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India added 16,946 fresh Covid cases taking its tally to 1.05 crore cases, the Health Ministry data this morning showed. The number of fresh infections is six per cent higher than Wednesday, when the country registered 15,978 cases.

A dry run for Covid vaccine will be held in all states on Saturday, January 2, the government said as authorities hinted that approval for a vaccine could be around the corner. On Thursday, the Union Health Secretary chaired a high-level meeting with all states and Union Territories.

India's total COVID-19 active caseload dropped to 4,03,248 - the lowest in 138 days - as 36,011 fresh coronavirus infections were recorded against 41,970 recoveries in the last 24 hours, government data shows. This is the lowest number of active cases - total cases minus recovered people - since July 21.

American pharma giant Pfizer has sought approval from the country's drug regulator - the DCGI (Drugs Controller General of India) - for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine, say sources. The vaccine is ready to be rolled out in the United Kingdom and Bahrain.

Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain has said it is too early to say if the record one-day surge of 5,673 cases in the national capital indicated the start of a third wave of COVID-19 infections.

The India Council of Medical Research, in a study, said plasma therapy for COVID-19 neither reduces the death risk nor does it slow down the progression of the disease from mild to severe stage.

A single-day spike of 78,357 cases has push India's coronavirus tally to 37,69,523, the Union Health Ministry data this morning showed. The death count has risen to 66,333 with 1,045 more fatalities. 29,01,908 patients have recovered from the infection in the country, pushing the recovery rate to 76.98 per cent. Maharashtra remains the state hit ha...

With coronavirus patients in need of plasma outnumbering donors, the Delhi government has ordered that from now onwards if a COVID-19 patient at any hospital needs plasma from the plasma bank it will have to first arrange for a replacement donor. The onus to find a replacement donor will rest entirely upon the nodal officer of that hospital. The de...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the government will be providing Pulse Oxymeters -- a special machine to measure oxygen levels in blood -- at home, so patients can request hospitalization even before they have breathing difficulties.

India added 16,946 fresh Covid cases taking its tally to 1.05 crore cases, the Health Ministry data this morning showed. The number of fresh infections is six per cent higher than Wednesday, when the country registered 15,978 cases.

A dry run for Covid vaccine will be held in all states on Saturday, January 2, the government said as authorities hinted that approval for a vaccine could be around the corner. On Thursday, the Union Health Secretary chaired a high-level meeting with all states and Union Territories.

India's total COVID-19 active caseload dropped to 4,03,248 - the lowest in 138 days - as 36,011 fresh coronavirus infections were recorded against 41,970 recoveries in the last 24 hours, government data shows. This is the lowest number of active cases - total cases minus recovered people - since July 21.

American pharma giant Pfizer has sought approval from the country's drug regulator - the DCGI (Drugs Controller General of India) - for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine, say sources. The vaccine is ready to be rolled out in the United Kingdom and Bahrain.

Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain has said it is too early to say if the record one-day surge of 5,673 cases in the national capital indicated the start of a third wave of COVID-19 infections.

The India Council of Medical Research, in a study, said plasma therapy for COVID-19 neither reduces the death risk nor does it slow down the progression of the disease from mild to severe stage.

A single-day spike of 78,357 cases has push India's coronavirus tally to 37,69,523, the Union Health Ministry data this morning showed. The death count has risen to 66,333 with 1,045 more fatalities. 29,01,908 patients have recovered from the infection in the country, pushing the recovery rate to 76.98 per cent. Maharashtra remains the state hit ha...

With coronavirus patients in need of plasma outnumbering donors, the Delhi government has ordered that from now onwards if a COVID-19 patient at any hospital needs plasma from the plasma bank it will have to first arrange for a replacement donor. The onus to find a replacement donor will rest entirely upon the nodal officer of that hospital. The de...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the government will be providing Pulse Oxymeters -- a special machine to measure oxygen levels in blood -- at home, so patients can request hospitalization even before they have breathing difficulties.