Coronavirus live updates: Night curfew relaxed in West Bengal during Durga puja and Lakshmi puja

Since September 24, the country’s Covid tally has not crossed 30,000 mark and cases remained below that level on Wednesday. With Jharkhand’s number still awaited, Wednesday’s total tally is 23,082 cases and 310 deaths. This is higher than Monday and Tuesday but much lower than last Wednesday when 32,208 cases were reported.

US health regulators' decision on whether to approve Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 could spill over into November if needed, the nation's top US infectious disease official said on Wednesday.

The daily rise in infections exceeded 500 after falling below 400 during the last two days. On Tuesday, the city had reported 394 new coronavirus infections and six fatalities. The caseload in the country's financial capital rose to 7,42,538, and death toll reached 16,103, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) data update on Wednesday.

The Pan American health organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday it is in advanced talks with vaccine makers to buy additional Covid vaccines for its member states, to complement bilateral deals, donations, and doses they are receiving via the Covax mechanism.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday decided to allow gatherings, including Ramleela celebrations, during the upcoming festival season with strict compliance to Covid norms, official sources said.

Haryana reported no Covid-related death, even though it added sixteen new infections Wednesday, pushing the total case count to 7,70,863.

YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond Covid-19 to include content that alleges vaccines cause chronic health effects or contains misinformation on the substances in vaccines, it said in a blog post on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka will end its Covid-19 lockdown enforced last month on October 1, health minister Keheliya Rambukwella said on Wednesday, even as the medical professionals warned against the unrestricted re-opening of the country.

The Delhi Police has issued over three lakh challans, mostly for not wearing face masks, so far between April 19 and September 28 this year for violation of various Covid-19-related guidelines, officials said on Wednesday.