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Shanghai reports 7 more Covid deaths as virus situation remains grim

Shanghai reported seven more deaths due to Covid-19 as the Chinese financial hub grapples with a record outbreak, taking the death toll in the country to 4,648 with over 21,400 new cases

Kerala govt rejects reports that it didn't give daily Covid data to Centre

Health Minister Veena George said the digital evidences could not be covered up

Delhi's Covid positivity rate sees nearly 3-fold surge between April 11-18

After a steady decline in Covid cases, Delhi has been witnessing a spurt in new infections with the positivity rate registering a nearly three-fold rise between April 11-18, data showed

Don't impose Covid curbs based on positivity rate alone: Traders urge DDMA

The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) on Tuesday appealed to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) not to impose coronavirus restrictions merely on the basis of positivity rate.

India records 1,247 new Covid infections; active cases rise to 11,860

The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.31 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.34 per cent

US announces second global Covid-19 summit virtually on May 12

The White House has announced that the United States will co-host the second global Covid-19 summit virtually on May 12

Shanghai reports seven more Covid deaths as virus situation remains grim

Shanghai reported seven more deaths due to Covid-19 as the Chinese financial hub grapples with a record outbreak

Global Covid caseload tops 504.9 mn, death toll crosses 6.19 mn

India accounts for the second highest caseload at 43,044,280

IPL 2022: DC's Mitchell Marsh hospitalised after testing positive for Covid

It is still not clear if Delhi Capitals' next game against Punjab Kings in Pune on Wednesday will be called off or not as the entire squad was put in room isolation for the day

Staying watchful

Spike in Delhi Covid cases deserves attention

Delhi records 501 fresh Covid cases; positivity rate rises to 7.72%

The national capital on Sunday recorded a 4.21% positivity rate

Covid: UP govt makes wearing of mask compulsory in 6 NCR districts, Lucknow

In the last 24 hours, 65 new Covid cases have been confirmed in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 20 in Ghaziabad and 10 in Lucknow

Centre turns the heat on Kerala, asks state to update Covid numbers daily

State had stopped daily updates on infections; once numbers eventually became known, country reported 90% spike in fresh cases, 165% surge in positivity rate the past 24 hours

IPL 2022: Marsh isolated after 2nd RT-PCR turns positive, DC have 4 cases

As per the BCCI's testing protocols, every member of an IPL squad in a team bubble is tested every fifth day unlike last season when it was done every third day

Ocugen to commercialise Covaxin in Mexico, working on US market too

Covaxin has EUA in Mexico for use in adults; data submitted for EUA for children aged 2-18 years

Omicron more likely to cause upper airway infections among children: Report

The higly transmissible variant is known to cause lower severity disease than the Delta variant, the researchers noted

India logs 2,183 new Covid infections, active cases decline to 11,542

The death toll climbed to 5,21,965 with 214 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated

China's Shanghai reports first Covid deaths since start of lockdown

The municipal health commission said on Sunday said that Shanghai has reported 3,238 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Delhi records 517 fresh Covid cases, positivity rate falls to 4.21%

Delhi has been witnessing an upward trend in daily Covid positivity rate in the last few days

Covid concerns return with cases on the rise; DDMA may make masks mandatory

As on April 16, Delhi-NCR accounted for 52.5 per cent of the country's total cases - up from 11.8 per cent on April 1