 | As death toll crosses two lakh mark, data manipulation lets down India's COVID fightExperts say an overreliance on official data that didn't reflect the true extent of infections contributed to authorities being blindsided by a huge surge in recent weeks. |
 | Kalaburagi comes to terms with COVID-19 a year after first death in countryA 76-year-old man became the first victim of coronavirus in India, which he had contracted in Saudi Arabia during his pilgrimage to Makkah, on this day last year. |
| COVID-19: India records 15,388 fresh cases, 77 more fatalities in last 24 hoursAfter registering an increase for six consecutive days, the number of active COVID-19 cases has gone down to 1,87,462, accounting for only 1.67 per cent of the country's total caseload. |
 | Six states account for nearly 85 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases: CentreThe Centre is continuously engaging with the states and UTs reporting higher caseload of active cases and those showing a rise in the daily new COVID cases, the Health Ministry said. |
 | Pakistan's COVID-19 death toll crosses 13,000The number of coronavirus cases in the country surged to 583,916, while the nationwide tally of fatalities jumped to 13,013. |
| COVID-19: India records 14,989 new infections, active caseload goes above 1.7 lakh mark after a monthThe death toll increased to 1,57,346 with 98 daily new fatalities, the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 am showed. |
 | Five states including Maharashtra, Kerala account for over 84% of total active COVID-19 cases: CentreMaharashtra leads all the states with a weekly positivity rate of 10.02 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. |
 | India records 16,738 fresh Covid-19 cases, 138 deaths in last 24 hoursThe active caseload increased to 1,51,708 which comprises 1.37 per cent of the total infections, the data stated. |
 | India records 9,102 fresh COVID-19 cases, lowest in around eight monthsDuring the same period, 117 fatalities were recorded, also the lowest in over eight months, taking the death toll to 1,53,587. |
 | US coronavirus death toll tops 4,00,000 in Donald Trump's final hours as PresidentThe running total of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is nearly equal to the number of Americans killed in World II. |
 | Brazil's coronavirus death toll crosses 150,000, second highest globallyThe capital of Amazonas state has had 122 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, far above the national average of 71 per 100,000. |
 | Mexico official: definitive COVID-19 toll will take two yearsOfficials have acknowledged in the past that the figure is a significant undercount, because it includes only those who died after a positive test result, almost always at a hospital. |
 | COVID-19 recoveries in India surge to 35,42,663: Union Health MinistryThere are 9,43,480 active cases of COVID-19 in the country which comprises 20.68 per cent of the total caseload, the data updated at 8.00 am stated. |
 | Russia records 5,099 COVID-19 cases in past 24-hoursIn the past 24 hours, Russia recorded 122 COVID-19 fatalities, bringing the death toll to 17,993, and 6,772 recoveries, taking the total to 850,049. |
 | Australia reports nine coronavirus-related deaths, daily infection count dropsAll the fatalities and 41 of the new cases were reported from Victoria, which is in a stage four lockdown since August 2. |
