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China reports 345 fresh Covid cases, 253 in Shanghai in last 24 hours

Due to the rise in Covid cases caused by the Omicron variant, China is going through its worst outbreak which will impact freight costs and global inflation, said a local media report

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

West Bengal reports 48 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 fatality on Friday

Thirty-eight people recuperated from the disease during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 19,96,864

Numbered in the millions

It is perfectly fair to dispute the exact methodology used by the WHO's research team

Counting the true death toll

When somebody dies, there may or may not be a medical death certificate

Nearly 1 million Covid-19 deaths: Here's a look at the US numbers

Three out of every four deaths were people 65 and older, according to US data analyzed by The Associated Press

MP reports 34 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally stands at 210

The positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, was 0.4 per cent, while the recovery count increased by 37 to reach 10,30,689, leaving the state with 210 active cases, an official informed

Gujarat reports 14 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally now 118

The recovery count increased by 17 to touch 12,13,382, leaving the state with an active caseload of 118

India records 3,545 fresh Covid cases, 27 deaths in last 24 hours

The daily positivity rate was 0.76 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.79 per cent

Mumbai records 130 Covid-19 cases, highest daily rise since February

Of the latest cases, two patients have been hospitalised, but they are not on oxygen support, the BMC said

Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra records 233 fresh cases, no deaths

Maharashtra's coronavirus figures: New cases: 233; New deaths: zero; Active cases: 1,109; Tests conducted: 26,439

China reports 360 new Covid cases, food shortage hurting Shanghai residents

Shanghai reported most of the new cases

India logs 3,275 fresh Covid infections and 55 deaths in 24 hours

The active cases constitute 0.05 per cent of the total infections, the health ministry said, adding the country's Covid-19 recovery rate is 98.74 per cent

US CDC reiterates recommendation for masks on public transportation

This recommendation is based on the currently available data within the US

Mumbai: Dharavi reports first Covid-19 infection since March 17

With this, Dharavi's overall tally of Covid-19 cases reached 8,653

China reports 353 fresh local Covid-19 cases, 16 deaths in past 24 hours

The country also reported 5,075 locally-transmitted asymptomatic infections of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours

India reports 3,205 new Covid cases, 31 fatalities in last 24 hours

An increase of 372 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload which now stand at 19,509, according to the data

Uttar Pradesh govt to reactivate Covid Command Centre in Meerut

Health officials said that the surveillance teams have also been asked to gear-up and an intensive checking campaign will be conducted across the district.

Germany shortens quarantine for Coronavirus infected to five days

Previous rules in Germany required people infected with Covid-19 to isolate themselves for seven days and then test negative before ending their quarantine

New Omicron subvariant takes hold in US as Covid cases tick up

The US was now averaging about 60,000 new infections and 320 new deaths each day as of Monday, CDC data showed.