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Data story: India logs 6,422 new Covid cases; active tally rises to 46,389

India has so far administered 2,159,816,124 vaccine doses

Odisha logs 233 Covid-19 cases including 34 children, active tally at 1,630

Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,31,586 on Saturday as 233 more people, including 34 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The state had recorded 214 infections on Friday. Odisha's coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 9,186 as no fresh fatality was reported. Besides, 53 other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, it said. The state now has 1,630 active cases, while 13,20,717 patients have recovered from the disease to date, including 267 in the last 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was at 1.63 per cent as 14,314 samples were tested for the infection in the last 24 hours.

Delhi records 116 new Covid cases, 3 deaths; positivity rate at 0.97%

Delhi recorded 116 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.97 per cent and three more fatalities on Thursday, according to the data shared by the city health department. The new cases were detected from the 11,929 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally climbed to 20,02,145, while the death toll rose to 26,497, according to the bulletin. Delhi recorded 142 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.29 per cent on Wednesday and zero fatality. The national capital logged 118 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.15 per cent and zero death on Tuesday. It recorded one death due to Covid and 63 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.83 per cent on Monday. On Sunday, the city logged 137 new Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent and two fatalities. The national capital recorded zero death due to Covid and 137 cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.17

5 dead, 12 injured as bus plunges into gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri

Five persons were killed and 12 others injured when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said on Thursday. The bus, which was on its way to Jammu from Surankote Poonch, skidded off the road and plunged into the gorge at Deri Ralyot in Manjakote area, they said. Security forces and local residents have launched a rescue operation, they added. The accident comes a day after 11 people were killed and 28 others injured in another accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

Delhi records 142 new Covid-19 cases, no death; positivity rate at 1.29%

Delhi recorded 142 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.29 per cent on Wednesday, according to the data shared by the city health department. The national capital recorded no death due to the viral disease for the second consecutive day. The new cases were detected from the 10,986 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally climbed to 20,02,089. The death toll remained unchanged at 26,494, according to the bulletin. The national capital logged 118 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.15 per cent on Tuesday. It recorded one death due to Covid and 63 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.83 per cent on Monday. On Sunday, the city logged 137 new Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent and two fatalities. The national capital recorded zero death due to Covid and 137 cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.17 per cent on Saturday. On Friday, the city

Maharashtra sees 881 Covid-19 cases, five deaths; active tally at 5,426

Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 881 coronavirus cases and five fatalities, the health department said in a bulletin. With the fresh additions, the state's COVID-19 tally rose to 81,12,857 and the death toll to 1,48,298. A day earlier, the state recorded 730 infections and four fatalities. Mumbai recorded 203 fresh coronavirus cases. Of the five fatalities, two each were recorded in Mumbai and Thane city, while one death was reported from the Raigad district, it said. Maharashtra's case fatality rate stands at 1.82 per cent. The state is left with 5,426 active cases after 963 patients recovered from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally of recoveries to 79,59,133, the department said. A total of 28,539 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra to 8,44,38,115. Maharashtra's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Fresh cases: 881, total cases 81,12,857, fatalities 1,48,298, active cases 5,426

Data story: India logs 5,108 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,216

India has so far administered 2,156,706,574 vaccine doses

Hyderabad: Victims of inferno at e-bike showroom hailed from other states

Almost all the deceased and injured in Monday night's fire accident in an e-bike showroom and the hotel in Secunderabad here were from different places in the country

Data story: India adds 4,369 new Covid cases; active tally at 46,347

India has added 38,087 cases in the past 7 days

Death toll from China's Sichuan earthquake rises to 93; 25 more missing

The death toll from a major earthquake in western China rose to 93 as the search for survivors continued, authorities said. A magnitude 6.8 quake hit Sichuan province last week, with much of the damage concentrated in Ganze Tibetan Autonomous Region in the province. Another 25 people remain missing as of Sunday evening, rescuers said, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The search for survivors and recovery of bodies were complicated by heavy rains and the risks of landslides, which forced some residents to move to temporary shelters. The earthquake also affected Chengdu, the provincial capital, where residents were under strict zero-COVID controls, meaning they were not allowed to leave their buildings. Footage online showed residents banging at metal gates at the front of apartment complexes as they sought to leave their buildings. Tens of millions remain under China's extensive zero-COVID controls. Chengdu's local government announced that a few districts where there had been n

Data story: India logs 5,221 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,165

India has added 38,135 cases in the past 7 days

Delhi records 137 new Covid cases, two deaths; positivity rate 1.36%

Delhi recorded two more deaths due to COVID-19 and 137 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent on Sunday, according to the data shared by the city health department. The new cases were detected from the 11,685 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin. With the new cases and fatalities, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,01,706 and the death toll has gone up to 26,493, according to the bulletin. The national capital recorded no death due to Covid and 137 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.17 per cent on Saturday. On Friday, the city logged 123 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.06 per cent and four fatalities. On Thursday, it reported 182 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.37 per cent and three fatalities. The day before, it recorded 177 fresh cases of the viral disease with a positivity rate of 1.36 per cent and two deaths. The government did not issue a bulletin on

Maharashtra reports 701 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths in 24 hours

Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 701 new cases of coronavirus and three deaths due to the infection, a state health department official said. With this, the tally of infections in the state has risen to 81,10,832 and the toll reached 1,48,288, he said. Mumbai circle accounted for 365 cases, followed by 182 in the Pune circle, Kolhapur 36, Nagpur 32, Latur 30, Nashik 25, Akola 20 and Aurangabad 11, the official said. Of the three fatalities, one was reported in Mumbai city, while two were from Satara district in Pune circle, he said. At least 1,056 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the count of recoveries in Maharashtra to 79,56,324, the official said. Maharashtra currently has 6,220 active COVID-19 cases of which Mumbai has the highest 1,711 cases, followed by 1,437 and 1,370 cases in Thane and Pune districts respectively. The state's recovery rate is at 98.10 per cent and the fatality rate stands at 1.82 per cent, he said. With 18,495 swab samples

Mumbai records 187 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death, 375 recoveries in a day

Mumbai on Sunday recorded 187 COVID-19 cases and one death, which took the tally in the metropolis to 11,47,978 and the toll to 19,718, a civic official said. The recovery count increased by 375 to touch 11,26,549, leaving the city with 1,711 active cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said. Of the new cases, only 13 are symptomatic, taking the total number of such patients to 216, he added. BMC data showed the recovery rate was 98.1 per cent and the growth rate of cases between September 4 and September 10 stood at 0.024 per cent. The overall number of coronavirus tests carried out in the city was 1,81,75,335, including 4,801 in the last 24 hours, as per official data. The caseload doubling time was 2,962 days, it added.

Data story: India logs 5,076 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,150

India has added 38,824 cases in the past 7 days.

Data story: India logs 5,379 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,057

India has so far administered 2,139,149,934 vaccine doses

Data story: India logs 4,417 new Covid cases; active tally at 52,336

India has added 48,277 cases in the past 7 days

India will not witness a fourth wave of Covid-19, say health experts

Dr Pragya Yadav, senior scientist at the government's ICMR-NIV institute in Pune, said there is no cause for worry until new variants of concern (VoCs) spread in India

Data story: India logs 5,910 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,007

India has added 46,722 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 6,799 new Covid cases; active tally at 55,114

India has added 57,419 cases in the past 7 days