Page 144 - Coronavirus Tests

Eighty five students of Nainital school test positive for Covid

The students have been kept in isolation at the school, which has been declared a micro containment zone

Covid-19: Kerala records 2,802 fresh infections, 78 fatalities

As many as 50,180 samples were tested in the last 24 hours

Amid spike in Covid, CM Bommai seeks people's cooperation to avoid lockdown

Regarding extending night curfew or imposing tough rules, he said it would be decided on either on Monday or Tuesday

Odisha Covid update: State reports 23 new Omicron cases, tally rises to 37

Odisha has reported twenty-three new Omicron cases, taking the total tally of the cases of the new variant of coronavirus to thirty-seven

Lionel Messi tests positive for coronavirus with 3 other PSG players

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) said one staff member also had Covid

Covax delivers record 309 mn Covid vaccine doses in December

Gavi is one of the three principal backers of the programme, along with the World Health Organization and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

DATA STORY: India's active cases rise to 122,801; death toll at 481,770

India has so far administered 1,454,413,005 vaccine doses. That is 4168.67 per cent of its total caseload, and 103.97 per cent of its population

India reports 27,553 new Covid-19 cases, 284 additional deaths

Meanwhile, the nationwide Omicron infection tally has increased to 1,525, of which 560 have been discharged from hospitals.

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 289.2 mn, deaths surge over 5.44 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 289.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.44 million and vaccinations to over 9.16 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Omicron tally in India rises to 1,525; maximum cases in Maharashtra

Maharashtra recorded a maximum of 460 cases, followed by Delhi at 351, Gujarat 136, Tamil Nadu 117 and Kerala 109.

Ganguly had tested positive for delta plus variant of Covid-19: Hospital

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had tested positive for the delta plus variant of Covid-19 but was discharged after four days of hospitalisation as the infection was not severe

West Bengal logs 4,512 new Covid cases; nearly 2,400 in Kolkata alone

West Bengal on Covid Saturday reported 4,512 fresh infections, 1,061 more than the previous day, with Kolkata accounting for 2,398 fresh cases, a health bulletin said.

At 1,069, Gujarat's Covid tally crosses 1k-mark for first time after June 4

Gujarat on Saturday recorded 1,069 Covid cases, the first time the daily addition crossed the 1000-mark since June 4 when the figure was 1,120, taking the state's tally to 8,32,801, an official said.

Tamil Nadu reports 1,489 Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths in last 24 hours

Tamil Nadu on Saturday with 1,489 infections and eight more deaths, pushing the numbers till date to 27,49,534 and 36,784 respectively, the Health Department said.

Covid: Gujarat reports 23 new Omicron cases, state's tally rises to 136

Gujarat reported 23 new cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on Saturday, taking the tally of such infections in the state to 136, the health department said.

Mumbai reports 6,347 new coronavirus cases, 1 death in last 24 hours

Mumbai reported 6,347 fresh Covid-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours, informed the state health bulletin.

Set up makeshift hospitals, monitor home isolation: Centre tells states

'Special teams be constituted to monitor all home isolation cases, call centres/control rooms must aid outbound calling for monitoring such patients,' Centre advises states

Covid: Kerala reports 2,435 new cases, 22 deaths in last 24 hours

Kerala recorded 2,435 fresh coronavirus cases and 22 Covid-19 related deaths on Saturday, taking the caseload to 52,40,487 and the death toll to 48,035.

Four more cases of Omicron surface in Uttarakhand, state's tally rises to 8

Uttarakhand reported four new cases of Omicron in last 24 hours taking the number of people infected with the latest variant of Covid-19 in the state so far to eight, officials said here on Saturday. The four people earlier infected with Omicron have recovered. One Omicron case was reported from the state on December 11 and three more on December 27. Of the four new cases, three cases are from Dehradun and one from Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Director General Health Tripti Bahuguna said. Three of the infected persons are in their 20s and one is a 15-year-old girl. The infected people include a 28-year-old man from Dehradun who had returned from abroad via Gurugram, a 23-year-old man who had also returned from Gurugram recently, a 15-year-old girl who had come into contact with the latter, and a 27-year-old man from Ahmedabad who had come to Rishikesh on December 21. As the man from Ahmedabad has already returned, the Gujarat government has been informed about it, Bahuguna said.

Covid cases rise 'through the roof' as Omicron variant sweeps across US

On the plus side, hospitalizations and deaths have been rising more slowly, and it remains to be seen whether omicron's casualty toll will reach levels of previous surges.