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Indian Olympic Association chief Batra, his wife test positive for Covid-19

Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19, the IOA chief said on Sunday. Both Batra and his wife are asymptomatic. "Chetna & I Have Tested Positive for Covid Today on 16th January in Asymptomatic Category," the top IOA official said in a WhatsApp message. "All our Family, Friends and Colleagues who Came in Contact With us Since 14th January are Requested to Please Have Themselves Examined. "We Have Been asked to Stay in Quarantine Till Saturday 22nd January. We are Available on Phone," Batra added. Batra's father had tested positive for COVID-19 along with two of his attendants and as many security guards posted at his house in May, 2020. Batra had recently attended the Queens Baton Relay for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games here on Wednesday, when Tokyo Olympic silver medallist wrestler Ravi Dahiya kicked off the symbolic run.

Jammu and Kashmir sees six more coronavirus deaths, 3,499 cases

The infection count rose to 3,59,373

Goa reports 3,232 Covid-19 cases; state's positivity rate touches 45.85%

1,922 people were discharged during the day

Chinese city Xi'an lifts some restrictions over three weeks of lockdown

State-owned broadcaster CCTV reported Sunday that certain counties and development zones in Xi'an had begun restoring production

Kerala records 18,123 new coronavirus infections, 158 fatalities

The state had tested 59,314 samples in the last 24 hours

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim logs 313 new cases, tally rises to 34,712

The state's coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 413

Omicron a 'deviant' from Covid progression script: Virologist T Jacob John

Omicron, the highly infectious variant of coronavirus, is driving the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India.

70% adults fully vaccinated against Covid-19: Mandaviya at stamp launch

Seventy per cent of India's adults have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 while 93 per cent received the first jab, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

India's R value drops to 2.2 between January 7 and 13: IIT Madras analysis

India's 'R-value', which indicates how rapidly COVID-19 is spreading, was recorded at 2.2 between January 7 and 13, a drop from the previous 2 weeks, according to a preliminary analysis by IIT Madras

Global Covid caseload tops 323.1 million, deaths surge to over 5.52 million

Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 323.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.52 million and vaccinations to over 9.58 billion

Covid vaccination drive added strength to Covid fight, saved lives: PM Modi

As India marks one year of the COVID vaccination drive on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the vaccination programme added great strength to the fight against the COVID-19.The Prime Minister said that the vaccination drive led to saving lives and protecting livelihood."Today we mark one year of Vaccine Drive. I salute each and every individual who is associated with the vaccination drive. Our vaccination programme has added great strength to the fight against COVID-19. It has led to saving lives and thus protecting livelihoods," the Prime Minister tweeted.Earlier in the day, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had called the COVID vaccination drive the "most successful" in the world.Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "Today the world's largest vaccination campaign completes one year. Started under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, with everyone's efforts, today, it is the most successful vaccination campaign in the world. I congratulate all the health workers, scientists

Covid tests in Delhi 3 times the number recommended by ICMR: Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said the diagnostic tests being conducted in the city is three times the number recommended by ICMR.

UK to abolish PCR Test for vaccinated people returning to country: Reports

The United Kingdom will abolish mandatory COVID-19 tests for all fully vaccinated travelers returning to the country by the end of January, the Times reported on Sunday

Covid-19: Puducherry logs 1,160 new cases, test positivity rate at 43.66%

The union territory of Puducherry added 1,160 fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours raising the overall tally to 1,37,710 with the test positivity rate shooting up to 43.66 per cent

Data story: India logs 271,202 new cases; total caseload crosses 37 mn-mark

India has so far administered 1,567,615,454 vaccine doses. That is 4222.85 per cent of its total caseload, and 112.06 per cent of its population

US battles Covid-19 as CDC issues new guidelines for masks; free tests

The US CDC has updated its guidance on masks for the general public, saying that people can choose to wear N95 and KN95 masks because they offer the best protection against Covid-19.

Covid: Delhi sees 20,718 new cases, 30 deaths; positivity rate stays at 30%

Delhi on Saturday reported 20,718 Covid cases and 30 fatalities while the positivity rate stood at 30.64 per cent, according to health department data.

Kerala reports 17,755 new Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 5,351,583

Kerala continued to register an upward tick in its daily COVID infections, registering 17,755 new cases on Saturday, taking the tally to 53,51,583, the state health department said. Kerala also reported 106 deaths, pushing the death toll to 50,674, according to a government release. "Currently, there are 90,649 active COVID-19 cases in the state out of which only four per cent of patients are hospitalised," the release said. Meanwhile 3,819 persons recuperated from the disease today, taking the total cured to 52,18,681. The state had reported 16,338 new infections yesterday. Among today's deaths, 17 were recorded over the last few days and 89 designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court. The state capital Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of new cases--4,694, followed by Ernakulam with 2,637 and Thrissur 1,731. The state had tested 65,937 samples in the last 24 hours. Of thos

Covid-19: 32,793 new cases in Karnataka; 22,284 from Bengaluru alone

Registering yet another spike in numbers, Karnataka on Saturday logged 32,793 new cases of COVID-19, and 7 fatalities, taking the tally to 31,86,040 and the death toll to 38,418.

West Bengal records 19,064 new Covid-19 cases, 39 fresh fatalities

West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 18,82,761 on Saturday as 19,064 more people tested positive for the infection, 3,581 less than the previous day, a health bulletin said. The state's coronavirus death toll rose to 20,052 as 39 more patients succumbed to the infection, it said. West Bengal's positivity rate slightly improved to 29.52 per cent from 31.14 per cent on the previous day, the bulletin said. Kolkata registered the highest number of fresh fatalities at 12, followed by 10 in neighbouring North 24 Parganas district, it said. The number of active cases increased by 9,893 to 1,55,376, while 9,132 more people recovered from the disease, but the discharge rate deteriorated to 90.68 per cent. The state has tested over 2.22 crore samples for COVID-19 so far, including 64,572 in the last 24 hours, the bulletin added.