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India records 25,404 fresh coronavirus cases, 339 additional deaths

India saw a single-day rise of 25,404 new COVID cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,89,579, while the count of active cases declined to 3,62,207, according to health ministry data

71% of children in sero survey show antibodies, says PGIMER Director

PGIMER Director Dr Jagat Ram on Monday said that according to sero survey conducted by the institute among the 2,700 children shows 71 per cent of samples have developed antibodies

Delta breaches China less than a month after previous outbreak

The virus quickly took off in Fujian's scho­ols and factories

Covid vaccine boosters not 'appropriate' at this stage: Lancet study

Vaccine efficacy against severe Covid-19, even for delta variant, is so high that booster doses for the general population are not appropriate at this stage in pandemic, according to a Lancet review

Maha adds 2,740 new Covid-19 cases, lowest since Feb 9; tally tops 6.5 mn

The cumulative coronavirus tally in Maharashtra crossed the 6.5-mn mark on with the addition of 2,740 new cases, while 27 patients succumbed to the infection, a daily toll not seen since March 8

Coronavirus LIVE: Kerala sees 15,058 new Covid cases; 2,740 in Maharashtra

Coronavirus live updates: Kerala logs over 20,000 cases; no fresh death in Delhi. Catch all the live updates here

Mumbai's Covid-19 addition below 400 for third consecutive day

Mumbai on Monday reported 347 Covid-19 cases and six deaths, taking its tally to 7,35,403 and toll to 16,028, this being third day in a row when the addition to the infection count was less than 400

Covid: WHO approval for Covaxin expected this week, says report

Covaxin was developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech in association with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology.

Karnataka coronavirus update: 673 new Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths

Karnataka on Monday reported 673 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 29,62,408 and death toll to 37,517, the health department said

Top headlines: August inflation at 5.3%; India's vaccine coverage at 750 mn

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Unfortunate we ended up in IPL early, hope bio-security is ensured: Kohli

India captain Virat Kohli said it is unfortunate to "end up here early" for the IPL after a Covid-19 outbreak led to the cancellation of the fifth Test against England

India's vaccination coverage past 750 mn; WHO hails 100 mn jabs in 13 days

India has crossed the landmark of administering 75 crore Covid vaccine doses, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Monday. He said the country's vaccination drive continues to create new dimensions under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and with his mantra of "Sabka Saath, Sabka Prayas (together with everybody, with everybody's efforts". 'Congratulations India! In the 75th year of independence, the country has crossed the figure of 75 crore vaccinations," the health minister tweeted with hashtags #SabkoVaccineMuftVaccine and #AazadiKaAmritMahotsav. So far, all adult people in six states and union territories -- Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Ladakh and Lakshadweep -- have received at least one dose of the vaccine. India took 85 days to touch the 10-crore vaccination mark, 45 more days to cross the 20-crore mark and 29 more days to reach 30 crore, Mandaviya said. The country took 24 days to reach 40 crore from 30 crore doses and then 20

Kerala logs 15,058 fresh coronavirus infections, 99 fatalities

The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) was recorded at 16.39 per cent after testing 91,885 samples in the last 24 hours

Covid: 17 new cases, zero death in Delhi; positivity rate 0.04%

The capital has recorded only one fatality due to the infection in September so far.

India worried about complacency over second dose of Covid vaccine: Report

The govt last week said one Covid dose alone was 96.6% effective in preventing deaths, a message that experts say could inadvertently put people off from getting their second shot

India Inc spent over Rs 1,600 crore on mitigating second Covid wave: study

India Inc. has spent over Rs 1,600 crore combating the second wave of Covid-19 in the financial year 2020-21, a study said on Monday.

British PM Johnson to set out lockdown-free winter Covid plan

Under the autumn-winter proposals, the government is set to repeal some powers of its emergency Coronavirus Act, brought in to tackle the pandemic last year.

Here's what experts say next six months of Covid pandemic will bring

Almost everyone will be either infected or vaccinated before the pandemic ends, experts agree

DATA STORY: India adds 27,254 cases in 24 hrs; smallest spike in 20 days

India has so far administered 723,784,586 vaccine doses. That is 2236.15 per cent of its total caseload, and 53.31 per cent of its population

India registers 27,254 coronavirus cases, 219 additional deaths

India saw a single-day rise of 27,254 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,64,175, while the count of active cases declined to 3,74,269, Health ministry data showed