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Second wave: How locked down are we as caseload is worse than before

India is clocking close to 300,000 new infections a day, and the death toll is going past 2,000 per day.

2-4 persons in 10,000 got infected after getting vaccine jab, says govt

Case fatality rate in the country has declined from 1.45 per cent in January to 1.17 per cent in April

Covid LIVE: Stricter curbs in Maharashtra, offices to work with 15% staff

Coronavirus live updates: India has added 1,628,641 Covid cases in the last 7 days. CM Uddhav Thackeray is likely to take a call on lockdown in Maharashtra today. Stay tuned for corona-related news

DATA STORY: India adds nearly 300,000 new Covid cases, reports 2,023 deaths

India has so far vaccinated 130,119,310 people. That is 833.62 per cent of its total caseload, and 9.3553 per cent of its population

Coronavirus LIVE: Fight is to save India from complete lockdown, says PM

Coronavirus live updates: India has added 1,532,388 Covid cases in the last 7 days, followed by the US (493,159) and Brazil (460,528). Stay tuned for corona-related news

DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases go past 2 million; recovery rate down at 85.56%

India has so far vaccinated 127,129,113 people. That is 830.11 per cent of its total caseload, and 9.1405 per cent of its population

Coronavirus LIVE: UK to add India to travel red-list, says health minister

Coronavirus live updates: India reported 273,810 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases today. Delhi govt has imposed a week-long lockdown. Stay tuned for corona-related news

DATA STORY: India's daily Covid test positivity rate goes past 20%

India has so far vaccinated 123,852,566 people. That is 837.52 per cent of its total caseload, and 8.9054 per cent of its population

Govt to give fresh insurance cover to 'Covid warriors', in talks with firm

Health ministry says a new dispensation will be provided to cover the "corona warriors".

Second wave: India closing in on Brazil in daily coronavirus deaths

India's rising death toll is putting it on course to become the country with the highest daily death toll, shows an analysis of international numbers collated by tracker 'Our World in Data'

India records highest single-day rise of 2,61,500 coronavirus cases

A record single-day rise of 2,61,500 coronavirus infections has taken India's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,47,88,109, while active cases have surpassed the 18-lakh mark, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll increased to 1,77,150 with a record 1,501 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. Registering a steady increase for the 39th day in a row, the active cases stand at 18,01,316, comprising 12.18per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has dropped to 86.62 per cent, the ministry said. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,28,09,643, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.20 per cent, the data stated. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed 20 lakh on August 7,30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28,70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29,90 lakh on November 20 and surpass

Behind low vaccine orders: Ghost of swine flu, laxity on second wave

The health ministry estimated that these two groups of workers would need about 66 million doses, taking into account wastage

Covid-19 LIVE: Over 68,500 new cases in Maharashtra, another record spike

Coronavirus live updates: Modi asks civil servants to press entire national capacity for vaccine production as daily cases and deaths rise. Stay tuned for news on Covid-19

DATA STORY: With net addition of 121,576, India's active Covid cases top 1.8 mn

India has so far vaccinated 122,622,590 people. That is 844.12 per cent of its total caseload, and 8.8172 per cent of its population

DATA STORY: India sees most Covid deaths in a day, adds 234,692 cases

India has so far vaccinated 119,937,641 people. That is 825.64 per cent of its total caseload, and 8.6242 per cent of its population

Second Covid-19 wave: Delhi records 19,486 cases, Maharashtra over 63K

The Maharashtra government has asked the Centre to cancel all elective surgeries and admissions in a bid to save medical oxygen from running out

India records over 200,000 new Covid-19 cases for second straight day

The Centre on Friday unveiled plans to ramp up output of indigenous vaccine Covaxin ten times to reach 10 crore doses by September and accelerate the manufacture of antiviral drug remdesivir

West Bengal registers record one-day spike of 6,910 new Covid-19 cases

The Covid-19 tally in West Bengal mounted to 6,43,795 on Friday after the highest- single-day spike of 6,910 new cases was reported in the state, the health department said in a bulletin.

Uttar Pradesh sees record daily rise of 27,426 coronavirus cases on Friday

Uttar Pradesh's daily COVID-19 cases surged to a record high of 27,426 on Friday, taking the state's cumulative tally to 7,93,720, an official said.

1,189 samples have tested positive for variants of SARS COV-2: Health min

A total of 1,189 samples have so far tested positive for variants of concern of SARS COV-2 in India, the health ministry said on Friday as the country is witnessing a steep surge in COVID-19 cases.