Coronavirus latest updates: UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine; survey says 59 per cent Indians scep – Mumbai Mirror

While Mumbai’s Covid-19 deaths dropped to a single-digit on Tuesday for the first time since March 30, Maharashtra continues to report a high number of deaths. Maharashtra reported 4,930 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total count to 18,28,826. It also saw 6,290 recoveries/discharges and 95 fatalities. With 89,098 cases, the state also continues to have the maximum number of active cases in the country. A total of 47,246 people have succumbed to the disease so far. Mumbai city reported 724 new cases, taking its caseload to 2,84,191 while the count of fatalities rose by nine to 10,893. Meanwhile, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that ‘adverse event’ related to vaccine trial participant in Chennai will not affect the timelines and noted that a trial site has an institutional ethics committee which is independent of the manufacturer or government.