Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya is expected to visit the Delhi airport on Thursday to take stock of the situation
Around 50 per cent of people over 60 years of age are fully vaccinated. Vaccination is significantly lower for the rest of the country
States told to audit Covid-specific facilities, including hospital infrastructure
A new and highly transmissible BF.7 strain of the Omicron variant is behind a widespread surge of Covid infections in China
When somebody dies, there may or may not be a medical death certificate
Doctors say Covid cases rising, but not very severe patients yet
Up to 75 per cent of employees will be allowed to return to workplaces. Wearing masks outdoors will be made optional
Government sources have clarified that even if the curbs are lifted, the use of masks would continue
In metros such as Delhi and Mumbai, the positivity rate has been declining over the last week
So far, 72 per cent of all samples sequenced through INSACOG have been found to be of a Covid-19 variant
Rising weekly positivity rate remains a concern, may point to cases going undetected
The home secretary said states and union territories, on a regular basis, should closely monitor case positivity, hospital, ICU beds occupancy of every district falling under their jurisdiction
Coronavirus LIVE updates: India's active Covid-19 cases are at 318,181. Delhi reported 29 Covid-19 cases and no fatality. Stay tuned for corona updates
In Wuhan, mass testing has shown some of its newly reported cases have a high degree of similarity to cases discovered
Delta, the strain first reported in India in October, is the most worrisome detected so far
Jalandhar reported 13 new infections, followed by eight in Patiala and seven in Ludhiana
Mumbai region reported 952 cases, Nashik 909, Latur 315, Aurangabad 97, Akola 38 and Nagpur region reported 26 cases
Currently, there are 1,36,814 people under treatment in the state
Kolhapur division saw 1,963 cases during the day including 691 in the Sangli district
The death toll in the district is 8,494 and the recovery count stands at 3,92,173