Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: India’s daily tally below 40,000 for 3rd day; active cases remain under 4 lakhs

Thane logs 253 new cases, 4 more deaths Thane has reported 253 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 5,53,366, an official said on Wednesday. These new cases were recorded on Tuesday, he said. Four more people also succumbed to the viral infection, pushing the death toll in…

Virus mutation beyond control, Covid-appropriate behaviour needed to avoid next wave: AIIMS doctor

With many states easing Covid-related restrictions and crowds returning to markets, the threat of a third Covid-19 wave looms large on the country. Dr Neeraj Nischal, Assistant Professor Department of Medicine at Delhi AIIMS, has said while we cannot control further mutations in the Covid-19 virus, Covid-appropriate…

Delta variant 60% more transmissible, reduces vaccine effect, UK experts say

The Delta variant is 50% more transmissible than the Alpha variant, first discovered in the UK, experts from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) said. The rapid surge in cases during Delhiā€™s fourth Covid-19 wave was mainly driven by the…