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Covid: 5,339 new cases in Karnataka, 48 deaths; positivity rate 4.14%

Karnataka on Wednesday reported 5,339 new cases of COVID-19 and 48 fatalities, taking the tally to 39,12,100 and toll to 39,495. There were 16,749 discharges today, pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,11,615, a health bulletin said. Of the new cases, 2,161 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 6,883 people being discharged and 16 virus-related deaths. The total number of active cases across the state is now 60,956. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 4.14 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 0.89 per cent. Of the 48 deaths, 16 are from Bengaluru Urban, Dakshina Kannada (5), Ballari (4), Chitradurga and Tumakuru (3), Dharwad, Kolar, Mandya, Mysuru, Shivamogga and Uttara Kannada (2), followed by others. After Bengaluru Urban, Tumakuru recorded the second highest number of cases with 342, Belagavi 327, Mysuru 293, Shivamogga 185, Ballari 173 and Mandya 158. Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 17,64,476 cases, Mysuru 2,27,751 and Tumakuru 1,58,565. Ac

Delhi records 1,317 fresh Covid cases, 13 deaths; positivity rate at 2.11%

Delhi on Wednesday reported 1,317 fresh COVID cases with a positivity rate of 2.11 per cent, while 13 more people succumbed to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department

Most patients had heart or kidney ailments: Report on Covid deaths in Delhi

Of the 853 deaths audited for this period, 779 or 91 per cent were those who were found with co-morbidities, as per the report on COVID-19 deaths analysis, shared by official sources

Covid-19 pandemic: Himachal Pradesh adds 653 fresh cases, one death

Himachal Pradesh's COVID tally increased to 2,78,651 on Wednesday with 653 fresh cases, while the death toll climbed to 4,043 as one more person succumbed to the viral disease, a health official said.

Omicron's mutations explain why it is less severe among vaccinated

Omicron emerged as a variant of concern only in November 2021, but all the mutations it contains, except one, had been described before that

Covid-19 pandemic: Telangana logs 865 fresh cases and one death

The decline in Covid-19 cases continued in Telangana on Wednesday with 865 new infections being reported taking the tally to 7,80,836, a health department bulletin said.

Hybrid immunity in India was effective against Omicron, says Kerala doctor

Hybrid immunity is effective in preventing the spread of the Omicron, a variant of coronavirus, according to the findings of the study conducted by a team led by a Kerala doctor. "The impact caused by Omicron in India was less compared to the crisis created in countries such as the US and the UK. Hybrid immunity present in Indian population is the one of the main reasons for low death rate compared to other countries," said clinical immunologist and rheumatologist Dr Padmanabha Shenoy who headed the research. Dr Sakir Ahmed of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, was co-researcher. "Human body gains immunity through natural infection or vaccination. Hybrid immunity is the immunity generated when a person with prior infection receives a vaccine," Dr Shenoy told reporters here. The research included about 2,000 patients with auto-immune rheumatic diseases at the Centre for Arthritis & Rheumatism Excellence (CARE). It was found during the initial studies that hybrid .

Nashik district adds 332 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths; 1,004 recover

The Covid-19 count in Nashik district of Maharashtra rose to 4,73,508 with an addition of 332 new cases on Wednesday, the local administration said.

Kerala logs 23,253 new Covid cases, 854 deaths

Daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala which saw a slight increase a day ago, again decreased with the state on Wednesday recording 23,253 fresh infections which raised the total caseload to 63,46,631. The southern state had reported 29,471 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. Kerala today also reported 854 deaths which raised the total fatalities in Kerala to 60,793, according to a government release. Of the deaths, 29 were reported in the last 24 hours, 198 were those which occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 627 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, the release said. With 47,882 more people recovering from the virus since Tuesday, the total recoveries crossed 60 lakh in the state to reach 60,26,884. As the number of recoveries were more than the new COVID-19 cases, the active cases in the state went down to 2,58,188, the release said. On ..

AIIMS discontinues Covid tests before inpatient hospitalisations, surgeries

'In accordance with current ICMR's national guidelines, it has been decided to discontinue with routine Covid-19 testing,' the circular read

10 mn adolescents fully vaccinated against Covid-19: Mansukh Mandaviya

Over 5.04 crore beneficiaries in the age group of 15-18 years have been administered the first dose of vaccine

Global Covid case count declines 17% in latest week; 7% drop in deaths: WHO

The prevalence of the omicron variant has increased globally and is now detected in almost all countries, WHO said

Night curfew lifted in Himachal Pradesh amidst drop in Covid cases

The number of active COVID-19 cases in the state decreased to 4,812 on February 8 from 9,672 on February 1, government data showed

Covid: Omicron BA.2 subvariant likely to spread globally, says WHO

According to Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's Covid-19 technical lead, the BA.2 subvariant, which is more contagious than the currently dominant BA.1 version, will likely become more common: Report

New antiviral drug combo highly effective against Covid-19: Study

The research, published recently in the journal Nature, suggests that these drugs are more potent when used in combination than individually

Data story: India logs 71,365 new cases; active cases drop below 900,000

India has so far administered 1,708,706,705 vaccine doses. That is 4028.92 per cent of its total caseload, and 121.95 per cent of its population

India reports 71,365 new Covid-19 infections, 1,217 fatalities

The daily positivity rate in the country dropped to 4.54 per cent while the weekly positivity rate also dipped to 7.57 per cent.

China reports 73 new local, 37 imported Covid-19 infections

No new deaths from Covid were reported on the day

US Air Force approves 9 religious exemptions for Covid vaccine

The nine approved so far represent just a tiny fraction of the more than 6,400 requested by Air Force troops

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 400 mn: Johns Hopkins University

India recorded the world's second largest caseload