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85% elderly faced difficulties during Covid-19 pandemic, says survey

The survey of 10,000 elderly persons by Agewell Foundation also revealed that 73.6 per cent (7,357) of the respondents said that a paralysed healthcare system affected their life adversely

Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra reports 675 fresh cases, five deaths

The state's Covid-19 caseload rose to 78,66,380, and death toll reached 1,43,706

Covid-19 pandemic: Delhi records 344 cases, 4 deaths; positivity rate 0.8%

The national capital's case count has now increased to 18,60,236; the death toll stands at 26,126, the latest health bulletin stated

Covid-19 pandemic: Gujarat records 162 new cases; two fatalities

With this, the tally of infections in the state has risen to 12,22,790 and the toll stood at 10,932, an official said

Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 202 new cases and 7 deaths

While the positivity rate for the day stood at 0.52 per cent, the case fatality rate was 3.47 per cent

Pfizer Covid vaccine less effective kids aged 5-11 against Omicron: Study

The study examined Pfizer vaccine effectiveness from December 13, 2021 to January 30, 2022, among 852,384 fully-vaccinated children 12-17 years and 365,502 children 5-11 years

New Zealand approves third Covid vaccine Novavax for those over 18

New Zealanders will soon be able to access a third type of Novavax vaccine following the government's confirmation.

India reports 6,915 fresh Covid-19 cases, active cases drop below 100,000

India's daily Covid-19 cases dropped further on Tuesday with 6,915 cases recorded in the last 24 hours, as per union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data.

Data story: India logs 6,915 cases; active tally drops below 100,000-mark

India has so far administered 1,777,025,914 vaccine doses. That is 4139.25 per cent of its total caseload, and 126.83 per cent of its population

Mumbai reports 73 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally now 815

The recovery of 95 people took the number of people discharged so far to 10,36,086, which is 98 per cent of the caseload, leaving the city with 815 active cases, an official said

MP sees 319 fresh Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally now 3,449

The recovery count stood at 10,24,731 after 721 people were discharged during the day, leaving the state with an active tally of 3,449, an official said

Maharashtra sees 407 Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths; active tally now 6,663

The Omicron tally in Maharashtra now stands at 4,629, of which 4,456 patients have already been discharged, an official added

COVID-19 pandemic: Goa reports 18 fresh cases, no death; 48 recover

So far, 2,40,927 people have been discharged post recovery, including 48 during the day, leaving the state with 271 active cases, an official said

Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 268 new cases and 14 deaths

There were 1,119 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries in the state to 38,95,452, a health bulletin said

Dynasts dented nation's self-confidence by questioning Covid vaccine: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at rivals over their criticism of the Covid vaccine, saying "dynasts" never miss a chance to dent the country's self-confidence.

India records over 8,000 fresh Covid-19 infections, 119 more fatalities

The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 1.11 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate has been recorded at 1.17 per cent

Data story: India sees smallest single-day spike in deaths since March 2021

India has so far administered 1,775,086,335 vaccine doses. That is 4135.4 per cent of its total caseload, and 126.69 per cent of its population

Global Covid caseload rises to 435.1 million, fatalities at 5.94 million

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

SII seeks nod for phase-3 of Covid vax Covovax as booster in adults

Serum Institute of India has sought permission from India's drug regulator to conduct a phase-3 study of its COVID-19 vaccine Covovax as a booster dose in adults, official sources said on Sunday.

Covid-19 pandemic: Goa sees 20 new cases, 1 death and 40 recoveries

So far, 2,40,899 people have recovered from the infection, including 40 during the day, leaving the state with an active caseload of 301, an official said