7,612 community cases; 797 hospitalisations; 20 in ICU; 22 deaths

NEW DELHI: India reported 20,557 new covid infections and 44 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country’s active caseload currently stands at 1,46,323, bring the tally to more than 4.39 crore cases since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.

India's active caseload currently stands at 1,46,323. India reported 20,557 fresh Covid-19 cases and 44 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry data. With these new infections, the country's active caseload currently stands at 1,46,323, taking the total number of cases to over 4.39 crore and death toll to 5,26,211 since the beginning of coronavirus pandemic.

Today we are reporting 7,627 community cases, and 827 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 7,776

ALSO READ: Covid is nowhere near over, warns WHO chief amid spike in cases Apart from this, Tedros also laid great emphasis over treating vaccination as an elixir to save lives. "One of the most important is that the most effective way to save lives, protect health systems and reopen societies and economies is to vaccinate the right groups first," he said. Cautioning the countries, Tedros said that if significant numbers of health workers, older people and other at-risk groups remain unvaccinated deaths will continue and health systems will remain under pressure leading to the global recovery at risk.

New Delhi: India reported 18,313 new covid cases and 57 deaths in the last 24 hours.  The country’s active caseload currently stands at 1,45,026, taking the total number of cases to over 4.39 crore and 5,26,167 fatalities since the onset of the pandemic. The central government reviewed covid-19 situation in 115 districts of nine states showing an upsurge in covid cases and positivity rate and flagged concerns regarding low levels of testing and vaccination.

India was seeing a fall in cases when it had reported 14,830 new infections yesterday and 16,866 cases on Monday. The death toll in the country has gone up to 5,26,110 with 57 more fatalities, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am. The active cases account for 0.34 per cent of the total caseload, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.47 per cent, the ministry said.

headdress by Chief Wilton Littlechild was a powerful and symbolic moment — but the symbolism is not sitting well with everyone.The Pope was given the headdress on Treaty 6 territory, in the central Alberta First Nations community of Maskwacis, after he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system on Monday.The apology came with cheering from the crowd, and some people were weeping. Soon after, Chief Littlechild went on stage and placed a headdress on Pope Francis’ head.The former member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission attended residential schools for 14 years as a child in Alberta.It was a stunning image: Francis briefly wearing the full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers fastened in place by a colorful, beaded headband.The Vatican and the pope clearly appreciated the gesture: Francis kissed Littlechild’s hands after receiving the headdress, something he has done in the past as a sign of respect for Holocaust survivors, and has done on this trip for residential school survivors.The Vatican obviously understood the symbolic significance of the moment, putting the photo on the front page of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano under the headline “I humbly beg forgiveness.”Headdresses historically are a symbol of respect, worn by Native American war chiefs and warriors.For many Plains tribes, for example, each feather placed on a headdress has significance and had to be earned through an act of compassion or bravery.Some modern-day First Nations leaders have been given war bonnets in ceremonies accompanied by prayers and songs.“It’s honouring a man as a chief, as a honourary chief and leader in the community and in doing that it’s actually adopted him as one

Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen’s acquittal on a sexual assault charge Tuesday shows the high bar set for women who come forward with criminal complaints, lawyers and advocates say.A jury of eight men and four women found Virtanen not guilty following a week-long trial that hinged primarily on the different accounts between the athlete and the complainant of a 2017 encounter.“Unfortunately, what this trial and this verdict does is it confirms what so many victims are afraid of when they come forward,” said Angela Marie MacDougall, executive director of Battered Women’s Support Services in Vancouver.

Today we are reporting 8,730 community cases, and 808 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 8,111.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 24: People cool off by playing in a fountain in Domino Park with the Manhattan skyline in the background as the sun sets during a heat wave on July 24, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The five boroughs of New WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government hopes a new website can help people and local governments beat the increasingly deadly heat of an ever-warming world.Days after nearly half the country — 154.6 million people — sweated through a blistering heat wave, which for the West, hasn’t quite finished, the Biden Administration Tuesday unveiled heat.gov, which includes maps, forecasts and health advice.

Maharashtra had reported a spike in Covid deaths, which almost doubled from Monday. On Tuesday Maharashtra reported 12 Covid deaths as opposed to six on Monday.

NEW DELHI: India reported 14,830 new covid cases and 36 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country’s active caseload currently stands at 1,47,512, pushing the total number of infections to over 4.39 crore since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. Death toll stands at 5,26,110.

Hospital admissions for Covid-19 in Australia have reached a new high for a second straight day, data showed this morning.

16,866. Furthermore, The country reported 36 deaths in the last 24 hours, with this the death toll in the country climbed to 526,110. The national coronavirus recovery rate was recorded at 98.47 percent, the ministry said.

Today we are reporting 9,256 community cases, and 822 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 8,335.

