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Global coronavirus caseload crosses 518.7 mn; death toll at 6.25 mn

India accounts for the second highest caseload at 43,107,689

Bill Gates tests coronavirus positive, experiencing mild symptoms

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday he has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.

Bengal CM Mamata to meet senior state officials over Covid situation

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting with senior state government officials on Wednesday to take stock of the COVID-19 situation, a top bureaucrat said. Senior officials, including the chief secretary and health secretary, will be present at the meeting. Meanwhile, the state reported 46 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, 25 more than the previous day, taking the tally to 20,18,646. The positivity rate also rose to 0.68 per cent from Monday's 0.41 per cent, the bulletin said. There were no coronavirus fatalities during the day and the death toll remained at 21,203. The number of active cases have increased from 408 on Monday to 417.

WHO chief Tedros says China's zero-Covid policy not 'sustainable'

Speaking after Tedros, WHO emergencies director Mike Ryan said the impact of a 'zero-Covid' policy on human rights also needs to be taken into consideration

LIVE: Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump

Musk says Twitter's decision to permanently ban former US President Donald Trump 'not correct'

Submit data on vaccine immunity among young children: NTAGI to institutes

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) will hold its crucial meeting on vaccine for children next week

Madhya Pradesh logs 30 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally now 200

The positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, was 0.5 per cent, while the recovery count increased by 29 to touch 10,30,812

Gujarat sees 33 Covid-19 cases; 12 recoveries leave active tally at 173

So far, 12,13,446 persons have been discharged post recovery, including 12 during the day, leaving the state with an active caseload of 173

Chhattisgarh reports 3 Covid cases, 6 recoveries; active tally drops to 34

The three cases, at a positivity rate of 0.07 per cent, were detected in Raipur, Dhamtari and Jashpur

Covid-19 pandemic: Nashik sees 6 cases, no death; active tally now 13

So far, 4,67,158 persons have been discharged post recovery, including two during the day, leaving the district with an active caseload of 13

Mumbai sees 122 Covid cases, seventh time addition to tally over 100 in May

Mumbai on Tuesday reported 122 case steep rise from the 63 cases detected a day earlier and the seventh time the daily addition to the tally was above the 100-mark this month, a civic official said.

Delhi reports 1,118 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 death; positivity rate at 4.38%

Delhi reported 1,118 fresh coronavirus cases and one more death on Tuesday, while the positivity rate stood at 4.38 percent, according to data shared by the health department here.

Over 87% of India's adults have got both Covid vaccination doses

India has administered both doses of Covid vaccines to over 87 per cent of adult population, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Tuesday.

Maharashtra reports 223 Covid cases, 2 deaths; active tally rises to 1,403

So far, 77,30,370 persons have been discharged post-recovery, including 161 in the last 24 hours, leaving the state with 1,403 active cases

Tensions between Shanghai residents and China's Covid enforcers on the rise

Tensions between Shanghai residents, China's Covid enforcers are on rise again, amid a new push to end infections outside quarantine zones to meet President's demand for achieving "dynamic zero-Covid"

Shanghai disinfects homes, closes all subways in Covid fight: Official

Teams in white protective suits are entering the homes of coronavirus-infected people to spray disinfectant as Shanghai tries to root out an omicron outbreak under China's strict zero-COVID strategy

Data story: India logs 2,288 new cases; death toll rises to 524,103

India has so far administered 1,905,086,706 vaccine doses. That is 4419.36 per cent of its total caseload, and 135.82 per cent of its population

Cipla partners with Genes2Me to launch Coronavirus RT PCR test kit

The kit is validated by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and much more advanced than other RT PCR tests, the drug firm said

Active Covid cases in country dip to 19,637 with 10 deaths in last 24 hours

The active cases comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was 98.74 per cent, the health ministry said

China logs 349 new local Covid cases with 234 in Shanghai; infections surge

According to reports, Shanghai residents have also been falling sick after consuming some of the food supplies because of the distribution of stale food by the authorities amid city's Covid lockdown