Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 5 (ANI): A spike in COVID-19 cases was witnessed in Karnataka on Wednesday as the state reported 4,246 new cases of the infection with a test positivity rate of 3.33 per cent.
Tbilisi [Georgia], January 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Wednesday reported 3,436 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 945,609, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 5 (ANI): Odisha Government has issued COVID-19 guidelines for January in view of the surge in COVID cases, wherein night curfew will be imposed in all urban areas of the state from 9 PM to 5 AM every day.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 5 (ANI): Out of the total 1,827 passengers on board the Cordelia cruise ship in Mumbai, 123 passengers have been tested positive for COVID-19 so far, informed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 5 (ANI): Mumbai reports 15,166 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of active cases to 61,923 in the city, informed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], January 5 (ANI): Gujarat reported 3,350 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, said the state government on Wednesday.
Maharashtra (Nagpur) [India], January 5 (ANI): Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, the schools in Nagpur from classes 1 to 8 will remain closed till January 31, said Nitin Raut, Guardian Minister, Nagpur district on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): With India continuing to witness a surge in COVID-19 cases, Health Expert has said that the infections are doubling each day and advised people to be vigilant as the next two weeks will be crucial.
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): With the rising number of COVID cases, the Indian Medical Association on Wednesday suggested that the Centre and state governments should limit the duty of resident doctors on COVID-19 patients to eight hours and make provision for taking care of their men
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The precautionary COVID-19 vaccine dose, which is to be given to healthcare and frontline workers, and those over 60 years of age with co-morbidities from January 10, will be the same vaccine as administered previously in the first two doses, said Dr VK Pa
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The new coronavirus variant, Omicron, is the predominant circulating strain in India, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): India has reported over 6.3 times increase in COVID-19 cases in the last eight days, said the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday.