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Data story: India logs 5,076 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,150

India has added 38,824 cases in the past 7 days.

Karnataka logs 589 Covid-19 cases, one death; active cases stand at 4,379

Karnataka on Saturday reported 589 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the cumulative infections and fatalities to 40,58,178 and 40,216 respectively, the Health department said

Maharashtra records 734 Covid-19 cases, one death; 6,578 active cases

Maharashtra reported 734 new coronavirus infections and a single pandemic-related death, a health department report said

Maharashtra: Thane records 170 new Covid-19 cases; active tally at 1,537

Thane district of Maharashtra has recorded 170 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the tally of infections to 7,43,591, a health official said on Saturday.

Karnataka reports 690 new Covid-19 cases, one death; active cases at 4,269

Karnataka on Friday reported 690 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the total infections and fatalities to 40,57,589 and 40,215 respectively, the State Health Department said

Tamil Nadu posts 436 fresh coronavirus cases; active tally at 4,918

Among the districts, Chennai, Coimbatore and Chengalpattu recorded a maximum of 87, 57 and 43 cases

Delhi logs 123 fresh Covid cases, 4 deaths in a day; active tally at 788

The new cases were detected from 11,567 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin

Maharashtra records 955 Covid-19 cases, four deaths, active cases at 7,061

Maharashtra on Friday recorded 955 new cases of coronavirus infection and four deaths

Zenara Pharma launches nirmatrelvir, ritonavir tablets for Covid patients

The drug will be sold under the brand name 'Paxzen' and is priced at Rs 5,200 per pack containing 20 tablets of nirmatrelvir 150 mg and 10 tablets of ritonavir 100 mg

India registers 6,093 new Covid-19 cases; recovery rate rises to 98.70%

India logged 6,093 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,44,84,729, while the active cases declined to 49,636

Mumbai sees 290 new Covid cases, two deaths; active tally at 2,236

The caseload doubling time was 2,471 days, as per official data

Maharashtra logs 1,076 new Covid-19 cases, 6 deaths; active tally at 7,082

The state's coronavirus recovery rate was 98.08 per cent, while the fatality rate stood at 1.82 per cent, the official said

Two Israel-based antibodies may fight all known Covid-19 strains: Study

Scientists in Israel have isolated two antibodies from the immune system of recovered Covid-19 patients that may neutralise all known strains of SARS-CoV-2 with up to 95 per cent efficiency.

Beijing under Covid-19 alert after a school, university report fresh cases

The Chinese capital issued a fresh coronavirus alert on Thursday after it reported 21 local COVID-19 infections a day earlier, three of which were from a high school and the rest from a university

Covid cases drops by 12% in the world, but pandemic not over: WHO

Scientists warn the coronavirus will linger far into the future, partly because it is getting better and better at getting around immunity from vaccination and past infection

Mumbai logs 316 new Covid cases, three deaths; active count 2,218

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 316 new coronavirus positive cases and three fresh fatalities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said

Maharashtra logs 1,094 new Covid-19 cases, 5 deaths; active tally at 7,043

The state's coronavirus recovery rate was 98.08 per cent, while the fatality rate stood at 1.82 per cent, the official said

High-risk groups priority for latest adapted Covid-19 vaccines: ECDC

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said that individuals in high-risk groups and healthcare workers should be prioritised when the latest adapted Covid-19 vaccines are rolled out.

India reports 5,379 new Covid-19 cases; active cases decline to 50,594

The active cases comprises 0.11 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.70 per cent, the health ministry said

Data story: India logs 5,379 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,057

India has so far administered 2,139,149,934 vaccine doses