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Tedious road to recovery: Covid is also altering people's signatures

Children, too, are experiencing aftereffects such as sleeplessness, fatigue, brain fog

Only 5% of fully vaccinated Omicron patients needed hospitalisation: Data

Only five per cent of the fully vaccinated persons who caught the Omicron variant infection in Mumbai needed hospitalization, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) latest sample data

India records 6,396 new Covid-19 cases, daily positivity rate reaches 0.69%

Continuing the downward trend, India on Friday reported 6,396 fresh Covid-19 cases with a daily positivity rate of 0.69 per cent, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Data story: India logs 6,396 new cases; death toll rises to 514,589

India has so far administered 1,782,913,060 vaccine doses. That is 4150.98 per cent of its total caseload, and 127.25 per cent of its population

Covid-19 pandemic: Assam logs six fresh cases, tally at 7,24,150

The day's positivity rate also declined to 0.20 per cent from 0.31 per cent on Wednesday

Covid-19 pandemic: Chhattisgarh reports 110 fresh cases, one death

The recovery count stood at 11,36,201 after 11 people were discharged from hospitals and 222 others completed their home isolation during the day, leaving the state with 1,005 active cases

Delhi records 326 Covid-19 cases, three deaths; positivity rate 0.77%

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13

Only 5% of fully vaccinated Omicron patients needed hospitalization: Data

Mumbai saw its peak Omicron infection in early January, with 20,971 cases being recorded on January 7

Centre asks states to ensure no vial of Covid vaccine gets wasted

As per the Union Health ministry's report, over 15.19 crore balance and unutilised Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs as on Thursday morning

92% Covid deaths this year among unvaccinated, shows govt data

Says rational to open schools, resume normal affairs while taking precautions

Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra reports 467 new cases, 12 fatalities

Till date, a total of 5,005 patients infected with Omicron variant have been reported in the state

Madhya Pradesh sees 141 new Covid-19 cases; active tally at 2,233

The recovery count rose to 10,26,627, after 654 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, an official said

EU clears Moderna coronavirus vaccine for young kids, Pfizer boosters

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was previously granted a green light for use in children aged five and over last November

Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 382 new cases and 10 deaths

There were 689 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries in the state to 38,97,928, a Health bulletin said

Considerably lower number of Covid deaths due to wide vax coverage: Govt

Unvaccinated individuals account for 92% of Covid deaths in 2022, says govt

Kerala reports 2,222 new Covid cases, three deaths in last 24 hours

With 4,673 more people recovering from the virus since Wednesday, the total recoveries in the state reached 64,21,042 and the active cases dropped to 19,051

WHO includes oral antiviral molnupiravir in Covid-19 treatment guidelines

Invites manufacturers to submit products for pre-qualification

India's Covid death toll suspect, says Chidambaram citing Science journal

The reputed journal estimates that the Covid toll in India between "1-6-2020 and 1-7-2021 was 3,200,000 - eight times the official death toll of 400,000", Chidambaram said on Twitter

70% adults in Maharashtra fully vaccinated against Covid-19: Governor

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari said 70 per cent of the adult population in the state is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Swap near expiry Covid vaccine vials for long expiry ones: Centre to states

The provision of entry of these exchanged vaccines is available on Co-WIN portal for Covid vaccination.