India has the second highest number of coronavirus infections in the world after the United States.
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The coronavirus count in India has reached 88.14 lakh with a jump of 41,100 cases in the past 24 hours, according to government data. 447 deaths in the past 24 hours brought the total number of Covid-related deaths to 1,29,635. 82,055,728 people in the country have recovered from the outbreak in India in January. The country has reported a steady decline in its daily coronavirus infections after peaking at around 90,000 cases per day in September. India has the second highest number of coronavirus infections in the world after the United States.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to meet with Union Home Secretary Amit Shah today to follow up on the request for additional beds in hospitals run by the city’s central government in amid a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the nation’s capital, sources said on Saturday. .
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Maharashtra, the Indian state most affected by COVID-19, added 4,237 new cases, with the total number of infected reaching 17.44,698.
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Karnataka on Saturday reported 2,154 new cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths, bringing the number of infections and deaths to 8,60,082 and 11,508 respectively, the health department said.
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Temples and other places of worship will reopen in Maharashtra from Monday, the state government said, listing coronavirus safety measures such as masks, disinfectants and temperature checks they will need to follow .
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From the development of indigenous vaccines to new point-of-care diagnostics, India has launched an integrated response to overcome the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.
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Johnson & Johnson and the US Department of Health and Human Services have expanded an agreement to support the next phase of research and development of COVID-19 vaccine candidates, the company said on Saturday.
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After nearly five months, Tamil Nadu’s daily coronavirus count fell below 2,000 on Friday, helping active cases drop below 18,000. The state reported the fourth highest number of cases in the country.
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India, the second most affected country in the world and the most affected in Asia, could have 1 dozen crore of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by December, when an inoculation campaign is also likely to begin.
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More than 53 million people have been infected globally with Covid-19, which is rampant across America and Europe, forcing governments to take more drastic action despite the potential economic devastation.
