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Covid-19: Daily positivity rate above 1% after 34 days; 4,270 new cases

The active cases rose to 24,052 and the death toll climbed to 5,24,692 with 15 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated

Data story: India logs 4,270 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,692

The count of active cases across India on June 5 increased by 1,636, compared with 1,239 on June 4

Covid-19 cases at three-month high; up vigil, says health ministry

Centre writes to Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana & TN

India mulls study on long-term impact of Covid-19 vaccines on children

Children have not reported very serious disease cases, apart from those who had serious co-morbidities like cancer, other underlying ailments

Renew focus on communicable diseases, not Covid-19 pandemic: Experts

Public health expert Anish T S says during the pandemic, reported cases of tuberculosis and typhoid were fewer

Centre will next arrest Manish Sisodia in false case: Delhi CM Kejriwal

Health Minister Satyendar Jain's arrest is part of conspiracy to harass AAP government, he says

Covid infection, MIS-C may not boost kids' immunity against Omicron

Children and adolescents showed some loss of antibody cross-neutralisation against all five variants, but the loss was most pronounced for Omicron

Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in more than 20 countries, says WHO

During a public briefing on Friday, the UN health agency said there are still many unanswered questions about what triggered the unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox outside of Africa

Data story: India logs 2,710 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,539

India has so far administered 1,929,774,973 vaccine doses

Vaccines may not be able to ward off long Covid risk, finds study

Previous studies claimed that vaccination, which remains critically important in the fight against Covid-19, wards off the long Covid risk

Global Covid caseload tops 527.2 million, deaths cross 6.28 million

India accounts for the second highest caseload at 43,142,192

Delhi records 424 fresh Covid cases, 4 deaths; positivity rate at 1.89%

A total of 22,490 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the national capital the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin

Data story: India logs 2,124 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,507

India has so far administered 1,926,744,769 vaccine doses

Data story: India logs 2,022 new Covid cases; death toll at 524,459

India has so far administered 1,923,845,615 vaccine doses

92 monkeypox cases confirmed in 12 countries, may spread globally: WHO

The WHO said that the identification of confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox with no direct travel links to an endemic area "represents a highly unusual event"

India records 2,226 new Covid infections; active cases dip to 14,955

A decrease of 41 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

Global Covid caseload tops 526.7 million, deaths cross 6.28 million

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 83,255,845 and 1,002,146, respectively

J&K records 15 new coronavirus cases, zero deaths in last 24 hours

There are 55 active cases of Covid-19 in the Union Territory, while the number of recovered patients is 4,49,384

Monkeypox spreads to more European countries, Australia, Canada

The World Health Organization (WHO) said the source of these infections has not yet been confirmed but cases seem to have been "locally acquired"

South Korea reports 25,125 fresh Covid cases, 43 deaths in last 24 hours

The daily caseload was down from 28,130 in the previous day and lower than 32,441 tallied a week ago, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)