Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 9,855. This is the highest number recorded in the state since October 18 when 10,259 new cases were reported

According to Maharashtra's health department, the Pune division's COVID-19 tally has increased to 5,24,760 with 1,765 new cases, while six fatalities took the death toll to 11,742

Six states - Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat have shown a surge in new cases in a span of 24 hours, the Union health ministry underlined

The three-member multidisciplinary teams are headed by joint secretary level officers in the health ministry, the Union Health Ministry said

According to an official of the Union Health Ministry, Maharashtra is showing a daily surge in COVID-19 cases. Kerala is showing an incremental decline, but the number of daily cases is still high

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,07,26,702 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.25 per cent and the case fatality rate stands at 1.42 per cent

The unlocking of economy saw domestic demand benefiting from festive tailwinds, pent up consumption, pickup in capacity utilisation and resumption in sectoral activities, DBS Bank said.

Only two states, Maharashtra and Kerala, account for 75.87 per cent of the total number of active COVID-19 cases, as per the union health ministry

A total of 13,993 new cases were registered in a span of 24 hours. The death toll increased to 101 daily new fatalities, health ministry data showed

The Government is yet to finalise a strategy for vaccinating 27 crore elderly in India in the next phase. The Government target was to vaccinate over three million people per day

The COVID-19 case fatality rate has dropped to 1.42 per cent, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,56,845 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.32 percent

The ICMR chief said experiments are underway to assess the vaccine effectiveness against South African and Brazilian variants as they differ from the UK variant

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,33, 025 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.32 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.43 per cent

Until now, officers of the level of Under Secretary and above were only attending office due to the coronavirus-induced restrictions imposed in March

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,21,220 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.29 per cent

The recoveries have surged to 1,06,11,731 with 11,016 patients getting discharged in a span of 24 hours

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,11,731 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.31 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.43 per cent

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A total of 17 states and union territories have not reported any new deaths in the last 24 hours. While a total of 13 states and UTs have reported between 1-5 new deaths due to COVID-19

India COVID-19 news: There are 1,48,609 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 1.37 per cent of the infection count, the data stated