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Covid-19 tally in Telangana crosses 220,000 mark, death toll at 1,271

The cumulative recoveries rose to 1,98,790 while there were 22,050 active cases in the state as of 8 PM on Saturday, a bulletin said

With increased Covid testing, India's positivity rate falls below 8%: MoHFW

The positivity rate has fallen below 8 per cent, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Sunday

Global Covid-19 cases cross 39.5 million mark, death toll at 1,106,705

According to the University tracker, there are 39,502,909 COVID-19 cases globally and 1,106,705 patients globally have succumbed to the virus

Tamil Nadu coronavirus update: State reports 4,295 new cases, 57 deaths

Tamil Nadu reported 4,295 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday taking the total reported count of cases to 6,83,486.The state Health and Family Welfare Department said 5,005 patients were discharged today. The state has 40,192 active cases.The department said that 57 more persons have succumbed to coronavirus in the state taking the death toll to 10,586.The total number of discharged and recovered cases stand at 6,32,708.

West Bengal coronavirus update: State records 3,865 new cases, 61 deaths

The Covid-19 tally in West Bengal mounted to 3,17,053 with a record single-day spike amid a rising trend for a fifth consecutive day

Chhattisgarh coronavirus update: 2,515 new coronavirus cases, 14 deaths

Chhattisgarh's Covid-19 count rose to 1,58,502 on Saturday, while the number of people who have recovered reached 1,29,883

Meghalaya coronavirus update: 101 new cases push state tally to 8,404

Meghalaya's case tally reached 8,404 on Saturday

Nagpur coronavirus update: Case count goes up by 540; tally crosses 90,000

With the detection of 540 new cases of coronavirus, the count of infections in Maharashtra's Nagpur district crossed the 90,000 mark on Saturday

Gujarat coronavirus update: 1,161 new cases in state, nine more deaths

The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 1,58,635.

Goa coronavirus update: State tally rises by 309, death toll by 7

Goa's Covid-19 caseload reached 40,400, while seven deaths took the toll to 538

Covid19: Daily updates on cases, vaccine, measures and more

With smoky and hazy skies back to haunt Delhi-NCR, experts have cautioned people to brace for the winter season saying higher pollution levels may worsen the impact of Covid-19

DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases now under 800,000, down 22% from peak

India's new daily closed cases stand at 71,653 - 837 deaths and 70816 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.19%

Coronavirus LIVE: Next two-and-a-half months crucial, says Health Minister

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,564,615 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 771,503, Karnataka 743,848, Tamil Nadu 674,802 and UP 447,383. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

DATA STORY: With 1.27 mn cured cases in Oct, India's Covid recovery rate at 87.56%

The country's doubling time for total cases stands at 80.3 days, and for deaths at 86.5 days

Coronavirus LIVE: PM calls for scaling up of Covid-19 testing, sero surveys

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,554,389 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 767,465, Karnataka 735,371, Tamil Nadu 670,392 and UP 444,711. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

Health Minister lauds CIL's initiative in treatment of Thalassemia patients

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan lauded state-owned CIL for its initiative to treat underprivileged thalassemia patients below 12 years through bone marrow transplant, the coal behemoth said

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Air pollution can make the pandemic worse

Mask prices yet to be capped in Maharashtra, Arunachal's students face twin obstacles, TB notifications drop due to lockdown--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

DATA STORY: India sees fewest Covid deaths in a day since Jul 28; active cases down 20% from peak

Overall, five states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases today are Maharashtra (10552), Karnataka (9265), Kerala (6244), Madhya Pradesh (5515), and Tamil Nadu (4462)

Coronavirus LIVE updates: SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav tests positive

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,543,837 coronavirus cases, Andhra Pradesh 763,573, Karnataka 726,106, Tamil Nadu 665,930 and UP 442,118. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE update

Vardhan launches 2nd phase of CSR initiative for thalassemic patients

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday launched the second phase of a Coal India CSR initiative to provide financial assistance for treatment of underprivileged thalassemic patients. Launched in 2017, the Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana is a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) programme that aims to provide a one-time cure opportunity for haemoglobinopathies like thalassaemia and sickle cell disease for patients who have a matched family donor. The CSR initiative was targeted to provide financial assistance to a total of 200 patients by providing a package cost not exceeding Rs 10 lakh per HSCT. Vardhan congratulated the doctors of SGPGI Lucknow, PGI Chandigarh, AIIMS Delhi, CMC Vellore, Tata Medical Centre in Kolkata and Rajeev Gandhi Cancer Institute, Delhi for the successful transplantation of 135 children without charging any physician fee, according to a Health Ministry statement. "Data on the prevalence of silent carriers for various haemoglobinopathies show