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Expect more worrisome Covid variants after omicron, scientists say

Get ready to learn more Greek letters. Scientists warn that omicron's whirlwind advance practically ensures it won't be the last version of the coronavirus to worry the world.

Covid: Mumbai logs highest single-day deaths in 6 months, but cases drop

Mumbai on Saturday reported 11 new coronavirus-related deaths, the highest single-day toll since July 29 last year, and 10,661 fresh infections, the civic body said

Karnataka sees 32,793 new cases, issues new rules for Covid hospitalisation

The Karnataka government on Saturday said only the sick and patients requiring emergency care may visit the hospitals for the next two weeks to prevent crowding.

Uttar Pradesh reports 15,795 coronavirus cases, tally reaches 95,148

Uttar Pradesh reported 15,795 new coronavirus infections that pushed its active caseload to 95,148, while four more fatalities pushed the death toll to 22,953, an official statement issued here said.

Odisha logs 10,856 new Covid-19 cases, Omicron tally mounts to 202

Odisha's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 11,22,735 on Saturday with 10,856 fresh infections, while two more fatalities pushed the death toll to 8,478, the Health Department said in a bulletin. The state also reported 32 new Omicron cases taking the tally of the new strain of coronavirus in Odisha to 202, a health department official said. The daily test positivity rate jumped to 14.49 per cent from 13.57 per cent the previous day, when 10,273 coronavirus cases were reported, the bulletin said. Khurda district, where the state capital Bhubaneswar is located, reported over a quarter of the new cases at 3,087, followed by 1,943 in Sundargarh, 909 in Cuttack, and 500 in Sambalpur. As many as 1,021 children tested positive for the infection out of the 74,936 samples tested in the past 24 hours, the bulletin said. Odisha now has 61,809 active cases, while 10,52,395 patients have recovered from the disease so far, including 2,216 since Friday, the bulletin said. Fifty-three other COVID-19

Twenty more people tests Covid-19 positive in IIT Kharagpur campus

Twenty more people, including eight students, residing on the IIT Kharagpur campus have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Saturday.

'Delta dominant strain in Maharashtra with 68% infections, Omicron at 32%'

The Maharashtra health department has said that the Delta strain of the virus still accounts for the maximum number of infection cases in the state as revealed by the genome sequencin

Spread of Omicron cases may disrupt global supply chain: EEPC India

Engineering Export Promotion Council of India has expressed concern that the spread of Omicron, the new variant of coronavirus, may once again disrupt the global supply chain

Covid-19: Kerala records 48 new Omicron cases, state's tally at 528

Kerala confirmed 48 new Omicron cases on Saturday, taking the total infected in the state with the new variant of COVID-19 to 528, the health department said.

Delhi: 'Percentage of people on ventilator up only 2-fold from Jan 1-14'

Although the number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi rose almost by nine times between January 1 and 14, the percentage of patients on ventilator support in city hospitals grew only by double

Clap, don't chant: China aims for 'Zero Covid' Beijing Olympics

Athletes will need to be vaccinated or face a long quarantine take tests daily and wear masks when not competing or training.

From pandemic to endemic: Can 2022 succeed where 2021 failed?

Health experts, however, are preaching caution, saying there's too much uncertainty about how virus will evolve, how much immunity society has built up, potential damage if people stop being careful

Covid-19 surge: Kerala govt to suspend offline classes for 2 weeks

Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty on Saturday said there was no considerable spread of Covid-19 among students in the state

Covid peak has arrived in Delhi, cases to decline now: Satyendar Jain

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said that the peak of third Covid-19 wave has already arrived in the capital city and now the cases may soon register a decline.

Data story: India logs 268,833 new cases; positivity ratio rate to 16.7%

India has so far administered 1,560,251,117 vaccine doses. That is 4233.94 per cent of its total caseload, and 111.53 per cent of its population

Covid-19 pandemic: Gujarat records 10,019 new cases, two more die

Ahmedabad city recorded the highest number of infections - 3,090

Covid-19 pandemic: 7,642 fresh cases, 21 more deaths in Punjab

The number of active coronavirus cases in Punjab increased to 34,303

Goa reports 3,145 coronavirus infections, 39% case positivity

The state continued to record high case positivity with 39.10 per cent of samples testing positive for the infections

Covid-19 pandemic: Pune district registers 10,076 new cases, 2 deaths

The western Maharashtra district's case positivity rate stood at over 26 per cent

Delhi Covid cases rising fast but hospitalisation and deaths low: Kejriwal

Covid cases are rising fast but there no reason to worry, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday while emphasising that hospitalisation and death rates are low.