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India records 861 fresh Covid-19 infections, six more fatalities

A reduction of 74 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Covid-19: Maharashtra reports 90 new cases; active tally at 778

A total of 115 patients were discharged during the day, taking the overall recovery count to 77,26,576, the department said in a statement

Precaution dose of Covid-19 vaccine rolled out at private centres

The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase.

New Zealand reports 6,718 new community infections of Covid-19

New Zealand has reported 765,609 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Global Covid caseload rises to 498.1 million, fatalities at 6.17 million

India accounts for the second highest caseload

India records 1,054 fresh Covid-19 infections, 29 more fatalities

The active cases account for 0.03 per cent of the total caseload, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent

Thane records 8 fresh Covid-19 infections, no new fatalities

The Covid-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 1.67 per cent.

Covaxin booster enhances antibody response against Covid variants: Study

A booster dose of Covaxin six months after the two dose primary vaccination has shown elevated immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern including Omicron

Gujarat detects XE variant of coronavirus in 67-year-old Mumbai resident

The person had travelled from Mumbai to Vadodara on March 12 and had gotten himself tested after developing fever on March 13 and had returned to Mumbai the following day.

Chinese mainland reports 1,334 new locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases

The Chinese mainland reported 1,334 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections on Friday, low compared to Thursday's 1,540 cases, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.Of the local confirmed cases reported on Friday, 1,015 were in Shanghai, 248 in Jilin, 13 in Zhejiang, and six in Beijing, according to Xinhua News Agency.The rest of the cases were reported in other 12 provincial-level regions.A total of 16 new imported COVID-19 cases were reported across the mainland. On Friday, 23,815 new asymptomatic carriers were reported in the China mainland, including the 23,737 cases from the local ones and 78 were the imported ones, according to the commission.Among the asymptomatic carriers, 22,609 were reported in Shanghai and 706 in Jilin.A total of 1,996 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals and 23,342 close contacts were discharged from medical observation on the Chinese mainland on Friday, the National Health Commission said Saturday, according to Xinhua.Altogether .

Data story: India reports 1,150 cases; death toll rises to 521,656

India has so far administered 1,855,507,496 vaccine doses. That is 4311.7 per cent of its total caseload, and 132.28 per cent of its population

Global Covid caseload tops 497.2 million; deaths surge to over 6.17 mn

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 497.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.17 million and vaccinations to over 11.08 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Covid-19 pandemic: Shanghai's locked down elite join grocery hunt

The circulation of Xu's post reflects that food shortages are hitting the city's high-earners after middle-class residents have been struggling for weeks

Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra records 130 cases, four deaths

On Thursday, the state had reported 128 cases and six fatalities

Madhya Pradesh sees 5 Covid-19 cases, no death: active tally now 54

A government release said 11,66,22,435 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 48,386 on Friday

Covid-19: Mumbai reports 49 fresh cases, no death in last 24 hours

So far, 10,38,467 people have been discharged post recovery, including 32 during the day, leaving the city with 299 active cases, a civic official said

Covid-19 booster shots approved for all adults at pvt centres from Apr 10

So far, about 96 per cent of all 15-plus population in the country have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, while about 83 per cent have received both the doses

Shanghai widens COVID testing as other Chinese cities impose curbs

Beijing intervened in Shanghai after the failure of its effort to isolate Covid by locking the city down in stages

Data story: India reports 1,109 new cases; death toll rises to 521,573

India has so far administered 1,853,888,663 vaccine doses. That is 4308.05 per cent of its total caseload, and 132.17 per cent of its population

South Korea's new Covid cases stay in 200,000s for fourth day

South Korea's new coronavirus cases remained in the 200,000s for the fourth consecutive day on Friday in a downward trend