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North Korea reports 18,000 Covid cases, 6 deaths amid 'explosive' spread

North Korea has so far refused to accept millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine proposed in the Covax global distribution programme, as it had claimed to be coronavirus-free

India coronavirus update: 2,897 new Covid-19 cases, 54 deaths reported

The country logged 2,897 Covid-19 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Wednesday

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.

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

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

Global Covid caseload tops 517.8 million, death toll crosses 6.25 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 81,973,621 and 997,740, respectively, according to the CSSE

Gujarat logs 23 fresh Covid-19 infections, zero fatalities in last 24 hours

Gujarat on Monday reported 23 new COVID-19 cases, raising the tally of infections to 1,224,530, the state health department said.

Data story: India logs 3,207 new cases; death toll rises to 524,093

India has so far administered 1,903,490,396 vaccine doses. That is 4415.89 per cent of its total caseload, and 135.7 per cent of its population

Havana hotel death toll reaches 31 as search for survivors underway

In releasing the names of those who were killed, the Health Ministry said the dead included four minors, a pregnant woman and a Spanish tourist, whose companion was seriously injured

Pakistan reports 46 fresh Coronavirus cases and three more deaths

This comes amid World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that suggest that the actual number of COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan was eight times the figure reported by the government

Global Covid caseload tops 517 million, death toll crosses 6.25 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 81,858,744 and 997,503, respectively, according to the CSSE

Gujarat sees 27 new Covid-19 cases, one death in last 24 hours: Official

Gujarat reported 27 COVID-19 cases and one death on Saturday, increasing its tally to 1,224,470 and toll to 10,944, said a state health department official.

Mumbai sees 172 fresh Covid-19 infections, zero death; active tally at 784

Mumbai on Saturday added 172 COVID-19 cases to its tally, which reached 1,060,606. while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,563, a civic official said.

Madhya Pradesh reports 27 new Covid-19 cases, zero death in last 24 hours

The Covid-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 1,041,661 after the detection of 27 cases at a positivity rate of 0.3%, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,735, an official said.

India doesn't agree with WHO's estimate of Covid-19 deaths: Mandaviya

India records its deaths due to Covid through a transparent and legal process and does not agree to the WHO's estimate of Covid mortality for the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday. He also said the 14th Conference of Central Council of Health & Family Welfare (CCHFW) passed a resolution in this regard. The resolution was passed on the second day of the three-day CCHFW --'Swasthya Chintab Shivir', which concluded here on Saturday. Mandaviya said the registration of births and deaths in the country is extremely robust and is governed by the decades-old statutory legal framework the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1969. "On the 2nd day of the conference of the CCHFW yesterday we have passed a resolution that we do not agree to the WHO's estimate of Covid mortality for India," he said, referring to the WHO estimate of 4.7 million Covid-related deaths in India. "India records its deaths through a transparent and legal process. All the states and ...

Maharashtra records 253 fresh Covid-19 cases, one death in last 24 hours

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 253 new Covid-19 cases, highest since the last week of March, and one death, the state health department said.

Data story: India logs 3,805 new cases; death toll rises to 524,024

India has so far administered 1,900,094,982 vaccine doses. That is 4408.70 per cent of its total caseload, and 135.46 per cent of its population

WHO report on excess Covid deaths in India 'untenable': Health experts

According to the report, there were 4.7 million Covid deaths in India -- 10 times the official figures and almost a third of Covid deaths globally

India Covid death toll highest in world, says WHO as govt rejects report

India's official Covid death toll is 481,486 between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021

Covid led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5 million reported: WHO

The official count of deaths directly attributable to COVID-19 and reported to WHO in that period, from January 2020 to the end of December 2021, is slightly more than 5.4 million