No Covid Deaths

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in India and the detection of a subvariant JN.1, India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) chief Dr NK Arora said that no additional dose of vaccine is needed against the subvariant at present.

Indian researchers found no evidence that COVID-19 vaccination was behind "unexplained sudden deaths", a medical organisation said on Tuesday, instead pointing to the disease itself, binge drinking and intense exercise as risk factors.

Maharashtra on Monday reported 226 new COVID-19 cases, down from nearly 550 the previous day, taking the overall tally to 81,62,120, while no fresh death linked to the infection was recorded in the state, said the health department.

Maharashtra on Monday reported 505 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 81,56,344, while the death count stood unchanged at 1,48,479, a health department official said.

Pointing out that there has been no increase in hospital admissions and the death count due to Covid, he said the new mutation of the virus is more contagious but isn't causing serious disease.

Maharashtra today reported 694 Covid cases, a massive 63% jump in daily Covid cases in the state. However, no deaths have been reported.

The Union Health Ministry said on Thursday that the XBB.1.16 subvariant of Omicron might be the dominant virus strain in the country but there has been no reported increase in the rate of hospitalisation or death so far.

India reported 188 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, showed government data on Wednesday morning. No new death was reported and the death count stood at 5,30,696

The Union Health Ministry today wrote to the states listing out precautions and preparations in light of rising rising number of coronavirus infections in China and other countries. No mandates have been set, though advice has been renewed.

Mumbai on Wednesday logged eight new cases of COVID-19, taking the overall tally to 11,55,064, while no fresh death linked to the infection was recorded, the civic body said, as officials shifted to focus on genome sequencing of samples.

Dozens of hearses queued outside a Beijing crematorium on Wednesday, even as China reported no new COVID-19 deaths in its growing outbreak, sparking criticism of its virus accounting as the capital braces for a surge of severe cases.

China said Wednesday that not a single person had died of the Covid-19 the previous day, after changing the criteria for recording virus deaths to mean most are no longer counted.

India saw a single day rise of 152 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have increased to 3,846, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "shrugging away" from its responsibility, a day after the government told the Supreme Court that it cannot be held liable to compensate for the deaths after Covid vaccination.

India on Tuesday saw a single-day rise of 625 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest since April 9, 2020, while no death was reported in a span of 24 hours in first such instance since March 2020.

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in India and the detection of a subvariant JN.1, India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) chief Dr NK Arora said that no additional dose of vaccine is needed against the subvariant at present.

Indian researchers found no evidence that COVID-19 vaccination was behind "unexplained sudden deaths", a medical organisation said on Tuesday, instead pointing to the disease itself, binge drinking and intense exercise as risk factors.

Maharashtra on Monday reported 226 new COVID-19 cases, down from nearly 550 the previous day, taking the overall tally to 81,62,120, while no fresh death linked to the infection was recorded in the state, said the health department.

Maharashtra on Monday reported 505 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 81,56,344, while the death count stood unchanged at 1,48,479, a health department official said.

Pointing out that there has been no increase in hospital admissions and the death count due to Covid, he said the new mutation of the virus is more contagious but isn't causing serious disease.

Maharashtra today reported 694 Covid cases, a massive 63% jump in daily Covid cases in the state. However, no deaths have been reported.

The Union Health Ministry said on Thursday that the XBB.1.16 subvariant of Omicron might be the dominant virus strain in the country but there has been no reported increase in the rate of hospitalisation or death so far.

India reported 188 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, showed government data on Wednesday morning. No new death was reported and the death count stood at 5,30,696

The Union Health Ministry today wrote to the states listing out precautions and preparations in light of rising rising number of coronavirus infections in China and other countries. No mandates have been set, though advice has been renewed.

Mumbai on Wednesday logged eight new cases of COVID-19, taking the overall tally to 11,55,064, while no fresh death linked to the infection was recorded, the civic body said, as officials shifted to focus on genome sequencing of samples.

Dozens of hearses queued outside a Beijing crematorium on Wednesday, even as China reported no new COVID-19 deaths in its growing outbreak, sparking criticism of its virus accounting as the capital braces for a surge of severe cases.

China said Wednesday that not a single person had died of the Covid-19 the previous day, after changing the criteria for recording virus deaths to mean most are no longer counted.

India saw a single day rise of 152 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have increased to 3,846, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "shrugging away" from its responsibility, a day after the government told the Supreme Court that it cannot be held liable to compensate for the deaths after Covid vaccination.

India on Tuesday saw a single-day rise of 625 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest since April 9, 2020, while no death was reported in a span of 24 hours in first such instance since March 2020.