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Data story: India logs 4,417 new Covid cases; active tally at 52,336

India has added 48,277 cases in the past 7 days

New milestone: Demat accounts surpass 100 million for the first time

The tally was less than 41 million before Covid-19 pandemic

To hustle or not: Everything you need to know about 'Quiet quitting'

Quiet quitting is defined as performing only the jobs that are assigned to an employee by the employer and not going above and beyond the job description

World's first coronavirus vaccine you can inhale approved in China

China's National Medical Products Administration approved CanSino's Ad5-nCoV for emergency use as a booster vaccine

India will not witness a fourth wave of Covid-19, say health experts

Dr Pragya Yadav, senior scientist at the government's ICMR-NIV institute in Pune, said there is no cause for worry until new variants of concern (VoCs) spread in India

Data story: India logs 5,910 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,007

India has added 46,722 cases in the past 7 days

Former Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja rejects Magsaysay award

Former Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja has rejected Ramon Magsaysay award for her contributions to preventing COVID-19 and Nipah virus

China's tech hub Shenzhen to adopt tiered Covid measures on Monday

The city also announced a new round of Covid testing to stamp out the pandemic, after it reported 89 new locally transmitted Covid infections for Sept 3

218 fresh Covid cases, no new deaths in Delhi; positivity rate 1.93%

Delhi on Sunday reported 218 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.93 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. The new cases came out of 11,267 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. With the fresh cases, Delhi's infection tally increased to 20,00,641. The death toll remained unchanged at 26,477, it said. On Saturday, Delhi recorded 236 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.68 per cent and three deaths. On Friday, the city logged 299 cases with a positivity rate of 2.17 per cent and two deaths. Delhi on Thursday recorded 271 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.07 per cent and three fatalities. The city on Wednesday logged 377 cases with a positivity rate of 2.58 per cent and two deaths. The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi stands at 1,172, down from 1,292 the previous day. As many as 832 patients are in home isolation, the bulletin said. Of the 9,391 beds reserved for COVID-19 p

Mumbai reports 376 Covid-19 cases, two deaths; active tally now 2,949

Mumbai on Sunday reported 376 COVID-19 cases and two deaths, which took the metropolis' tally to 11,46,267 and the toll to 19,709, a civic official said. The recovery count increased by 608 in the last 24 hours and reached 11,23,609, which left the city with 2,949 active cases, he said. Of the new cases, only 27 are symptomatic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. So far, 1,81,24,510 samples have been examined for coronavirus, including 5,798 in the last 24 hours, he added. The recovery rate stands at 98 per cent, while the overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases between August 28 and September 3 was 0.039 per cent. The caseload doubling time stood at 1,803 days, as per BMC data.

Maharashtra logs 1,205 Covid-19 cases, three deaths; active tally now 8,364

Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 1,205 COVID-19 cases and three deaths, which took the tally to 81,04,854 and toll to 1,48,264, an official said. Mumbai Circle accounted for 696 new cases, followed by Pune circle with 317, Nashik circle 45, Kolhapur circle 25, Nagpur circle 61, Latur circle 37, Aurangabad circle 19 and Akola circle five, the official said. The three deaths comprised two in Mumbai circle and one in Nagpur circle, he added. The recovery count rose by 1,532 in the last 24 hours and reached 79,48,228, leaving the state with an active caseload of 8,364, he said. Mumbai has 2,949 active cases, followed by 1,882 in Thane and 1,735 in Pune, he added. State health department data showed the recovery rate was 98.07 per cent and the fatality rate stood at 1.82 per cent. It also revealed that 8,42,11,629 coronavirus tests have been conducted in the state so far, including 22,001 in the last 24 hours. Coronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows: Positive cases 81,04,854;

Bangladesh will not face any Sri Lanka type crisis: PM Sheikh Hasina

Dismissing concerns that Bangladesh could go the Sri Lanka way, PM Sheikh Hasina said that despite Covid onslaught and the conflict in Ukraine, her country's economy continued to be in robust shape

Data story: India logs 6,799 new Covid cases; active tally at 55,114

India has added 57,419 cases in the past 7 days

Brain stroke, heart-related issues sees uptick after Covid: Experts

Brain stroke, heart-related issues have been on an uptick after the Covid-19 infectios, experts have said

