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Could one still be infectious after Covid isolation? What does data say

Data on the Omicron outbreak suggests rapid antigen tests (RATs) may not detect Covid until at least two days after exposure to the virus

Data story: India logs 2,706 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,611

India has so far administered 1,933,157,352 vaccine doses

Data story: India logs 2,685 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,572

India has so far administered 1,931,341,918 vaccine doses

Bengaluru logs over 200 Covid cases after 88 days; positivity rate at 0.95%

The last time Bengaluru breached the 200 cases mark was on March 3 with 239 infections

IIT Delhi study reveals mechanisms driving SARS-CoV-2 evolution in humans

IIT Delhi researchers have published a study revealing the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in humans, helping get a better insight into Covid-19 immunity

Malaysia reports 1,645 fresh Coronavirus infections, 2 more fatalities

Malaysia reported 1,645 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 4,502,579, according to the health ministry.There is one new imported case, with 1,644 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry's website showed.Two more deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 35,660.The ministry reported 1,809 new recoveries, bringing the total number of cured and discharged to 4,441,701.There are 25,218 active cases, with 34 being held in intensive care and 17 of those in need of assisted breathing.

Pakistan adds 50 fresh Coronavirus cases, tally reaches 1,530,285

Pakistan reported 50 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 1,530,285, the country's ministry of health said on Sunday.

Maharashtra records 536 Covid-19 cases, no deaths; active cases cross 2,500

Maharashtra on Friday recorded 536 new coronavirus infections -- the highest one-day rise in cases since March 3 -- but zero pandemic-related fatalities, the health department said. The tally of active cases crossed the 2,500-mark, it said. On March 3, the state had recorded 544 new infections. The state's COVID-19 caseload rose to 78,84,865 while death toll stood unchanged at 1,47,858. The case fatality rate in Maharashtra is 1.87 per cent. On Thursday, the state had recorded 511 new cases and one death. State capital Mumbai alone recorded 351 new coronavirus cases on Friday. The number of active cases rose to 2,568. Sangli, Dhule, Jalna, Latur, Hingoli, Akola, Buldhana, Yavatmal and Gondia districts have zero active cases. As many as 329 COVID-19 patients recovered since previous evening, taking the tally of recovered patients to 77,34,439. The recovery rate in the state is 98.09 per cent. As many as 28,457 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, raising the tally of te

Delhi reports 445 new Covid cases, no fatalities; positivity rate at 2.04%

With the new cases, Delhi's Covid-19 tally increased to 19,05,512 while the death toll stands at 26,208, the department said in its latest bulletin

US moves to make antiviral drug readily available against Covid-19

The White House on Thursday announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the U.S. as it projects COVID-19 infections will continue to spread over the summer

Data story: India logs 2,710 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,539

India has so far administered 1,929,774,973 vaccine doses

Dominant coronavirus mutant in US contains ghost of pandemic past

The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States is a member of the omicron family but scientists say it spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity

WHO: Covid-19 cases and deaths mostly dropping, except for the Americas

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths are still falling globally after peaking in January, the World Health Organisation said. In its latest weekly assessment of the pandemic, the UN health agency said there were more than 3.7 million new infections and 9,000 deaths in the last week, drops of 3% and 11% respectively. COVID-19 cases rose in only two regions of the world: the Americas and the Western Pacific. Deaths increased by 30% in the Middle East, but were stable or decreased everywhere else. WHO said it is tracking all omicron subvariants as variants of concern. It noted that countries which had a significant wave of disease caused by the omicron subvariant BA.2 appeared to be less affected by other subvariants like BA.4 and BA.5, which were responsible for the latest surge of disease in South Africa. Salim Abdool Karim, an infectious diseases expert at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, said it appeared that South Africa had passed its most recent wave of COVID-19 caused

Maharashtra daily Covid case count crosses 500-mark, highest since March 5

Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 511 fresh coronavirus positive cases, the highest single day count since March 5, and one fatality, the health department said. With this addition, the state's COVID-19 tally rose to 78,84,329 and toll to 1,47,858. On Wednesday, the state had recorded 470 cases and zero fatality. Mumbai recorded 350 new cases. On March 5, the state had witnessed 535 cases of the respiratory disease and the fresh tally of 511 was the highest in a 24-hour span since then. There are 2,361 active cases in the state at present, the department said. Nandurbar, Dhule, Latur, Hingoli, Akola, Buldhana, Yavatmal, Wardha and Gondia district do not have any active case at present. . The only fatality in the state was reported from Beed. The state's case fatality rate stands at 1.87 per cent. A total of 324 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally of patients to 77,34,110. The state's recovery rate stands at 98.09 per cent. Th

Alibaba reports slowest growth yet in March quarter amid Covid outbreaks

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Thursday reported a single-digit increase in its fourth-quarter revenue, its slowest quarter yet as its online services and e-commerce businesses took a hit amid Covid-19

Mumbai logs 350 new Covid cases, highest daily count since Feb 11

Mumbai on Thursday recorded 350 new coronavirus positive cases, its highest single-day count since February 11 this year, although nobody died due to the infection during the day, the BMC said

Covid-19: 403 new cases, one more death in Delhi; positivity rate 1.76%

Delhi reported 403 fresh Covid cases and one more fatality on Thursday, while the positivity rate stood at 1.76 per cent, according to the data shared by the health department here.

Live: Russia at risk of debt default after US payment license expires

Live news updates: From Russia-Ukraine war to coronavirus, catch all the live updates from across the globe here

China further lowers cost of Covid-19 nucleic acid tests to nearly $2.4

China has asked local authorities to further lower the price of Covid-19 nucleic acid tests to no more than 16 yuan (nearly $2.4) per person for a single test.

Tightening Covid net, Beijing deals out punishments, stark warnings

Shanghai, which is aiming for a June 1 complete exit from a stringent city-wide lockdown, is gradually and cautiously unwinding COVID curbs