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Covid-19: Kerala records 5,023 fresh cases, 13 deaths in last 24 hours

Ernakulam recorded the highest with 825 cases followed by Kozhikode 574 and Thiruvananthapuram 574

Omicron sibling BA.2 remains variant of concern: World Health Organisation

The Omicron variant of concern is currently the dominant variant circulating globally, accounting for nearly all sequences reported to GISAID (an open access database), said the WHO in a statement

Reinfection with different subtypes of Omicron is possible: Study

While the chances are rare, reinfection with BA.2 can occur shortly after initial BA.1 infection, according to a study by Danish researchers.

India records over 15,000 fresh Covid-19 infections, 278 fatalities

Meanwhile, the weekly positivity rate currently stands at 1.80 per cent while daily positivity rate has risen to 1.28 per cent.

Data story: India logs 15,102 new cases; death toll rises to 512,622

India has so far administered 1,761,939,020 vaccine doses. That is 4110.24 per cent of its total caseload, and 125.75 per cent of its population

India-US capabilities can together make affordable vaccines: Envoy Sandhu

Sandhu stressed that the established linkages, between Indian and US institutions and researchers, augur well in the fight against Covid

DDMA likely to meet on Friday to discuss lifting of remaining Covid curbs

Several restrictions like weekend curfew, half seating capacity in metro trains and buses, closure of multiplexes and cinemas, among others, were lifted by the authority in the recent past

Goa logs 55 fresh coronavirus cases and 3 deaths; active tally at 533

A health department bulletin said three deaths linked to the infection in the last 24 hours pushed the toll to 3,795

Covid-19 pandemic: West Bengal logs 236 new cases and nine deaths

The state had registered 200 new cases and 11 fresh fatalities on Monday

Coronavirus pandemic: Assam logs 36 fresh cases and two deaths

The number of Covid-19 deaths remained at two for the third consecutive day

Madhya Pradesh logs 521 new Covid cases, two deaths; active tally now 6,172

Launching his social reforms campaign after a gap of over a month, the chief minister said people must come forward to ameliorate the wrong practice

Chhattisgarh reports 205 fresh Covid-19 cases, no death; 496 recover

The state's positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, was 0.71 per cent, an official added

Covid-19 pandemic: Sikkim reports nine new cases, tally at 39,039

East Sikkim logged six new cases, followed by two West Sikkim and one case in South Sikkim

Delhi logs 498 Covid-19 cases, 1 death; positivity rate below 1%

The number of tests conducted a day ago stood at 51,793, while 411 patients were discharged in a day, the bulletin said

Gujarat logs 367 Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths; active tally below 4,000

As many as 902 patients were discharged, pushing the tally of recovered cases to 12,06,445, said the department in a release

Covid-19 pandemic: Eight more deaths, 271 new cases in Himachal Pradesh

Besides, 365 more patients recovered from the viral disease, taking the overall recoveries to 2,76,904, the official said

Maharashtra reports big jump in Covid-19 deaths at 47; 1,080 test positive

With these additions, the state's Covid-19 tally reached 78,60,317, while the death toll increased to 1,43,633, the department said in a bulletin

Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 767 fresh cases and 29 deaths

There were 1,692 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,87,744, a Health bulletin said

Covid-19: Mumbai records 135 new cases, 2 deaths in last 24 hours

Tuesday was the third day in a row when the addition to the tally was less than 200, with Monday's 96 being the lowest since April, 2020

European Union further relaxes Covid rules to enter the 27-nation bloc

EU member countries agreed Tuesday that they should further facilitate tourist travel into the 27-nation bloc for people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus or have recovered from Covid