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BCCI to facilitate 30,000 RT-PCR tests during IPL second phase in UAE

The BCCI, along with its medical service provider VPS Healthcare, will facilitate the conduct of over 30,000 RT-PCR tests on all IPL players

DATA STORY: Vaccination crosses 700 mn milestone; India adds 37,875 cases

India has so far administered 707,543,018vaccine doses. That is 2137.8 per cent of its total caseload, and 50.71 per cent of its population

Night curfew, Sunday curbs to be withdrawn: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

On Tuesday, the TPR was 15.87 per cent

India's strong, decisive decisions slowed down Covid spread: MoS Health

India's strong and decisive actions gave enough time to the country to build public health capacities and infrastructure to effectively manage the pandemic, Bharati Pravin Pawar said on Tuesday

Maharashtra coronavirus update: 3,898 new Covid-19 cases, 86 deaths

Maharashtra reported 3,898 new coronavirus infections and 86 fatalities on Tuesday, taking tally of infections in the state to 6,493,698 and death toll to 137,897, a health department official said

Delhi coronavirus update: 50 new Covid-19 cases, one death

Delhi reported 50 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking active cases in the national capital to 386

Singapore won't rule out tighter restrictions as Covid cases rise

Singapore had earlier signaled it would be able to ease further when 80% of the population is fully vaccinated

DATA STORY: UP administers record 3.3 mn doses in 24 hrs; active cases drop

India has so far administered 699,062,776 vaccine doses. That is 2114.6 per cent of its total caseload, and 50.1 per cent of its population

Covid LIVE: Kerala reports 19,688 new Covid cases; 3,626 in Maharashtra

The case fatality rate has declined to 1.33 per cent, according to the data updated at 8 am

Gujarat reports 19 coronavirus cases today; over 600,000 vaccinated

Gujarat on Monday reported 19 COVID-19 cases, taking its tally to 8,25,509, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,082, an official said. The discharge of 13 people increased the recovery count to 8,15,275, leaving the state with 152 active cases, including seven critical patients, he said. Ahmedabad led with nine cases, followed by three each in Surat and Vadodara, he said. An official release said 6,01,254 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Monday, raising the total number of doses administered so far in the state to 4,97,04,707. Neighbouring Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu's tally and recovery count stood unchanged at 10,637 and 10,631, respectively, on Monday, leaving the Union Territory, which has seen four deaths so far, with two active cases. Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 8,25,509, new cases 19, death toll 10,082, discharged 8,15,275, active cases 152, people tested so far - figures not released.

Chandigarh reports 33 coronavirus cases, 1 death, 46 recoveries

Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 tally reached 10,04,668 on Monday after 33 people were detected with the infection, while one death took the toll to 13,557, a health official said.

NABL certification must for private lab enrollment for Covid testing: ICMR

The ICMR has informed the Delhi High Court that NABL certification is must for enrollment of private labs for COVID-19 testing

Karnataka coronavirus update: 973 new Covid-19 cases, 17 deaths

Karnataka on Monday reported 973 new cases of Covid-19 and 17 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 29,56,137 and death toll to 37,426

Kerala records 19,688 fresh coronavirus cases, 135 more deaths

Kerala on Monday reported 19,688 fresh COVID-19 cases and 135 deaths pushing the total infection count to 42,27,526 and the fatalities till date to 21,631, the state government said. The test positivity rate (TPR) was found to be 16.71 per cent after testing 1,17,823 samples in the last 24 hours, according to a state government release. With this, 3,25,08,136 samples have been tested till now, it said. The bulletin also said that since Sunday, 28,561 people have recovered from the infection taking the total recoveries to 39,66,557 and the number of active cases to 2,38,782. Among the 14 districts of the state, Thrissur recorded the highest with 3,120 cases followed by Kozhikode (2,205), Ernakulam (2,029), Malappuram (1,695), Kollam (1,624), Palakkad (1,569), Thiruvananthapuram (1,483), Alappuzha (1,444), Kannur (1,262) and Kottayam (1,020), the release said. Of the new cases, 81 were health workers, 111 from outside the state and 18,602 infected through contact with the source of .

India plans 50% increase in oxygen production before third Covid wave

As of Monday, India's total Covid-19 cases had reached 33.03 million, with the death toll at 440,752, according to health ministry data

DATA STORY: Active cases see marginal decline as caseload crosses 33 mn

India has so far administered 687,541,762 vaccine doses. That is 2081.71 per cent of its total caseload, and 49.27 per cent of its population

One Covid-19 vaccine makes more antibodies than another. Does it matter?

Now, subtle differences between the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc. vaccines are emerging across patient groups over time.

Maharashtra Covid-19 update: Caseload grows by 4,057, death toll by 67

Maharashtra reported 4,057 coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, which took the state's infection tally to 6,486,174, while the death of 67 patients pushed the toll to 137,774, health department said

Covid: 30 new cases, zero death in Delhi; positivity rate 0.05%

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Haryana government extends Covid-driven restrictions for two weeks

A decision to allow students to attend classes physically in residential universities shall be taken on October 15