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Coronavirus deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally: WHO

The agency warned that less surveillance would particularly harm efforts to detect new COVID variants and undermine a potential response

NTAGI group to review SII's Covovax data for use in 12 yrs and above

A Covid working group of NTAGI will review this week data of SII anti-coronavirus jab Covovax to decide whether it can be included vaccination programme for inoculating those aged 12 years and above

No fresh Covid-19 case reported in Puducherry for sixth straight day

The test positivity rate was zero and the fatality and recovery rates were 1.18 per cent and 98.82 per cent, respectively.

Data story: India reports 1,233 new cases; death toll rises to 521,101

India has so far administered 1,838,241,743 vaccine doses. That is 4272.67 per cent of its total caseload, and 131.05 per cent of its population

India logs 1,233 new cases of Covid-19, active infections at 14,707

India has logged 1,233 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry informed on Wednesday.

Thane registers 10 fresh Covid-19 infections, no new fatalities

The Covid-19 mortality rate in the district is 1.67 per cent

Global Covid caseload rises to 484.9 million, deaths reach 6.13 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths

FDA authorises second booster of Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna Covid shots

FDA authorises another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna Covid vaccine for people age 50 and up

Gujarat reports five new COVID-19 cases, active cases down to 150

Gujarat on Tuesday reported five new coronavirus infections but no pandemic-related deaths, the health department said.

MP records 18 new Covid-19 cases, zero death; active tally at 152

The Covid-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 10,41,083 on Tuesday after detection of 18 new cases, while no new death linked to infection was reported in the state, health department official said

Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 42 fresh cases and one death

Karnataka on Tuesday registered 42 fresh Covid-19 cases and one fatality, taking the total to 39,45,401 and 40,052 respectively, till date

Andhra Pradesh records only 5 fresh Covid-19 cases, lowest in a day

Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday registered only five fresh cases of Covid-19, the lowest number in a day since the outbreak of pandemic two years ago

Kerala records 424 new coronavirus cases, 22 deaths in a day

As many as 17,846 samples were tested in the last 24 hours

Citing WHO data, Centre says India has 'lowest' Covid deaths per mn people

Accordingly, all states/UTs report cases and deaths to the health ministry and the same is also put in public domain on a regular basis

Shanghai lockdown tests 'zero-Covid' limits, shakes markets

The Shanghai lockdown stands to become the largest of any city in China's campaign against the virus

Data required for suggesting mixing of Covid-19 vaccines, says govt

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) needs adequate scientific data to make a recommendation on mixing of COVID-19 vaccines, the government said on Tuesday.

Shanghai bars all from leaving homes, allowed out only to get Covid test

While Shanghai's caseload remains modest by global standards, the city has become a testing ground for China's 'zero-Covid' strategy

Data story: India reports 1,259 new cases; death toll rises to 521,070

India has so far administered 1,835,390,499 vaccine doses. That is 4266.16 per cent of its total caseload, and 130.85 per cent of its population

Omicron variant wipes out Delta completely in Tamil Nadu Covid cases

A report of the state public health department said that 68.4 per cent of all whole-genome sequenced samples were of the BA.2 variant while 15.2 per cent were of the BA.1.1 variant.

India records 1,259 cases of Covid-19 in 24 hrs, 35 new fatalities

India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 4,30,21,982 on Tuesday with 1,259 fresh cases, while the number of active cases of the infection further declined to 15,378