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Possible cause of 'brain fog' due to long Covid found by researchers

Scientists have found the first indications that some of the neurological symptoms in long-COVID are being caused by protein clumps appearing in the brain that are like those that lead to Alzheimer's

Mizoram records 91 new Covid-19 cases, zero deaths in last 24 hours

The single-day positivity rate dipped to 18.24 per cent from 23.19 per cent on Tuesday, as the fresh cases were detected out of 499 samples tested

Data story: India logs 16,159 new Covid cases; active tally at 115,212

India has added 114,464 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 13,086 new Covid cases, death toll reaches 525,242

India has added 94,841 cases in the past 7 days

Covid-19: Four states post double-digit test positivity ratios, shows data

Many other states have had Covid-19 cases doubling over the latest week

Delhi sees 615 new Covid cases in a day; test positivity rate at 5.25%

Delhi recorded 615 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.89 per cent and three more fatalities due to the viral disease on Tuesday, according to the city health department. With the fresh cases and fatalities, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 19,38,048 and the death toll has shot up to 26,275, the department said in a bulletin. The fresh cases came out of 15,829 tests conducted to detect the infection on Monday, it said. Delhi had recorded 420 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 5.25 per cent on Monday, while one person had succumbed to the disease. On Sunday, the city had reported 648 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 4.29 per cent, while five people had died due to the infection. On Saturday, it had logged 678 new Covid cases with a positivity rate of 3.98 per cent and two fatalities. The city saw 813 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 5.3 per cent and three deaths on Friday. The day before, it had reported 865 Covid cases with a positivity rate

At 659, Mumbai records 53% jump in new Covid cases in last 24 hrs

Mumbai on Tuesday logged 659 COVID-19 cases, a 53 per cent spike over Monday, taking the tally to 1,116,132 while the death toll rose by one to 19,620, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said

Delhi logs 420 new Covid cases in a day; test positivity rate at 5.25%

The national capital witnessed a dip in the new COVID-19 cases with 420 fresh COVID cases recorded in the last 24 hours, according to a health bulletin by the Delhi government on Monday.The active cases stand in the city at 2,938 with a daily positivity rate of 5.25 per cent. One patient succumbed to the virus, with this the death toll in the capital at 26,272.Delhi reported 648 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday with a positivity rate of 4.29 per cent. With this, the active cases in the city are reduced from 3,268 cases on Sunday to 2,938 today.As many as 749 COVID patients recovered in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries from the disease since the beginning of the pandemic to 19,08,223.The bulletin said that 3,91,23,969 tests for coronavirus have been conducted so far and 8,002 persons were tested against the disease in the last 24 hours.Delhi administered 9,701 doses of COVID vaccines in the last 24 hours out of which 518 beneficiaries got their first dose while 1,470

Mumbai reports 43% drop in new Covid cases at 431; active tally at 7,040

Mumbai on Monday logged 431 new coronavirus cases, 43.36 per cent less than the previous day, and two more deaths linked to the infection, the city civic body said. With these additions, the overall COVID-19 tally in the metropolis jumped to 1,115,473, while the death toll increased to 19,619, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a bulletin. Mumbai's daily cases went down for the fifth consecutive day. The metropolis has logged 330 less COVID-19 cases as compared to the previous day when the tally was 761 besides three fatalities. Since the beginning of July, Mumbai has been witnessing less than 1,000 COVID-19 cases, indicating the recent surge in infections, which started around mid-May, has ebbed. Also, 1,060 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, pushing up their total count to 10,88,814 and leaving Mumbai with 7,040 active COVID-19 cases, the bulletin said. The cumulative count of tests done so far increased to 1,75,69,917 with the .

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South Korea reports 6,253 new coronavirus cases, four deaths on Monday

For the past week, the daily average number of confirmed cases was 9,499. Among the new cases, 164 were imported, lifting the total to 35,926

Data story: India logs 16,135 new Covid cases, active tally at 113,864

India has added 111,518 cases in the past 7 days

648 new Covid cases, five more deaths in Delhi in a day; TPR at 3.98%

Delhi on Sunday recorded 648 fresh COVID cases with a positivity rate of 4.29 per cent, while five more people succumbed to the viral disease, according to data shared by the health department here.

Covid-19: Mumbai reports 761 fresh cases, three deaths; active count 7,671

Mumbai on Sunday recorded 761 new coronavirus positive cases and three fatalities, the city civic body said. With this addition, the city's overall infection tally rose to 11,15,042 and death toll to 19,617. Of the 761 new patients, 720 are asymptomatic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in its bulletin. Of the three patients who succumbed to the infection during the day, two deceased - a 76-year-old man and a 33-year-old man - had co-morbidies. The third patient was a 88-year-old man. The health bulletin said that 11,500 tests were conducted in the city in the last 24 hours, taking its cumulative test count to 1,75,60,865. It said Mumbai's COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98 per cent and the doubling rate is 584 days. There are a total of 7,671 active cases in the city at present. The overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai from June 26 to July 2 stands at 0.113 per cent.

Beijing and Shanghai resume flights, trains as Covid-19 cases come down

Kerala on Sunday recorded 3,322 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths which raised the total caseload in the State to 66,53,272 and the fatalities to 70,048 respectively. The State reported that 3,258 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours and that the active cases increased to 28,720, according to official data. On Saturday, the southern State reported 3,642 fresh cases and nine deaths. In view of the gradual increase in COVID cases this month when the State has been, on an average, reporting over 3,000 cases daily, the Police Department recently ordered all district police chiefs to ensure implementation of a State government direction to make wearing of masks mandatory in public and workplaces, gatherings, and while using transportation. In an order dated June 22 circulated to all district police chiefs "for urgent implementation and remarks", the Police Department referred to an April 27 directive of the State Disaster Management Authority making it compulsory to

South Korea's new Covid cases stay over 10,000 amid resurgence woes

South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed above 10,000 for the second consecutive day on Sunday as the daily cases seemed to be rising again after months of subsiding.

Himachal sees five-fold increase in Covid infections; 82 cases in 2 days

The positivity rate has shot up from 0.8 in May to 6.6 in July, an official said and dubbed the development "worrying"

New Zealand reports 4,924 new Covid-19 community cases of on Sunday

The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers in New Zealand now sits at 6,895

China reports 75 new coronavirus infections; 61 from Anhui Province

Two new cases of Covid-19 were recently found in Wuhan, where the virus first emerged

Data story: India logs 16,103 new Covid cases, death toll at 525,199

India has added 112,456 cases in the past 7 days