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India reports 71,365 new Covid-19 infections, 1,217 fatalities

The daily positivity rate in the country dropped to 4.54 per cent while the weekly positivity rate also dipped to 7.57 per cent.

China reports 73 new local, 37 imported Covid-19 infections

No new deaths from Covid were reported on the day

US Air Force approves 9 religious exemptions for Covid vaccine

The nine approved so far represent just a tiny fraction of the more than 6,400 requested by Air Force troops

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 400 mn: Johns Hopkins University

India recorded the world's second largest caseload

Covid-19 pandemic: Goa reports 469 fresh cases and six deaths

The number of recovered persons increased to 2,35,444 with 910 patients getting discharged on Tuesday

Covid-19 pandemic: Tripura logs 34 new cases and one more death

Altogether 68 coronavirus patients have been migrated to other states

Bengal logs 736 new Covid-19 cases and 32 more deaths; fatality rate 1.04%

West Bengal on Tuesday reported 736 new COVID-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 20,07,249, the health department said in its bulletin. Thirty-two more people died of the infection including nine in Paschim Bardhaman, five in the city and four in North 24 Parganas which raised the toll to 20,884, the bulletin said At least 1,559 people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 19,70,356 . The discharge rate stood at 98.16 per cent and the fatality rate at 1.04 per cent. The positivity rate slipped from 2.59 per cent on Monday to 1.87 per cent, the bulletin said. Bengal currently has 16,009 active cases 855 less than the previous day. As many as 2,35,50,222 samples have been tested in the state, including 39,347 in the past 24 hours, the bulletin added.

Mumbai reports fewer than 500 Covid cases for 2nd straight day, one death

Mumbai on Tuesday also registered the lowest number of fatalities since January 2 this year when no death on account of the pandemic had been recorded in the city

Meghalaya logs 158 new COVID cases, 4 more fatalities

Meghalaya on Tuesday recorded 158 new COVID-19 cases, 86 more than the previous day, with the tally mounting to 92,521, a health department official said. The death toll rose to 1,552 as four more people succumbed to the disease, he said. Of the fresh cases, 52 were reported from East Khasi Hills, 35 from West Garo Hills, 21 from West Jaintia Hills and 17 from Ri Bhoi. The remaining infections were registered in eight other districts. Meghalaya now has 1,208 active cases, Health Services Director Dr Aman War said. At least 285 people recuperated from the disease during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 89,761, he said. The state has conducted over 13.39 lakh sample tests for COVID-19 so far. Over 23.05 lakh people have been inoculated in the state till Monday with 9,38,630 of them having received both doses of vaccines, War added.

Kerala reports 29,471 new Covid cases, 28 deaths in last 24 hours

Daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala saw a slight increase on Tuesday, compared to a day ago, with the state recording 29,471 fresh infections which raised the caseload to 63,23,378

ICMR has collected over Rs 171 crore as royalty from Covaxin's sales: Govt

The ICMR has spent around Rs 35 crore in research and development of covid vaccine Covaxin

Vaccine sales pushes Pfizer beyond expectations in final quarter

Pfizer said Tuesday that it expects adjusted earnings in the new year to range from USD 6.35 to USD 6.55 per share on USD 98 billion to USD 102 billion in revenue

Global studies show Omicron spreads faster than previous variants: Govt

A comparative study carried out by Translational Health Science and Technology Institute has shown that vaccine induced antibodies have reduced ability to neutralize Omicron variant

Over 50 mn in 15-18 age group given first Covid vaccine dose: Mandaviya

The vaccination drive for those aged between 15-18 years commenced on January 3 this year

Wockhardt gets CDSCO approval to export Russian Covid vaccine Sputnik

The approval is for the export of up to 8 crore doses of Sputnik Light and up to 2 crore doses of Sputnik V Component I vaccines, Wockhardt Ltd said in a regulatory filing

World appreciated initiatives taken by India during Covid pandemic: PM Modi

In his reply to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address in Rajya Sabha, the Prime Minister said, "the President's address was full of hopes, trust and dedication."

Data story: India logs 67,597 cases; active cases drop below 1-mn mark

India has so far administered 1,702,172,615 vaccine doses. That is 4020.28 per cent of its total caseload, and 121.49 per cent of its population

India reports over 67,500 new Covid-19 infections, 1,188 more deaths

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.02 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 8.30 per cent

Global Covid caseload at 397 million, fatalities at 5.7 million

The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India

Covid-19 pandemic: Nagaland reports 71 new cases, 3 more deaths

Nagaland on Monday registered 71 new Covid-19 cases, 37 more than the previous day's count, taking the tally to 34,927, a health department official said. The death toll increased to 742 as three more people succumbed to coronavirus. In the last 24 hours, at least 73 patients recovered from the disease taking the total number of cured people to 32,041. Nagaland now has 691 active cases while 1,449 Covid-19 patients have migrated to other states, the official said. So far, 4,47,445 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the North-eastern state. The recovery rate among coronavirus patients is 91.73 per cent, the official said.