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Saturday, December 20, 2025
TopicCovid data

Topic: Covid data

Active cases drop below 1.6 lakh for first time since June, daily tests below 8 lakh

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

Over 41 lakh people vaccinated so far, active Covid cases lowest since June

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

Rising backlash as governments exploit Covid data for other uses

One major risk from governments seeking to expand their use of Covid-19 tracking data is that people will be deterred from participating.

India’s R value rises to 0.92 this week, Kerala’s infection rate drops below 1

Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu also saw an increase in their R values this week. Meanwhile, Delhi, West Bengal and Rajasthan saw a drop in infection rate.

Daily Covid deaths remain below 150, over 23 lakh people vaccinated so far

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

Nearly 50% of new Covid cases reported from Kerala, over 20 lakh vaccinated in India

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

Active Covid cases rise in top 3 high burden states, over 16 lakh Indians vaccinated

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

Talking as bad as coughing if you have Covid, no mask & within 2 meters of others, study finds

Study shows that talking releases smaller droplets that can travel further and carry more viral load than the larger droplets released by coughing.

Daily Covid deaths drop below 200, test positivity rate falls to 2.1%

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

Daily Covid tests drop below 8 lakh, Kerala, Maharashtra see rise in active cases

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

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

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.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.