In April, the island's central authorities announced that they would no longer maintain a zero-Covid policy like the Chinese government's in which they would centrally quarantine positive cases
There are 10 new imported cases and 3,461 local transmissions, data released on the ministry's website showed
The Chinese mainland reported 1,494 new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 47 deaths in the past 24 hours, the National Health Commission said on Thursday.
India on Thursday reported 3,303 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally to 4,30,68,799, while the active cases increased to 16,980, according to Union health ministry data.
With 47 deaths, all in Shanghai, reported in the past 24 hours, China's COVID-19 death toll mounted to 4,923, Xinhua reported
China's capital Beijing reported 48 new symptomatic and 2 new asymptomatic COVID-19 cases for April 27
Dr Anthony Fauci said the country is out of the pandemic phase when it comes to new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths, but that it appears to be making a transition to Covid becoming an endemic
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The count of recoveries reached 10,30,533 after seven patients were discharged from hospitals
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Delhi reported 1,367 fresh COVID-19 cases and one fatality, while the positivity rate stood at 4.50 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here on Wednesday.
The New Delhi Traders Association (NDTA) has said it is ensuring that all necessary precautions are followed in the markets and have urged all its members to take booster doses
Covid vaccination of all eligible children at the earliest is a priority for the government and specialised programmes will need to be conducted for it in schools, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
The global coronavirus caseload has topped 510.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.22 million and vaccinations to over 11.25 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Millions of unused Covid-19 doses in the United States are set to go wasted as the country's vaccination rates continued to decline amid an uptick of new infections.
The survey covered 5,971 vaccinated people, of which 24 per cent were aged below 40 and 50 per cent belonged to the 40-59 age group.
The state also recorded four pandemic-related fatalities
Recoveries reached 34,15,250 with 30 more people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, leaving 404 active infections, a medical bulletin said
At present, the total number of active cases in the state is 1,316
With 2,483 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,62,569, while the active cases dipped to 15,636.