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ICMR plans registry of hospitalised Covid-19 patients for real time data

15 institutions would act as registry sites and mentor around 100 Covid-19 hospitals, according to the proposal

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Russia to start mass vaccination drive

South Africa cases cross half a million, China to help Hong Kong boost tests, Latin America death toll surges past 200,000, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

J&K extends Covid-19 lockdown restrictions till August 5 as cases escalates

In the light of escalating Covid-19 cases, J&K govt said it was the safest to extend lockdown restrictions till August 5.

Covid count in Maharashtra Police force at 9,566, death toll stands at 103

Out of the total cases, 7,534 have recovered and 1,929 are active.

'Our sort of moment': Indian billionaires bet big in Covid-19 vaccine race

Serum Institute, the world's largest vaccine producer, has announced a plan to make hundreds of millions of doses of an unproven inoculation. 'I hope we don't go in too deep,' says CEO Adar Poonawalla

UP Minister Kamal Rani dies due to Covid-19, CM condoles her demise

Rani was undergoing Covid treatment at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences

Telangana coronavirus update: 1,891 new cases, 10 deaths in 24 hours

The fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 540, while the overall caseload rose to 66,677.

For 3 days straight, India added over 50,000 new Covid-19 cases in a day

Nagaland, considered relatively safe, reported a sudden surge in news cases on Friday, adding 127 new cases

2nd sero survey begins in Delhi, extended till Aug 7 due to lack of samples

The exercise is being undertaken for a comprehensive assessment of the Covid-19 situation in Delhi

Delhi now ranks 12th in terms of active Covid cases, was 2nd in June: Jain

Doubling rate of coronavirus cases in Delhi is around 50 days at present, while it is probably 32 days on an average nationally: Health Minister

Bengal reports highest single-day jump of 2,589 Covid-19 cases, 48 deaths

State's rate in discharging patients improved to 69.41 per cent as 2,143 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours

Odisha update: Govt allows private labs to conduct coronavirus tests

Odisha government allowed private hospitals, nursing homes and laboratories to conduct Covid-19 tests through Rapid Antigen and RT-PCR methods

Bihar coronavirus update: State reports 2,502 new cases in 24 hours

With 2,502 new Covid-19 cases reported in Bihar in the last 24 hours, the tally of coronavirus stands at 54,508

USA coronavirus update: Florida reaches 7,000 deaths from Covid-19

Florida health officials have reported 179 new deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the state's total to more than 7,000

Chandigarh coronavirus update: 193 new cases, 1 death; count at 9,385

Chhattisgarh reported 193 Covid-19 cases taking the state's count to 9,385, while the death toll climbed to 55 after an elderly woman succumbed to the infection

Over 67,000 new Covid-19 cases registered in US in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

More than 67,000 new Covid-19 cases were registered across the United States in the past 24 hours and 1,259 people died from the disease, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University

Himachal Pradesh coronavirus update: Tally climbs to 2,635 with 70 cases

Himachal Pradesh's COVID-19 case count rose to 2,635 on Saturday as 70 more people tested positive for the disease, officials said.

Delhi Covid-19 update: 2nd round of sero survey begins, extended till Aug 7

A fresh sero-prevalence survey in the national capital began for a comprehensive assessment of the COVID-19 situation, but due to the Eid holiday not many samples could be collected

Haryana coronavirus update: State reports 7 more deaths, 793 fresh cases

Haryana on Saturday reported seven more deaths due to Covid-19 while 793 fresh cases were detected pushing the infection tally to 35,758

India's Covid-19 tally races past 1.7 mn; July alone saw 65% of total cases

India's COVID-19 tally of cases went past 1.7 mn, of which 1.1 mn were reported in July alone, accounting for about 65.48 per cent of the total instances