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Madhya Pradesh coronavirus update: 291 new COVID-19 cases, 454 recoveries

Madhya Pradesh's Covid-19 tally rose to 253,405 with the addition of 291 fresh cases

West Bengal coronavirus update: 410 new Covid-19 cases, 10 fresh fatalities

West Bengal's Covid-19 tally rose to 5,67,714 on Saturday as 410 more people tested positive for the infection, while 10 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 10,107

36% of designated beneficiaries in Karnataka vaccinated: Official data

An estimated 36 per cent of designated beneficiaries earmarked for Saturday have been administered the Covid-19 vaccine in Karnataka

Indian Navy delivers coronavirus vaccines to Mauritius and Seychelles

A Poseidon 8I aircraft of the Indian Navy transported 100,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to Mauritius and 50,000 doses to Seychelles as part of India's grants assistance

Seven more states to administer Covaxin from next week: Health Ministry

Seven more states will be administering the indigenously-developed Covaxin from next week

Punjab coronavirus update: 10 more deaths, 212 new cases reported

Punjab reported 10 coronavirus deaths and 212 fresh cases on Saturday, pushing the overall figures to 5,553 fatalities and 1,71,733 infections, officials said

Kerala prepares action plan for second phase Covid vaccination drive

The Kerala Health Department has prepared an action plan to expand the Covid-19 vaccination in the state

Delhi records 197 fresh coronavirus cases; positivity rate dips to 0.26%

Delhi recorded 10 deaths on Saturday

WHO chief thanks PM Modi for 'continued support' to global Covid response

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi

India Coronavirus Dispatch: How states are fighting vaccine hesitancy

How vaccines are developed, no back-up plan if Covaxin efficacy data is not up to the mark, younger workers still reeling from lockdown, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccination: Nearly 1.4 million beneficiaries inoculated

Nearly 3,50,000 were vaccinated in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Saturday

NCP chief Sharad Pawar visits Serum Institute in Pune in wake of fire

A major fire had broken out two days ago, killing five persons

China: Wuhan returns to normal as world still battling Covid-19 pandemic

Early Saturday morning, residents in the central Chinese city where the virus was first detected were jogging and practicing tai chi in a fog-shrouded park beside the mighty Yangtze River

Arunachal Pradesh reports one new Covid-19 case, state tally at 16,817

The single case was detected from Lepa Rada district through rapid antigen test and the patient was asymptomatic, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said

DATA STORY: At 185,662, India's active Covid cases now just 1.75% of its tally

India on Friday conducted 837,095 coronavirus tests to take the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 190,985,119. The test positivity rate recorded was 1.7%

With 14,256 fresh cases, India's Covid-19 tally climbs to 1,06,39,684

There are 1,85,662 active cases of the coronavirus infection in the country currently, which accounts for only 1.78 per cent of the total caseload, according to data released by the ministry

US praises 'true friend' India for gifting Covid vaccine to several nations

In the last few days, India has sent consignments of domestically produced coronavirus vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Mauritius and Seychelles

Brazil President thanks India for 'Sanjeevni Booti' against Covid-19

India had previously cleared commercial exports of COVID-19 vaccines, and the first consignments were shipped to Brazil and Morocco on Friday

Over 1,200 adverse events in US after receiving Moderna Covid-19 vaccine

The US Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization for Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on December 18, 2020, administered as 2 doses, 1 month apart to prevent Covid-19

Coronavirus expected to kill over 6,00,000 people in US: Joe Biden

Biden said The United States' death toll from COVID-19 is likely to top 5,00,000 next month