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Telangana to get priority in Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine supply: KCR

Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao said his government was ensuring that Telangana, as the home state, gets priority in supply of Covid-19 vaccine as and when it is manufactured by Bharat Biotech

Maharashtra police reports 533 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths in 24 hours

Maharashtra Police Force has reported 533 new Covid-19 cases and three police personnel died due to the novel Coronavirus in the last 24 hours, said the police

Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 33 new cases push Covid-19 tally to 3,392

Thirty-three more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, taking the tally in the union territory to 3,392, an official said on Wednesday

Singapore reports 75 new Covid-19 cases; majority from dormitories

Singapore reported 75 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, including 60 from dormitories housing foreign workers, taking the total number of cases to 57,166, the health ministry said

Delhi: Kejriwal directs authorities to take steps to prevent Covid spread

Amid a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal directed medical superintendents and senior officials to take every possible step to prevent the spread of the virus

Delhi: Police team for checking Covid norm violations withdrawn from task

With road traffic returning to "near normal" in the city, the traffic police has been asked to focus on managing vehicular movement, withdrawing them from Covid-19-related tasks

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Death rate low in Assam due to under-counting

Covid takes a toll on education, the police officer who doubles up as a doctor, and how to store your masks--news on how the country is dealing with the pandemic

Covid recoveries near 3.4 mn; 5 states contribute 61% of total active cases

The number of people recovered from Covid-19 in India has surged to 33,98,844, further improving the recovery rate to 77.77 per cent, while the case fatality rate has dropped to 1.69 per cent

Puducherry coronavirus update: 10 more die of Covid, toll mounts to 347

Five women and as many men succumbed to COVID-19 in Puducherry on Wednesday while 341 more people contracted the virus, pushing the tally of infections to 18,084

DATA STORY: India reports its biggest single-day spike in recovered cases

India on Tuesday conducted 1,154,549 coronavirus tests and had a test positivity rate of 7.8%

Pak reports 426 new COVID-19 infections; national tally reaches 299,659

Pakistan's number of coronavirus cases reached 299,659 on Wednesday after 426 new infections were detected in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said

Arunachal Pradesh coronavirus update: Record 221 cases push tally to 5,402

Arunachal Pradesh reported its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as 221 more people, including 59 security personnel, tested positive for the infection

Covid: India leads world in daily tally; resumes more metro lines today

According to the health ministry, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu account for 62% of total active coronavirus cases in the country

Covid-19: India reports 89,706 fresh cases; death toll rises to 73,890

With 89,706 infections being reported in a day, India's tally went past 4.3 mn, while 3,398,844 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.77%

Telangana coronavirus update: State records 2,479 Covid cases, 10 deaths

Telangana continued to witness a surge in coronavirus caseload with 2,479 fresh infections and 10 more deaths, taking the aggregate in the state to 147,000

Gurugram coronavirus update: City reports 258 new Covid cases, 1 death

The rapid increase of the coronavirus cases in Gurugram continued as 258 new infections have been detected in the district

LIVE: Delhi govt launches campaign urging people to follow Covid-19 norms

Coronavirus India update: Worst-hit states are Maharashtra (923,641) Andhra Pradesh (506,493), Tamil Nadu (469,256), Karnataka (404,324), and UP (271,851). Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study paused after one 'unexplained' illness

Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a recipient's "potentially unexplained" illness is a side effect of the shot

Coronavirus sample tests in India cross 50 million-mark, says ICMR

India has crossed the five-crore mark for sample testing of the novel coronavirus as of September 7, informed ICMR, adding that 1,098,621 samples were tested for the pathogen on Monday

Odisha coronavirus update: Tally at 131,382, recoveries cross 100,000-mark

Odisha's Covid-19 tally mounted to 131,382 on Tuesday and recoveries crossed the landmark 100,000mark, a health department official said