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Maharashtra logs 2,325 new Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths; active tally at 14,636

Maharashtra reported 2,325 new COVID-19 cases, nearly 50 more than a day ago, while seven more patients succumbed to the infection and 2,471 others recovered, the state health department said.

Nasal boosters will be essential to thwart future Covid variants: Study

Widely available vaccinations may not be enough to stop the spread of Covid virus and the future variants. But, using nasal spray as boosters may help in the longer run

Latest news Live: SC grants bail to Mohd Zubair in all FIRs lodged in UP

From Sri Lanka crisis to coronavirus updates and more, catch all the latest developments from across the globe here

Arunachal Pradesh reports 54 fresh Covid-19 infections, zero deaths

Arunachal Pradesh reported 54 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, two less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 65,034, a senior health official said here

Data story: India logs 20,557 cases, 2,603 deaths as Punjab clears backlog

India has added 133,769 cases in the past 7 days

Maharashtra's Thane reports 151 fresh Covid-19 infections, 1 death

Maharashtra's Thane district has reported 151 new COVID-19 cases, taking its infection count to 7,32,799, a health official said on Wednesday

Covid-19 crisis: Mapping the coronavirus footprint across states in India

Check the spread of the coronavirus pandemic across states in India in this interactive map

Covid-19 in numbers: Latest data on cases and deaths in India and globally

Refer to these tables for data on confirmed coronavirus cases, deaths and recoveries in India and across the world

Covid-19 crisis: Tracking the coronavirus footprint across the world

Follow the expanding footprint of the coronavirus pandemic across the world in this interactive map built by Johns Hopkins University

New study finds out why Covid's Omicron variant is highly transmissible

Study comparing four variants of SARS-CoV-2 shows how the Omicron variant is adept at entering cells and escaping neutralization from existing vaccines or prior infection

Bill Gates congratulates PM Modi on milestone of 2 bn Covid vaccinations

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates congratulated PM Narendra Modi on yet another milestone of administering 200 crore vaccinations in India

Delhi logs 585 fresh Covid-19 cases, two deaths; positivity rate at 4.35%

Of the 9,488 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi hospitals, only 118 were occupied as on Tuesday. Beds at Covid care centres and Covid health centres were lying vacant.

West Bengal logs 2,243 new Covid cases, 6 deaths; active count at 28,969

As many as 20,24,293 people have recovered from the disease in Bengal, including 2,851 since Monday.

Covid: Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 not as dangerous as 'hyped', says expert

It is because the sub-variant has led to "very low increase of cases and deaths in India", said de Oliveira led the team of scientists who discovered the Omicron variant of Covid.

Covid cases triple across Europe, hospitalisations double, says WHO

WHO's Europe director Dr Kluge said super-infectious relatives of omicron variant were driving new waves of disease across continent and that repeat infections could potentially lead to long Covid.

WHO's methodology for estimating Covid-19 deaths unscientific: Govt

India had objected to the 'one size fits all' approach adopted by the WHO as it might be true for smaller countries but cannot be applied to a huge and diverse country like India

Centre closely following COVID-19 trajectory in India and world: MoS Health

On the progress achieved in vaccinating the complete population of India, Pawar said the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme is targeted towards vaccinating all those above 12 years of age.

NCUI to undertake study to assess Covid's impact on cooperatives: Amit Shah

The National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) will conduct a study to ascertain the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on cooperatives, Cooperation Minister Amit Shah informed Parliament on Tuesday

South Korea reports 73,582 new Covid-19 infections, fatality rate at 0.13%

South Korea reported 73,582 new Covid cases as of midnight Monday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 18,861,593, the health authorities said Tuesday

Assam logs 764 Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths in 24 hrs; caseload at 730,907

Assam reported 764 new Covid-19 cases, 615 more than the previous day, with the tally rising to 730,907