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NEW DELHI: Delhi on Sunday recorded 429 fresh Covid cases, the highest in more than seven months, with the positivity rate rising to 16.09 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. One Covid-related death was reported in the city. The health bulletin, however, said the primary cause of death was not Covid.The death toll due to the infection stands at 26,530. Delhi saw 416 fresh...

MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Sunday reported 562 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall infection tally to 81,45,342. Three deaths were also reported from the state raising the fatality count to 1,48,444, a health official said. The single-day infection tally dropped by 107 as compared to Saturday when the state had logged 669 cases. A total of 395 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours that took the...

NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded 416 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, the highest in over seven months, with a positivity rate of 14.37 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. Also, one Covid-related death was reported, stated the department's latest bulletin that had two additional sections to describe the fatality -- "Primary cause of death is Covid - zero; primary cause of death is...

MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 669 Covid-19 cases, which took the state's tally to 81,44,780, while the death toll stood unchanged at 1,48,441, a health official said. The addition to the tally was a rise from 425 recorded on Friday, though lower than Thursday's 694, he pointed out. Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) recorded 347 cases, including 189 in the metropolis, while 60 cases were...

A total of 13 people got hospitalised in the city on Thursday due to Covid-19, taking the number of total patients to 55. Of these, 28 are on oxygen support. Despite the rise in cases, the rise in hospitalisations hasn’t been significant, doctors said. Dr Vasant Nagvekar, an infectious disease expert, said: “There is certainly a rise in cases, but in most instances, Covid-19 is self-limiting. ” Dr...

NEW DELHI: The number of Covid infections in the national capital was 295 on Thursday out of 2,363 samples collected and the positivity rate of 12.5%, the state government said.On Wednesday, 300 people had tested positive, and the positivity rate was 13.9%. Two Covid patients have died, the state health bulletin said.Talking about the deaths in Delhi on Wednesday, health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said...

NEW DELHI: Even as the Delhi government is closely monitoring the coronavirus situation, the national capital recorded 295 fresh Covid cases on Thursday with a positivity rate of 12.48 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. On Wednesday, the city had logged 300 cases, the first time since August 31, and two deaths while the positivity rate had mounted to 13.89 per cent.Delhi...

NEW DELHI: For the first time since September of last year, Delhi's Covid-19 cases rose to 300 on Wednesday, and the positivity rate increased to 13.89%, according to data shared by health department. Two more deaths related to Covid were also reported, it said.Delhi recorded 214 cases on Tuesday, with a positivity rate of 11.82 per cent.On Monday, Delhi logged 115 new coronavirus cases with a seven...

MUMBAI: Daily detection of Covid-19 cases in the state more than doubled on Tuesday in comparison with Monday's tally, showing a steady rise in transmission. Experts said the recombinant subvariant XBB 1.16, which was isolated in the first week of March by genomic scientists from Maharashtra, is responsible for 60% of the cases. The subvariant has also been linked with a death -though not with increased...

As per experts, the new COVID variant XBB.1.16 is a cause of concern for the sudden surge in the number of cases.Vipin M Vashishtha, former convenor of Indian Academy of Pediatrics and consultant pediatrician at the Mangla Hospital and Research Centre, Bijnor, tweeted, “XBB.1.16 has a 140% growth advantage over XBB.1.5,” adding, “It is far more aggressive than XBB.1.5. And probably faster than...