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Senior journalist Sunil Jain passes away due to post-Covid complications

The Financial Express' Managing Editor Sunil Jain passed away on Saturday, his sister Sandhya Jain confirmed

Chhattisgarh coronavirus update: State reports 7,664 new cases, 129 deaths

Chhattisgarh's Covid-19 caseload has risen to 9,07,589, while the death toll has reached 11,590

Covid-19 kills 73 more in Bihar, positivity rate nearly halves in 10 days

The death toll in the state has reached 3743, even as the government has asserted that the situation is improving rapidly and the positivity rate has dipped by more than half in just 10 days

Plasma therapy not effective, likely to be dropped from Covid guidelines

Plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients has not been found effective in reducing the progression to severe disease or death

Covid LIVE: Partial curfew extended in UP; record deaths in Maharashtra

Coronavirus live updates: India recorded 326,123 fresh Covid-19 infections today, taking the caseload tally to 24,372,243. Stay tuned for corona-related news

West Bengal sees biggest 1-day spike in Covid deaths, over 19,500 new cases

The state's death toll is at 13,137

Oxygen Express: Nearly 8,700 MT of liquid medical oxygen delivered

So far, 139 'Oxygen Express' trains have completed their journey

Mumbai sees 1,447 new Covid-19 cases, 2,333 recoveries; 62 die

Case tally at 6,87,152

India's Covid situation stabilising, positivity rate has dipped: Govt

Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health said the containment efforts of the govt are working and the overall positivity rate in India, which stood at 21.9% last week, has now fallen to 19.8%

Hero MotoCorp to set up 100-bed coronavirus centre in Gurugram

Two-wheeler market leader Hero MotoCorp on Saturday said it has partnered with the district administration of Gurugram to set up a makeshift 100-bed Covid Care centre in Gurugram.

No room for complacency despite declining case trend: Vardhan to states

Production of vaccines is being steadily ramped up to cater to increased demand, says union health minister

Cipla says supply of Covid-19 drug Remdesivir catching up with demand

Backorders and complaints over low supply started moderating in the second week of May, the drugmaker said

Fadnavis writes to Sonia, slams Maha govt's handling of pandemic

Fadnavis wrote Sonia Gandhi should rather advise the states where her party is in power about how to handle the pandemic.

Kerala registers 32,680 fresh coronavirus infections, 96 fatalities

The state's caseload is at 20,88,208

People, govt became negligent after first Covid wave, says RSS chief

Mohan Bhagwat said the country should stay united and work as a team in these testing times, instead of pointing fingers at each other

Put off 'reunion with friends' until Covid-19 is over: Mumbai police

The post has received over 57,200 likes and 500 comments on Instagram. The post on Twitter handle of Mumbai Police also won thousands of likes

Go for another test if symptoms persist after RT-PCR, says AIIMS

If the RT-PCR test comes out negative, but symptoms are present, it is recommended to go for another test: AIIMS

No denial of Covid-related services if person does not have Aadhaar: UIDAI

The agency said that in case of any such denial of service or benefit, the matter should be brought to the knowledge of the higher authorities of concerned departments.

Vijay Rupani govt rubbishes Gujarati media's Covid death figures

Several reports in local Gujarati newspapers about deaths due to Covid have tried to show higher than the official figures in several regions.

Govt's 'disastrous policy' on vaccination will ensure 3rd wave: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday called for a national vaccine strategy