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Punjab CM Amarinder Singh extends Covid-19 restrictions till September 30

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered extension of the existing Covid-19 restrictions till September 30, in view of the upcoming festival season

Odisha reports 745 new coronavirus cases, 6 more fatalities today

Odisha reported 745 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and six more deaths, a Health Department official said.

PM Modi chairs high-level meeting on Covid-19 situation, vaccination

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the Covid-19 related situation and the vaccination drive in the country

Delhi records zero death, 36 new cases of Covid-19; positivity rate 0.05 pc

No death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi in a day while 36 fresh cases were reported during the same period with a positivity rate of 0.05 per cent

Mizoram reports over 1,000 new Covid-19 cases for 4th consecutive day

Mizoram reported over 1,000 fresh COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day on Friday as 1,055 more people, including 185 children, tested positive

DATA STORY: India reports 34,973 cases in 24 hours, adds 260 deaths to toll

India has so far administered 723,784,586 vaccine doses. That is 2181.71 per cent of its total caseload, and 51.87 per cent of its population

Govt develops Covid-19 vaccine tracker to give vaccination-related info

The Centre has developed a Covid-19 vaccine tracker by synergising data from three platforms to give information on various aspects of vaccination like effectiveness post inoculation

Ex-Mauritius PM Ramgoolam admitted to AIIMS for Covid treatment

Former prime minister of Mauritius Navinchandra Ramgoolam was admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre on Thursday for treatment of Covid-19, sources said

Covid vaccination of kids shouldn't be condition to re-open schools: Govt

Besides the aspect of vaccination, the overall epidemiological situation has to be safe for opening schools

K'taka logs lowest number of Covid deaths, since beginning of second wave

Karnataka on Thursday reported the lowest number of deaths due to C-19, since the beginning of the second wave, with 4 fatalities, taking the toll so far due to the pandemic to 37,462

Kerala sees 26,200 new coronavirus cases, reports 125 deaths today

Kerala on Thursday reported 26,200 fresh coronavirus cases and 125 deaths which pushed the total infections in the state to 43,09,694 and the fatalities till now to 22,126, the state government said. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) was recorded at 16.69 per cent after testing 1,56,957 samples in the last 24 hours and with this, 3.29 crore samples have been tested till now, a state government release said. The bulletin also said that since Wednesday, 29,209 people recovered from the infection taking the total number to 40,50,665 and the number of active cases to 2,36,345. Among the 14 districts, Thrissur recorded the highest number of cases with 3,279 followed by Ernakulam 3,175, Thiruvananthapuram 2,598, Malappuram 2,452, Kozhikode 2,332, Kollam 2,124, Palakkad 1,996, Alappuzha 1,604, Kottayam 1,580, Kannur 1,532, Pathanamthitta 1,244 and Wayanad 981, the release said. Of the new cases, 114 were health workers, 81 from outside the state and 24,999 infected through contact, with the

Mizoram's coronavirus positivity rate over 10%, 12,303 active cases

Mizoram reported 1,061 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the tally to 67,971, an official said.

As junior physio tests positive, Ganguly unsure about 5th Test going ahead

India cricket team's junior physio Yogesh Parmar has tested positive for COVID-19 and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is unsure whether the fifth and final Test against England will go ahead or not.

60.98% of India's total Covid cases past week were from Kerala: Health Secy

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday said that 60.98 per cent of the total active Covid-19 cases in India were from Kerala and of the 43,263 Covid-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours

IND vs ENG: Team India's junior physio tests Covid positive in Manchester

India cricket team's junior physio Yogesh Parmar has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the team to cancel its practice session ahead of the fifth Test against England beginning on Friday

DATA STORY: India adds 43,263 cases inn 24 hours, Kerala contributes 30,196

India has so far administered 716,597,428 vaccine doses. That is 2162.33 per cent of its total caseload, and 51.36 per cent of its population

Maha reports 4,174 new Covid-19 cases, 65 deaths, 4,155 recoveries

Maharashtra reported 4,174 new coronavirus cases and 65 fresh fatalities on Wednesday, taking the tally of infections to 64,97,872 and the toll to 1,37,962, a health department official said. With 4,155 patients getting discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, the number of recoveries climbed to 63,08,491, leaving the state with 47,880 active cases, he said. On Tuesday, Maharashtra had reported 3,898 new coronavirus infections and 86 fatalities. There are currently 3,07,913 people in home isolation in the state and another 1,937 in institutional quarantine, the official said. Maharashtra's coronavirus recovery rate stands at 97.09 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.12 per cent. The number of coronavirus tests conducted in the state rose to 5,53,38,772, of which 1,79,408 samples were examined in the past 24 hours. On Tuesday, 1,59,889 swab samples were tested in Maharashtra. Ahmednagar district reported the highest 786 new infections, followed by Pune district at ...

UP coronavirus update: No fresh Covid-19 death, 16 more cases reported

No fresh Covid-19 death was reported from Uttar Pradesh, and the death toll stood at 22,863; while the total cases in state touched 1,709,494 with as many as 16 fresh cases, an official statement said

Mumbai reports over 500 daily Covid-19 cases for first time since July 15

Mumbai on Wednesday recorded 530 new coronavirus positive cases, the highest since mid-July this year, and four fatalities, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said

Kerala reports 30,196 fresh coronavirus cases, sees 181 fatalities

After recording less than 30,000 cases since last Friday, Kerala on Wednesday reported 30,196 afresh, pushing the total infections in the state to 42,83,494.