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Covid: Delhi police conducts patrolling to ensure adherence to night curfew

Amid night curfew imposed in the national capital to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection, Delhi police on Sunday night conducted patrolling to ensure adherence to the curfew.Earlier on Friday, Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) reduced the night curfew by one hour as it decided that the curfew would now begin at 11 pm instead of 10 pm and will end at 5 am in the morning.In view of the consistent decline in the number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi, DDMA on Friday relaxed COVID-19 curbs in the city."Schools, colleges, educational institutions from class 9th onwards to reopen from February 7, Duration of night curfew reduced by one hour (between 11 pm & 5 am) Gyms, swimming pools, Spas have been allowed to reopen," read the order.

China reports 45 new local Covid-19 infections, 34 imported cases

Of the new local infections, three were reported in Beijing

Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency over Covid-19 protests

Protesters have said they won't leave until all mandates and Covid-19 restrictions are gone

Covid: Karnataka reports 8,425 new cases, 47 deaths in last 24 hours

Karnataka on Sunday logged 8,425 fresh COVID cases and 47 deaths taking the total caseload and fatalities to 38,96,158 and 39,347 respectively. In its bulletin, the health department said 19,800 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 37,58,997 while the active cases stood at 97,781. Bengaluru urban district alone contributed 3,822 fresh cases and 17 deaths today. Other districts too saw fresh infections-- Mysuru 582, Tumakuru 318, Hassan 276, Ballari 249, Mandya 241 and Belagavi 221. There were deaths in 16 districts including seven in Ballari, five in Dakshina Kannada and three in Mysuru. There were zero fatalities in 15 districts. The positivity rate for the day was 6.51 per cent and the case fatality rate was 0.55 per cent. A total of 1,29,337 samples were tested in the state including 99,023 RT-PCR tests on Sunday, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 6.27 crore. There were 33,634 inoculations done taking the total ...

Covid: Maharashtra reports 9,666 new cases; 66 deaths in last 24 hours

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 9,666 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the state's infection tally to 78,03,700, while the death of 66 persons took the toll to 1,43,074, health department said.

Covid: Kerala reports 26,729 new cases, daily cases drop below 30,000

Kerala saw a drop in daily coronavirus cases with 26,729 fresh infections being reported on Sunday, taking the total number of those affected by the disease to 62.71 lakh.

Covid: Mumbai sees 536 new cases, 3 deaths; 82% new infections asymptomatic

Mumbai on Sunday reported 536 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the metropolis to 10,51,373, while three deaths put the toll at 16,661, a civic official said

Covid-19: Rajasthan reports 4,509 cases, 7 deaths in last 24 hours

Rajasthan on Sunday reported 4,509 new Covid cases and seven more deaths, officials said. According to the health department, the new cases include 803 from Jaipur, 365 from Jodhpur, 278 from Udaipur, 245 from Alwar, 217 from Ganganagar, 214 from Ajmer. A total of 9,752 people have recovered from the infection while 45,893 patients are under treatment. Of the seven deaths, four were reported from Jaipur, and one each from Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, and Sikar. The state's death toll stands at 9,379, they said.

Covid: Delhi records 1,410 cases, 14 deaths; positivity rate down to 2.45%

Delhi on Sunday reported 1,410 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths, while the positivity rate dropped to 2.45 per cent, according to data shared by the health department. With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,43,933 and the death toll climbed to 25,983, the latest bulletin stated. The number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 57,549, it said. Delhi had on Saturday reported 1,604 cases with a positivity rate of 2.87 per cent, and 17 deaths. The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13. The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic. It took just 10 days for daily cases to drop below the 10,000-mark.

In 2 years, Indians spent Rs 74,000 cr on Covid tests by dubious labs: NGO

In the initial stages of the pandemic, a test was costing around Rs 3,500 or more, but gradually, the figures have stabilised

Data story: India logs 107,474 cases; test positivity rate drops to 7.4%

India has so far administered 1,694,626,697 vaccine doses. That is 4016.83 per cent of its total caseload, and 120.95 per cent of its population

Submitted proposal to test Sputnik Light as Covid booster dose: Dr Reddy's

The Hyderabad-based drug major had partnered with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to conduct the clinical trials of Sputnik V and distribute the vaccine in India in September 2020.

India reports over 107,000 fresh Covid-19 infections, 865 deaths

The daily positivity rate in the country dropped to 7.42 per cent

Global Covid-19 caseload at 392.9 million, fatalities at 5.73 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths

Protests against Covid curbs, vaccine mandates spread across Canada

Officials in Ottawa and numerous provincial capitals worked to ensure that escalating protests against pandemic-related public health measures remained peaceful Saturday

Maharashtra Covid cases drop to 11,394; 68 more die; 21,677 recover

On Friday, the daily number of cases had dropped by 1,412 from Thursday's count of 15,252 when 75 people succumbed to COVID-19 infection, the health department said

New antibody developed by Chinese researchers may neutralise Omicron

This antibody will put humans "a step ahead in the race" against the pandemic, lead scientist Professor Huang Jinghe from Fudan was quoted as saying

Covid: Positivity rate falls below 3% in Delhi; 1604 new cases

With Saturday's cases, the national capital's case count increased to 18,42523 and the death toll climbed to 25,969 the latest health bulletin stated

Turkey's President Erdogan tests positive for Covid-19, symptoms mild

'We will continue our work at home. We look forward to your prayers,' tweets Erdogan

Kerala records 33,538 new Covid-19 cases, 444 deaths

'Currently, there are 3,52,399 active Covid-19 cases in the state of which only three per cent of the patients are admitted to hospitals,' the health department said