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Rajasthan's Covid-19 case count nears 20K with record spike of 480 cases

Rajasthan reported 480 infections, its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases so far, on Saturday, taking the virus count to 19,532 in the state, according to an official report.

Bhargava's letter on Covid-19 vaccine only intends to cut red tape: ICMR

Committed to treat the safety and interest of people of India as a topmost priority, says ICMR

Odisha govt plans plasma therapy as coronavirus death toll rises to 27

The death toll due to Covid-19 in Odisha rose to 27 after two more died of the disease, while the tally climbed to 7,545 with 229 fresh cases, a health department official said on Thursday.

Coronavirus daily update: Goa reports highest single-day spike of 95 cases

Goa witnessed its highest single-day spike in the number of Covid-19 cases on Thursday with 95 persons testing positive, taking the tally of active cases in the state to 744.

UP CM Adityanath stresses need for research centre on coronavirus

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday stressed the need for an advanced centre for research on coronavirus and directed officials to submit a workplan for it.

61 deaths, 2,373 fresh coronavirus cases in Delhi; total count 92,175

Sixty-one more people died from coronavirus in Delhi on Thursday as 2,373 fresh infections pushed the state's Covid-19 tally to over 92,000, the authorities said.

Coronavirus update: Karnataka govt issues new guidelines for home isolation

Karnataka government issued the guidelines for home isolation of Covid-19 patients in the state.

Coronavirus daily update: 1,213 new cases, 8 deaths reported in Telangana

A total of 1,213 new COVID-19 cases and eight fatalities were reported in Telangana on Thursday.Among 5,356 samples tested, 1,213 resulted in COVID-19 positive on Thursday.So far, the total number of fatalities reported were 275, said the state government.According to the Telangana Government's Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, the total number of positive cases recorded in the state is 18,570.A total of 9,069 people have been Cured/Discharged from hospitals and 275 Deaths due to coronavirus in the State. At present, 9,226 COVID-19 patients are isolated and being treated in different hospitals.

Coronavirus daily update: 28 ITBP personnel test positive for Covid-19

A total of 28 personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were tested positive for Covid-19, an official said on Thursday.

Covid-19 Factoid: India show no signs of dip in pace of reporting new cases

Madhya Pradesh braces for a second coronavirus wave after managing to keep daily new cases at under 200 for some days

Covid-19:Is RAT testing hiding Delhi's true pandemic story?

After rapid antigen tests (RATs) adoption, Delhi's positivity rate has come down. Earlier WHO had warned that RAT might not detect more than half the positive cases

Weak evidence for accuracy of coronavirus antibody tests, finds study

A review of studies has found major weaknesses in the evidence base for diagnostic accuracy of Covid-19 antibody tests, particularly for point-of-care tests performed directly with a patient

Coronavirus update: 183 more test positive in Nashik; two patients die

Maharashtra's Nashik district registered two more coronavirus deaths, taking the toll to 240 on Wednesday, while 183 more persons tested positive, pushing up the count to 4,453, officials said.

Coronavirus update: Pune reports highest single-day spike of 1,251 cases

Pune recorded the highest single-day rise of 1,251 new coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, taking its count of patients to 23,680, a health official said.

Health experts slam US mass purchase of licensed virus drug for Covid-19

Public health experts on Wednesday criticised the US for securing for itself a large supply of the only drug licensed so far to treat Covid-19.

Coronavirus daily updates: 251 fresh cases in Odisha; tally now 7,316

Odisha recorded 251 fresh Covid-19 cases, including that of 43 frontline health workers and an NDRF personnel, taking the state's tally to 7,316, a health department official said.

Jio requested to augment data connectivity at 10,000-bed Covid-19 centre

The South Delhi district administration requested Reliance Jio to augment data connectivity at the 10,000-bed Sardar Patel Covid-19 Centre in Radha Soami Satsang Beas campus in Chattarpur area here.

2,442 fresh Covid-19 cases take tally to over 89K in Delhi; toll at 2,803

Delhi recorded 2,442 fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the infection tally in the city to over 89,000, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 2,803,the authorities said.

Coronavirus daily update: Jharkhand reports 35 new cases, tally at 2,525

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 2,525 with 35 more people testing positive on Wednesday, a government bulletin said.

Coronavirus daily update: Assam reports 548 cases; total count 8,955

Assam reported 548 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the total number of infections in the state to 8,955, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday.