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Covid-19 Factoid: India reports biggest spike in cases since Sept 29

Country added over 6,000 new actives cases on November 24 when daily new cases exceeded daily recoveries.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: AstraZeneca vaccine is key even at 70% efficacy

Why vaccines should be a public good, Keeping indoor air clean can reduce spread of SARS-CoV-2, and is favipiravir good for Covid-19?-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Covid-19: Insurers are denying policies to disabled despite govt strictures

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed several faultlines in our health systems: Private healthcare is expensive while public healthcare can be inadequate

DATA STORY: India sees biggest single-day jump in active cases since Sep 28

India on Tuesday conducted 1,159,032 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 134,841,307. The test positivity rate recorded was 3.8%

India's Covid-19 caseload goes past 9.2 mn; active cases up by 6,079

India's Covid-19 caseload went past 92 lakh with 44,376 new cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to 8.64 million

Andaman and Nicobar Islands update: 11 cases push Covid tally of to 4,667

The Covid-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,667 as 11 more people tested positive for the infection

124,000 beds added to 1,426 hospitals in Kerala: CM Vijayan to PM Modi

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that a total of 124,000 new beds were added to 1,426 hospitals in the state

How a presentation by former Trai chief spurred vaccine talks within govt

Former Trai chief's presentation at the PMO in July got the ball rolling

Modi commits vaccine for 'every person' in India, says states must team up

States must be ready to implement the cold chain plan, says Prime Minister after meeting with chief ministers.

Envoys from 100 nations to visit Pune amid Covid vaccine production

Visit of the ambassadors was to take place on November 27, but it has now been rescheduled to December 4

Not working with any other partner for Covid-19 vaccination, says Pfizer

Clarification comes after a Mumbai-based tour operator announces 'vaccine tourism', solicits customer interest

Sputnik V vaccine to cost less than $10 a dose, reports 95% efficacy

Russians plan to supply one billion doses globally in 2021 through partnerships

National Institute of Biologicals to act as additional Covid testing centre

At present, all types of vaccines are being tested for lot release purposes at the Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL), Kasauli

Delhi schools unlikely to reopen until Covid-19 vaccine available: Sisodia

Earlier, schools were allowed to call students from Class 9 to Class 12 to school on voluntary basis from September 21

Covid vaccine: Bharat Biotech's Covaxin reach Ahmedabad for phase-3 trials

The Sola civil hospital is one of the 130 centres across the country where the third phase of clinical trials of Covaxin would be conducted

Second coronavirus wave looms, some parties busy in protests: Thackeray

Thackeray did not name any party, but his remarks came in the backdrop of the BJP staging street protests in Maharashtra for reopening of temples

Have undergone 22 Covid tests in past four and half months: Ganguly

Ganguly on Tuesday revealed that he underwent as many as 22 COVID-19 tests in the past four and a half months while trying to navigate his professional commitments amid the raging pandemic

Kejriwal asks PM to reserve ICU beds for Delhiites in Centre-run hospitals

Centre-run hospitals include AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital

Maharashtra reports 5,439 fresh coronavirus cases, 30 fatalities

Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 5,439 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the count of infections to 17,89,800, state health department said.

Gujarat's coronavirus tally crosses 200,000 mark with 1,510 cases

Gujarat's Covid-19 tally crossed the 200,000 mark and rose to 2,00,409 with the addition of 1,510 new cases on Tuesday, the state health department said.