Gujarat on Wednesday reported 16 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 12,23,806, the state health department said
Significantly, on 21 out of 23 days of March so far, the city has logged zero COVID-19 deaths
Masks, social distancing norms to continue; States and UTs allowd to issue standard operating procedures (SoPs) for containment measures, vaccination
As many as 23,238 samples were tested in the last 24 hours
WHO cautioned that with many countries dropping widespread testing programs, many infections are likely being missed and new case numbers should be interpreted cautiously
India has so far administered 1,818,915,234 vaccine doses. That is 4228.78 per cent of its total caseload, and 129.67 per cent of its population
The home ministry has decided to end its all COVID-19 containment measures from March 31, two years after their implementation following the outbreak of the pandemic
With 1,778 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, active cases in India declined further to 23,087 said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.
With 1,778 new coronavirus infections, India's total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 430,12,749, while the number of active cases declined by over 800 to 23,087, according to government data.
The Supreme Court reserved its order on a PIL seeking public disclosure of COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial data and post-vaccination data
The state had reported 123 COVID-19 cases and one death on Monday.
The state registered two more coronavirus fatalities in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 21,197, it added.
The Covid vaccination pace has slowed down relatively as most of the target beneficiaries are already covered, the Centre informed Parliament on Tuesday
Noting that various mathematical models meant for predicting coronavirus waves have repeatedly failed to give reliable results due to small sample size, the Centre said
The toll remained unchanged at 10,734 as no fresh casualty was reported in the last 24 hours
Chhattisgarh on Tuesday reported 26 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking state's tally to 11,51,965, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,034 as no fresh fatality was reported, an official said
The latest health bulletin said 51 infected persons got cured in the 24 hours ending at 9 am on Tuesday while no deaths due to the virus were reported
Karnataka on Tuesday registered 92 fresh coronavirus cases and two fatalities thereby taking the total to 39,44,877 and 40,041, respectively till date
Gujarat reported 10 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, pushing its overall tally to 12,23,790, while one more patient succumbed to the infection in the state, the health department said
Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the highest with 146 cases, followed by Thiruvananthapuram (87) and Kottayam (76)