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Joe Biden sending more Covid tests to schools to keep them open

The new initiative comes as the White House faces mounting criticism over long lines and supply shortages for testing

No new Omicron case in Gujarat for 2nd day; tally unchanged at 264

Ahmedabad city has so far reported the highest number of Omicron cases

Covid-19 pandemic: Tamil Nadu adds 17,934 fresh infections, 19 deaths

Chennai accounted for the majority of new coronavirus infections with 7,372

1,700 Delhi Police personnel tested Covid positive from Jan 1 to 12: Data

The Delhi Police force comprises over 80,000 personnel

Third wave might shave 10% off mall revenue this fiscal, says report

The impact of new restrictions on malls for the top-eight cities is expected to last only four-five weeks

Lateral flow tests can detect Covid from day 3-8, for RT-PCR 20 days: Govt

The Centre on Wednesday said lateral flow tests, which includes rapid-antigen and home-antigen tests, can detect Covid from the third day after exposure to the virus to day eight

Over 21,000 new Covid cases in Karnataka; 15,617 from Bengaluru alone

The total number of active cases across the state is now 93,099

Covid-19 pandemic: Nagpur sees 1,461 cases, 497 patients recover

On Tuesday, the district had recorded 799 infections

Uttar Pradesh reports 13,681 new coronavirus cases, sees 3 deaths

Uttar Pradesh reported 13,681 fresh Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, raising the tally of active cases in the state to 57,355

Telangana reports 2,319 new Covid-19 infection, active cases at 18,339

Active cases surged to 18,339 with Telangana on Wednesday recording 2,319 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 7,00,094, while the death toll rose to 4,047 with two more fatalities.

Covid-19: Goa reports 3,119 new cases; positivity rate rises to 32%

The number of recovered cases in the state rose to 179,423

Current Covid wave in Pune may peak by Jan-end or Feb first week: Official

Pune district in Maharashtra might see the ongoing wave of the COVID-19 cases reach its peak by the last week of January or the first week of February

Mumbai's daily Covid-19 count once again spikes with 16,420 new cases

The city witnessed a single-day growth of 4,773 cases

HC pulls up govt, oppn as Karnataka records 21,390 fresh Covid cases

Court asks state govt why Mekedatu padayatra was allowed amid rising cases; issues show-cause to Congress for violating Covid curbs

Link Covid curbs to hospitalisation rate: India Inc urges govt

As local authorities impose restrictions in view of Omicron, industry bodies have asked the government to link restrictions to hospitalisation and not the overall case count

E-passes for essential services valid for entire duration of curbs: DDMA

DDMA clarified that the e-passes issued for movement connected to "essential goods and services" or "exempted category", shall be valid during the duration of imposition of weekend and night curfew

Tamil Nadu doing great work towards defeating Covid-19: Mandaviya

Mansukh Mandaviya inspected the COVID-19 war room, 108 emergency control centre in Tamil Nadu and praised the local administration for doing 'great work' in controlling the spread of the pandemic.

1,700 Delhi Police personnel tested Covid positive between Jan 1-12: Data

A whopping 1,700 Delhi Police personnel have tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection since January 1, officials said on Wednesday

Odisha logs 8,778 fresh Covid cases, positivity rate rises to 11.7%

Odisha on Wednesday registered a 24 per cent increase in fresh coronavirus cases as compared to the previous day as 8,778 more people tested positive for the infection

Positivity rate stable, could lift restrictions if this continues: Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said that COVID-19 cases in the Union Territory continue to be above 20,000 but the positivity rate is stable around 25 per cent