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India logs 201 fresh Covid infections, 1 death
New Delhi : India has reported 201 fresh Covid cases and one fatality in the past 24 hours, Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.With the fresh fatality, the death toll due to the virus reached 5,30,691.Active caseload of the country…
Beijing Covid wave ‘peaked’ but China months away from tsunami of infections
Hong Kong : With nearly 250 million now infected without 20 days, infections may have already peaked in Beijing and could do so in Shanghai soon but it will take months before the country can emerge from the "tsunami of infections sweeping…
Japan logs highest single-day Covid deaths amid 8th wave
Tokyo : As Japan is grappling with an ongoing eighth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the country registered 371 deaths due to the virus, the highest single-day tally since the outbreak began in early 2020, health authorities said.
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India reports 163 fresh Covid cases, 9 deaths
New Delhi : India reported 163 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. In the same period, the country recorded nine Covid-related deaths, taking the national toll to 5,30,690 as per the report.…
India reports 185 fresh Covid cases, 1 death
New Delhi : India reported a total 185 fresh Covid cases on Thursday in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry. In the same period, the country has recorded one Covid related death, taking the national toll to 5,30,681 as per the…
Singapore reports 1,200 new Covid cases
Singapore : Singapore reported 1,200 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, bringing the total tally to 2,193,890. A total of 111 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with five of them admitted in intensive care units, according to…
New Omicron subvariants account for nearly 70% new Covid cases in US
Washington : New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have accounted for about 70 per cent of new Covid-19 cases in the US as the country's overall caseload has surpassed 100 million, according to the latest estimates by the Centers for…
US reports 50% increase of weekly child Covid cases
Washington : About 41,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported in the US in the week ending December 8, an increase of about 50 per cent over the weekly average in the previous eight weeks, according to the latest report by the American…
Batteryless device detects Covid droplets in the air around you
Tokyo : Researchers have developed a unique batteryless and wireless device that can detect within no time coronavirus in the air, if your surroundings contain Covid-19 particles or droplets the moment they enter the vicinity.
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Repeat Covid infections put people at organ failure, death risk : Study
New York : A team of US researchers has revealed that repeated Covid infections contribute significant additional risk of adverse health conditions in multiple organ systems, putting people at a high risk of organ failure and death.
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