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Data story: India logs 127,952 new cases; test positivity rate drops to 8%

India has so far administered 1,689,817,199 vaccine doses. That is 4015.66 per cent of its total caseload, and 120.61 per cent of its population

Vaccine effectiveness of 99.3% in individuals fully inoculated: Mandaviya

Vaccine effectiveness of 99.3 per cent has been seen in individuals fully inoculated against coronavirus according to the data uploaded on India COVID-19 Tracker till January 2

Postpone NEET PG 2022 by 6-8 weeks: Health Ministry tells NBE

On January 25, six MBBS graduates had filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking postponement of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) scheduled on March 12

Data story: India logs 149,394 cases; death toll crosses grim 500,000 mark

India has so far administered 1,684,716,068 vaccine doses. That is 4015.75 per cent of its total caseload, and 120.24 per cent of its population

Covid cases in decline, third wave peak crossed on January 21: Govt

Daily nos. still over 100,000, don't lower guard, health ministry cautions

34 states, UTs recording decline in Covid cases, positivity rate: Govt

Govt said there has been a consistent decline in daily Covid cases, daily active cases and the daily positivity rate, indicating a decreased spread of the infection

Districts with less than 5% positivity rate can reopen schools: Centre

The Centre on Thursday said the districts having less than five percent Covid positivity rate can move in the direction of reopening schools but it is up to the state governments to take a call

SII urges Mandaviya to reduce gap between 2nd, precaution dose to 3 months

Serum Institute has urged Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to consider reducing the gap between the second and the precaution dose of Covishield from current nine months to three

Slightly younger population infected more in this Covid-19 wave: Govt

A comparatively younger population with an average age of 44 years has been infected more in this Covid wave, the government said on Thursday

Decline in daily Covid cases in Kerala, 42,677 new infections, 601 deaths

Recoveries eclipsed fresh infections as daily COVID-19 cases in Kerala decreased on Thursday with the state recording 42,677 new cases which raised the caseload to 61,72,432. With 50,821 more people recovering from the virus since Wednesday, the total recoveries reached 57,45,912. As the number of recoveries were more than the new COVID-19 cases, the active cases in the state went down to 3,69,073, a government release said. On Wednesday, the number of active cases was 3,77,823. The southern state had reported 52,199 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. Kerala on Thursday also reported 601 deaths which raised the total fatalities in Kerala to 56,701, according to a government release. Of the deaths, 36 were reported in the last 24 hours, 124 were those which occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 441 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court

More can be allocated for Covid vaccination as policy evolves: Fin Secy

The government has earmarked Rs 5,000 crore in the next fiscal just for Covid vaccination of 15-17-year-age group and precautionary dose for senior citizens, Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said

Data story: India logs 172,433 new cases; 7,283 deaths reported in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,678,793,137 vaccine doses. That is 4015.93 per cent of its total caseload, and 119.82 per cent of its population

Covid-19 vax: Low allocation in FY23, Centre has unutilised funds from FY22

Depending on utilisation of budgetary estimates, allocation can be hiked, say officials

Kerala reports 52,199 fresh coronavirus cases, 500 fatalities

Kerala continued to report more than 50,000 daily COVID-19 cases with the state recording 52,199 fresh infections on Wednesday raising the caseload to 61,29,755.

Data story: India logs 161,386 cases; test positivity rate dips to 9.3%

India has so far administered 1,672,942,707 vaccine doses. That is 4018.51 per cent of its total caseload, and 119.4 per cent of its population

Kerala records 51,887 fresh coronavirus cases, 1,205 fatalities

After dropping below the 50,000 mark for a day, fresh COVID-19 cases in Kerala on Tuesday rose to 51,887 raising the caseload to 60,77,556 in the state. The southern state had reported 42,154 cases a day ago. Kerala on Tuesday also reported 1,205 deaths which raised the total fatalities in the state to 55,600, according to a government release. Of the deaths, 24 were reported in the last 24 hours, 118 were those which occurred in the last few days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents and 1,063 were designated as COVID-19 deaths after receiving appeals based on the new guidelines of the Centre and the directions of the Supreme Court, the release said. With 40,383 more people recovering from the virus since Sunday, the total recoveries reached 56,53,376. However, as the number of recoveries were less than the new COVID-19 cases, the active cases in the state rose to 3,67,847, the release said. As many as 1,21,048 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. Among th

Data story: India logs 167,059 cases; over 1,000 deaths added after 59 days

India has so far administered 1,666,848,204 vaccine doses. That is 4019.45 per cent of its total caseload, and 118.97 per cent of its population

Data story: India logs 209,918 new cases; death toll rises to 495,050

India has so far administered 1,660,396,227 vaccine doses. That is 4020.09 per cent of its total caseload, and 118.51 per cent of its population

Data story: Active cases drop below 2 million; caseload crosses 41-mn mark

India has so far administered 1,657,060,692 vaccine doses. That is 4032.51 per cent of its total caseload, and 118.27 per cent of its population

Need to be vigilant even though Covid cases reducing: Mandaviya

Must not lower the guard even as active cases of Covid in most of the states have fallen in the last two weeks, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in an interaction with five eastern states