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Telangana's downward trend continues, reports 767 new coronavirus cases

The number of people getting hospitalised with COVID-19 in Telangana continued to fall as only 767 fresh cases were reported on Thursday taking the overall tally to 7.81 lakh

Covid-19 pandemic: 547 new cases, seven more deaths in Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 547 fresh Covid cases that took the infection tally to 4,49,333, while seven more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,739, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 307 were from the Jammu division and 240 from the Kashmir division, they said. Jammu district recorded the highest 176 cases followed by 103 cases in Srinagar district, officials said. There are 8,512 active cases in the Union Territory, while the overall recoveries have reached 4,36,082, they said. The death toll has reached 4,739 after seven new fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours, officials said. There were 51 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union Territory. No fresh case was reported since last evening, they added.

Covid-19 pandemic: 24 fresh cases in Tripura push tally to 1,00,739

Tripura's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,00,739 on Thursday as 24 more people tested positive for the infection, six more than the previous day, officials said. The coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 916 as no fresh fatality was recorded. The state now has 375 active cases, while 99,380 people have recovered from the disease so far, and 68 patients have migrated to other states to date. The positivity rate was at 0.67 per cent. Meanwhile, with the COVID-19 graph showing a declining trend, the state government has relaxed night curfew hours from 10 pm to 5 am to 11 pm to 5 am from February 11 to 20. Gathering in any closed location is allowed with 50 per cent attendance amid strict adherence to COVID-19 norms, a notification issued on Wednesday night said. All standalone shops and commercial establishments, including shopping malls, will be allowed to remain open till 10 pm, it said. Cinema halls, multiplexes and swimming pools may remain open till 10 pm with 50 per cent capa

Overall Covid situation optimistic, but cannot lower guard: Govt

Union Health Ministry's Joint Secretary, Luv Aggarwal further added that in India, four states have more than 50,000 active Covid cases presently

Kerala sees dip in Covid numbers, logs 18,420 fresh cases in last 24 hrs

Kerala on Thursday also reported 341 deaths which raised the total fatalities in Kerala to 61,134, according to a government release

Kerala, Maharashtra, TN, Karnataka have over 50k active Covid cases: Govt

Covid daily positivity in Kerala still enormously high at 29.57%; Mizoram, HP, Arunanchal, Sikkim's positivity rate also of concern, says govt

Covid: India's first mRNA vaccine under final trials, says govt

Indian Council of Medical Research Director General, Dr Balram Bhargava, said that this is another vaccine which really establishes that India is heading towards becoming a vaccine superpower

Maha health minister stresses on wearing mask as Covid curbs are eased

Talking to reporters in Kolhapur, Tope also said there was no need to impose more curbs in the coming days

No pre-departure RT-PCR for those fully vaccinated in 82 countries: Govt

Instead of seven-day home quarantine as mandated earlier, all travellers will self-monitor their health for 14 days after their arrival

Data story: India logs 67,084 new cases; death toll rises to 506,520

India has so far administered 1,712,819,947 vaccine doses. That is 4032.24 per cent of its total caseload, and 122.25 per cent of its population

India records 67,084 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1,241 more fatalities

Active cases comprise 1.86 per cent of the total infections

'There may be need for yet again another boost': Fauci on 4th Covid booster

On Tuesday World Health Organization said that about 1,00,000 of the deaths since omicron was declared a "variant of concern" occurred in the United States.

PM Trudeau defends Covid-19 restrictions amid truck blockades

Canada has been beset in recent weeks by protests against Covid-19 restrictions and against Trudeau himself

CDC predicts up to 978,000 Covid-19 deaths in US by early March

Several US states have announced plans to relax key mitigation measures as new Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations started to drop.

Covid-19 pandemic: West Bengal logs 884 new cases, 28 fresh fatalities

West Bengal's Covid-19 tally rose to 20,08,133 on Wednesday after 884 new infections, 148 more than the previous day's count, were registered, the health department said in its bulletin. It said that 28 new fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 20,912. On Tuesday, the state had recorded 736 new cases and 32 more deaths. The positivity rate, which was 1.87 per cent on Tuesday, increased slightly to 1.89 per cent. Since Tuesday, 46,836 samples were tested in West Bengal taking the total number of such clinical examinations to 2,35,97,058. The bulletin said 1,470 patients recovered from the disease taking the discharge rate to 98.19 per cent. So far, 19,71,826 people have been cured of coronavirus in the state. The number of active cases now is 15,395. Of the new positive cases, North 24 Parganas district reported the highest at 132, followed by 102 in Kolkata and 79 in Nadia. The bulletin said that out of the 28 fresh fatalities, South 24 Pargan

Covid-19 pandemic: Gujarat logs 2,560 new cases and 24 fatalities

Gujarat reported 2,560 fresh coronavirus cases and 24 fatalities due to the infection, raising the tally of infections to 12,08,212 and the death toll to 10,740, the state health department said.

Coronavirus pandemic: Madhya Pradesh sees 3,226 new cases, five deaths

The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 10,16,007 on Wednesday with the detection of 3,226 cases, while the death toll increased to 10,673 after five patients succumbed to the infection

Coronavirus pandemic: Rajasthan reports 3,728 new cases, 17 deaths

Rajasthan on Wednesday recorded 3,728 fresh COVID-19 cases and 17 more deaths due to the disease, according to health department data. Jaipur reported 860 fresh cases, followed by 351 in Jodhpur, 204 in Udaipur, 188 each in Alwar and Ganganagar, 187 in Kota and 118 in Rajsamand, the data showed. Of the latest deaths, four were reported from Jodhpur, three from Jaipur, two each from Ajmer and Bundi, and one each from Bhilwara, Dausa, Nagaur, Sikar, Sirohi and Tonk, it said. So far, 9,424 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state. As many as 7,177 more people recovered from COVID-19. Currently, 33,812 patients are undergoing treatment in the state, the data showed.

Maharashtra logs 7,142 new Covid cases, 92 deaths in last 24 hours

The state had on Tuesday recorded 6,107 COVID-19 cases, 329 less than on Monday, and 57 deaths linked to the infection

Covid cases drop below 500 for third consecutive day in Mumbai

Mumbai's case positivity rate now stands at 1.16 per cent, the BMC said, adding that Mumbai is now left with 4,096 active cases