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Oil drops as new Omicron subvariant case in Shanghai rattles market

Oil prices fall as fresh Omicron cases in China's Shanghai raises lockdown fears

Data story: India logs 18,257 new Covid cases, active tally at 128,690

India has added 120,222 cases in the past 7 days

Macao to shut casinos for a week amid Covid rise, allows essential services

The Asian gambling centre of Macao will close all its casinos for a week starting Monday and largely restrict people to their homes as it tries to stop a Covid-19 outbreak

West Bengal reports 2,962 new Covid-19 cases, 17% positivity rate

West Bengal reported 2,962 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday at a positivity rate of 17.36 per cent, as per the Health Department. Four more patients died, taking the toll to 21,243, it said. There are 23,264 active cases in the state at present, and all of these patients have symptoms. Of them, 508 patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals. The new cases were detected after testing 17,061 samples, recording a positivity rate of 17.36 per cent. So far, 20,07,204 patients have recovered, including 853 since Saturday.

Delhi records 433 fresh Covid cases, two deaths; positivity rate at 2.96%

Delhi on Sunday recorded 433 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.96 per cent and two more deaths, according to health department data. This is the fourth consecutive day when the daily case count has remained below 600. With the fresh infections and fatalities, Delhi's COVID-19 caseload climbed to 19,40,735 and the death toll increased to 26,284, the health department bulletin said. The fresh cases came out of 14,623 tests conducted the previous day, it said. Delhi on Saturday recorded 544 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.37 per cent and two fatalities. The capital recorded 531 cases with a positivity rate of 3.13 per cent and three fatalities on Friday.

Karnataka reports 942 new Covid cases in a day; active count at 6,898

Karnataka on Sunday reported 942 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total infections to 39,79,021, the State Health Department said. The department in its daily COVID-19 bulletin said 737 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,32,000 till date. Active cases stood at 6,898. Of the total infections, Bengaluru urban district contributed 831 while there were 30 cases in Mysuru, 13 in Dakshina Kannada, 11 each in Belagavi and Kolar and 10 in Udupi. There were zero infections and fatalities in 11 districts of the State. The positivity rate for the day was 4.20 per cent, the department said. As many as 22,403 tests were conducted, those included 17,210 RT-PCR tests. The total tests done is 6.72 crore till date. There were 3,329 people who were inoculated, taking the total vaccinated to 11.27 crore so far, the department said.

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NTAGI panel for use of Corbevax, Covaxin for kids aged 5-12 years

However, there was no decision on introducing these vaccines in the vaccination programme

Chhattisgarh sees 296 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally rises to 1,363

Chhattisgarh on Friday reported 296 COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate of 2.42 per cent, taking the tally to 11,55,791, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,040, an official said. Durg led with 60 cases, followed by 53 in Raipur, 26 in Rajnandgaon, 22 in Bilaspur, 19 in Bemetara, 15 in Korba and 13 in Balodabazar, he said, adding that no coronavirus case was reported in five districts. So far, 11,40,388 persons have recovered from the infection, including 136 during the day, leaving the state with an active caseload of 1,363, the official said. With 12,230 samples examined during the day, the overall number of tests carried out so far went up to 1,79,92,016, he added. Chhattisgarh's coronavirus figures are as follows: Positive cases 11,55,791, new cases 296, death toll 14,040, recovered 11,40,388, active cases 1,363, today tests 12,230, total tests 1,79,92,016.

Aurangabad reports 69 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally now 359

Aurangabad in Maharashtra on Friday reported 69 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 1,70,508, while the death toll remained unchanged at 3,736, a health official said. Of the new cases, 40 are from the city and 29 are from rural areas of the district, he added. The active caseload of the district is 359, of which 333 are in home isolation, the official informed. The recovery count increased by 19 during the day to touch 1,66,413, he said.

Data story: India logs 18,815 new Covid cases, death toll at 525,343

India has added 116,320 cases in the past 7 days.

Maharashtra reports 2,678 new Covid cases in a day; active tally at 19,413

Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 2,678 new coronavirus cases and eight pandemic-related deaths, the state health department said. The state also reported 20 new infections of BA.2.75 subvariant of Omicron, the official release said. On Wednesday, Maharashtra had reported 3,142 coronavirus cases and seven fatalities. The caseload in the state rose to 79,95,729, and death toll reached 1,47,964. New cases of BA.2.75 were found in the Nagpur division which comprises Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Wardha districts. These cases came to light from the testing of samples collected between June 15 to July 5. With this, the tally of BA.2.75 infections detected in the state reached 30. Of 20 new BA. 2.75 cases, 11 are men and nine women. One patient is below the age of 18 years, nine are in the age group of 19-25 years, six in the age group of 25 to 50 years and four are above 60. As many as 17 of the 20 patients were vaccinated. All these patients were either asymptomatic or

Hong Kong lifts flight ban citing 'little effect' on coronavirus cases

Starting Thursday, the city will no longer ban arriving airline flights just because they'd brought in passengers infected with COVID-19, the government announced

Data story: India records 18,930 new Covid cases, 35 deaths on Thursday

India has added 114,575 cases in the past 7 days

Chinese mainland reports 94 Covid-19 cases; 39 in Anhui, 32 in Shanghai

Yesterday, 112 coronavirus infections were recorded in the mainland

Malaysia reports 3,561 new coronavirus cases, five deaths in last 24 hour

There are 31,540 active cases, with 40 being held in intensive care and 23 of them in need of assisted breathing

India reduces gap for coronavirus booster shot from 9 months to 6

The government is administering precaution doses for free for those above 60 years, healthcare and frontline workers.

Delhi logs 600 new Covid cases in a day, positivity rate dips to 3.27%

Delhi logged 600 COVID-19 cases and one fatality due to the viral infection while the test positivity rate declined to 3.27 per cent, according to the data shared by the health department here

Mumbai reports 695 new Covid-19 cases, zero deaths; positivity rate at 6.3%

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 695 new coronavirus infections, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said

Maharashtra logs 3,142 new Covid cases in a day; active tally at 19,981

Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 3,142 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 695 in Mumbai, and seven fatalities, taking the tally to 79,93,051 and the toll to 1,47,956, the health department said. The state also reported 19 cases of Omicron's sub-variants. A day earlier, Maharashtra had reported 3,098 cases and six fatalities. The state is now left with 19,981 active cases. The health department said six patients of BA.5 and three of BA.4 have been found in the state, all from Pune. BA.4 and BA.5 are sub-variants of the Omicron. Besides, 10 cases of BA.2.75 were found in Pune, the health department said in a bulletin. In India, BA.2.75 has been documented to have a limited circulation and so far, this lineage has not been documented to have enhanced severity or the spread of the disease. As the BA.2 lineage is evolving, many of its sub-lineages are now developing with a set of distinct mutations. B.2.75 is a similar sub-lineage of BA.2. All these samples were collected from June 21