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Union Home Ministry extends COVID-19 guidelines till March 31.

A higher single-day tally, at 45,522, was registered on November 17, according to official data. As of Wednesday, Frances cumulative number of Covid-19 infections totalled 3.66 million. Some 85,321 patients have died so far, after 277 more lost their lives to the virus in the past 24 hours, the Xinhua news agency reported. Some 25,614 cases needed treatment in hospital, 46 fewer that Tuesdays figure. Of those hospitalised, 3,436 were put on ventilators, almost stable from a day before. "The...

Read more about Canada: Variant cases surge as overall Covid-19 numbers drop steadily on Business Standard. Canada reported a cumulative total of 854,181 Covid-19 cases and 21,789 deaths, according to media reports

Read more about Global Covid-19 cases top 112.5 million, death surge to 2.49: Johns Hopkins on Business Standard. The US is the worst-hit country with the worlds highest number of cases and deaths at 28,334,797 and 505,803 respectively, according to the CSSE

Spike reported from Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Monday extended the ban on travel between the countrys 20 regions till March 27. According to The Local Italy, the government also extended restrictions on visiting friends and relatives, under which no more than two adults can visit another persons home."It is essential to continue with the restrictions with the (spread of coronavirus) variants," The Local Italy quoted Roberto Speranza, Italys health minister, as saying...

Read more about Covid-19: Biden calls 500,000 death toll in US a heartbreaking milestone on Business Standard. He also participated in a moment of silence, standing by 500 lighted candles outside the White House, joined by first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff

Read more about US tops 500,000 coronavirus deaths, matching the toll of three wars on Business Standard. "We have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow," Biden said. "We have to resist viewing each life as a statistic or a blur.

Mutant strains not cause for recent surge, say experts

The Philippine president will reject recommendations to further ease coronavirus quarantine restrictions across the country until a delayed vaccination campaign kicks off, his spokesman said. President Rodrigo Duterte also rejected a plan to resume face-to-face school classes in some pilot areas until vaccinations, which have been set back by delays in the arrival of initial batches of COVID-19 vaccine, have been launched, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said. The scheduled delivery on Tu...