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Tamil Nadu logs 2,340 new Covid-19 cases, active cases stand at 17,228

Four of the 38 districts recorded most of the infections with Chennai seeing 607 cases, Chengalpet 306, Coimbatore 165, and Tiruvallur 149 while the rest were spread across other districts.

Maharashtra reports 2,382 Covid cases, eight deaths; active cases at 15,521

The recovery rate in the state is 97.96% and fatality rate 1.84%. The health department also said that 35 patients of BA.4 and BA.5 variants and 8 patients of BA.2.75 variant were reported on Saturday

Karnataka reports 1,374 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths; active cases at 7,296

Bengaluru urban district alone contributed 1,234 new cases and reported two deaths.

Sikkim reports 114 new coronavirus cases in 24-hr, positivity rate at 24%

Sikkim now has 489 active cases, while 38,159 people have recovered from the disease, and 768 have migrated to other states so far.

Assam reports over 700 new Covid cases, one more death in last 24 hours

Assam logged 706 fresh Covid-19 cases, pushing the tally to 729,322, while the death toll mounted to 6,646 with one more fatality, a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin said

India records 20,044 fresh Covid-19 cases, 56 deaths in last 24 hours

India's Covid-19 case tally rose by 20,044 in a day to reach 43,730,071 while active cases increased to 140,760, according to Health Ministry data updated on Saturday

84 dead in 1st three days of Spain's heatwave; death toll likely to rise

Eighty-four people are known to have died from the heatwave that has struck Spain, the Carlos III Health Institute, which reports to the Spanish Health Ministry, said

Gujarat registers 822 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; active cases at 4,482

The fresh deaths - one each in Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar city - pushed the toll to 10,953, said the department in a release.

Karnataka reports 977 new Covid-19 cases, one death; active cases at 6,702

The department in its daily COVID bulletin said 1,013 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,37,173 till date. Active cases stood at 6,702.

Tamil Nadu records 2,312 new Covid-19 cases,1 death; active infections dip

As many as 2,682 persons were cured of the virus on Friday, a government bulletin said.

Data story: India logs 20,038 new Covid cases, active tally at 139,073

India has so far administered 1,994,734,994 vaccine doses

5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Ecuador's coast, teen killed by power line

An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.7 shook Ecuador's coast Thursday, causing one death when a teenager was electrocuted by a fallen power line, authorities said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at a depth of about 80 kilometers (49 miles) and was centered nearly 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of the port of Guayaquil. The Geophysical Institute of Ecuador said the tremor was felt over most of country, though weakly in the mountains. Jorge Vera, mayor of the Simn Bolvar canton in the coastal Guayas province, said a 16-year-old was killed. He said a high voltage cable fell while the victim was engaged in a sports activity, but gave no further details.

Thane records 168 new Covid-19 cases, one death; active tally at 1,518

Thane district in Maharashtra has reported 168 new coronavirus positive cases, which took its overall infection count to 732,105, a health official said on Friday

Bengal reports 3,029 fresh Covid-19 cases, 5 more deaths in last 24 hours

West Bengal reported 3,029 fresh Covid-19 cases, 50 more than the previous day, raising the tally to 2,062,293, the health department said on Thursday

4 more die in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra; toll rises to 99

Four more people have died in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra, taking the toll in the current monsoon season to 99, said the state disaster management department in a report on Thursday

Death toll from Covid-19 surpasses 200,000 in UK, reveals ONS data

The grim milestone has been reached in late June, but not revealed until Wednesday due to a delay in registration. Up to the start of July, a total of 200,247 Covid-19 deaths have occurred, said ONS

Mizoram logs 142 new Covid-19 cases, highest single-day spike in 3 months

The coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 706 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, a health official said.

Data story: India logs 16,906 new Covid cases, 122,041 infections in 7 days

India reported an increase of 1,414 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 132,457

Data story: India logs 13,615 new Covid cases, active tally at 131,043

India reported an increase of 330 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 131,043

Maharashtra sees 2,435 new Covid cases, 13 deaths; active tally at 17,567

Nine infections- six patients of BA.4 and BA.5 and three of BA.2.75- of sub-variants of Omicron were also reported. All these patients were from Pune.