Page 42 - Latest Updates on Omicron
Covid-19 pandemic: Haryana reports 8 deaths and 497 fresh cases
Gurugram district reported 214 fresh cases while 39 infections were from Faridabad
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Data story: India logs 14,148 new cases; death toll rises to 512,924
India has so far administered 1,765,231,385 vaccine doses. That is 4116.56 per cent of its total caseload, and 125.99 per cent of its population
S. Africa building firm WBHO quits Australia, blames Covid-19 restrictions
South Africa's building firm giant Wilson Bayly Holmes - Ovcon Ltd said it is pulling out of Australia, saying the country's strict Covid response impacted its property market.
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Covid-19 pandemic: Assam registers 25 new cases and 2 more deaths
Two fresh fatalities linked to coronavirus pushed the death toll to 7,984
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Booster dose: Dose gap, natural infection slow offtake among 60-plus
Experts are also questioning the nine-month gap between the second and the third doses
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Covid-19 pandemic: Punjab reports 165 fresh cases and three deaths
Deaths were reported from Hoshiarpur (1) and Mohali (2), taking the toll to 17,692
WHO works to spread Covid-19 vaccine technology to more nations
Vaccines have helped to change the course of the Covid-19 pandemic but this scientific triumph has been undermined by vast inequities in access to these life-saving tools, Tedros said
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US Covid-19 vaccination drive is bottoming out as Omicron subsides
About 76% of the US population has received at least one shot; less than 65% of all Americans are fully vaccinated
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Delhi logs 583 Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths; positivity rate at 1.05%
The number of tests conducted a day ago stood at 55,504, while 603 patients were discharged in a day, the bulletin said
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Coronavirus pandemic: 219 fresh cases in Chhattisgarh, no death
The state's death toll remained unchanged at 14,022 as no patient has succumbed to the infection in the last two days
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Covid-19 pandemic: Gujarat reports 305 new cases and five deaths
At the same time, 839 patients were discharged, which pushed the count of recovered cases to 12,07,284, said the department in a release
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Covid-19 pandemic: Madhya Pradesh logs 690 new cases, two deaths
The recovery count stood at 10,20,148 after 1,231 people recovered during the day
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Covid-19 pandemic: Karnataka reports 667 fresh cases and 21 deaths
There were 1,674 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,89,418, a health bulletin said
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Covid-19 pandemic: Seven deaths, 190 new cases in Himachal Pradesh
The number of active Covid-19 cases in the state increased to 1,570 on Wednesday from 1,528 on Tuesday, the official said
Covid-19: Zero deaths in Mumbai for 5th time in Feb; 168 test positive
With addition of new Covid-19 infections, the city's caseload increased to 10,55,960, while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,690, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a bulletin
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Covid-19 pandemic: Nagaland reports nine new cases, one fresh fatality
Seven days after reporting zero Covid-19 death, the north-eastern state registered a fresh fatality linked to coronavirus in Dimapur district on Wednesday
Maharashtra records 1,151 Covid cases, 23 deaths; active tally at 11,604
With this, the state's Covid-19 tally reached 78,61,468, while the death toll increased to 1,43,656, the department said in a bulletin
Covid-19 pandemic: Nashik logs 30 fresh cases; active infections at 475
As many as 48 patients recovered from the infection, while one died of it during the day, taking the count of recoveries to 4,66,148 and toll to 8,890, an official said
Hong Kong Covid-19 cases hit record as compulsory testing looms
With the city's testing, treatment and isolation capacity already stretched to the maximum, University of Hong Kong researchers predicted new infections could peak at 180,000 a day next month
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Omicron variant of Covid silent killer, recovery takes long : CJI Ramana
Chief Justice N V Ramana on Wednesday said that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a silent killer and it takes a long time to recover from the strain.
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