Page 10 - Latest Updates on Omicron
Previous Omicron infections provide protection against new variants: Study
Vaccinated people who were infected by the earlier Omicron subvariants have four times greater protection than vaccinated people who were not infected against the new variants like BA.5, finds a study
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Data story: India logs 7,946 new Covid cases; 37 deaths in 24 hrs
India has added 57,419 cases in the past 7 days
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Data story: India logs 7,591 new Covid cases; death toll at 527,799
India has added 66,763 cases in the past 7 days
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Data story: India logs 9,436 new cases, 157 deaths as states clear backlog
India has added 68,703 cases in the past 7 days
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Maharashtra sees 1,723 Covid-19 cases, six deaths, active tally at 5,177
The recovery count increased by 1,845 in the last 24 hours to touch 79,34,878, leaving the state with an active caseload of 11,743, a health official said.
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Mumbai logs 625 new Covid cases, three casualties; active tally at 5,177
As per the bulletin issued by the civic body, 8,296 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted so far to 1,80,66,252.
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Delhi reports 620 new Covid cases, 2 deaths; positivity rate at 3.74%
With 1,066 patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries has gone to 19,68,020, while Delhi's total caseload is 19,97,674 and the death toll in the city has risen to 26,448.
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Maharashtra logs 1,846 Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths; active tally at 11,871
The recovery count increased by 2,240 in the last 24 hours to touch 79,33,033, leaving the state with an active caseload of 11,871, he said.
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BioNTech all set to supply new Covid jab 'very soon' to neutralise Omicron
German biotechnology company BioNTech is planning to start distributing, from early next month, a new Covid-19 vaccine that has been developed to neutralise two Omicron variants
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Data story: India records 10,725 new Covid cases, active tally at 94,047
India has added 80,056 cases in the past 7 days
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Delhi logs 945 new Covid cases, 6 deaths; positivity rate dips to 5.55%
With the fresh cases and fatalities, Delhi's infection tally increased to 19,96,352 and the death toll to 26,442, the department said in its latest bulletin.
Covid deaths down by 15% worldwide in past week, cases fall by 9%: WHO
In its latest weekly assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were 5.3 million new cases and more than 14,000 deaths reported last week.
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Maharashtra logs 1,913 Covid-19 cases, five deaths; active tally at 12,578
With this addition, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed to 80,89,389, while the death toll increased to 1,48,208, it in a bulletin.
Data story: India records 10,649 new Covid cases, death toll at 527,452
India has so far administered 2,105,883,682 vaccine doses
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Delhi sees 50% jump in daily Covid cases at 959, records 9 deaths
The test positivity rate declined to 6.14 per cent, as the fresh cases came out of 15,631 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin.
Mumbai logs 832 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths; active tally rises to 6,269
With these additions, the overall COVID-19 tally rose to 11,39,773, while the death toll increased to 19,675, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a bulletin.
Data story: India logs 8,586 new Covid cases; 80,352 infections in 7 days
India has so far administered 2,103,165,703 vaccine doses
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Delhi sees 625 new Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths; positivity rate at 9.27%
With the fresh cases and fatalities, Delhi's infection tally increased to 19,94,448 and the death toll to 26,427, it said.
Mumbai sees 592 new Covid cases, 27% fall from Sunday; 5,769 active cases
The recovery count rose by 584 and touched 11,13,499, leaving the financial capital with a active caseload of 5,769, the civic official informed.
Data story: India logs 9,531 new Covid cases; active tally at 97,648
India has added 80,579 cases in the past 7 days
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