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S. Korea's new cases top 20,000 for first time amid raging Omicron spread

A revised virus response system went into effect Saturday to tackle the wave of omicron, which has become the dominant Covid-19 strain in the country

Pfizer asks FDA to allow Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5

The Biden administration has been trying to speed the authorization of Covid-19 shots for children

Omicron accounts for 99.9% of new weekly Covid cases in US

The Delta variant, which spiked last summer, only made up the remaining 0.1 per cent in the week ending January 29

WHO recommends countries ease Covid measures 'in steady, slow way'

Recent data have shown a sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths around the world

14,366 new Covid-19 cases in Karnataka, 58 deaths; 60,914 discharges

Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 17,27,575 cases, Mysuru 2,22,747 and Tumakuru 1,55,142

Mumbai reports 803 cases of Covid-19, seven deaths in 24 hours

Mumbai reported 803 new Covid-19 cases and seven deaths, the BMC said in a release

Rate of Covid-19 spread has come down in Kerala: Health minister

The state health department also issued new guidelines for the hospitals with regard to the circumstances of Omicron spread

Delhi records 2,683 Covid cases; positivity rate comes down to 5.09%

The number of Covid-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 52,736

Covid-19 pandemic: Jammu and Kashmir adds 2,751 cases, 9 deaths

Jammu district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 561, followed by 440 in Srinagar district

Nagaland reports first case of Omicron variant of coronavirus

Nagaland reported its first Omicron variant of Covid-19 case, a senior health department official said.

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim logs 98 new cases and three fatalities

The state has so far tested 3,10,614 samples for Covid-19, including 1,230 samples in the last 24 hours

Kerala records 51,887 fresh coronavirus cases, 1,205 fatalities

After dropping below the 50,000 mark for a day, fresh COVID-19 cases in Kerala on Tuesday rose to 51,887 raising the caseload to 60,77,556 in the state. The southern state had reported 42,154 cases a day ago. Kerala on Tuesday also reported 1,205 deaths which raised the total fatalities in the state to 55,600, according to a government release. Of the deaths, 24 were reported in the last 24 hours, 118 were those which occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 1,063 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, the release said. With 40,383 more people recovering from the virus since Sunday, the total recoveries reached 56,53,376. However, as the number of recoveries were less than the new COVID-19 cases, the active cases in the state rose to 3,67,847, the release said. As many as 1,21,048 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. Among th

Covid-19 curbs eased for Mumbai, 10 districts as infections decline

Restaurants and theatres to operate at 50 per cent capacity

Tamil Nadu schools reopen, govt issues strict Covid protocol

The Public Health department in a circular on Monday said that all teachers and non-teaching staff in schools must take two vaccine doses.

Data story: India logs 167,059 cases; over 1,000 deaths added after 59 days

India has so far administered 1,666,848,204 vaccine doses. That is 4019.45 per cent of its total caseload, and 118.97 per cent of its population

628 fresh Covid-19 infections recorded in Thane, 7 more fatalities

The mortality rate in Thane stood at 1.67 per cent

India reports over 167,000 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1,192 fatalities

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 11.69 per cent

Maharashtra eases curbs in 11 districts as Covid-19 cases decline

After a surge Covid-19 cases last month, the state has now been recording a dip in the new infections reported daily

Over 3.5 mn Covid-19 cases among children reported in US during January

For the week ending January 27, over 808,000 additional child Covid-19 cases were reported in the country

US FDA grants full approval to Moderna's vaccine against Covid-19

Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine has been available under the FDA's emergency use authorization for individuals 18 years of age and older since December 18, 2020