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Public health questions about Covid persist, however
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Maharashtra logs 76 Covid-19 cases, one death; sharp fall in weekly tally
According to the bulletin, Mumbai city logged 28 cases and one death linked to the infection, taking the overall tally to 11,62,373 and the toll to 19,768
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Drug sales stuck at pre-pandemic level, price rise shapes market growth
Respiratory medicines doing well as people recover from long-term effects of Covid-19
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Long Covid-19 linked with self-perceived cognitive difficulties: UCLA
Symptomatic long COVID may be associated with self-perceived cognitive difficulties such as memory problems, according to a study.
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India logs 1,839 new Covid-19 infections, active cases down to 25,178
The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said
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Delhi records 119 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths; positivity rate at 5.5%
Delhi on Sunday recorded 119 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 5.5 per cent and three Covid-linked deaths, according to data shared by the city government's Health department
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Maharashtra sees 177 new Covid-19 cases; Mumbai reports 48 fresh infections
Maharashtra reported 177 new Covid-19 cases, including 48 in Mumbai city, while one person succumbed to the viral disease, taking the total infection count to 8,167,519 and fatalities to 148,537
India reports 2,380 new Covid-19 infections, positivity rate at 1.71%
India reported 2,380 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday.
India logs 2,380 fresh Covid-19 infections, active cases drop to 27,212
India on Sunday logged 2,380 fresh COVID-19 infections, while the number of active cases came down to 27,212 from 30,041 the day before, according to Union health ministry data
LIVE: CM Biren Singh holds all-party meeting on Manipur violence
Catch live updates from across the globe here
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Delhi records 113 fresh Covid cases, three deaths, positivity rate of 14.3%
The number of active cases stands at 1,097, and of these, 870 patients are in home isolation
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Maharashtra logs 176 Covid cases, 2 fatalities, active tally rises to 1,876
With 5,491 tests conducted in the state in the last 24 hours, the overall count of samples examined so far rose to 8,70,40,437, the health department said
India logs 2,961 Covid-19 cases, active infections down to 30,041
The national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.75 per cent while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent, the ministry said
Covid-19's new Omicron subvariant continues to spread rapidly in US
Experts warned that the percentage is expected to increase in the coming weeks, with XBB.1.16 possibly becoming the next dominant coronavirus strain in the country
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HSBC Holdings' shareholders dismiss call for strategy, dividend switch
About a fifth of voting investors backed the call for HSBC to report regularly on the possibility of carving out its Asian unit, while 19.2% supported lifting its dividend to its pre-pandemic level
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Delhi records142 fresh Covid cases, one death, positivity rate of 5.43%
Only 138 of the 7,976 COVID-19 beds in the national capital are occupied, according to Friday's bulletin
The voice of labour repressed and management during the pandemic
This week in BS also looked at a book about a group of individuals who are on a mission to fight ransomware
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Maharashtra logs 299 Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths, active cases rises to 2,475
Maharashtra logged 2,189 new COVID-19 cases between April 29 to May 5, compared to 4,478 cases in the week between April 22 to April 28, 2023. Mumbai city on Friday reported 87 new cases
Mumbai reports 87 new covid infections, tally reaches 11,63,173 live cases
Mumbai on Friday reported 87 new coronavirus infections which took the tally of cases in the city to 11,63,173, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
Covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, says WHO
The WHO's emergency committee first declared that Covid represented its highest level of alert more than three years ago, on Jan. 30 2020
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