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India records highest Covid-19 cases in 152 days

The COVID-19 death toll has increased to 5,30,848 with seven latest fatalities -- three reported by Maharashtra, one by Karnataka and three reconciled by Kerala

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Bharat Biotech's nasal vaccine to cost around Rs 800

The nasal vaccine, BBV154, had been given the go-ahead by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) in November for limited usage as a heterologous booster dosage for people above the age of 18 in an emergency case

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Free Covid boosters for all adults for 75 days starting July 15

The decision comes at a time when the country has been registering a spike in Covid-19 cases - over 15,000 daily

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New Covid-19 mutant XE could be most transmissible one yet: WHO

Until now, the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron was considered the most contagious strain of Covid-19

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With a dip of 13.2%, India records 50,407 new Covid cases in 24 hrs

With 804 more fatalities reported in the country in the last 24 hours, the death toll has mounted to 5,07,981

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India reports 58,077 new Covid cases in 24 hrs

India's active caseload stands at 6,97,802. In the last 24 hours, active cases declined by 92,987

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With 67,084 new cases, India sees a dip of 6% in daily Covid infections

Meanwhile, 1,241 people succumbed to Covid-19 infection in the last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide toll to 5,06,520

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DCGI approves Bharat Biotech's intranasal Covid booster dose trial in India

Meanwhile, daily Covid infections in India dropped by 12 per cent as the country reported 2.51 lakh new cases today

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Amid rise in Covid cases, Tamil Nadu imposes complete lockdown on Sunday

Earlier this month, the Tamil Nadu government had announced complete lockdown on Sundays starting January 9, in view of the rising coronavirus cases in the state

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India reports 2.58 lakh new Covid cases in 24 hrs

The active cases now comprise 4.43 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 94.27 per cent

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Omicron cases in India surge past 7700

The daily positivity rate is at 16.28 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stands at 13.69 per cent

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India reports 2.68 lakh new covid-19 cases in 24 hrs

Among all the states, Maharashtra reported the highest Covid-19 cases at 43,211 cases, followed by Karnataka with 28,723 cases, Delhi with 24,383 cases, Tamil Nadu with 23,459 cases and West Bengal with 22,645 cases

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