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India's coronavirus vaccination coverage crosses 1.62 billion mark

India's cumulative Covid-19 vaccination has crossed 162 crore mark, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.

Covid:Omicron in community transmission stage in India, says INSACOG

The new Covid variant Omicron has reached in community transmission level in India, said Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) on Sunday.

Doctors, nurses among 50 staffers of Rajkot hospital test Covid positive

Around 50 staffers of the civil hospital in Gujarat's Rajkot city, including doctors and nurses, have tested coronavirus positive, an official said Sunday. Since none of them are in a serious condition, they are undergoing treatment in home isolation, Superintendent of Civil Hospital R S Trivedi said. "Healthcare staff members of the hospital, who come in direct contact with the patients, were tested for COVID-19. Almost 50 of them, including paramedical staff, nurses and doctors, were found infected. But the good thing is that nobody is in a serious condition, and most of them are in home isolation," he told reporters. On Thursday, Gujarat had recorded 24,485 infections, its highest single-day spike, pushing up the state's tally above the 10-lakh mark. Gujarat's tally of active cases has also crossed the one-lakh mark, and is currently at 1.29 lakh, with a total 244 patients being kept on ventilators, as per the health department's Saturday evening release. There are 7,653 active

Delhi reports 11,486 Covid-19 cases, death toll highest since June '21

Delhi reported 11,486 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking the national capitals overall Covid tally to 17,82,514, the health bulletin issued on Saturday said.

Mumbai records 3,568 coronavirus infections, decline in new cases continues

The city also recorded 10 pandemic-related deaths, said a release by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

Delhi government lays down SOPs for Covid-19 infections

In an order issued last week, the Health Department stated that it has prepared SOPs for Covid-care centres which also listed out guidelines to be followed for telecalling patients.

'60% Covid deaths in third wave among partially or completely unvaccinated'

The study by Max Healthcare said the deaths reported were largely among those aged over 70 and those suffering from multiple co-morbidities

Russia confirms 57,212 new cases of Covid-19 in past 24 hours

The previous record of 49,513 new cases was recorded on Friday.

Data story: India logs 337,704 cases; over 2 million cases added in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,611,660,078 vaccine doses. That is 4142.68 per cent of its total caseload, and 115.03 per cent of its population

Goa sees 2,668 Covid-19 cases, 9 deaths; positivity rate stands at 37.42%

The toll stood at 3,594 after nine patients succumbed during the day

Covid-19 pandemic: WHO panel for use of Pfizer jab on 5-11-year olds

The recommendation comes after the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunisation held a meeting on Wednesday

Less-threatening Omicron lowers Covid-19 vaccine sales estimate

Sales of Covid-19 vaccines, excluding those from China and India, will increase to about $85 billion in 2022, down about 28 per cent from an earlier estimate of $118 billion

Revoke vaccination feature added to CoWIN to address incorrect data entry

Existing limit of registering four members on one mobile number has also been increased to six members now

No data has leaked from Co-WIN portal, info safe: Health ministry

"There have been several media reports claiming that the data stored in Co-WIN portal has been leaked online

Share of rural vaccinations on the rise even as absolute numbers fall

Overall vaccinations have fallen even as daily case numbers have been on the rise

Mumbai's Covid-19 cases further drop to 5,008; 12 die, 12,913 recover

With this, the city's Covid-19 tally rose to 10,28,715, while the death toll jumped to 16,512

Imminent recovery for multiplexes pushed to FY23 by Covid 3rd wave: Report

Icra said the revenues in the December quarter are expected to be the highest since the onset of the pandemic

Thirty-three new Covid-19 positive cases reported at SAI Bengaluru

Sports Authority of India on Friday informed that 33 new COVID-19 have been reported at the SAI National Centre of Excellence, Bengaluru.

Nashik sees 2,939 Covid-19 cases and two deaths; 1,799 recover

There are currently 9,298 patients undergoing treatment in the district

Delhi logs 10,756 Covid cases; positivity rate declines to 18.04 per cent

As many as 434 people have succumbed to the disease so far in January