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Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra cases drop to 13,840; 81 more die
Maharashtra on Friday recorded 13,840 fresh coronavirus cases, a drop of 1,412 from a day ago, and 81 fresh fatalities
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Covid-19 pandemic: Mumbai reports 846 fresh cases and seven deaths
Mumbai reported 846 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths, the BMC said
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West Bengal logs 1,523 new Covid-19 cases and 35 fresh fatalities
West Bengal's Covid-19 tally rose to 20,03,692 as 1,523 more people tested positive for the infection, 393 less than the previous day, a health bulletin said.
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Delhi records 2,272 Covid cases, 20 deaths; positivity rate down to 3.85%
Delhi on Friday reported 2,272 fresh COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths, while the positivity rate dropped to 3.85 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.
 "Delhi records 2,272 Covid cases, 20 deaths; positivity rate down to 3.85%")
Omicron now dominant variant of SARS-CoV-2 in country: Govt
Omicron variant is the dominant variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country at present, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed Lok Sabha
 "Omicron now dominant variant of SARS-CoV-2 in country: Govt")
Madhya Pradesh sees 6,516 new coronavirus cases and nine deaths
The Covid-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 9,95,049 on Friday after detection of 6,516 new cases, down from 7,430 a day ago
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Vaccine effectiveness of 99.3% in individuals fully inoculated: Mandaviya
Vaccine effectiveness of 99.3 per cent has been seen in individuals fully inoculated against coronavirus according to the data uploaded on India COVID-19 Tracker till January 2
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Coronavirus pandemic: Karnataka reports 14,950 new cases and 53 deaths
Karnataka registered a further decline in daily coronavirus infections, as the state reported 14,950 new cases and 53 fatalities
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Covid-19 pandemic: Meghalaya logs 211 new cases, 2 fresh fatalities
Meghalaya's Covid-19 tally rose to 92,021 as 211 more people tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the northeastern state's coronavirus death toll to 1,538
Kerala records 38,684 fresh coronavirus cases, 595 fatalities
Daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala further decreased on Friday with the state recording 38,684 fresh infections which raised the total caseload to 62,11,116.
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Third wave may get over by mid-March as cases declining, says Maha minister
He said the state, which was reporting 48,000 cases per day during the third wave which started some weeks ago, was now seeing the tally increase by 15,000 daily
 "Third wave may get over by mid-March as cases declining, says Maha minister")
Triple vaccinated can fight Omicron variant efficiently, study finds
The study, published recently in the journal Nature Medicine, tracked the antibodies of vaccinated and recovered individuals for two years
 "Triple vaccinated can fight Omicron variant efficiently, study finds")
'Can't reject offline Covid compensation application', SC raps Maha govt
The Supreme Court Friday made it clear that no state government can reject offline application for ex-gratia compensation to family members of Covid-19 victims
 "'Can't reject offline Covid compensation application', SC raps Maha govt")
US: Surging omicron infections and worker shortage likely hurt hiring
Last month's huge wave of omicron infections is thought to have weakened hiring in January, though the pullback is considered all but sure to prove a temporary one.
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Omicron variant may not be 'milder' itself, US scientists caution
The Omicron variant was first documented in Botswana and South Africa in late November 2021.
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Japan's serious Covid cases climb to 4-month high; record infections
Seriously ill patients climbed by 131 to 1,042 cases from the day before, the health ministry said, the highest since September when the Delta variant drove a fifth wave of cases
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India records over 149,000 fresh Covid cases, 1,072 more fatalities
The national recovery rate improved to 95.39 per cent
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India's Covid-19 death toll crosses 500,000, experts claim millions more
India, which has the fourth-highest tally of deaths globally, recorded 400,000 deaths by July last year after the devastating outbreak from the Delta variant of the coronavirus
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Data story: India logs 149,394 cases; death toll crosses grim 500,000 mark
India has so far administered 1,684,716,068 vaccine doses. That is 4015.75 per cent of its total caseload, and 120.24 per cent of its population
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Thane records 620 fresh Covid-19 infections, two more fatalities
The mortality rate was 1.67 per cent