PHILADELPHIA - City officials have reported two heat-realted deaths in Philadelphia over the weekend as a dangerous heatwave continues to bake the Delaware Valley. A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health told FOX 29 that both deaths happened during the city's Heat Health Emergency. The spokesperson did not share information on the age of the people who died or the circumstances that lead to their deaths. Philadelphia declared a Heat Health Emergency last week as temperatures cranked into the mid-to-upper 90s with humidity. The emergency, along with an Excessive Heat Warning issued by the National Weather Service for the entire Delaware Valley, will expire Monday night.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESDuring the Heat Health Emergency, Philadelphia has made several resources available to residents to combat the brutally hot condition, including several cooling centers across the city. A special hotline, nicknamed Heatline, will be open to the public Sunday between 8:30 a.m. through 11:59 p.m.

a case of monkeypox virus in a 34-year-old man. The man with no history of foreign travel tested positive for monkeypox, taking India's tally of cases of the disease to four. As the monkeypox virus tally in India climbed to four, with a Delhi man testing positive for it, the Centre held a high-level review meeting.

PHILADELPHIA - Wei Chen wants people who visit Philadelphia's Chinatown to see past the amber-colored roast ducks hanging in a restaurant window and notice the two older women chatting in Mandarin on the steps to the apartments above."These apartments are full of people who are low-income, who are elderly people, and people who are new immigrants," said Chen, the community engagement director for Asian Americans United. "You have to think about how Chinatown was created.

Covid tally rose to 4,39,05,621 after the country reported 16,866 new coronavirus infections in a day.The daily positivity rate crossed 7 per cent again after a gap of 168 days. A total of 41 new fatalities have been reported, the data updated on Monday stated.

MOUNT AIRY - Community members in Mount Airy are pleading for life-saving traffic efforts in their neighborhood. It comes after three deadly wrecks in the area, just over the past few months.Close to 100 people came out in the sweltering heat Sunday because they are fed up with property destruction and innocent people killed because of reckless driving on and around Lincoln Drive.Anne Dicker, with the West Mount Airy Neighbors Association Traffic Calming Committee, pointed to states from a pilot speed camera program on Roosevelt Boulevard that issued 30,000 speeding tickets in its first year and only 2,000 in its second."We need a traffic safety audit," Dicker said. "We absolutely need to redevelop the plans for Lincoln Drive.

India saw a drop in Covid-19 cases the country reported 16,866 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Earlier on 24 July, India reported 20,279 Covid cases. The death toll in the country climbed to 5,26,074 as 41 more people succumbed to the viral disease, the Health Ministry data updated at 8 am stated.

Today we are reporting 6,910 community cases, 836 current hospitalisations, and 16 deaths.

Covid through the vaccine programme, it is clear that the virus is not about to disappear," said Denis Kinane, a leading immunologist and Founding Scientist at Cignpost Diagnostics. "There are some extremely worrying trends in the rising number of infections, particularly when compared to the levels from a year ago. " One sign that could help identify the culprit are mouth ulcers.

Monkeypox. The chess players who come from overseas for the 44th Chess Olympiad would have to get tested, too," Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian told news agency ANI.

MESA, Ariz. - A baby has been taken to a hospital for observation after being found abandoned in Mesa.Mesa Police say the baby was found on July 22 at a home near McKellips and Recker Roads. The scene is located in a senior living community.The incident began to unfold at around 11:00 a.m."Approximately five minutes before she opened the door, she heard her doorbell ring. It took her that long to get over to the door and get it open.

coronavirus recovery rate was recorded at 98.45%, the ministry said. An increase of 2,100 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in 24 hours. The daily positivity rate stood at 5.29% and the weekly positivity rate at 4.46%, the ministry said.

Canada confirmed 681 cases of monkeypox across five provinces on Saturday as the global outbreak of the virus was deemed a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Today we are reporting 5,535 community cases, 720 current hospitalisations, and 14 deaths.

NEW DELHI: India has reported a spike in number of daily covid deaths, with nearly 67 fatalities in the last 24 hours, and 21,411 fresh infections. The country’s active caseload currently stands at 1,50,100, pushing up total number of covid cases to over 4.38 crore since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. Death toll stands at 5,25,997.

Health Ministry data revealed. The active cases in the country stands at 1,50,100 on Saturday and the daily positivity rate at 4.46%, the Health Ministry data further revealed.  Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha was told Friday that the Covid-19 case trajectory in some states is witnessing an upward trend since May but hospitalisation and death rates are low which can be attributed to immunisation efforts across India.

