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Kerala logs 7,772 fresh Covid-19 infections, 471 more fatalities

There are currently 2,69,451 people under surveillance in various districts

DATA STORY: India logs 14,348 cases; active cases see slight increase

India has so far administered 1,048,200,966 vaccine doses. That is 3060.78 per cent of its total caseload, and 75.02 per cent of its population

Covid-19 can be transmitted by fully vaccinated people at home: Lancet

The study enrolled 621 participants, identified by the UK contact tracing system, between September 2020 and September 2021.

Active Covid-19 cases in India increase to 161,334, toll climbs to 457,191

The death toll climbed to 4,57,191 with 805 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

US growth rate slows to 2% on Delta surge, supply chain worries

Shortages, transportation bottlenecks, rising prices and the delta variant of the coronavirus weighed on both goods and services spending

Govt extends nationwide containment measures till November 30

The home secretary said states and union territories, on a regular basis, should closely monitor case positivity, hospital, ICU beds occupancy of every district falling under their jurisdiction

Covid cases slow down in festival season but watch out for Diwali: Experts

Vaccinations and more people having already got the disease may have lowered the count.

Kerala registers 7,738 fresh Covid cases; death toll crosses 30,000

The state had logged 9,445 fresh infections yesterday

World faces shortage of syringes as coronavirus vaccine doses rise

The UN children's agency said the shortfall would affect up to 2.2 billion auto-disposable syringes that lock automatically to prevent them from being used again

Moscow locks down as Russian Covid-19 deaths surge to new highs

Like Moscow, some regions decided to kick off their partial lockdowns on Thursday or even earlier in an effort to cut infection numbers ahead of the nationwide initiative.

MHA extends Covid-19 restrictions in country till November 30

Meanwhile, the Centre will soon start a mega Covid vaccination campaign 'Har Ghar Dastak' in poor-performing districts

Sixth sero survey shows Delhi had seropositivity of 97%: Jain

All districts were found to have a seroprevalence of more than 95 per cent, he said

6th sero survey reveals over 90% people in Delhi have Covid-19 antibodies

Over 90 per cent people in Delhi have developed antibodies, implying that the capital city is unlikely to see a surge as destructive as the second Covid wave

Third city in China under lockdown after 1 Covid-19 case reported

Heihe, a major port city was urgently put under a lockdown on Thursday

Single-day Covid-19 recoveries surpass fresh cases in Arunachal Pradesh

Single-day COVID-19 recoveries outnumbered fresh cases in Arunachal Pradesh as 28 more persons recuperated from the disease

16,156 new Covid-19 infections in India; active cases lowest in 243 days

With 16,156 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 3,42,31,809

Europe had most coronavirus cases and deaths over last week, says WHO

WHO officials have pointed to a number of factors including relatively low rates of vaccination in some countries in eastern Europe

Delhi reports 38 fresh Covid-19 cases, no death in past 24 hours

Delhi reported 38 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and no single death was reported in the city for the fifth consecutive day.According to Delhi Health Bulletin, as many as 25,091 people have succumbed to the virus so far in the national capital.The total count of coronavirus cases in the city has gone up to 14,39,709 and the active caseload in the city stands at 348.The case fatality rate in the national capital is 1.74 per cent. The positivity rate is 0.06 per cent.With 13 more persons recovered in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries in the city has gone up to 14,14,270.As many as 2,91,89,445 COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far in Delhi including 44,065 RT-PCR tests and 15,844 rapid antigen tests conducted in the last 24 hours.As many as 73,512 beneficiaries were vaccinated in the last 24 hours taking cumulative beneficiaries in the city to 2,02,01,316.

Delhi's sixth sero survey shows more than 90% people have antibodies

This means that Delhi is unlikely to witness a Covid wave as destructive as the second wave in April and May until a new severe variant emerges, a government official said

Mumbai logs 420 new Covid-19 cases, four deaths; active tally at 4,161

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 420 new coronavirus positive cases and four deaths, taking the infection tally to 754,669 and toll to 16,229, a civic official said