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Maharashtra records 1,635 Covid cases, 29 deaths and 4,394 recoveries

Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 1,635 fresh Coronavirus cases and 29 fatalities, taking the tally of infections to 78,56,994 and the toll to 1,43,576, the state health department said.

Delhi records 635 Covid cases, two deaths as positivity rate reaches 1.13%

Delhi on Saturday reported 635 fresh Covid cases and two deaths, while the positivity rate dropped to 1.13%, according to data shared by the city health department.

Kerala registers 6,757 new Covid cases, 16 deaths in last 24 hours

Kerala on Saturday reported 6,757 fresh Covid cases and 524 fatalities and took the caseload to 64,63,563 and 64,053 respectively.

80% of Indian adults fully vaccinated against covid, says Mansukh Mandaviya

80% of India's adult population has been fully vaccinated against covid, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday.

Phase III trials of Covid drug Movfor show positive results, says Hetero

Hetero entered into a non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreement with MSD in April 2021 for the manufacturing and distribution of Molnupiravir for the treatment of Covid

Hong Kong reports more than 6,000 new cases in Covid surge

Hong Kong has tightened travel and business curbs as it tries to contain its latest virus surge

As Covid cases fall, UP govt lifts night curfew

The night curfew hours in the state was between 10.00 pm to 6.00 am, which was relaxed by an hour from February 13

Reports of massive Covid fatalities in 2021 are speculative: Govt

While claims settled by LIC relate to policies taken by policy holders for deaths due to all causes, the news reports conclude that this would imply Covid deaths were underreported, says govt

India administers over 1.75 billion vaccines against coronavirus so far

India on Saturday achieved another milestone of administering over 175 crore vaccine doses among its eligible citizens against coronavirus pandemic.

Biden extends state of Emergency in US amid ongoing Covid-19 pandemic

he president also stressed the need to combat and respond to Covid-19 with the full capacity of the federal government

India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 175.03 cr, says MoHFW

As per the health ministry, with the administration of 36,28,578 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 1,75,03,86,834

WHO chief calls for cooperation, financing to end Covid-19 pandemic

He described as 'dangerous' the narrative that the pandemic was over with high vaccine coverage in some countries and denied claims that the Omicron variant was less severe

Data story: India logs 22,270 cases; test positivity rate drops below 2%

India has so far administered 1,750,386,834 vaccine doses. That is 4089.44 per cent of its total caseload, and 124.93 per cent of its population

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, family test positive for Covid-19

In a series of tweets on Friday, the Indian-American physician said that his 4-year-old daughter last week tested positive for the virus first with fever and sore throat

Over 111.7 mn unutilized Covid vaccine doses available with states, UTs

As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Centre has been supporting the states and UTs by providing them Covid-19 vaccines free of cost

India logs 22,270 new Covid-19 cases, 325 deaths in last 24 hours

As many as 60,298 patients recovered from the disease during this period taking the total number of recoveries since the onset of the pandemic to 4,20,37,536

Canada: Police arrest 100 demonstrators after three-week protest in Ottawa

Scuffles broke out in places, and police repeatedly went nose-to-nose with the protesters and pushed the crowd back amid cries of "Freedom!" and the singing of the national anthem, 'O Canada.'

US children's mental health crisis worse during Covid: CDC studies

One study showed Covid-related emergency department visits increased across all pandemic years and among pediatric age groups

Global Covid caseload tops 421.3 mn, fatalities surge past 5.87 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 421.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.87 million and vaccinations to over 10.31 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

DU conducts Covid-19 vaccination drive for students and employees

The Delhi University is conducting a Covid-19 vaccination drive for its teaching and non-teaching employees and students