Delhi logs 236 new Covid-19 cases, 3 more deaths in a single day

Delhi on Saturday recorded three coronavirus-related deaths and 236 fresh cases with a reduced positivity rate of 1.68 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department here. The new cases came out of 14,023 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. Delhi on Friday logged two Covid-related deaths and 299 cases with a positivity rate of 2.17 per cent. With the fresh cases, Delhi's infection tally increased to 20,00,423. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 26,477 in the national capital. Delhi on Thursday recorded three fatalities and 271 cases with a positivity rate of 2.07 per cent. The city on Wednesday logged two coronavirus-related deaths and 377 cases with a positivity rate of 2.58 per cent. The capital on Tuesday reported 382 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.85 per cent, along with five fatalities. On Monday, it reported 214 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.77 per cent, along with four ...

Mumbai reports 394 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; active tally now 3,183

Mumbai on Saturday reported 394 COVID-19 cases and two deaths, which took the metropolis' tally to 11,45,891 and the toll to 19,707, a civic official said. A day before, Mumbai had reported 402 new cases and three fatalities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official pointed out. The recovery count increased by 623 in the last 24 hours and reached 11,23,001, which left the city with 3,183 active cases, he said. Of the new cases, only 29 are symptomatic, the official said. So far, 1,81,18,712 samples have been examined for coronavirus, including 8,509 in the last 24 hours, which is higher than the 5,834 tests conducted in the preceding 24-hour period. The recovery rate stands at 98 per cent, while the overall growth rate of COVID-19 cases between August 27 and September 2 was 0.041 per cent. The caseload doubling time stood at 1,673 days, as per BMC data.

Maharashtra sees 1,272 Covid cases, 4 deaths, 1,771 recoveries in 24 hours

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 1,272 COVID-19 cases and four deaths, which took the state's tally to 81,03,649 and the toll to 1,48,261, an official said. This was a slight rise from the 1,258 cases reported on Friday, which also saw six deaths, he pointed out. Of the new cases, 713 were from Mumbai circle, followed by Pune circle (328) Kolhapur (64), Nagpur circle (59), Nashik circle (47), Latur circle (39), Akola circle (13) and Aurangabad circle (9), he said. The four deaths comprised three in Mumbai circle and one in Akola circle, the official added. The recovery count increased by 1,771 in the last 24 hours to touch 79,46,694, leaving the state with an active caseload of 8,694, he said. Mumbai led with 3,183 active cases, followed by 2,001 in Thane and 1,681 in Pune, the official added. State health department data revealed the recovery rate was 98.06 per cent and the fatality rate stood at 1.82 per cent. The overall number of coronavirus tests in the state was 8,41,89,62

Less women delivered at institutional facilities amid Covid: Niti Aayog

The number of women who delivered in institutional facilities declined during October-December 2020 compared to that of the same period before the outbreak of COVID-19, according to a report by government think-tank Niti Aayog. During October-December 2020, nearly 53,48,000 women delivered in institutional facilities, which was lower than the pre-pandemic level (October-December 2019) of 54,98,000, said the report titled 'Preserving progress on nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan in pandemic times'. Besides, approximately 30,52,000 beneficiaries received post-partum check-ups between 48 hours and 14 days of birth during the October-December 2020 period against 31,31,000 such beneficiaries during the pre-pandemic (October-December 2019) period. The report also pointed out that the number of institutional deliveries conducted (including C-section) reduced in most states and UTs (32 out of 35 states/UTs) compared with the number of such cases recorded during the pre-pandemic period. Th

Odisha reports 174 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death in the last 24 hours

Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,28,244 on Saturday as 174 more people, including 13 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The toll rose to 9,179 as a 74-year-old man succumbed to the disease in Bhubaneswar. Fifty-three other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, it said. Odisha had recorded 226 infections and a fatality on Friday. The state now has 1,734 active COVID-19 cases, while 236 more people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 13,17,278. The daily positivity rate was at 1.32 per cent as 13,217 samples were tested for the infection in the last 24 hours.

Alliance Air to hold Board meeting on Sept 16 to restore pilots' salaries

During the peak of the Covid pandemic, Indian carriers had cut the salaries of their employees to reduce losses. This year, while most of them have restored the salaries, a few are yet to do so