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Covid-19 cases in United States surpass 5.4 million, death toll at 169,955

The hardest-hit US state of California reported 622,427 cases, followed by Florida with 573,416 cases, Texas with 554,826 cases, and New York with 425,508 cases, the tally showed

Assam's Covid tally tops 75,000 with 1,057 fresh cases, death toll at 182

Assam now has 22,087 active Covid-19 cases, the minister said in a tweet late on Saturday

63,490 fresh cases reported in India in 24 hours, recovery rate at 71.91%

The death toll due to coronavirus infection climbed to 49,980 with 944 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours

Covid-19 recoveries cross 1.8 mn, record 57,381 discharged in a day: Govt

Twelve states and union territories have reported their recovery rates above the national average

Researchers identify 73 novel variants of coronavirus strain in Odisha

The researchers are from CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi and Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar

India's Covid-19 tally crosses 2.5 million with 65,000 new cases in 24 hrs

The Covid-19 caseload stood at 25,26,192, while the death-toll climbed to 49,036, data updated on Saturday

Covid-19 Factoid: India's daily tests nearly doubled in a week to 850,000

While Gujarat's Aravalli district has a case fatality rate of 7 per cent, the highest in the country, Karnataka has become the fourth Indian state to have more than 200,000 cases

Coronavirus LIVE: India cases hit 2.5 million, deaths near 49,000

Coronavirus latest news: India recorded 64,553 cases in a day. Maharashtra tally has surged to 560,126, Tamil Nadu 320,355, Andhra 264,142. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Centre sets ball rolling on Covid vaccine procurement, may hold meet Monday

Health care experts said it was about time the government set the ball rolling for scaling up manufacturing because there would not be much time left after the world had a vaccine candidate

India conducts 848,000 Covid-19 tests in a day; recovery rate up at 71.17%

The cumulative figure of tests has now gone up to 2,76,94,416 as a result of ramping up of testing facilities on a sustained basis, it said

India records 64,553 new Covid-19 cases, 1,007 deaths in last 24 hours

On Wednesday, the Union Health Ministry said that the week-wise average daily tests conducted saw a sharp increase from around 2.3 lakh in the first week of July 2020 to more than 6.3 lakh

Covid-19 pandemic: What will happen if we can't produce a vaccine?

Vaccines may just reduce the severity of symptoms or provide temporary protection. So what will happen if this is the case?

Coronavirus LIVE: Vaccine production in early 2021, says AstraZeneca

Coronavirus latest news: India recorded nearly 67,000 cases in a day. US tally has surged to 5,331,202 and Brazil 3,057,470. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Record 830,000 Covid-19 tests done in a span of 24 hours: Health ministry

A record 8,30,391 samples were tested on Wednesday in the country

Covid-19 recovery rate rises to 70.77%, fatality rate down at 1.96%: Govt

It said "record-high" recoveries have led to a decline in the "actual caseload" of the country, which is the number of active cases, and currently is only 27.27 per cent of the total cases

Study reveals why SARS coronavirus impacts patients differently

Researchers at McMaster University (MU) and the University of Waterloo in Canada are searching for how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects the lungs

Centre provides over 3 cr masks, 1.28 cr PPEs, 10 cr HCQs to states, UTs

Along with augmenting the Covid-19 facilities, the Centre is also providing medical supplies to the states and Union territories for free

Why India must raise health budget to tackle impending climate disasters

Mitigation measures will have to include increasing expenditure on healthcare, ensuring systems that include best practices, and improving the quality of data-gathering

Coronavirus LIVE: 12,712 new Covid-19 positive cases in Maharashtra today

Coronavirus latest news: India recorded over 60,000 cases in a day. US tally has surged to 5,278,963 and Brazil 3,068,138. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Union minister Shripad Naik tests Covid positive, opts for home isolation

The minister of state for AYUSH and defence said he opted for self-isolation as he is asymptomatic and added his vitals are within normal limits