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Bengal logs 2,486 new Covid cases, 6 more deaths; active cases at 27,755

West Bengal's coronavirus tally increased to 20,79,491 on Thursday after 2,486 more people tested positive for the infection, the state health department said. Six more deaths due to the disease also raised the toll to 21,300 during the day. The state had on Wednesday recorded 2,455 new Covid-19 cases and six fresh fatalities. Altogether 3,124 patients recovered from the infection in the state on Thursday taking the total number of cured people to 20,30,436, the department said in a bulletin. The number of active cases now is 27,755. West Bengal tested 15,311 samples for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the bulletin added.

Delhi logs 649 Covid-19 cases, one death in a day; positivity rate 4.06%

Delhi on Thursday logged 649 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.06 per cent and one death, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the national capital's COVID-19 case tally climbed to 19,46,313. The death toll rose to 26,297, the latest bulletin stated. The number of active cases in Delhi stands at 2,209, up from 2,153 the previous day. As many as 1,454 patients are under home isolation, it said. The fresh cases were detected out of 15,974 COVID-19 tests conducted the previous day. Delhi on Wednesday logged 686 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.74 per cent. On Tuesday, it recorded 585 cases with a positivity rate of 4.35 per cent and two deaths. The day before, 378 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 6.06 per cent and two deaths. The city logged 498 cases with a positivity rate of 3.57 per cent and one fatality on Sunday. Of the 9,488 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi hospitals, only 130 were occupied on Thursday. Bed

Mumbai logs 273 Covid-19 cases, one death; active tally now 1,937

Mumbai on Thursday logged 273 COVID-19 cases and one death, which took the tally to 11,22,109 and the toll to 19,636, a civic official said. The addition to the tally remained below the 300-mark for the sixth day in a row, he added. The recovery count increased by 338 during the day to touch 11,00536, leaving the metropolis with an active caseload of 1,937, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. Of the new cases, only 26 are symptomatic, he pointed out. Civic data showed the number of samples examined during the day was 10,058, almost 800 less than the previous day. It revealed that the total number of coronavirus tests in Mumbai had now gone up to 1,77,33,634. BMC data also showed that the recovery rate was 98 per cent, while the overall growth rate of cases between July 14 and 20 was 0.026 per cent. The caseload doubling time was 2,713 days and the positivity rate was 2.67 per cent, as per civic data.

Tokyo's daily Covid cases cross 30,000 for first time in pandemic

New coronavirus cases in Japan's capital hit a record on Thursday, surging past 30,000 for the first time since the pandemic began, spurring officials to call for more vigilance.

Centre asks states to increase testing, vaccination amid recent Covid surge

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Delhi reports 686 new Covid cases in a day; positivity rate at 4.74%

Delhi on Wednesday reported rise in new Covid cases in last 24 hours, at 686 against 585 infection reported on previous day, but there was no fresh death, as per the government health bulletin.

Bengal logs 2,455 new Covid cases, 6 fatalities; positivity rate at 15.4%

West Bengal's COVID-19 tally rose to 20,77,005 on Wednesday as 2,455 more people tested positive for the infection, while six fresh fatalities pushed the toll to 21,294, a health bulletin said. The state had reported 2,243 cases and six fatalities on the previous day. The positivity rate stood at 15.47 per cent as 15,870 samples were tested for COVID-19. The state now has 28,399 active cases, while 20,27,312 people have recovered from the disease so far, including 3,019 in the last 24 hours, it added.

Maharashtra logs 2,325 new Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths; active tally at 14,636

Maharashtra reported 2,325 new COVID-19 cases, nearly 50 more than a day ago, while seven more patients succumbed to the infection and 2,471 others recovered, the state health department said.

Covaxin's booster dose demonstrates immunity, says Bharat Biotech

Pharmaceutical major Bharat Biotech on Wednesday said its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin has proven to be safe, well-tolerated, and immunogenic in subjects in controlled clinical trials. The study has been accepted and published in Nature Scientific Reports, a high impact factor journal. A press release from the vaccine maker said the study was conducted in 184 subjects, who were randomised 1:1 and received either a booster dose of Covaxin or a placebo, six months after the primary series of two doses. Subjects were evaluated for safety, neutralising antibody responses against variants of concern, binding antibodies against spike protein, RBD, N proteins, and for memory T and B cell responses to demonstrate cell-mediated immunity, it said. Krishna Ella, chairman and managing director, Bharat Biotech, said the team has now demonstrated that Covaxin is a multi-epitope vaccine with antibodies against spike, RBD and N proteins. "Post booster dose, it has proven neutralising antibody respons

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Data story: India logs 20,557 cases, 2,603 deaths as Punjab clears backlog

India has added 133,769 cases in the past 7 days

Covid-19 in numbers: Latest data on cases and deaths in India and globally

Refer to these tables for data on confirmed coronavirus cases, deaths and recoveries in India and across the world

Assam logs 764 Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths in 24 hrs; caseload at 730,907

Assam reported 764 new Covid-19 cases, 615 more than the previous day, with the tally rising to 730,907

Thane records 88 Covid-19 cases in 24 hrs; active tally over 1,100

As many as 88 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Maharashtra's Thane district, taking its tally of infections to 732,648

Data story: India logs 15,528 Covid cases, active cases see net decline

India reported a decrease of 610 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 143,654

Karnataka reports 1,108 Covid cases, zero deaths; positivity rate at 6.82%

Karnataka on Monday clocked 1,108 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatalities, taking the total caseload to 39,87,428, the health department said. The day also saw 997 people being discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,39,617. Active cases stood at 7,680, a health department bulletin said. Bengaluru Urban accounted for the maximum number of 993 cases. There were 11 cases in Ballari, 15 in Dakshina Kannada, 25 in Mysuru and 12 in Kolar. The bulletin said nine districts in the state reported zero infections and nil deaths. A total of 16,256 samples were tested in the state including 12,653 using RT-PCR methods, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined to 6.74 crore. The number of vaccinations done in the state rose to 11.39 crore, with 1,61,773 people being inoculated on Monday, it said.

Mumbai sees 167 Covid-19 cases; no addition to toll after gap of five days

Mumbai on Monday reported 167 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the metropolis to 11,21,262 but the death toll remained unchanged at 19,632 as no fatality was reported after a gap of five days

Data story: India logs 16,935 new Covid cases; death toll reaches 525,760

India has so far administered 2,000,461,095 vaccine doses

Data story: India logs 20,528 new Covid cases, 127,948 infections in 7 days

India reported an increase of 2,689 in active coronavirus cases on Sunday

Bengal logs 2,659 new Covid cases, 5 more deaths; active tally at 30,791

West Bengal on Sunday logged 2,659 fresh Covid-19 infections, down from 2,839 the previous day, pushing the caseload to 20,70,858, the health department said in a bulletin. Five more deaths due to the disease raised the toll to 21,276, the bulletin said. Altogether 20,18,791 people have recovered from the disease in the state, 2,476 of them since Saturday. Bengal currently has 30,791 active cases, with 544 of them undergoing treatment in various hospitals. The positivity rate stood at 17.16 per cent and the fatality rate at 1.03 per cent. As many as 2,57,97,505 samples have been tested in the state thus far, including 15,492 since Saturday.