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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Why pandemic is still surging despite lockdown
India went in for an early lockdown and encouraged social distancing and other measures, unlike the Trump and Bolsonaro govts
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Govt's eVIN system to track distribution of coronavirus vaccine: MoS Health
The eVIN system is regularly monitored by health authorities at state and district level
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23.9 mn coronavirus tests conducted in India in August: MoS Health
Till September 18, a total of 61,733,533 tests were conducted across the country, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said in the Rajya Sabha
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Puducherry's Covid-19 toll mounts to 458, fatality rate remains at 2%
The government has blamed non-disclosure of Covid-19 symptoms by people during field visits by health officials as a major reason for the high fatality rate in the UT
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Odisha sees record one-day spike of 4,330 Covid-19 cases, toll crosses 700
Of the 4,330 new cases, 2,556 were reported from various quarantine centres, while the rest were detected during contact tracing, the official said
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Mizoram coronavirus update: 30 more cases reported, tally up at 1,578
There are 588 active cases in the State while 990 people have been discharged
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DATA STORY: India's active cases down by 6,930 in 2 days; recovery rate inches towards 80%
With 94612 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 79.68%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.61%
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Threat of lethal autumn in Europe as Covid-19 returns in older population
The virus has started spreading in older populations again, according to data from France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK
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Covid-19 Factoid: In 2 days India sees a reduction of 7,000 in active cases
India sees a slight drop in number of tests conducted while MP crosses the 100,000 mark in total cases
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Pakistan reports 640 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally jumps to 305,671
A total of 292,303 people have recovered from the infection and at least 562 are in critical condition, the Ministry of National Health Services said
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Moscow's Covid-19 toll rises by 13, crosses 5,000 mark, death toll up by 11
Moscow's COVID-19 death toll has risen by 13 over the past day to 5,057, the Russian capital's coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Saturday.
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India's single-day recoveries surpass new cases as 94,612 people recuperate
The death toll climbed to 86,752 with the virus claiming 1,133 lives in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed
 "India's single-day recoveries surpass new cases as 94,612 people recuperate")
Covid: Taj Mahal, Agra Fort to reopen from Monday after 6 months of closure
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials have made all necessary arrangement for the reopening
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Covid tally rises to 1,56,922 in Maharashtra's Thane, death toll at 4,116
The death toll in the district rose to 4,116 with the addition of 34 fatalities on Saturday, he said
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Aus looking at easing restriction as cases fall; travel up in Japan
Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, has moved close to easing severe lockdown restrictions after recording only 14 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday.
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With 4071 new infections Covid cases top 242,000 in Delhi, death toll at 38
In the last 24 hours, 61,973 RT-PCR and antigen tests were conducted in Delhi, officials said on Saturday
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Global Covid-19 cases top 30.6 mn, death toll at 955,000: Johns Hopkins
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 30.6 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 955,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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CDC forecasts up to 218,000 Covid-19 deaths in America by October 10
The new forecast predicted that 3,000-7,100 new Covid-19 deaths will likely be reported during the week ending October 10
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South Korea's daily coronavirus cases fall below 100 in over a month
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Sunday said the newly counted 82 cases took the country''s total to 22,975 with 383 deaths
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Mumbai: 10% staff of cooperative, private bank can travel by local trains
The Central Railway has appealed to the travellers to follow medical and social protocols as mandated for COVID-19 pandemic
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