMR was the largest in India

The Union Minister was vaccinated at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram by a team of doctors led by Dr Naresh Trehan, according to reports.

State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to contribute Rs 11 crore to the PM CARES Fund to support next phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive

The IMA also requested the Centre to provide COVID-19 vaccination free of cost to healthcare workers and people of the nation. The Union Health Ministry had developed Co-WIN to monitor real-time COVID-19 vaccine delivery

Bharat Biotech tweeted on PM Modi's commitment to build an Aatmanirbhar Bharat; Prime Minister shared an image of himself getting vaccinated on Twitter

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was administered Bharat Biotech's Covaxin by Sisters Rosamma Anil and P Niveda, from Kerala and Puducherry

All vaccines provided to beneficiaries at the government health facilities will be entirely free of cost, while private facilities cannot charge the beneficiary a sum above Rs 250 per person per dose