Highlights: WHO fears spike in deaths after global Covid-19 surge

YouTube said Wednesday it would take down content which contradicts expert consensus about Covid-19 vaccines, updating its policies on misinformation about the pandemic. The move is the latest by online platforms struggling to contain the spread of hoaxes and false information about Covid-19 and treatments, reports AFP.

Chhattisgarh's Covid-19 tally climbed to 150,696 on Wednesday after 2,830 people were detected with the infection, while the number of people who have recovered reached 121,548, an official said. Thirty-three deaths were recorded in the state taking the death toll to 1,339, he added, reports PTI.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned against any complacency in the coronavirus death rate, saying with the increasing number of cases, mortality would also rise, reports Reuters.

12,596 RTPCR/CBNAAT/True Nat tests and 44,354 rapid antigen tests conducted today. 37,71,273 tests conducted so far: Government of Delhi

Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav has tested positive for Covid-19, reports ANI.

Delhi's coronavirus infection tally rises to 3,17,548 with 3,324 new cases; death toll mounts to 5,898 with 44 more fatalities: Authorities.

Karnataka reports 9,265 new Covid-19 cases, 8, 662 discharges, and 75 deaths today. Total cases in the state rise to 7,35,371 including 1,13,987 active cases, 6,11,167 discharges and 10,198 deaths: State Health Department, Govt of Karnataka

Record single-day high of 64 fatalities pushes West Bengal's Covid-19 death toll to 5,808; caseload mounts to 3,05,697 with 3,677 infections: Health Department

Maharashtra reports 10,552 new Covid-19 cases, 19,517 discharged cases and 158 deaths, taking total positive cases to 15,54,389 including 13,16,769 discharges, 1,96,288 active cases & 40,859 deaths: State Health Department, Govt of Maharasthra

Iraq's health ministry said Wednesday that more than 10,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the country whose threadbare health sector has been battered by the virus

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Vipin Singh Parmar says he has tested positive for Covid-19.

Haryana reported 1,205 fresh novel coronavirus cases taking the infection tally to 1,45,507 on Wednesday, while thirteen more Covid-19 fatalities pushed the state's death toll to 1,614, the Health department said.

Gujarat's coronavirus case count rises to 1,55,098 with 1,175 new cases; death toll reaches 3,598 with 11 more fatalities: Health Department

Showing a further decline, 3,892 fresh coronavirus cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as the aggregate went up to 7,67,465.

At least 54 persons tested positive for coronavirus, while four died of the infection in Maharashtra's Amravati district on Wednesday, an official said.