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DATA STORY: India's Covid toll is third-highest; US has nearly twice as many deaths

The five most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (1672858), Andhra Pradesh (820565), Karnataka (820398), Tamil Nadu (722011), and Uttar Pradesh (480082)

BCG vaccine can help elderly fight against Covid-19, says ICMR study

The Bacille Calmette-Guerin or BCG vaccine, originally made against tuberculosis, may help in the management of Covid-19, especially in the elderly, says a study by the ICMR

DATA STORY: Global active Covid cases top 11 mn, India count below 600,000

The Indian states and UTs with the worst case fatality rates at present are Punjab (3.14%), Maharashtra (2.62%), and Gujarat (2.17%). The rate in as many as 12 is higher than the national average

DATA STORY: Delhi sees worst single-day spike; India's Covid tally tops 8 mn

In a late surge of fresh infections in the national capital, Delhi has seen its worst daily spike on consecutive days. On Thursday, it reported 5,763 cases, its highest single-day jump so far

DATA STORY: Delhi sees worst spike; Punjab has worst fatality rate among states

With 58439 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 90.85%; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.50%

ICMR to validate or deny benefits of plasma: Delhi's Covid committee member

RK Gupta, former president of DMA and a member of Delhi govt constituted committee to check Covid preparedness, said that the authority to validate the effect of plasma therapy stays with ICMR only

DATA STORY: India's biggest 24-hr fall in active cases yet, lowest tally spike since July 18

India now accounts for 6.00% of all active cases globally (one in every 17 active cases), and 10.26% of all deaths (one in every 10 deaths)

DATA STORY: Lowest single-day spike in tally since July 22, in toll since July 10

The count of active cases across India has seen a net reduction of 14437, compared with 12526 on Sunday. The total now stands at 653,717, the lowest active case tally since August 13

DATA STORY: India sees lowest single-day jump in Covid tally, deaths in 3 months

While the global count of active coronavirus cases topped the 10-million mark, India's recovery rate, with 62077 new daily cured cases, improved to 90%; fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.51%

DATA STORY: With over 700,000 cured cases, India's Covid recovery rate nears 90%

India on Friday conducted 1,269,479 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 101,382,564. The test positivity rate recorded on Thursday was 4.2%

DATA STORY: After two months, India's active case count drops below 700,000 mark

India's count of coronavirus tests has exceeded the 100-million mark, with 1,442,722 tests being conducted on Thursday

India crosses 100 million-mark in conducting coronavirus tests: ICMR

India has crossed the 100 million-mark in conducting tests for the detection of Covid-19 as with an average testing of more than 1 million samples per day in the last 17 days, ICMR said

Covid update: ICMR issues advisory for use of Feluda paper strip test

The ICMR issued an advisory for the use of indigenously developed Feluda paper strip test, which is based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, by the laboratories

DATA STORY: India sees sharpest single-day drop in active cases since Sep 22

India's doubling time for total cases stands at 95.3 days, and for deaths at 114.8 days

IIT Kharagpur's low cost coronavirus testing method gets ICMR nod

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur has developed a low-cost portable unit for rapid diagnostics of coronavirus, which produces results in under an hour

With few other options, clinicians back plasma though efficacy not proven

Experts feel that ICMR guidelines may not be binding upon hospitals unless DCGI gives a direction against use of the investigational therapy

IIT Kharagpur's 'COVIRAP' diagnostic test gets ICMR certification

This test has been designed to be fairly easy to conduct and affordable as well and can produce results within one hour

As the number of recoveries goes up, demand for oxygen, ventilators falls

ICMR is also likely to delete the use of plasma therapy for Covid-19 treatment from the national guidelines

Govt considers removing plasma therapy from Covid-19 management protocol

The Centre is considering to remove convalescent plasma therapy from the national clinical management protocol for Covid-19, a top ICMR official said on Tuesday

Covid-19 can hit recovered patients once antibodies start depleting: ICMR

Bhargava also informed that the ICMR is conducting an assessment on the subject of reinfection as commissioned by the Union Health Ministry, and its result will be out shortly