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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicCovid data

Topic: Covid data

India registers 30,093 new coronavirus cases, lowest in 125 days

At 1.68%, the daily positivity rate has been less than 3% for 29 consecutive days and the weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.06%, according to the health ministry.

Has Covid exposed limitations of ‘secretive’ ICMR? Some experts think so

The ICMR has increasingly drawn criticism from India's doctors and scientists, who have questioned its drug recommendations & lack of transparency on data related to variants.

India’s R value rises to 0.97, infection rate crosses 1 in Kerala, 7 Northeast states

Most states in the Northeast have R over 1 with Mizoram registering the highest infection rate, 1.27, among states with highest active cases.

Three athletes test positive for Covid ahead of Tokyo games, two staying at Olympic village

The IOC games operations director said that the athletes of Tokyo games are the most 'controlled population' in the world. The tally of games-related Covid cases has risen to 55.

India records 34,703 new Covid cases, lowest daily caseload in 111 days

According to the Union health ministry, the death toll climbed to 4,03,281 with 553 daily fatalities, the lowest in around 91 days.

New atomic-scale 3D map of Covid virus protein could hold clue to preventing lung damage

Researchers in US use cryo-electron microscope to construct 3D map of virus protein that reveals how Covid-19 infects human lungs.

We may never know origin of Covid, China must help find answer, says Fauci

US's top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci said he would like to see medical records of lab workers who fell sick in China, but maintained Covid most likely jumped from animals to humans.

India has seen 1 million Covid deaths so far, The Economist’s model estimates

Estimates suggest there is a 95% probability that the Covid death toll worldwide is between 7.1 mn and 12.1 mn, with a central estimate of 10.2 mn.

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.

On Camera

Why SIR is an exclusionary exercise for Persons with Disabilities

In the ongoing SIR 2.0 exercise, nearly half of the 90 lakh registered PwD voters in India were affected, showed an RTI application.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.