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Goa coronavirus update: Tally rises by 369 to 11,339; five more deaths

Goa's COVID-19 case count rose by 369 to 11,339 on Saturday, while five deaths took toll to 98, the state health department said

Himachal Pradesh coroanvirus update: Tally rises to 3,994 with 119 cases

The COVID-19 tally in Himachal Pradesh reached 3,994 on Saturday with 119 more people testing positive for the disease

Andhra Pradesh coronavirus update: 8,732 new Covid-19 cases, 87 deaths

With 8,732 new Covid-19 cases and 87 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, the tally has surged to 2,81,817

Maharashtra coronavirus update: 12,614 new cases, 322 deaths, 6,844 recover

Maharashtra's coronavirus case tally increased to 5,84,754 on Saturday with the addition of 12,614 new cases, the state health department said

Assam coronavirus update: Death toll rises to 182, tally reaches 74,501

The Covid-19 death toll in Assam rose to 182 after seven people succumbed to the disease, while the number of the state's coronavirus caseload has gone up to 74,501

Gujarat coronavirus update: 1,094 COVID cases, 19 deaths, 1,015 recoveries

Gujarat reported 1,094 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, 234 of them in Surat, which took the state's tally to 77,663, the health department said

India crosses 2.5 mn Covid-19 cases, records highest single-day recoveries

India on Saturday crossed 2.5 mn Covid-19 cases in the country after an increase of 65,002 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Record spike of 66,999 cases pushes India's coronavirus tally to 2,396,637

The number of patients who have recovered from the disease surged to 16,95,982, pushing the recovery rate to 70.77% in the country

India's Covid-19 tally reaches 2.8 mn with single-day rise of 61,537 cases

Maharashtra with 1,45,889 active cases and 3,27,281 cured and discharged patients continues to be the worst affected

'Superspreading' caused most Covid-19 transmission In Karnataka: Data

Karnataka ranks high on measures of Covid-19 data transparency across Indian states, as per a new pre-print study by researchers at Stanford University in the USA

With 56,282 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, India's tally nears 2 mn mark

The death toll due to Covid-19 climbed to 40,699 with 904 new fatalities being reported in 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed

Collaborating with govt agencies to develop treatment for Covid-19: Cipla

The company is offering drugs, which have shown potency in treating Covid-19, in partnership with its global partners

States are stepping up antigen testing, but why reliability concerns remain

While antigen testing picks up a large number of positive cases quickly, some positive cases could remain undetected due to the antigen tests not being sensitive enough

Covid-19 spreads to new areas but 82% cases from 10 states, UTs: Govt

Giving a break-up of the mortality rate according to gender, Bhushan said about 68 per cent of Covid-19 deaths were reported among male patients and 32 per cent among female patients in India

Human trials of indigenously developed Covid vaccines move to Phase 2: ICMR

Bhargava said once a safe and effective vaccine is developed, the focus should be on prioritisation and its fair distribution, roll-out and cold chain logistics

Difficult to predict if India will witness second wave of Covid-19: ICMR DG

The Director-General of India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said apart from the scientific inputs, full participation of all citizens is essential to overcome the Covid-19 challenge

With over 100,000 cases in 2 days, India's Covid-19 tally crosses 1.8 mn

The number of Covid-19 tests carried out has crossed the 20 million-mark, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research

Covid-19 update: Recoveries top 900,000-mark, fatality rate dips to 2.28%

The case fatality rate for Covid-19 has been constantly falling in India and is currently at 2.28%, while the total recovered cases crossed 900,000 in the country

MyLab Discovery Solutions' Covid-19 antigen testing kits get ICMR nod

MyLab's kit named 'Pathocatch' will be available for orders immediately and will be priced at around Rs 450

Has ICMR become a super-regulator of sorts in the medical sector?

Clearly, the ICMR as a research body is not the best equipped to handle the role of a regulator for the sector. Yet it has become the most visible face of India's fight against Covid-19