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Delhi logs 27,561 Covid cases, second-highest daily rise so far, 40 deaths

The city currently has 87,445 active Covid cases

HC pulls up govt, oppn as Karnataka records 21,390 fresh Covid cases

Court asks state govt why Mekedatu padayatra was allowed amid rising cases; issues show-cause to Congress for violating Covid curbs

Kerala clocks 12,742 fresh Covid-19 cases, 199 deaths in last 24 hours

Kerala on Wednesday crossed the 10,000 mark in fresh Covid-19 cases after a gap of nearly three months, with the state reporting 12,742 new infections which raised the caseload to 53,04,022

Novak Djokovic: Not isolating after Covid-19 infection was 'error'

Djokovic knew he'd tested positive for Covid-19 when he attended a newspaper interview and photo shoot last month, saying he made an error of judgment" and should have immediately gone into isolation

Ramp up Covid-19 vaccination of school students: Directorate of Education

The Directorate of Education (DoE) on Wednesday directed its officials to take various measures to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination of children in the age group of 15-17.

Link Covid curbs to hospitalisation rate: India Inc urges govt

As local authorities impose restrictions in view of Omicron, industry bodies have asked the government to link restrictions to hospitalisation and not the overall case count

Covid: Weekly case positivity in 300 districts over 5%, says govt

Sharp surge in Coid infections noted in India, case positivity rose from 1.1% on Dec 30 to 11.05% on Jan 12, says govt

E-passes for essential services valid for entire duration of curbs: DDMA

DDMA clarified that the e-passes issued for movement connected to "essential goods and services" or "exempted category", shall be valid during the duration of imposition of weekend and night curfew

Covid-19: Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US

Scientists are seeing signals that Covid-19's alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the US, at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically

Strictly follow Covid-19 norms: Mamata Banerjee to Gangasagar pilgrims

Minister Mamata Banerjee urged pilgrims visiting Gangasagar Mela to strictly follow Covid-19 guidelines and asked her administration not to send too many people to Sagar Island for the annual fair

'Vaccine nationalism' could spawn new variants, warns medical expert

Attempts by developed nations to monopolise the production of coronavirus vaccines and hoard them, a phenomenon described as 'vaccine nationalism', could weaken the fight against the pandemic

Tamil Nadu doing great work towards defeating Covid-19: Mandaviya

Mansukh Mandaviya inspected the COVID-19 war room, 108 emergency control centre in Tamil Nadu and praised the local administration for doing 'great work' in controlling the spread of the pandemic.

1,700 Delhi Police personnel tested Covid positive between Jan 1-12: Data

A whopping 1,700 Delhi Police personnel have tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection since January 1, officials said on Wednesday

Odisha logs 8,778 fresh Covid cases, positivity rate rises to 11.7%

Odisha on Wednesday registered a 24 per cent increase in fresh coronavirus cases as compared to the previous day as 8,778 more people tested positive for the infection

Positivity rate stable, could lift restrictions if this continues: Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said that COVID-19 cases in the Union Territory continue to be above 20,000 but the positivity rate is stable around 25 per cent

Puducherry confirms 893 more cases of coronavirus, tally at 132,759

Puducherry confirmed 893 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the cumulative figure to 1,32,759 during the last twenty-four hours ending 10 a.m. on Wednesday.

India's Omicron tally at 4,868 with Bengal logging 267 cases in 24 hrs

The national tally of Omicron variant has mounted to 4868, Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said on Wednesday morning.

Covid: Lata Mangeshkar continues to be under observation, says doctor

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar is still under observation in the ICU, three days after she tested positive for Covid and was subsequently admitted to a city hospital, doctor treating her said.

Kerala logs 76 new Omicron cases; Cluster detected in pvt nursing college

Kerala on Wednesday reported 76 fresh Omicron cases taking the total number of people infected with the new variant of COVID-19 to 421, state health minister Veena George said here.

Over 20 mn Covid jabs administered to beneficiaries aged 15-18 years: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that over two crore COVID vaccine doses have been administered to beneficiaries in the age group 15-18 years.