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Dutch govt lifts most Covid measures as country returns to 'normal'

Meanwhile, a total of 1,149 new patients were hospitalized, compared to 1,393 the week before

Covid-19: Gujarat reports 998 new cases, lowest since Jan 2; 16 deaths

Gujarat on Tuesday reported less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases at 998 for the first time in nearly a month-and-a-half, taking its overall tally to 12,17,328

Delhi reports 756 new Covid-19 cases; positivity rate down to 1.52%

Delhi on Tuesday reported 756 fresh Covid-19 cases and five more deaths, while the positivity rate was 1.52 per cent

Covid-19: Karnataka reports 1,405 new cases, 26 deaths in last 24 hours

Karnataka on Tuesday reported 1,405 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 fatalities, taking the tally to 39,29,642 and death toll to 39,691. There were 5,762 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,63,085, a Health bulletin said. Of the new cases, 765 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 2,548 people being discharged and 6 virus-related deaths. The total number of active cases across the state is now 26,832. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 1.91 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 1.85 per cent. Of the 26 deaths, six are from Bengaluru Urban; Dakshina Kannada (4), Ballari (3), Dharwad, Hassan and Udupi (2), followed by others. After Bengaluru Urban, Mysuru recorded the second highest number of cases at 66, followed by Belagavi and Udupi (50), Tumakuru (48) and Dakshina Kannada (47) among others. Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 17,72,387 cases, Mysuru 2,28,727 and Tumakuru 1,59,294 . Cumulatively, a total of 6,36,06,305 crore samples have

Covid: Mumbai records zero deaths, 235 new cases; active tally below 2,500

Earlier on January 2, the metropolis had reported zero fatalities and for a second time this year, no death linked to coronavirus has been reported in the last 24 hours

WHO warns of Covid rise in eastern Europe, including Russia, Ukraine

Over the past two weeks, cases of COVID-19 have more than doubled in six countries in eastern Europe (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine)

Data story: India logs 27,409 new cases; test positivity rate drops to 2.2%

India has so far administered 1,734,262,440 vaccine doses. That is 4062.17 per cent of its total caseload, and 123.78 per cent of its population

Hong Kong leader says no plans for citywide lockdown as infections spiral

Speaking at a weekly press briefing, Lam said she could not 'preclude' the possibility of postponing the city's chief executive election, due to be held in March

Omicron found in 95% of samples in Mumbai in latest genome sequencing

Mumbai reported 192 new Covid cases on Monday, the lowest daily count since December 13, 2021

Global Covid-19 caseload at 413.3 million, fatalities at 5.82 million

The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India

Mizoram logs 2,022 fresh Covid-19 cases, positivity rate at 25.54%

The active caseload in the state stands at 11,878

Thane records 93 fresh Covid-19 infections, three more fatalities

The mortality rate in the district stood at 1.67 per cent

S.Korea's new Covid cases hit fresh high of 57,177 amid Omicron woes

The latest figure marked the sixth day in a row that daily infections have surpassed 50,000.

Hong Kong leader says fifth Covid wave has 'overwhelmed' city's capacity

Daily infections have multiplied 13 times over the past two weeks, from about 100 cases at the start of February to over 1,300 on Feb 13, with authorities scrambling to control the deepening outbreak

Molnupiravir appears to work against Omicron as other variants: Study

The study was jointly conducted by a team of doctors at Fortis C-DOC, G.D Hospital and Diabetes Institute, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, and the Diabetes Foundation

Covid-19: Karnataka records 1,568 new cases, 25 deaths in last 24 hours

Karnataka on Monday reported 1,568 new cases of COVID-19 and 25 fatalities, taking the tally to 39,28,237 and death toll to 39,665. There were 6,025 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,57,323, a health bulletin said. Of the new cases, 754 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 2,089 people being discharged and five virus-related deaths. The total number of active cases across the state is now 31,215. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 2.25 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 1.59 per cent. Of the 25 deaths, five are from Bengaluru Urban; Belagavi, Bidar, Dakshina Kannada, Dahrwad, Tumakuru and Udupi (two each), followed by others. After Bengaluru Urban, Shivamogga recorded the second highest number of cases with 91, Mysuru 78, Belagavi 63, Dakshina Kannada 55, Ballari 50, followed by others. Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 17,71,622 cases, Mysuru 2,28,661 and Tumakuru 1,59,246. Cumulatively, a total of 6,35,33,019 crore samples ha

Covid-19: Delhi records 586 cases, four deaths; positivity rate at 1.37%

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13

Prince Charles' wife Camilla tests positive for coronavirus

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 four days after her husband Prince Charles was confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, the couple's office said Monday.

Kerala records 8,989 fresh Covid cases, 25 deaths in last 24 hours

With 24,757 more people recovering from the virus since Sunday, the total recoveries in the state reached 62,08,837

Puducherry Covid-19 update: 52 new coronavirus cases reported in 24 hours

Meanwhile, one more patient - a 71-year old man hailing from Puducherry - succumbed to the infection pushing the death toll to 1,958