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Data story: India logs 12,899 new cases, active tally crosses 70,000 mark

India has added 74,675 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 12,847 new cases; over 65,000 infections in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,958,403,471 vaccine doses

NTAGI members agree to reduce Covid-19 booster gap to six months

The Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of the NTAGI on Thursday recommended reducing the gap between the second and precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the current nine to six months

Top 300 drug brands to have QR codes on label for ensuring authenticity

The Union Ministry of Health has made amendments to the Drugs Rules, 1945, to implement this

89% of India's adult population fully vaccinated against Covid: Mandaviya

The cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country have exceeded 195.67 crore, according to the Health Ministry's provisional reports till 7 am on Thursday.

Data story: India logs 12,213 cases, biggest single-day jump since Feb 25

India has so far administered 1,956,737,014 vaccine doses

India's new Covid cases at 12,213; cross 10K-mark 1st time after Feb 26

India on Thursday reported 12,213 fresh Covid cases in a single-day rise as against the previous day's count of 8,822 infections, the Union Health Ministry said

NTAGI to review Covaxin, Corbevax vaccine data for 6-12 years on Thursday

The agenda for the NTAGI's meeting includes discussion on CMC Vellore study on the feasibility of allowing precaution dose of a Covid vaccine separate from the one used for primary vaccination

Data story: India logs 8,822 new Covid-19 cases, death toll at 524,792

India has added 55,235 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 6,594 new Covid cases, active tally over 50,000-mark

India's active cases tally stands at 50,548

UK reports 104 more cases of monkeypox, mostly in gay or bisexual men

British health officials have detected another 104 cases of monkeypox in England in what has become the biggest outbreak beyond Africa of the normally rare disease.

Maharashtra logs 1,885 new Covid cases, including 1,118 in Mumbai

Three patients of BA.4 and one of BA.5 Omicron sub-variants of coronavirus have been found in Mumbai and all of them have already recovered from the infection

Covid: 3 cases of BA.4 and 1 of BA.5 Omicron sub-variants found in Mumbai

BA.4 and BA.5 are sub-variants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain of the coronavirus which had triggered the third wave of the pandemic in the country

Covid not over yet; need to be alert as cases rise in states: Mandaviya

With some states witnessing a spike in cases, health minister Mansukh Mandaviya asserted on Monday that the pandemic was not over yet and stressed on being vigilant

Data story: India logs 8,084 new Covid cases; active tally at 47,995

India has added 48,766 cases in the past 7 days

Delhi logs 735 new Covid cases, 3 deaths; positivity rate stands at 4.35%

This is the third consecutive day that Delhi has recorded more than 600 cases and a positivity rate of more than three per cent

Hundreds of millions of Covid vaccines in India to expire in September

Covaxin has a shelf life of 12 months, while Covishield, the vaccine that accounted for nearly 80% of India's vaccinations, has a shelf life of nine months

India has 'strong protective shield' of Covid vaccination: Mandaviya

As per the data, as of 7 a.m. on June 12, India had administered 1,95,07,08,541 total doses of the Covid-19 vaccine overall

Covid surge 'expected fluctuation' during endemic prevalence: Experts

According to experts, the recent surge is due to increased travel, social gathering and economic activities resulting in a greater possibility of the transmission of the virus

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The active cases comprises 0.10 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.66 per cent. Stay tuned for more