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Mumbai logs 146 new Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally at 986

Mumbai on Saturday recorded 146 new cases of coronavirus that raised the tally of infections to 11,53,299, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.

Maharashtra records 387 Covid-19 cases, 1 death, 457 recoveries in a day

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 387 COVID-19 cases and one death, which took the state's tally to 81,27,259 and the toll to 1,48,379, a health official said.

Data story: India adds 2,112 new Covid cases; active tally at 24,043

India has added 14,321 cases in the past 7 days

Mumbai reports 161 Covid-19 cases, 0 death in last 24 hours: BMC

Mumbai on Friday reported 161 new coronavirus infections and zero pandemic-related fatalities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release

New XBB Covid variant is immune evasive, says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan

With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, WHO scientist Soumya Swaminathan said that there were over 300 sub-variants and XBB being a recombinant virus is a matter of concern

Covishield production stopped in Dec 2021, says Serum Institute's CEO

CEO Adar Poonawalla said Serum Institute of India stopped producing Covishield vaccine from December 2021 and of the total stock available at that time, about 100 million doses had already expired

Data story: India logs 2,119 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,953

India has so far administered 2,195,097,574 vaccine doses

Some countries may see another wave of Covid due to XBB subvariant: WHO

Chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Soumya Swaminathan, said some countries may see "another wave of infections" with the XBB subvariant of Omicron, a variant of Covid-19 virus

Global rollout of 12 bn vaccine doses largest-ever but access an issue: WHO

WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said global roll-out of more than 12 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses is the largest and fastest in human history

New Covid variants spreading across the globe: what are the risk?

Amid the surge in the new and recombinant variants, scientists across the world are now watching out for variants which could turn into variants of concern soon

Mumbai logs 147 new Covid-19 cases, zero death; active tally at 1,037

Mumbai on Thursday reported 147 new coronavirus cases, but no fresh death linked to the infection was recorded in the metropolis, the local civic body said

Senior citizens must exercise caution due to new Covid variants: Guleria

Scientists, physicians, and senior administrators suggested to ramp up surveillance and genome sequencing

Delhi govt withdraws Rs 500 fine for not wearing masks in public places

The Delhi government on Thursday issued an order withdrawing the Rs 500 fine for not wearing masks in public places in the national capital

Omicron Covid variant may have originated in animals, finds study

The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have been transmitted from an animal species to humans, according to a study

Data story: India adds 2,141 new Covid cases; active tally at 25,510

India has added 15,198 cases in the past 7 days

Covid-19 still public health emergency of international level: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that Covid-19 is still a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO's highest alert level.

New Covid strains, seasonal ailments may spike hospitalisation in winter

13 XBB variants detected in Maharashtra are all under home-isolation; the strain spreads rapidly and is said to be behind the recent spike in Singapore

Maharashtra records 418 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths; active tally at 2,688

Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 418 fresh coronavirus positive cases and three fatalities, which raised the overall infection tally to 81,28,676 and toll to 1,48,377, a health department said

Maharashtra: 18 cases of XBB sub-variant of Omicron detected in 15 days

A health official said 13 of these cases are from Pune, two each from Nagpur and Thane and one from Akola district

Boston University researchers claim to have developed new Covid strain

Following a set of linked experiments, researchers at Boston University claim to have developed a new Covid strain with an 80% death rate