COVID-19 News Updates

The number of people who recuperated from the disease climbed to 4,39,53,374, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.

As of Friday morning, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 216.17 crore.

The Spokesperson told Xinhua that BA.4 and BA.5 continued to be the most dominant sub-variants in South Africa but they were less severe due to higher levels of immunity. The department called on the people not to panic.

The death toll climbed to 28,250 with 34 fatalities which includes 20 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

A total of 286 new cases have been reported across the State today of which 36 are in the age group of 0-18 years.

Tedros likened the pandemic response to a marathon race.

Over 4.06 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of Covid-19 jab since the beginning of vaccination drive

The recovery of 5,970 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,39,19,264. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.71 per cent.

"To our knowledge, this is the only single-dose antiviral that reduces not only symptoms and severity of Covid-19, but also shedding of the virus," said Chaturvedi, first author of the paper.

The recovery of 6,322 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,39,13,294. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.70 per cent.

The tablet, which will be sold under the brand name 'Paxzen', is being manufactured at Zenara's US FDA and EU approved facility in Hyderabad.

Recovery of 6,768 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,39,06,972.

A decline of 252 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

This step will further strengthen our collective fight against the pandemic, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

The active caseload has come down to 53,974 cases, accounting for 0.12 per cent of the country's total positive cases.