The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

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T'PURAM: The state reported 11,136 cases from 60,414 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The test positivity rate is at 18.43%.

NEW DELHI: The capital recorded less than 1,000 new Covid cases for the third consecutive day. On Sunday, 804 new Covid-19 cases were recorded, taking the total caseload to more than 18.51 lakh.

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to close down the civic-run Covid Care Centres in the next few days, in view of the drop in daily case count and active cases.

NASHIK: The number of Covid patients under hospitalisation in Nashik city’s civic and private hospitals has dropped further by 82% in the five-day period between February 8 and 12.

As of February 8, 2022, the cumulative number of Covid-19-related deaths globally is close to 5.8 million. With more than 2,300 Covid-19 deaths per million people, the United States, Belgium, Italy and UK have recorded the highest number of fatalities, followed by Spain and France (with about 2,000).

Active cases down to 4.7 lakh

Another 41,270 Covid cases have been recorded over the past 24 hours, while the death toll has risen by 52 according to figures released by the Department for Health this afternoon