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Covid News Live Updates: India has recorded 173 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have declined to 2,670, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The total tally of Covid cases has been recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,78,822) and the death toll stands at 5,30,707 with two fatalities — one reconciled by Kerala and one reported by Uttarakhand — in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am stated.The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the ministry’s website. The ministry said a decrease of 36 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,41,45, 445, while the case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.19 per cent, it said. The ministry on its website stated that 220.10 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far.
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220.10 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far, according to the Union health ministry.
Covid News LIVE: Active Covid cases in India decline to 2,670
Active cases have declined to 2,670 in India, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections. The ministry said a decrease of 36 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,41,45, 445, while the case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.19 per cent, it said.
Covid News Live: India reports 173 new coronavirus cases
India has recorded 173 new coronavirus infections. India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 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 surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19, 2020. India crossed the two-crore mark on May 4, three crore cases on June 23, 2021, and four crore cases on January 25 this year.
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Covid News LIVE: Maha reports 16 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday
Maharashtra on Sunday reported 16 fresh cases of coronavirus that the tally of infections to 81,36,679, an official from the state health department said.The toll remained unchanged at 1,48,417, while the count of recoveries reached 79,88,101 after 19 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, he said.
Covid News LIVE: Some in China return to regular activity after COVID infections
Some people in China’s key cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan braved the cold and a spike in COVID-19 infections to return to regular activity on Monday, confident of a boost to the economy as more recover from infections. Among those who gathered to sled or ice skate on a frozen lake in the capital’s Shichahai Lake Park were some upbeat about the opening-up, after China dropped stringent “zero-COVID” measures on Dec. 7 to adopt a strategy of living with the virus.
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Covid News LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping warns of tough Covid fight
In a New Year’s address on Saturday, Xi said the country is in a new phase of Covid control and has adapted after following a science-based and targeted approach. The day before, he said the nation’s strategy had been “optimized” to protect people’s lives and minimize economic costs.
Covid News LIVE: Macao eases COVID rules but tourism, casinos yet to rebound
The gaming hub on China’s south coast near Hong Kong has endured some of the world’s strictest anti-virus controls for nearly three years, and a loosening of border restrictions after China rolled back its “zero-COVID” strategy in early December is widely expected to boost its tourism-driven economy.
Covid News LIVE: Mainland China reports one COVID death for Jan 1
China reported one COVID-19 death in mainland for Jan. 1, compared with one death a day earlier, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. The death toll was raised to 5,250.
Covid News LIVE: Places With New Covid Rules for China Travelers
Australia, Canada, Morocco, United Kingdom, France, Spain, South Korea, Malaysia, Italy, the United States, Japan, and India have announced restrictions for travellers from China in view of the rising Covid cases.
Covid News LIVE: Foreign students expected to stream back into China as restrictions ease
Analysts said that with China’s zero-Covid policy dismantled, more Chinese students were looking abroad to further their education. And with strict quarantine rules ended, foreign students were expected to stream back into China, the South China Morning Post reported.
Covid News LIVE: US announces testing for passengers from China and Hong Kong
Amid a record increase in COVID-19 infections in China, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the US would require a negative COVID-19 test from all travellers arriving in the country from China as well as those from Hong Kong and Macau, reported ABC News.
Covid News LIVE | China: Amid rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitals cancel New Year holiday
All employees of the Third Municipal Hospital of Qinhuangdao in China’s Hebei province cancelled their vacations during the New Year’s day holidays in 2023 to address the needs of patients undergoing medical treatment, Global Times reported citing a notice released on the WeChat account of the hospital on Thursday. Hospitals in Chinese provinces, including Shanxi, Hebei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi and Heilongjiang issued a similar notice, as per the news report.
Covid News LIVE: Delhi records 11 new Covid cases on Sunday
Delhi recorded 11 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, with a case positivity rate of 0.31 per cent, stated a bulletin issued by the Delhi Health Department on Sunday.With the fresh infections, the active cases in the city stand at 42.
Covid News LIVE: Covid XBB.1.5 variant not virulent in India: Doctor
Dr M Wali, Physician in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, on Sunday said that the new Covid variant of XBB.1.5 is not virulent in India as 90 per cent of the eligible population has been vaccinated.”These new variants including XXB.1.5 are not more virulent in India as our 90 per cent eligible population are vaccinated and 30-40 per cent have administered booster doses,” he said.
Covid News LIVE: Canada, Australia impose COVID rules on travellers from China
Australia and Canada join other countries including the US, UK, India, Japan and several European nations in imposing tougher COVID-19 measures on Chinese travellers amid concerns over a lack of data on infections in China and fears of the possibility that new variants may spread.China, which for most of the pandemic adopted a “zero-COVID” strategy that imposed harsh restrictions aimed at stamping out the virus, abruptly eased those measures in December.
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