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Canada's Covid-19 cases surpass 2.7 million with 20,036 new infections

Canada reported 20,036 new Covid-19 cases Friday noon, raising its national total to 2,706,977 cases with 31,306 deaths, according to local media CTV.

Biden administration to begin distributing at-home, rapid Covid-19 tests

The Biden administration has decided to build on significant actions to expand testing capacity and increase access by distributing at-home, rapid Covid-19 tests to Americans for free

Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases pass 10.24 million: Africa CDC

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 10,245,090 cases, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said

Covid-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir shoot up 10 times in as many days

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said Covid-19 cases in the region have risen 10 times in the past 10 days

Germany's daily Covid-19 infections exceed 90,000 for first time

The number of daily Covid-19 infections registered in Germany exceeded the 90,000 mark for the first time since the start of the pandemic

Reports calming under-reporting of Covid-19 deaths ill-informed: Centre

The Central Government refuted media reports alleging a 'significant undercount' of Covid-19 deaths in the first two waves in India, saying that these are baseless, misleading and ill-informed

Prepare strategy to tackle Covid third wave, Farooq Abdullah tells J&K admn

Abdullah urged the Jammu and Kashmir administration to come up with a multi-fold strategy to tackle the "imminent" third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19: Kerala suspends physical school for students upto class 9

Amid the rise in Covid-19 cases in Kerala, the state government on Friday decided to suspend the physical classes of school students upto standard 9, till January 21.

Covid-19 pandemic: Gujarat records 10,019 new cases, two more die

Ahmedabad city recorded the highest number of infections - 3,090

Covid-19 pandemic: Chhattisgarh records 6,153 new cases, 5 deaths

The state's case positivity rate was 10.21 per cent

Haryana reports 8,841 new coronavirus cases and six deaths

Haryana now has 41,420 active cases

Weekend curfew starts in Delhi, non-essential activities on hold for 55 hrs

The weekend curfew has been imposed from 10 pm of Friday till 5 am of Monday by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority

Maharashtra posts drop in fresh Covid-19 cases at 43,211; 19 die

The state also reported 238 new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus

All store owners, staff at Delhi's Janpath Market fully vaccinated

The district officials distributed certificates of "fully vaccinated market" to its eight market associations.

Covid-19 pandemic: 7,642 fresh cases, 21 more deaths in Punjab

The number of active coronavirus cases in Punjab increased to 34,303

PM Modi urges people to follow all Covid-19 protocols, get jabbed

Modi said the ongoing global pandemic has reaffirmed the importance of keeping fit and boosting immunity

Goa reports 3,145 coronavirus infections, 39% case positivity

The state continued to record high case positivity with 39.10 per cent of samples testing positive for the infections

Covid-19 pandemic: Pune district registers 10,076 new cases, 2 deaths

The western Maharashtra district's case positivity rate stood at over 26 per cent

Assam registers 2,348 new Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 6,40,636

The disease claimed five lives during the day, an increase by two compared to the fatalities on Thursday

84 school children test Covid positive in Dumka district in two days

Jharkhand on Friday recorded 3,749 fresh COVID-19 cases