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China's Shanghai reports 3,238 local coronavirus cases in 24 hours

China's economic hub Shanghai reported 3,238 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the municipal health commission said on Sunday.

India questions WHO's methodology to estimate Covid-19 mortalities

India using a mathematical modelling cannot be applied to estimate the death figures for such a vast nation of geographical size and population.

Delhi records 461 new cases of Covid-19 and 2 deaths from disease

Despite less number of tests, the positivity rate jumped high and went beyond 5 per cent on Saturday

Delhi covid cases might be rising, but we are vigilant: Deputy CM Sisodia

Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, reiterated that instructions have been issued to schools to follow the government's Standard Operating Procedure if they detect any case

As Covid-19 cases spike, UP CM Adityanath puts NCR region on alert mode

Amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar, the UP govt on Saturday put all the National Capital Region (NCR) districts on alert mode, according to an official statement.

'Warm' vaccine candidate effective against Delta, Omicron variants in mice

The vaccine candidate, by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru and biotech start-up company Mynvax, uses a part of the viral spike protein called the receptor-binding domain (RBD)

India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 1.86 billion mark

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed that India's cumulative Coronavirus vaccination coverage crossed 186.38 crores on Saturday, as per the provisional reports by 7 am.

India records 975 fresh Covid-19 infections, 4 more fatalities

The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections

Delhi records 366 fresh Covid cases, two-fold increase reported in 7 days

From April 8, when the city reported 146 fresh Covid cases at a positivity rate of 1.39 per cent, cases more than doubled to 366 on Friday.

Children testing Covid positive, but no need to shut down schools: Expert

Paediatric Gastroenterologist at Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Dr Smita Malhotra on Friday said that there is no need to shut schools

About 300 positive samples from Delhi sent for genome sequencing: Report

The sequencing is to be done essentially to find if any new variant, like XE, has circulated in the city or not, amid a spike in daily cases in the last few days

366 fresh Covid cases in Delhi, positivity rate rises to 3.95%

The daily COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate in the national capital have seen an upward trend in the last few days

Kejriwal govt should provide free booster dose: Delhi Congress president

He said that the lockdown and closure of schools will not be the solution to deal with the pandemic

Delhi govt asks schools to close specific wings if needed as cases surge

Two top private schools confirmed that each of them have received information from parents about their wards testing positive

Covid-19: Gurugram authorities to vaccinate door-to-door as cases surge

The district has been reporting over 100 cases every day for the last four days and accounts for around 13 per cent of country's total active cases at present

Covid-19: Delhi govt says free precaution doses at its hospitals soon

The move comes as the national capital witnesses an uptick in coronavirus cases and a rise in positivity rate

Covid-19: Odisha logs 17 new cases, one fatality in last 24 hours

The state now has 121 active cases, while 12,78,605 patients have recovered from the disease so far, including 17 on Thursday

Ramp up testing, administration of booster doses: Congress to Delhi govt

The daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi have been on the rise over the last few days and the positivity rate has jumped from 0.5 per cent to 2.7 per cent in a week

Novel antiviral coating inactivates Covid variants even in dark

Viral infections mainly occur in indoor environments where many people gather, the researchers said

44 children in Noida tested positive for Covid in last 7 days: CMO

After a decline, the Covid infection rate is again showing an upward trend in Noida and the number of active cases has crossed the 150 mark