Fourteen more people were cured of the disease during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 83,338
From January 10, India will start administering the precautionary dose of the vaccine
Delhi on Friday recorded 17,335 fresh Covid cases
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He also said construction workers need not worry as construction work will go on
The recovery count stood at 783,547 after 161 people were discharged from hospitals
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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the highest number of fresh cases
Friday's vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of final reports for the day by late tonight
On Thursday, the city recorded 15,097 fresh Covid cases, the highest single-day rise since May 8
This is the highest single-day rise since May 8 when 17,364 cases were logged with a positivity rate of 23.34%
The cases went up by 790 compared to Thursday
West Bengal reported 18,213 fresh Covid-19 cases, 2,792 more than the previous day, raising the tally to 17,11,957, a bulletin released by the health department said
The latest cases detected on Thursday have taken the tally of infections reported in the city police department to 9,657, which includes 123 casualties
However, offline classes for standard 10 onwards in schools till post-graduate programmes in colleges
This is the second consecutive incident wherein a large number of passengers coming from Italy to Amritsar airport have tested positive for coronavirus on arrival
2,757 cases were reported in Pune city, 1,000 in Pimpri Chinchwad and 658 in rural and cantonment limits
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 968 fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in the last 24 hours,