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India records 2.57 lakh new Covid cases, 4,194 fatalities in a day

The number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 in the country is now 2,30,70,365, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.12%, the Union health ministry said Saturday.

270 doctors died in Covid second wave, says IMA. Number would be higher without vaccines

Doctors say while vaccination helped in preventing mortalities, infection is continuing to spread owing to the nature of their profession.

Shouldn’t have gone to Kumbh, ‘Covid-guilty’ mela returnees now say in MP’s Vidisha

From MP, it was Vidisha district that sent highest number of devotees to Kumbh. Many tested positive for Covid on return. Cases surged in MP after people returned from Kumbh.

India records 2.76 lakh new Covid cases in 24 hrs, daily deaths below 4,000 after 4 days

The active cases further reduced to 31,29,878 comprising 12.14 per cent of the total infections while the national recovery rate has improved to 86.74 per cent.

Can Covid spread through bathroom pipes? Here’s what scientists say

While experts are yet to conclusively understand whether the virus can spread through plumbing in high-rise apartments, some say it's possible in theory and so precautions may help.

India reported over 1.5 crore Covid cases since January, yet no sero surveys announced so far

The last sero survey from December 2020 estimated that India was missing infections by a factor of 27. Without a sero survey no such assessment is possible now.

How Mumbai did a better job than Delhi in fighting the second wave of Covid

Mumbai has reported 2,784 Covid deaths since 1 March, around a fourth of the deaths in New Delhi. Supreme Court has suggested aspects of Mumbai’s model could be adopted elsewhere.

Daily Covid deaths are rising even as cases decline. Here’s why

For India, the average time lapse between a Covid case being detected and death is roughly around 15 days.

Covid-19 pandemic: Over 80% in Japan oppose Olympics, US CDC director defends new mask policy

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Delhi records 6,456 new Covid cases, 262 deaths in a day, positivity rate drops to 10.40%

Delhi has recorded less than 10,000 cases for the third consecutive day. However, the smaller number of new cases was due to relatively fewer tests, 62,059, conducted Saturday.

On Camera

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.