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Covid-19 pandemic: Odisha reports 43 new cases and one more fatality

Odisha on Monday registered 43 new Covid-19 cases, five less than the previous day, with the tally rising to 12,87,512, a health department bulletin said

Gujarat sees 8 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally drops to 234

Gujarat reported eight Covid-19 cases on Monday, increasing its tally to 12,23,879, while the death toll stood unchanged at 10,942, an official said

Covid-19 pandemic: Madhya Pradesh logs 26 fresh cases, no fatality

The Covid-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 10,41,065 on Monday after the detection of 26 cases while no death took place in the last 24 hours due to the viral infection, a health official said

Shanghai lockdown hurts oil prices, bonds and yen take a beating

World stocks were largely flat, holding their ground in the face of another brutal selloff in major bond markets

Data story: India reports 1,270 new cases; death toll rises to 521,035

India has so far administered 1,832,635,673 vaccine doses. That is 4259.89 per cent of its total caseload, and 130.65 per cent of its population

China reports 1,219 new local cases of coronavirus in last 24 hours

The Chinese mainland reported 1,219 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the National Health Commission said on Monday.Of the new local infections, 1,086 were reported in Jilin, 50 in Shanghai, 12 in Liaoning, and 10 in Heilongjiang.The rest of the cases were reported in 14 provincial-level regions, Xinhua News Agency citing commission reported.A total of 56 imported COVID-19 cases were reported Sunday, said the commission.It added that six suspected cases, all arriving from outside the mainland, were reported in Shanghai as well, it added.Meanwhile, China on Sunday reported 1,217 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases.As the COVID-19 cases resurged in China's financial hub, Shanghai plans to launch a new round of nucleic acid testing across the city, starting from Monday.The temporary closed-off management will also be imposed in the regions lying to the East and South of Huangpu River, including Pudong and its adjacent areas from March 28 at 5 am to April 1, at 5 am,

Explained: How pandemic took a toll on non-Covid patients in India

Covid managed to edge out nearly every disease in the priority race - from basics such as dental problems or eye disorders to the potentially fatal such as cancer

Tamil Nadu registers 34 fresh Covid-19 infections, zero deaths

Chennai accounted for most of the new infections with 19 while 11 districts saw cases below 10.

Covid-19: Delhi reports 71 cases, one death; positivity rate 0.31%

Delhi on Sunday reported 71 fresh COVID-19 cases and a death due to the disease, while the positivity rate stood at 0.31 per cent, according to data shared by the city's health department. The fresh cases came out of 23,045 COVID-19 tests conducted in the city a day ago, it showed. With this, the national capital's coronavirus infection tally climbed to 18,64,549 and the death toll to 26,151, the latest health bulletin stated. On Saturday, Delhi reported 120 COVID-19 cases and zero daily deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 0.44 per cent. On Friday, the city had logged 112 cases of the disease with a positivity rate of 0.41 per cent, and one fatality. Delhi has recorded zero daily deaths on multiple days in March. The number of daily cases in the city has been on a decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13. The national capital had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, its highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic. The number

Mumbai registers 43 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 death, 26 recoveries

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed that the city's recovery rate was 98 per cent and the caseload doubling time stood at 20,440 days.

Gujarat reports 9 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally stands at 259

So far, 12,12,670 people have recovered from the infection, including 26 during the day, which left the state with an active caseload of 259

Covid-19: Maharashtra sees 140 cases, one fatality; active tally at 926

Maharashtra reported 140 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the tally to 78,73,509, while the toll increased by one to reach 1,47,780, a health department official said.

Covid-19: Kerala records 400 fresh cases, 25 deaths in 24 hours

Kerala on Sunday recorded 400 fresh infections which raised the total to 65,31,090 till date. The southern State reported also 25 deaths which raised the hitherto tally to 67,797, according to an official press release. Of the deaths, three occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 22 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, the release said. No deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, it said. With 593 more people recovering from the virus since Saturday, the total recoveries until now was 64,58,586 and the active cases dropped to 3,833, the release said. As many as 14,913 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the most with 88 cases, Thiruvananthapuram saw 56 and Kottayam 55, the release said. Of the new cases, one was of a person from outside the State, three were health workers and

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 480 mn; fatalities surge past 6.12 mn

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,946,097 and 976,652, according to the CSSE

India logs 1,421 new Covid-19 cases, 149 deaths in last 24 hours

The new fatalities took the total number number of deaths at 5,21,004

Coronavirus: Telangana records 36 new cases, zero deaths in last 24 hours

Hyderabad reported the highest number of cases with 19

Kerala records 496 new coronavirus cases, no death in 24 hours

On the vaccination front 100 per cent (2.69 crore) have had one dose, of which 87 per cent (2.33 crore) have taken both the doses

Covid mixed with flu increases severe illness, death risk: Lancet

For the study, the team involved more than 305,000 hospitalised patients with Covid in the UK between February 6, 2020 and December 8, 2021

Data story: India adds 4,100 deaths as Maharashtra clears backlog

India has so far administered 1,828,768,476 vaccine doses. That is 4251.16 per cent of its total caseload, and 130.38 per cent of its population

Covid: India records 4,100 more fatalities, 1,660 fresh cases in 24 hours

A reduction of 4,789 cases was recorded in the country's active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours