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Hit by Covid, EU population shrinks for second year running: Eurostat

According to Eurostat, the population of the 27 countries that make up the bloc fell by close to 172,000 from the previous year and over 656,000 from January 2020

Streets empty in Macao after casinos under lockdown to fight Covid outbreak

Streets in the gambling center of Macao were empty Monday after casinos and most other businesses were ordered to close while the Chinese territory near Hong Kong fights a coronavirus outbreak. Residents were told to stay indoors unless they were buying food or other necessities. Authorities warned anyone violating the rules would be punished. Casinos were ordered over the weekend to close for at least a week as the number of coronavirus cases in the territory of 700,000 people rose. On Monday, the government reported 59 new cases, bringing the total in the latest outbreak to 1,526. Macao and Hong Kong are imitating the mainland's zero COVID strategy that aims to isolated every infected person. The public is required to register for passes to ride buses and other public transportation, which is operating at reduced capacity, said a resident, Pedro Kong. I think this measure is not necessary, because it will increase inconvenience," said Kong, 40. Casino gambling is the mainstay o

Oil drops as new Omicron subvariant case in Shanghai rattles market

Oil prices fall as fresh Omicron cases in China's Shanghai raises lockdown fears

World shares mostly lower as Covid outbreak, recession fears loom

US futures and oil prices declined, while Japan's benchmark rallied after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party garnered a landslide parliamentary election victory

Almost 4.5 million UK families are under serious financial difficulties

Of those in serious financial difficulty, 71% have reduced the quality of food they eat, 36% have sold or pawned possessions and 27% have canceled or not renewed insurance

Latest news LIVE: Palaniswami elected as AIADMK's interim General Secretary

Latest Live news updates: Covid cases in India, Sri Lankan crisis, Gujarat rains, Russia-Ukraine war, and more

Data story: India logs 18,257 new Covid cases, active tally at 128,690

India has added 120,222 cases in the past 7 days

Thane reports 272 new Covid-19 infections; active case tally over 2,000

Maharashtra's Thane district has reported 272 new Covid-19 cases, taking its infection count to 731,464, a health official said on Monday

Results preview: Pharma margins likely to remain under pressure in Q1

Hospitals back to normalcy; tough road ahead for diagnostics

Macao to shut casinos for a week amid Covid rise, allows essential services

The Asian gambling centre of Macao will close all its casinos for a week starting Monday and largely restrict people to their homes as it tries to stop a Covid-19 outbreak

Covid tally breaches 3.5 mn-mark in Tamil Nadu with 2,537 new cases

Tamil Nadu on Sunday continued to report a decline in new COVID-19 cases with 2,537 people testing positive in the last 24 hours, including four returnees from domestic and overseas

West Bengal reports 2,962 new Covid-19 cases, 17% positivity rate

West Bengal reported 2,962 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday at a positivity rate of 17.36 per cent, as per the Health Department. Four more patients died, taking the toll to 21,243, it said. There are 23,264 active cases in the state at present, and all of these patients have symptoms. Of them, 508 patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals. The new cases were detected after testing 17,061 samples, recording a positivity rate of 17.36 per cent. So far, 20,07,204 patients have recovered, including 853 since Saturday.

Delhi records 433 fresh Covid cases, two deaths; positivity rate at 2.96%

Delhi on Sunday recorded 433 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.96 per cent and two more deaths, according to health department data. This is the fourth consecutive day when the daily case count has remained below 600. With the fresh infections and fatalities, Delhi's COVID-19 caseload climbed to 19,40,735 and the death toll increased to 26,284, the health department bulletin said. The fresh cases came out of 14,623 tests conducted the previous day, it said. Delhi on Saturday recorded 544 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.37 per cent and two fatalities. The capital recorded 531 cases with a positivity rate of 3.13 per cent and three fatalities on Friday.

Karnataka reports 942 new Covid cases in a day; active count at 6,898

Karnataka on Sunday reported 942 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total infections to 39,79,021, the State Health Department said. The department in its daily COVID-19 bulletin said 737 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,32,000 till date. Active cases stood at 6,898. Of the total infections, Bengaluru urban district contributed 831 while there were 30 cases in Mysuru, 13 in Dakshina Kannada, 11 each in Belagavi and Kolar and 10 in Udupi. There were zero infections and fatalities in 11 districts of the State. The positivity rate for the day was 4.20 per cent, the department said. As many as 22,403 tests were conducted, those included 17,210 RT-PCR tests. The total tests done is 6.72 crore till date. There were 3,329 people who were inoculated, taking the total vaccinated to 11.27 crore so far, the department said.

Covid-19: Maharashtra sees 2,591 new cases, no death; active count 18,369

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 2,591 new coronavirus positive cases, but did not record any death linked to the infection, the state health department said. With the addition in cases, the overall tally rose to 80,04,024, while the death toll stood at 1,47,976. A total of 2,894 patients recuperated during the day, raising the recovery count to 78,37,679. There are 18,369 active coronavirus cases at present in the state, where the recovery rate is 97.92 per cent and the fatality rate is 1.84 per cent, he said. With 37,113 tests conducted during the day, the overall test count rose to 8,23,82,440. Mumbai reported 399 fresh cases. With this, its overall tally rose to 11,17,873, while the death toll is 19,624. Mumbai division, which comprises the city and its satellite townships, reported 864 new cases, which took its tally to 3,26,743, while the death toll stood at 39,922. Division-wise, Nashik reported 177 new cases, Pune 958 cases, Kolhapur 76 cases, Aurangabad 174 cases, Latur 4

US donates 33,600 doses of Pfizer's pediatric Covid vaccine to Bhutan

The US government on Sunday delivered 33,600 doses of Pfizer's pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan. The US embassy in India said the vaccine doses were supplied as part of President Joe Biden's commitment to helping countries around the world to deal with the pandemic. It said these "safe and effective" pediatric vaccine doses will protect the lives of children in Bhutan and help stop the spread of COVID-19. "As part of President Biden's commitment to donate COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries around the world, the US government has delivered 33,600 doses of the Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan, in partnership with COVAX and the Bhutan Foundation," it said in a statement. USAID's Mission Director to India and Bhutan Veena Reddy said, "The US is committed to a global COVID-19 response because it makes us all stronger and safer -- Americans and Bhutanese alike." "The USAID is proud to work with the Royal Government of Bhutan and our partner, the Bhutan Foundation, to del

No increase in hospitalisation, disease severity due to BA.2.38: Insacog

Omicron sub-variant BA.2's offspring BA.2.38 has not led to any increase in hospitalisation or disease severity, and a few deaths reported recently are due to comorbidities, Insacog said

Live news: 63 pilgrims from Maharashtra's Beed stranded in Amarnath rescued

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Gujarat sees 668 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally crosses 4000-mark

The recovery count rose by 515 to touch 12,22,381, leaving the state with an active caseload of 4,046, up from 3,893 a day earlier, he said.

Delhi records 544 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; positivity rate at 3.37%

With the fresh infections and fatalities, Delhi's caseload climbed to 19,40,302 and the death toll increased to 26,282, the health department bulletin said.