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Eight of Karnataka Dy CM Karjol's family Covid positive, son on ventilator

In a long Twitter post, Karjol explained his inability to take up a long journey to physically monitor the flood situation in Bagalkote and Kalaburagi

Covid-19 accelerated innovations in transport business: Ola co-founder

Aggarwal said while the initial impact of the pandemic on the industry was hard, it also provided an opportunity for new business models to come up

Major urban areas see double-digit decline in new Covid-19 cases

There has also been a fall in the absolute number of tests done from their peak values

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Czech cops clash with protesters opposing curbs

UK businesses seek property rate cut, many rapid tests in US go unreported, China's central bank says economy to expand 2%, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Vaccine storage demands could leave 3 billion people without access

For poor countries like Burkina Faso, the best chance of receiving a coronavirus vaccine is through the Covax initiative, led by the World Health Organization and the Gavi vaccine alliance

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Delhi hospitals see surge in cases, boost infra

Govt panel claims Covid peak over, Experts warn against reinfection panic, and Pimpri-Chinchwad civic chief frets over festive season--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Covid 'effectively contained', positivity rate below 8% for 4th day: Govt

The country's cumulative positivity rate stands at 7.94 per cent and is on a continuous decline, the ministry said in a statement

Covid-19 Factoid: Daily tests conducted by India are declining for 4 days

On Sunday, 859,786 coronavirus tests were conducted across the country. This was the lowest daily number since September 27

Antibodies fade quickly in recovering Covid-19 patients, study finds

Antibody levels in the blood of COVID-19 patients drop rapidly during the weeks after their bodies have cleared the novel coronavirus, and symptoms have subsided, according to a study.

DATA STORY: At 579, Covid-19 deaths reported by India in a day lowest since July 14

With 66399 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 88.26%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.52%

'Mumbai, Delhi has a third the Covid deaths per million than DC, Madrid'

K. Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India speaks on the current trajectory of Covid-19 cases in India, treatment and vaccines for the disease

Global Covid-19 cases top 39.8 mn, death toll at 1,112,535: Johns Hopkins

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 7,494,551, while the country's death toll soared to 114,031

Nepal Govt not to bear cost of all Covid patients, will not bury the dead

Decided during a Cabinet meeting, a list of people completing certain criteria will be getting the facilities from the government, spokesperson at the Ministry announced

Coronavirus LIVE: Community spread only in some districts, says Vardhan

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 15,86,321 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 775,470, Karnataka 751,390, Tamil Nadu 679,191 and UP 449,935. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

Russia coronavirus update: Covid death toll in Moscow surpasses 6,000

Over 50 Covid-19 patients have died in Moscow in the past 24 hours, bringing total coronavirus death toll to more than 6,000, the city's coronavirus response centre said in a statement.

Tamil Nadu coronavirus update: State reports 3,914 Covid cases, 56 deaths

As many as 3,914 new Covid-19 cases and 56 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 687,400

Gujarat coronavirus update: 1,091 new Covid cases, 9 more deaths registered

Gujarat recorded 1,091 coronavirus cases, taking its tally to 1,59,726, while the death toll climbed up to 3,638 with nine new deaths

Andhra Pradesh coronavirus update: 3,986 new Covid-19 cases reported

A total of 3,986 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh, taking the total number of cases to 7,83,132 in the state

Oppn parties attack Kerala govt over Union Min's Covid-19 spike remark

The Opposition parties in Kerala hit out at the Left government over Harsh Vardhan's comments on the spike in cases, and alleged that the health sector reflects thetrue picture of the state

Italy eyes new coronavirus measures with London, Paris under curbs

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte may order bars and restaurants to close at 10 p.m., ban some sporting activities and change the hours for high schools to prevent congestion