COVID-19 is sweeping across Canada, leading to high rates of infection and increased hospitalizations in most provinces. But unlike during previous outbreaks, many of the country’s top doctors have been largely absent from the public eye.Now, health experts say the public should be getting clearer messaging – that even if virus protection measures like masking and distancing aren’t being mandated by law, they should still be followed.“I think we should still (be) encouraging people to continue wearing a mask when they’re in public, when they’re on the subway, when they’re in a concert, going to the theater or a sports game,” says Tim Sly, an epidemiologist and professor emeritus with the School of Public Health at Toronto Metropolitan University.

CENTER CITY - Businesses are feeling the heat from the Delaware Valley’s heatwave and some are even forced to shut down."We finally came in and finally got it back open," said Francesco Crovetti, owner of Rione Pizza Al Taglio, on South 21st Street, in Center City. They’re back in business Friday making pizzas and serving customers."We were closed for three business days, so we missed out on a lot, unfortunately," said Crovetti.

Today we are reporting 7,746 community cases, 759 current hospitalisations, and 22 deaths.

The knock-on effects of the latest coronavirus peak will be felt for 'some months' by NHS hospital and care services, Manchester's public health director has warned. However, the country is now cresting the wave of infections and should see a decline.

COVID-19.The Grand River Hospital says the affected employees – amounting to two per cent of the workforce _ have either tested positive for COVID-19 or been exposed to someone who has. Ontario hospitals warn of more upcoming ER closures through the summer Hospital spokeswoman Cheryl Evans says the situation has led to the “unanticipated” temporary closure of one of the hospital’s operating rooms and affected the ability to proceed with between two and ten elective surgeries a day.Evans says the hospital is prioritizing urgent cases, including cancer cases.

COVID-19 vaccines.“Parents and community members have been anxiously awaiting the announcement of vaccine eligibility for their children ages 5 and under. Many are seeking information on how to access these vaccines, on dosing schedules, and on what’s right for their family,” Dr.

covid booster doses will be made available free of cost for everyone over 18 years of age at all central government run vaccination centres. The free doses have been made available from 15 July for 75 days.

Covid-19 infection upon re-infection. Anna Martner and co-authors from the University of Gothenburg report two major findings in the July 12 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the first one being that several virus-specific T cell variants were detected in blood shortly after Covid-19 but then vanished after 10-12 weeks.

COVID-19 have died while the number of new hospitalizations linked to the virus dropped last week.The province’s latest epidemiology update shows 52 people were admitted to hospital between July 10 to July 16, down from 59 the week before. Manitoba expands COVID vaccine eligibility to include kids four and under Of the latest hospitalizations, two required ICU, according to the report.Exactly how many people are currently in hospital and ICU as a result of COVID-19 isn’t clear, because the province no longer reports those numbers.Officials say the number of new cases also fell, with 171 lab-confirmed infections identified last week, down from 229 the previous week.With an average of 276 tests completed a day, the positivity rate of lab tests dropped to 13.9 per cent from 14.8 per cent the previous week.Provincial case counts and test positivity rates don’t necessarily give an accurate picture of active infection rates, however, because the government has significantly scaled back testing and the data doesn’t include the results of tests done at home.

Today we are reporting 8,728 community cases, 759 current hospitalisations, and 26 deaths.

The White House today announced that President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms, a diagnosis that comes amid the spread of the much more transmissible Omicron BA.5 subvariant.

COVID-19 deaths and 1,877 positive PCR tests in the seven days ending June 18.During that period, there were also 44 new hospital admissions. The median age of those hospitalized is 75.In comparison, the seven-day period ending July 12 saw 1,562 new PCR cases and five deaths.

New Delhi: India reported 45 covid-19 deaths and 21,566 new cases in the last 24 hours, the union health ministry data stated on Thursday.  The total number of active cases has climbed to 1,48,881. India has reported 4.38 crore coronavirus cases so far and 5,25,870 fatalities since the onset of the pandemic.

Covid active cases are present in the country which is 0.34% of the total cases. India's daily Covid positivity rate has surged to 4.25% while the weekly positivity rate has increased to 4.51%. India's Covid testing rate has declined to 5,07,360 in the last 24 hours.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Public officers, law enforcement officials, and faith-based organizations joined forces to hold a cookout for Atlantic City community members on Wednesday night. The Coalition for a Safe Community held the cookout to help strengthen the relationship between law enforcement officials and community members while also bringing necessary resources to a community that has been devastated by COVID-19. The coalition started back in 2010 when organizations from across the city took action to combat crime and violence. Tockeem Washington and his 4-year-old daughter, Kaabah, came out to the cookout to support the police because Washington says Atlantic City needs police to protect the community. "Law enforcement protects the kids and everybody else," Washington said.

Today we are reporting 9,953 community cases, 767 current hospitalisations, and 32 deaths.

Global COVID-19 activity stayed high and largely even last week, as deaths rose, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its latest weekly update on the pandemic.