India saw a single-day surge of 702 COVID-19 cases, with the number of active cases rising to 4,097, the health ministry said in a statement on Thursday (Dec 28).

India Covid update: 6 deaths, 702 new cases in 24 hours, total active cases at 4,097

In the sudden surge of Covid cases, India recorded a single-day rise of 702 new cases on Thursday. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said the active caseload in the country now totals 4,097. The Indian state of Kerala has the highest number of cases.

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Cases of a new Omicron sub-variant called JN.1 are rising worldwide; Singapore, India, UK, Germany among many nations report rising cases. The World Health Organisation urges nations to take strict measures.

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The COVID scare does not seem to go away four years since China reported its first case and new variants are still circulating globally. The Indian government has now confirmed the presence of JN.1 subvariant of COVID-19 in the southern state of Kerala.

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Covid cases are once again on the rise, in India. The Indian government has confirmed the presence of JN.1 subvariant of COVID-19 in the southern state of Kerala. The Union Health Ministry data on Monday revealed that India recorded 260 new Covid infections in the last 24 hours. What more do we know about this sub-variant? How contagious is it? How severe will the infection be? To discuss matters further, we're joined by Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-Chairman National IMA COVID Task Force & Past President, Indian Medical Association, Kochi.

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India has seen a slight decline in fresh Covid-19 cases where 10,093 infections were reported on Sunday. With this number of active infections in the country stands at 57,542 cases with daily positivity rate of 2.8% and a weekly positivity rate of 3.82%.

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Covid-19 cases are on a rise in India once again. The country has recorded over 10,000 cases in the last 24 hours, this is a 30% rise since yesterday. According to the Health Ministry data, the active infections stand at 45,000 and the daily positivity rate is currently at 4.42%.

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India has been witnessing a sudden spike in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the past few days, and the trend continued on Wednesday (April 12) as the nation registered a single-day rise of 7,830 cases.

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India is continuously facing a surge in Covid cases. The government has advised citizens to wear masks, but has not made masks mandatory as of yet. Will the infection become a new normal for India? Molly Gambhir reports.

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India has logged 1,573 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the biggest spike in over 5 months. What explains it? Molly Gambhir brings you a report.

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Amid the burst of Covid-19 cases in China, India has stepped up efforts to prepare for any eventuality. The Health Ministry has asked all states to increase genome sequencing of positive cases through the INSACOG network in order to understand which new coronavirus variants might be circulating.

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India has recorded its highest daily Covid tally in three months with 8,329 cases being detected in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said in its data. This is the highest tally since February 28, when 8,013 cases were reported.

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India registered more than 4,000 coronavirus actions after nearly three months, taking country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,68,585, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

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India has reported its first case of BA.4 Omicron variant in India, according to the recent data by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), the group of genetic laboratories that are working to identify new variants of SARS-CoV-2 from Indian Covid positive patients.

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Gavi, or Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, has said the current Covid crisis in India has had a "knock-on effect" on vaccine needs to the other parts of the world and expressed an understanding that it is "clear that Indian vaccine production" will be "committed to protecting its own citizens.

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With a record 4,14,188 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,14,91,598, while the active cases crossed the 36-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

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As countries and organisations come forward to aid India in fighting a massive wave of coronavirus, the Australian state of Victoria became the latest to provide assistance.

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India's coronavirus situation is dire, with shortages of supplies that are crippling. The country set a daily world record on new infections. Watch One out of three new infections worldwide and nearly one out of four deaths worldwide is from India.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the coronavirus situation in India. In a letter that was sent on Friday, the Chinese president said that he is "very concerned" about the recent situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in India and on behalf of the "Chinese Government and people, as well as in my own name," he expressed "sincere sympathies to the Indian Government and people.

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India's second wave is not slowing down as the country in the last 24 hours has recorded more than 332,000 coronavirus cases. Yesterday, India set a world record in daily infections and today it has broken its own record.

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