Coronavirus

COVID: Over 2,500 new cases, 44 fatalities in last 24 hours; active cases rise to 15,873

The top health body said that it is continuing to monitor ‘several descendent lineages’ of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus

XE, a sub-variant of Omicron, which caused the third wave of Covid-19 this winter, had not been found in India until now.

With surging coronavirus infections across the world, health experts in the US have warned of a potential new rise in the country

The country's active caseload currently stands at 42,219, which constitutes 0.1 per cent of total cases

More than 179 crore 53 lakh COVID vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

The death toll climbed to 5,14,246 with 223 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

On December 28 last year, 9,195 people were infected in a day

The Yogi Adityanath-led government also stated that all schools in the state, from kindergarten to eighth grade, will reopen on February 14

WHO predicts BA.2 subvariant to be more communicable than the currently dominant BA.1, it will widespread more