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Data story: India logs 17,339 cases, biggest single-day spike in 124 days
India has added 91,717 cases in the past 7 days
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New Zealand reports 4,429 community cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours
New Zealand reported 4,429 community cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement
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North Korea's new suspected Covid cases under 10,000 for second day
North Korea's new suspected Covid-19 cases remained below 10,000 for the second consecutive day, according to its state media
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Team India captain Rohit Sharma tests Covid-19 positive in England
Indian batter Rohit Sharma has tested Covid-19 positive following a Rapid Antigen Test conducted on Saturday.
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Delhi reports 666 new Covid cases in 24 hours, positivity rate at 7.8%
Six more deaths were reported due to Covid-19 in Delhi on Saturday while the positivity rate stood at 7.8 per cent
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Due to ICMR portal glitch Maharashtra logs 1,728 Covid-19 cases; 4 deaths
Maharashtra's cumulative caseload now stands at 79,56,173 and the COVID-19 death toll at 1,47,900, it said.
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Gujarat reports 419 Covid-19 cases, zero deaths; active tally at 2,299
Ahmedabad reported 170 new cases, Surat 84 cases, Vadodara 38 and Bhavnagar 33, among other districts, the official said.
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Mumbai reports 840 Covid-19 cases and three fatalities on Saturday
With 2,051 patients discharged after treatment, the number of recoveries in Mumbai rose to 10,72,963, leaving the metropolis with 12,043 active cases, the bulletin said.
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Country spearheaded fight against Covid under Modi's leadership: Mandaviya
The country also developed a "robust and strong mechanism to counter the public health issues," he said.
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Thane records 978 new coronavirus cases; active tally stands at 5,634
The toll stood at 11,902, while the count of recoveries has reached, 7,04,869, the official added.
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Vietnam likely to replace China as factory of the world in near future
As Omicron flare-ups in China's manufacturing hubs, like Guangdong Province and Shanghai, disrupted supply chains, Vietnam's Q1 economic figures appear to show promising outlook amid the pandemic
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Surge in Assam's Covid cases, 43 new infections logged, tally at 724,508
Assam registered 43 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the tally to 7,24,508, a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission (NHM) said.
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Covid-19 cases rise 23% in Britain, with London becoming a hotspot
Britain's new COVID-19 cases have jumped by 23 per cent in just a week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported Friday
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Andaman and Nicobar reports 5 new Covid-19 cases, tally at 10,119
Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported five fresh Covid-19 cases, pushing the tally in the Union territory to 10,119, a health department official said on Saturday
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India reports 15,940 new Covid-19 infections, 20 deaths in last 24 hours
India's tally of Covid infections rose by 15,940 in a day to reach 43,378,234 while the active caseload increased to 91,779, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday
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China reports 7 new local Covid-19 cases, 2 logged from Beijing in 24 hours
China reported 7 locally transmitted confirmed Covid cases, including five in Guangdong Province and two in Beijing in the past 24 hours, according to the National Health Commission's report Saturday
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Expert panel approves use of Serum Institute's Covovax for 7-11-year olds
India started vaccinating adolescents (aged 15-18) from January, and further expanded the drive to include children as young as 12 years from March
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Covid vaccines prevented 20 million deaths in first year of rollout: Study
While more than 7 million deaths were likely averted in countries covered by Covax, the WHO-backed distribution program, the research nonetheless highlights the devastation caused by uneven access
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Home truths about door-to-door vaccinations for persons with disabilities
Denial of doses to persons without IDs, absence of segregated data and low awareness pose question mark on campaign
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Delhi logs 1,447 new Covid cases, one more death; positivity rate at 5.98%
The infection tally has risen to 19,28,841 while the death toll stands at 26,243
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