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China reports 600 Covid cases in 24 hours, marking highest tally in July

The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported around 600 new cases of COVID-19, marking the number as the highest daily tally in the month of July, as per the National Health Commission.Over the past three days, the daily tally in the Chinese mainland has surpassed 400. As per the official data on Sunday, 106 new cases with 474 asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 were found in different provinces of the country on Saturday. The daily new cases are the highest reported in July 2022.The new wave of COVID-19 cases has been triggered by new emerging Omicron sub-variants, with nine such sub-variants all classified as forms of Omicron reportedly having been spreading among 12 regions since July, Global Times reported.As per the data, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported nine confirmed and 235 asymptomatic cases, while Northwest China's Gansu Province reported 53 confirmed and 105 asymptomatic cases. Shanghai, which recently emerged from a severe outbreak, is also seeing rising ...

Gujarat sees 644 Covid-19 cases, no deaths; active tally at 4,776

Gujarat on Sunday reported 644 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 12,42,731, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,954, a state health department official said. The recovery count rose by 500 and reached 12,27,001, which left the state with an active caseload of 4,776, he added. Ahmedabad led with 272 cases, followed by 90 in Surat, 46 in Vadodara, 36 in Mehsana, 32 in Bhavnagar, among other districts, the official said. The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the state went up by 45,912 during the day to touch 11.24 crore, a government release said. No new case or recovery was reported from adjoining Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, leaving the Union Territory with an active caseload of 11, local officials said. Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 12,42,731, new cases 644, death toll 10,954, discharged 12,27,001, active cases 4,776, people tested so far - figures not released.

Mumbai sees 276 Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; positivity rate now 2.59%

Mumbai on Sunday reported 276 COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate of 2.59 per cent and two fatalities, taking the tally to 11,21,095 and the toll to 19,632, a civic official said. A day earlier, the metropolis had logged 365 cases and two deaths due to COVID-19, he said. Of the 376 new cases, only 24 were symptomatic, the official added. The recovery count rose by 397 to reach 10,99,163, which left the city with an active caseload of 2,300, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. He said the overall number of coronavirus tests in the city stood at 1,76,98,650, including 10,656 in the last 24 hours, down from 11,442 in the preceding 24-hour period. Civic data revealed the recovery rate was 98 per cent and the overall growth rate of cases between July 10 and 16 was 0.03 per cent. It showed that the caseload doubling time in the metropolis now stood at 2,279 days.

Maharashtra logs 2,186 new Covid cases, 3 deaths; positivity rate at 5.86%

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 2,186 new coronavirus positive cases and three deaths linked to the infection, the health department said. With this, the caseload in the state rose to 80,19,391 and the death toll to 1,48,026. On Saturday, the state had reported 2,382 cases and eight fatalities. There are now 15,525 active cases of the infection in the state. Eighteen patients were found infected with the BA.5 sub-variant of Omicron, 17 others with the BA.2.75 variant, and one with BA.4 variant as per the latest report from the B J Medical College in Pune, it said. All these patients are from Pune and the samples of these patients had been taken betweenJune 25 and 4 July. These samples were tested at the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) labs in Pune and Mumbai. With this, the tally of BA.4 and BA.5 patients rose to 132 and that of BA.2.75 patients to 57. This raised the count of BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variant cases from Pune to 84, from Mumbai to 32 and four each from Na

India's Covid vaccination drive unparalleled in scale and speed: PM Modi

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New coronavirus cases fall in Maharashtra but deaths show upward trend

Between July 1 to 15, Maharashtra reported 38,709 new infections and 90 deaths, more than those reported in entire June, were also recorded during this period

Assam reports 672 new Covid-19 cases, two deaths in last 24 hours

One person each died in Charaideo and Kamrup Metropolitan districts due to Covid-19 on Saturday

Malaysia reports over 5,000 new coronavirus infections, four deaths

Malaysia reported 5,047 new Covid-19 infections, as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 4,619,045, according to the health ministry.

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West Bengal logs 3,067 new Covid cases, 5 deaths; positivity rate at 21.29%

West Bengal on Friday reported 3,067 COVID-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 20,65,360, the health department said in a bulletin on Friday. North 24 Parganas registered 693 infections followed by Kolkata at 653. Five more deaths due to the disease raised the toll to 21,265, the bulletin said. The number of active cases rose by 1,187 to 30,043 Altogether 20,14,052 people have recovered from the disease, 1,875 of them since Thursday. The positivity rate stood at 19.54 per cent. The state since Thursday tested 15,699 samples, the bulletin added.

Odisha's single-day Covid-19 count breaches 1,000-mark after 5 months

Odisha recorded 1,043 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, the highest single-day tally in five months, taking the caseload to 12,97,175, the health department said in a bulletin. The state had on February 13 registered 1,148 cases. The toll mounted to 9,128 after an 82-year-old man died of the disease in Sundargarh, it said. Odisha currently has 4,825 active cases, while 12,83,169 patients have recovered from the disease so far, including 479 since Thursday, it added. Besides, 53 patients have died due to comorbidities so far. Single-day count has more than doubled since 470 cases on July 8. The positivity rate jumped to 5.59 per cent from 4.18 per cent a day ago with the new cases having been detected after testing 18,664 samples. As many as 100 children were among the new patients, the bulletin said. Khurda, where state capital Bhubaneswar is situated, reported the highest number of new cases at 335, followed by 205 in Cuttack and 106 in Sundargarh, it added.

Assam reports 707 new Covid cases, two deaths; positivity rate at 11.5%

The total number of affected now stands at 7,28,616 and the positivity rate has increased to 11.55 per cent during the last 24 hours from the previous day's 10.75 per cent

Australian PM calls national cabinet meeting amid rise in Covid cases

The PM will meet with state and territory leaders on Monday amid pressure for the federal government to reinstate pandemic leave payments for workers forced into isolation

New Zealand reports 10,470 new Covid community cases, 16 deaths on Friday

Currently, 773 Covid patients are being treated in hospitals, including 14 in intensive care units or high dependency units

Data story: India logs 20,038 new Covid cases, active tally at 139,073

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Sikkim reports 70 Covid-19 cases in last 24 hrs; death toll reaches 459

Sikkim reported 70 more COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 39,675, while the death toll mounted to 459 with one fresh fatality

Amid low precaution doses, 'Covid Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava' to begin

A 75-day-long 'Covid Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava' will commence from Friday to provide free precaution dose to all eligible adults at government Covid Vaccination Centres (CVCs).

Don't experiment with health, take booster dose: NIV director urges people

National Institute of Virology Director Dr Priya Abraham on Thursday said the present Covid-19 variant, Omicron, can escape antibodies formed after two doses of vaccination

Mumbai records 339 new coronavirus cases, 2 deaths; active tally at 2,805

Mumbai on Thursday recorded 339 fresh coronavirus cases, while two more patients succumbed to the infection, the city's civic body said. With these additions, the city's overall COVID-19 tally rose to 11,20,172, while the death toll increased to 19,627, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a health bulletin. On Wednesday, the metropolis recorded 383 positive cases and one coronavirus-linked fatality. Of the 339 new cases, 310 patients were asymptomatic, said the bulletin. Giving details about the two fresh fatalities, the BMC said one of them was an 83-year-old woman suffering from comorbidities, diabetes, hypertension and ischemic heart disease. The second was a 40-year-old woman with comorbidities, hypertension and malignancy. The bulletin said 538 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 10,97,740 and leaving the financial capital with an active caseload of 2,805. The city's coronavirus recovery rate stood at 98 per cent. A ...