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Maharashtra reported a rise in the daily COVID-19 cases, while the fatalities dropped as compared to Wednesday, when it had registered 6,126 cases and 195 deaths. Maharashtra reported 6,695 new COVID-19 cases and 120 fresh deaths on Thursday, taking the infection tally to 63,36,220 and the toll to 1,33,530, a health department official said. Seven districts out of the total 36 did not report any new case in the last 24 hours. The official said 7,120 patients were discharged from hospitals across the state in the last 24 hours, pushing the number of recoveries to 61,24,278 and leaving Maharashtra with 74,995 active cases. Maharashtra reported a rise in the daily COVID-19 cases, while the fatalities dropped as compared to Wednesday, when it had registered 6,126 cases and 195 deaths. According to the official, the state has 4,46,501 people in  home  quarantine and 2,776 in institutional quarantine.Maharashtra’s COVID-19 case recovery stands at 96.66 per cent, while the fatality r...

  Covid-19 vaccine  for children is likely to be available by the next month, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is said to have told Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting on July 27. Experts said Covid  vaccine  for children will help break the chain of  Covid-19  transmission and reopen schools across the nation amid warnings of a possible third wave of coronavirus. Currently, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Zydus Cadila’s candidate are testing vaccines for children. The results of the Covaxin trials are expected by September, AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria has said. Meanwhile, the trials for the vaccines are being conducted in three phases as per the age of the children. The first trial was started in the age group of 12-18 years, followed by the age group of 6-12 years. Trials for children in the 2-6 age group are currently undergoing trials. Telangana achieves herd immunity, claims study In Telangana, over 60 per cent population, including children, ...