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• Maharashtra: Covid-19 recoveries outnumbered positive cases in Aurangabad

  The district on Monday recorded 326 Covid-19 cases, which is a marked decline from April 24, when it saw 1,497 new infections, the official said.

  

• Past Covid-19 infection does not fully protect young people against reinfection: Lancet

  The researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the US emphasised that young people should take up the vaccine wherever possible.

  

• Covid-19 in UP: Transmission rate high, over 3,700 cases in 24 hrs

  In fact, the 3,759 new infections in the last 24 hours took April’s tally to 1.1 lakh, which means every 47th person in Lucknow district, which has an estimated population of around 51.7 lakh, was infected by the novel coronavirus in 28 days of this month so far.

  

• Covid-19: With 3.8 lakh new infections, active cases cross 30 lakh

  International comparisons show that the US has 6.8 million active cases which is the world’s highest. With over 3 million such cases, India has the second highest number, followed by Brazil, where over a million Covid patients are deemed active. France too has nearly a million active cases while the count is half a million for Turkey.

  

• India adds over 3 lakh Covid cases for sixth day in a row

  With 2,771 new deaths, the death toll has climbed to 1,97,894, the data updated at 8 am showed.

  

• TN's daily Covid-19 infections breach 15,000 mark

  The metropolis also leads in the number of fatalities with 4,467 people succumbing to the virus. The number of samples tested today was at 1,26,298, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 2.20 crore.

  

• Active cases may peak at 38-48 lakh in mid-May: Experts

  I have now computed a range of values for peak value and timing and the final numbers should be within this range. Reason for this uncertainly is that the parameter values for the last phase continue to drift, tweeted Manindra Agrawal of IIT-Kanpur

  

• Grim record: 3.16L new cases highest ever for any country

  The massive second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic barrelled past another grim milestone as India reported nearly 3.16 lakh fresh cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day count recorded in any country so far.

  

• Covid-19: India overtakes Brazil with second highest number of cases

  India has surpassed Brazil to record the second-highest number of Covid-19 cases at 1,35,27,717, as a record 1,68,912 new infections were reported in a day.

  

• Madhya Pradesh sees highest one-day rise of 5,939 Covid-19 cases, 24 die

  Since the beginning of April, Madhya Pradesh has recorded 42,634 new infections and 198 fatalities.

  

• India's new Covid-19 infections hit record, deaths at over five-month high

  The world's second most-populous country reported 131,968 new infections and 780 deaths on Friday - the biggest daily increase since mid-October.