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Covid-19 daily positivity rate recorded above 6% after 161 days

India logged a single day rise of 16,935 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 43,767,534, while the daily positivity rate was recorded above 6% in 161 days

Data story: India logs 16,935 new Covid cases; death toll reaches 525,760

India has so far administered 2,000,461,095 vaccine doses

Data story: India logs 20,528 new Covid cases, 127,948 infections in 7 days

India reported an increase of 2,689 in active coronavirus cases on Sunday

Thane reports 148 new Covid-19 infections, 2 deaths in last 24 hours

Maharashtra's Thane district has reported 148 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths, raising its infection tally to 732,560 and the fatality toll to 11,921, a health official said on Monday

Oil drops as China's rising Covid cases renew fuel demand concerns

China, the world's second-largest oil consumer, on Sunday reported 691 new Covid cases for Saturday, up from 547 the previous day, with locally transmitted cases at the highest since May 23

Bengal logs 2,659 new Covid cases, 5 more deaths; active tally at 30,791

West Bengal on Sunday logged 2,659 fresh Covid-19 infections, down from 2,839 the previous day, pushing the caseload to 20,70,858, the health department said in a bulletin. Five more deaths due to the disease raised the toll to 21,276, the bulletin said. Altogether 20,18,791 people have recovered from the disease in the state, 2,476 of them since Saturday. Bengal currently has 30,791 active cases, with 544 of them undergoing treatment in various hospitals. The positivity rate stood at 17.16 per cent and the fatality rate at 1.03 per cent. As many as 2,57,97,505 samples have been tested in the state thus far, including 15,492 since Saturday.

Maharashtra: 38 students from Nagpur school test Covid-19 positive

At least 38 students of a private school in Nagpur city in Maharashtra have tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on Sunday. Nagpur district on Sunday reported 262 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 100 infections from Nagpur city, taking the overall tally to 5,69,690. The cumulative COVID-19 death toll so far stood at 10,339, as per an official release. "Samples of the students of a private school in Jaitala area in Nagpur city were taken on Friday. As per the test results which became available on Sunday, 38 students have been found infected with coronavirus," a district health official told PTI. Nagpur district has 1,221 active cases.

Covid: 498 new cases, 1 more death in Delhi; positivity rate 3.57%

Delhi on Sunday recorded 498 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 3.57 per cent, while one more person died due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the health department here. With this, the capital's COVID-19 caseload climbed to 19,44,015, while the death toll rose to 26,292, the bulletin stated. The fresh cases came out of 13,959 tests conducted the previous day, it said. Delhi had on Saturday recorded 491 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 3.48 per cent and two fatalities. The city had on Friday logged 601 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.64 per cent, and zero death. The capital saw 520 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.44 per cent and one death on Thursday. Of the 9,490 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi hospitals, only 111 were occupied on Sunday. Beds at Covid care centres and Covid health centres are lying vacant, the bulletin said. The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi stands at 1,974, up from 1,894 the previous day. As

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China reports 600 Covid cases in 24 hours, marking highest tally in July

The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported around 600 new cases of COVID-19, marking the number as the highest daily tally in the month of July, as per the National Health Commission.Over the past three days, the daily tally in the Chinese mainland has surpassed 400. As per the official data on Sunday, 106 new cases with 474 asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 were found in different provinces of the country on Saturday. The daily new cases are the highest reported in July 2022.The new wave of COVID-19 cases has been triggered by new emerging Omicron sub-variants, with nine such sub-variants all classified as forms of Omicron reportedly having been spreading among 12 regions since July, Global Times reported.As per the data, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported nine confirmed and 235 asymptomatic cases, while Northwest China's Gansu Province reported 53 confirmed and 105 asymptomatic cases. Shanghai, which recently emerged from a severe outbreak, is also seeing rising ...

Slow and steady: India touches 2 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses milestone

Experts feel heterologous boosting and focus on drugs is the way forward

Gujarat sees 644 Covid-19 cases, no deaths; active tally at 4,776

Gujarat on Sunday reported 644 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 12,42,731, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,954, a state health department official said. The recovery count rose by 500 and reached 12,27,001, which left the state with an active caseload of 4,776, he added. Ahmedabad led with 272 cases, followed by 90 in Surat, 46 in Vadodara, 36 in Mehsana, 32 in Bhavnagar, among other districts, the official said. The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the state went up by 45,912 during the day to touch 11.24 crore, a government release said. No new case or recovery was reported from adjoining Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, leaving the Union Territory with an active caseload of 11, local officials said. Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 12,42,731, new cases 644, death toll 10,954, discharged 12,27,001, active cases 4,776, people tested so far - figures not released.

Mumbai sees 276 Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; positivity rate now 2.59%

Mumbai on Sunday reported 276 COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate of 2.59 per cent and two fatalities, taking the tally to 11,21,095 and the toll to 19,632, a civic official said. A day earlier, the metropolis had logged 365 cases and two deaths due to COVID-19, he said. Of the 376 new cases, only 24 were symptomatic, the official added. The recovery count rose by 397 to reach 10,99,163, which left the city with an active caseload of 2,300, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. He said the overall number of coronavirus tests in the city stood at 1,76,98,650, including 10,656 in the last 24 hours, down from 11,442 in the preceding 24-hour period. Civic data revealed the recovery rate was 98 per cent and the overall growth rate of cases between July 10 and 16 was 0.03 per cent. It showed that the caseload doubling time in the metropolis now stood at 2,279 days.

Maharashtra logs 2,186 new Covid cases, 3 deaths; positivity rate at 5.86%

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 2,186 new coronavirus positive cases and three deaths linked to the infection, the health department said. With this, the caseload in the state rose to 80,19,391 and the death toll to 1,48,026. On Saturday, the state had reported 2,382 cases and eight fatalities. There are now 15,525 active cases of the infection in the state. Eighteen patients were found infected with the BA.5 sub-variant of Omicron, 17 others with the BA.2.75 variant, and one with BA.4 variant as per the latest report from the B J Medical College in Pune, it said. All these patients are from Pune and the samples of these patients had been taken betweenJune 25 and 4 July. These samples were tested at the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) labs in Pune and Mumbai. With this, the tally of BA.4 and BA.5 patients rose to 132 and that of BA.2.75 patients to 57. This raised the count of BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variant cases from Pune to 84, from Mumbai to 32 and four each from Na

Remittances from Gulf countries dropped sharply in FY21 due to Covid: RBI

The share of inward remittances from Gulf nations dipped sharply during 2020-21 on account of the economic stress created by the COVID-19 pandemic, said an RBI article

India's Covid vaccination drive unparalleled in scale and speed: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed India's vaccination drive as 'unparalleled in scale and speed'.

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New coronavirus cases fall in Maharashtra but deaths show upward trend

Between July 1 to 15, Maharashtra reported 38,709 new infections and 90 deaths, more than those reported in entire June, were also recorded during this period

Assam reports 672 new Covid-19 cases, two deaths in last 24 hours

One person each died in Charaideo and Kamrup Metropolitan districts due to Covid-19 on Saturday

Malaysia reports over 5,000 new coronavirus infections, four deaths

Malaysia reported 5,047 new Covid-19 infections, as of midnight Saturday, bringing the national total to 4,619,045, according to the health ministry.