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India’s total Covid cases cross 90-lakh mark, Maharashtra sees 154 deaths

ThePrint’s daily Covid tracker that brings you the numbers that matter — from total cases, tests done and recoveries to positivity rate and deaths.

Delhi’s declining cases, positivity rate shows Covid spread waning, says Satyendar Jain

The Delhi Health Minister announced that government rates would apply to the normal, non-ICU beds reserved in private hospitals by the Delhi government for Covid-19 patients.

Results of Covid vaccines ‘promising’, India will play key role in their production — ICMR

In an editorial, the ICMR focused on the importance of research & development, but said that it was still unclear when the pandemic is likely to end.

India’s Covid caseload crosses 90 lakh, recovery rate rises to 93.6%

There are 4,43,794 active Covid-19 cases in the country, comprising 4.92 per cent of the total caseload. The Covid case fatality rate has further declined to 1.46 per cent.

4,501 containment zones but little is contained — story of Delhi’s faltering Covid fight

ThePrint visited 13 areas with containment zones across seven of Delhi’s 11 districts and discovered that the protocol hasn’t been implemented properly in many places. 

Delhi’s private hospitals asked to reserve 80% ICU beds, 60% normal ones for Covid patients

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said hospitals have also been asked to postpone non-critical planned surgeries for the time being.

WHO advises against use of remdesivir to treat hospitalised Covid patients

WHO experts say their findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean remdesivir is ineffective, but that there is no evidence it improves patient-important outcomes.

What a 95% effective Covid vaccine can do is pretty exciting

What would change with a vaccine that is 95% effective at preventing Covid symptoms, even assuming it doesn’t reduce disease severity for the 5% whose cases it doesn’t prevent?

Covid patients shed viral RNA for upto 83 days but are infectious for about 9 — Lancet report

Researchers from UK and Italy wrote in The Lancet Microbe journal it is important to quickly isolate patients as they are most infectious in the first week of their illness.

Herbal teas made with sage, perilla leaves suppress SARS-CoV-2 replication, German study finds

Short-term treatment with perilla and sage infusions was sufficient to significantly inhibit replication of SARS-CoV-2, the study by German researchers has claimed.

On Camera

1984 no excuse for beadbi killings. Uphold Guru Granth Sahib values, not just physical form

Lynching the accused is not something ordinary Sikhs I know can make peace with. The prevailing sentiment remains that the offenders be punished according to the law.

8 crore MGNREGS workers deleted in 2 yrs. Centre’s Budget cuts, tech push to blame — NGO report

Report by civil society organisations LibTech India and NREGA Sangharsh Morcha flags tech changes being enforced without adequate training, cut in allocation despite demand for work.

Indian peacekeeper Major Radhika Sen to receive UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award 2023

Major Sen, a native of Himachal Pradesh, served in Democratic Republic of Congo between March 2023 & April 2024. She is the second Indian to win the award since its inception in 2016.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?