The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

INDORE: In tandem with the Covid spurt in neighbouring Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh's worst Corona-affected district, Indore, is seeing a similar spike in infections - a near threefold jump in new cases in 24 houses and positivity rate above 10% for the first time in four months.

MUMBAI: More than 62% patients admitted to the SevenHills Hospital, Andheri for Covid-19 are fully vaccinated, indicating that majority could be affected with the Omicron variant of Sars-Cov2 that is known for its ability to evade immunity from vaccines. The high vaccine penetration, though, is perhaps the reason why most…

Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says the Northern Territory's Centre for National Resilience COVID-19 quarantine facility in Howard Springs will close on June 16.

Australian teenagers aged 12-15 who are at risk of severe disease will be able to receive a COVID-19 booster shot from as early as next week.

Prior to today's announcement, people in the Northern Territory who worked in a wide range of industries — including teachers, hospitality workers and beauticians — needed all three COVID-19 vaccines to go into the office.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government's Covid-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has recommended ramping up daily testing numbers in the wake of rising infections in the city.

MUMBAI: The state and the city reported yet another significant spike in Covid infections on Wednesday as new cases rose by more than 42% over the past 24 hours. Daily detections in Maharashtra went past the 2,000 mark after nearly four months while Mumbai's fresh cases at 1,765 hit a…

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BHOPAL: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has begun investigating the 'Covid-19 weddings scam' in which thousands of couples were allegedly married only on paper and crores of government money embezzled. TOI had reported about the scam in February this year.

CHENNAI: As fresh cases in Tamil Nadu rose to 195 on Wednesday with Chennai adding 95 cases, the public health department warned district health officials and the public of the increasing positivity rate in Chennai and a possible increase in hospitalisation.