The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has issued notice to the State Government and also directed it to make submissions with regard to the steps taken for Covid-19 management
Delhi recorded its biggest single-day jump of 8,593 Covid-19 cases that took its infection tally to over 4,59,000
At least 245 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Assam, taking the state's tally to 209,633, while two fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 954
Tata Medical and Diagnostics launched new diagnostic testing for Covid-19, claiming it to be more efficient and simpler than the existing ones
Puducherry reported 63 new Covid-19 cases while a 74-year old woman succumbed to the virus taking the toll in the union territory to 602, a top Health Department official said
Odisha's Covid-19 tally rose to 302,793 as 1,219 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said
The Covid-19 tally in Arunachal Pradesh mounted to 15,436 as 47 more people, including three health workers, tested positive for the infection, an official said
India's caseload rose to 8.5 million with 45,903 new infections, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 7.9 million, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.56%
Telangana reported 857 new Covid-19 cases taking the tally to 251,188 while four more deaths pushed the toll to 1,381, the state government said
At least nine more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, raising the tally in the Union Territory to 4,450, a health department official said
Indore reported 108 new cases of novel coronavirus, taking the district's tally to 34,725, according to the Chief Medical and Health Officer Praveen Jadia
Uttar Pradesh reported 2,247 new Covid-19 cases and 26 deaths, according to state's government data
Delhi recorded its biggest single-day jump of 7,745 coronavirus cases, with the positivity rate increasing to 15.26% amid the festive season and rising pollution, the health department said
Karnataka has reported 2,740 new cases of Covid-19 and 22 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 8,46,887 and the death toll to 11,391, the Health Department said
With the addition of 169 fresh cases of coronavirus, the tally in Goa went up to 44,916, an official from the health department said
The number of Covid-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh rose to 176,468 with 865 more detections while 13 fatalities took the toll to 3,017, a health official said
The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 179,679 with 1,046 new cases being reported, the state health department said
Haryana reported 2,011 fresh novel coronavirus cases, taking the caseload to 180,424, and with 17 more fatalities the death toll rose to 1,897, according to the state health department
Delhi has reported more than 6,000 Covid-19 cases daily in the past few days and 13% of this increase has been estimated to be due to air pollution, the Indian Medical Association said
Uttarakhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 65,036 with 498 more persons testing positive, a state health department bulletin said