This is the seventh consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 50,000.
There are 3,96,729 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 4.10 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
The daily COVID-19 cases were recorded less than one lakh for ten consecutive days.
The daily COVID-19 cases have been recorded less than one lakh for nine consecutive days.
According to sources, so far only one traveller from Canada having symptoms of monkeypox infection had been isolated.
The active COVID-19 caseload continued to remain below 5 lakh. There are 4,16,082 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 4.35 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients was recorded at 64.53 per cent, while the fatality rate further dropped to 2.15 per cent, the data stated.
Results of an interim study recently published in The Lancet showed that two doses of Covaxin, also known as BBV152, had 77.8 per cent efficacy against symptomatic disease and present no serious safety concerns.
Daily COVID-19 cases have remained below 1 lakh for eight consecutive days now.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 14,35,57,647 samples have been tested up to December 1 with 11,11,698 samples being tested on Tuesday.
With this latest spike, the total cases in the country stand at 16,38,871.
The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients was recorded at 64.44 per cent, while the fatality rate was at 2.21 per cent.
India saw 81,466 new coronavirus infections being reported in a span of 24 hours, the highest single-day rise in six months, taking the COVID-19 tally of cases to 1,23,03,131, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Friday.
The country had recorded 355 deaths on December 17 last year.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,11,80,751.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.54 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 7.57 per cent.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched 35 crop varieties with special traits -- developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) -- to address the twin challenges of climate change and malnutrition. The new crop varieties were dedicated to the nation through a video conference organised at all ICAR institutes, state and central agricultural universities and Krishi Vighyan Kendra. According to the PMO, 35 crop varieties with special traits like climate resilience and higher nutrient-content have been developed in 2021.
The death toll climbed to 5,02,874 with 895 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
As many as 47,905 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on November 12 last year, it said.
19 per cent of all travel in India (by bus, train or air) was pilgrimage or religious travel (possibly the single largest after business and family-related travel), discovers Ambi Parameswaran.
Registering an increase for the 11th day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 3,09,087, which now comprises 2.66 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 95.96 per cent, the data stated.
Covaxin is being indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has gone up to 4,24,85,534.
A 22-year-old man, who recently returned to Kerala from the UAE, allegedly died due to monkeypox on Saturday.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 22,82,80,763 samples have been tested up to March 15, with 8,73,350 samples tested on Monday
The tally of active cases now comprises 0.05 per cent of the total infections.
The decision to remove it from the guidelines comes in the backdrop of some clinicians and scientists writing to Principal Scientific Advisor K Vijay Raghavan cautioning against the "irrational and non-scientific use" of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 in the country.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,00,92,909, pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.43 per cent, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.44 per cent.
The death toll has climbed to 4,89,848 with 439 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
There has been a 4.36 per cent increase in Omicron cases since Thursday, the ministry said.
In a video message on the occasion of the International Day of Yoga, Prime Minister Modi said India has always nurtured traditions that unite, adopt and embrace and made a fervent appeal to eliminate contradictions, hurdles and resistances through yoga.
'When a Project Director is appointed, the whole organization -- including the Chairman ISRO -- works for his success. It is a lesson that has been of abiding value all through the other projects I have worked on,' recalls the late President, one of the earliest pioneers at ISRO.
The PM directed officials to evaluate various technology tools to ensure efficient and timely vaccination in due course of time. He also emphasised that detailed planning for such large scale vaccination should be undertaken immediately.
The government is taking the cutoff of about 100 days if reinfection occurs.
The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 4 lakh for the seventh consecutive day.
One of the biggest lessons for cities fighting the Covid-19 pandemic has been the criticality of access to data. Mumbai, which has shown significant success in managing the second wave of the pandemic, is a case in point, reports Shivani Shinde.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
On the mathematical model which predicts 42,000 cases in the state by April end, the minister said, "The model is based on some scientific ground but it has taken the state's doubling rate of COVID-19 cases at 3.8.
A total of 25,12,388 samples have been tested for coronavirus infection as on 9 am, May 20 all over the country.
Climate and sustainable development financing, multilateral institution reforms, regulation of digital assets, the spillover effect on developing economies from actions of western central banks, energy and food security in the backdrop of war in Europe, and sanctions on Russia and their impact on the global economy are some of the agenda items that India will take up as President of G-20, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. India will take over as President of the powerful international grouping on December 1 for a year. There will be around 200 meetings throughout the country, with the summit Heads of State meeting expected to be held in New Delhi next September.
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