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Covid-19 situation in Delhi should come under control in 7-10 days: CM

Pollution is biggest reason behind the spike in Covid-19 cases in Delhi

World Coronavirus Dispatch: WHO seeks data on Russia's Sputnik V vaccine

Israel to get Pfizer vaccine in Jan, UK first EU nation to cross 50,000 deaths, Curbs on cheering likely at Olympics next year, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Puducherry adds 75 new coronavirus cases, death toll rises to 608

Puducherry reported 75 fresh coronavirus cases while a 68-year old woman succumbed to the infection taking the toll in the union territory to 608, a top Health department official said

A common mutation may make Covid-19 more vulnerable to a vaccine: Study

A common mutation in the novel coronavirus that has enabled it to spread quickly around the world may also make it more susceptible to a vaccine, according to a study

13 new cases push Covid-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands to 4,507

The Covid-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands mounted to 4,507 as 13 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said

Coronavirus LIVE updates: India cases at 8,728,795; active cases at 484,547

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,736,329 coronavirus cases, Karnataka 855,912, Andhra Pradesh 849,705, Tamil Nadu 752,521 and Kerala 508,256. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

Thane district registers 535 new coronavirus cases, 12 additional deaths

As many as 535 new coronavirus cases were reported in Thane district of Maharashtra, taking its tally to 218,000, an official said

Arunachal Pradesh registers 44 new Covid-19 cases, one more death

Arunachal Pradesh's Covid-19 tally rose to 15,701 as 44 more people, including four security personnel, tested positive for the infection, a health department official said

'Coronavirus particles piggyback on PM 2.5 leading to deadly cocktail'

Arvind Kumar, chairperson, Centre for Chest Surgery at Sir Gangaram Hospital said the situation will get during festivals

France sees slowdown in Covid-19 cases, 'fragile' downward trend of spread

Two weeks into its second nationwide lockdown, France has witnessed a slowdown in the number of new Covid-19 cases and a "fragile" downward trend of the viral circulation, official data revealed

Jharkhand reports 269 new coronavirus cases, four fresh fatalities

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 105,493 as 269 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said

Telangana logs 997 new Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths; Chiranjeevi tests negative

Telangana reported 997 fresh coronavirus cases taking the tally to 256,000 while three fatalities pushed the toll to 1,397, the state government said

Global Covid-19 cases top 52.6 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 52.6 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,291,920, according to the Johns Hopkins University

DATA STORY: Delhi suffers over 100 Covid deaths in a day for the first time

India on Thursday conducted 1,139,230 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 123,101,739. The test positivity rate recorded on Thursday was 3.9%

With 44,879 new cases, India's Covid-19 tally rises to 87.28 lakh

India's COVID-19 tally rose to 87.28 lakh on Friday with a single-day increase of 44,879 cases, while the recoveries surged to 81,15,580, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.97%

UK reports 33,470 confirmed Covid-19 cases in its biggest one-day jump

The United Kingdom posted its biggest one-day jump in laboratory-confirmed coronavirus infections as the government reported 33,470 new cases

Covid-19 overhauls decades of aviation boom; a third of 50,000 routes shut

With borders effectively shut from Europe to New Zealand, the bulk of the world's dropped routes are inevitably cross-border

Coronavirus winter surge puts US on red alert, Trump stews in White House

Fresh off his election loss, US President Trump is stewing in the White House as the coronavirus pandemic hammers America with a winter surge that is sending almost all its 50 states into red alert

Pune records 622 more Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 330,112

Pune district reported 622 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 330,112, a health official said

Bihar registers 523 fresh Covid-19 cases, 5 more deaths push tally to 1,167

Five more persons died of Covid-19 in Bihar, raising the death toll to 1,167, while 523 fresh cases took the tally to 225,499, the health department said in a bulletin