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South Korea's new Covid-19 infections hit fresh high of 27,443

The previous daily record was 22,907 reported Thursday.

US lawmakers urge Biden admin to ensure global supply of Covid-19 vaccines

Global health experts have identified an array of needs where the United States leadership can have a real and immediate impact to save lives

Covid cases in decline, third wave peak crossed on January 21: Govt

Daily nos. still over 100,000, don't lower guard, health ministry cautions

Covid-19 pandemic: Chhattisgarh records 2,454 new cases, 12 deaths

Chhattisgarh reported 2,454 new Covid-19 cases, down from 2,764 a day ago, taking the overall tally to 11,34,322

Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra records 15,252 cases and 75 deaths

Maharashtra recorded 15,252 new coronavirus cases and 75 fatalities, the state health department said.

34 states, UTs recording decline in Covid cases, positivity rate: Govt

Govt said there has been a consistent decline in daily Covid cases, daily active cases and the daily positivity rate, indicating a decreased spread of the infection

Districts with less than 5% positivity rate can reopen schools: Centre

The Centre on Thursday said the districts having less than five percent Covid positivity rate can move in the direction of reopening schools but it is up to the state governments to take a call

Mumbai's Covid cases again slip below 1k-mark; 7 die, active tally at 7,601

Mumbai's daily coronavirus count again dropped below the 1,000-mark as it reported 827 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday

Covid-19 pandemic: Jammu and Kashmir reports 1,982 new cases, 7 deaths

The declining trend in daily Covid cases continues in Jammu and Kashmir with 1,982 infections being reported on Thursday

Delhi logs 2,668 Covid cases, 13 more deaths; positivity rate down to 4.3%

Delhi on Thursday reported 2,668 fresh COVID-19 cases and 13 more deaths, while the positivity rate dropped to 4.3 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,38,647 and the death toll climbed to 25,932, the latest health bulletin stated. The number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 61,992, it said. The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13. The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic. It took just 10 days for daily cases to drop below the 10,000-mark.

Slightly younger population infected more in this Covid-19 wave: Govt

A comparatively younger population with an average age of 44 years has been infected more in this Covid wave, the government said on Thursday

Why is India seeing a rise in death rate despite low Covid cases?

The variant, touted as majorly causing mild illness, had initially led to a spike in Covid case numbers, but the number of Omicron cases have been much less in India

DDMA likely to discuss lifting night curfew, reopening schools on Feb 4

DDMA is likely to deliberate on lifting night curfew and reopening of schools during its meeting on February 4 in view of the decline in Covid cases here, official sources said on Thursday.

Decline in daily Covid cases in Kerala, 42,677 new infections, 601 deaths

Recoveries eclipsed fresh infections as daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala decreased on Thursday with the state recording 42,677 new cases which raised the caseload to 61,72,432. With 50,821 more people recovering from the virus since Wednesday, the total recoveries reached 57,45,912. As the number of recoveries were more than the new COVID-19 cases, the active cases in the state went down to 3,69,073, a government release said. On Wednesday, the number of active cases was 3,77,823. The southern state had reported 52,199 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. Kerala on Thursday also reported 601 deaths which raised the total fatalities in Kerala to 56,701, according to a government release. Of the deaths, 36 were reported in the last 24 hours, 124 were those which occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 441 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court

Omicron sub-variant harder to identify, found in 5 African nations: WHO

The BA.2 sub-variant has begun to replace Omicron's more common 'original' BA.1 variant in countries such as Denmark

Europe entering 'plausible endgame' to Covid-19 pandemic, says WHO

As the winter subsides in much of Europe in the coming weeks, Kluge said the upcoming spring leaves us with the possibility for a long period of tranquility

Over 60% fall in active cases of coronavirus in 1 week in Delhi: Data

The number of active coronavirus cases in the national capital has registered a fall of over 60 per cent in the last one week

Exposure to one nasal droplet may be enough for Covid infection: Study

Among several key clinical insights, researchers found that symptoms start to develop very fast, on average about two days after contact with the virus

Reports saying 5 mn unused Covishield doses may go waste 'misleading': Govt

It said the Centre had proactively advised all state governments to review the availability of vaccines to ensure that the wastage of doses is reduced to a minimum

Covid-19: Schools re-open for classes 8-12 in West Bengal

Schools in West Bengal reopened for classes 8-12 with Covid-19 Protocols on Thursday.