Tag: India COVID-19 deaths

The second wave of Covid-19 in India began around the middle of February. In the beginning, it was centred around the smaller districts and towns of interior Maharashtra, including Akola and Amravati. Reports from there, of whole families being infected and of test positivity ratios in excess of 50%, ...

Balram Bhargava says more Rapid Antigen Tests will be conducted from now on. The national COVID-19 positivity rate stood at 21% and 310 of the 734 districts had reported positivity greater than or equal to the national average, Balram Bhargava, Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), said on ...

As COVID-19 positive cases keep rising steeply across the country, in many States, patients and their relatives are put through the wringer literally, as they hunt for oxygen, beds, ventilators and ICUs. Hospitals who have mild and moderate COVID-19 patients but no ventilators or ICU services, are also in ...

Maharashtra adds 63,294 infections, U.P. sees 15,276 cases. India reported 1,69,899 fresh cases of COVID-19 as of 11.30 p.m. IST on April 11, marking the biggest single-day spike since the beginning of the pandemic last year. As many as 904 deaths were also recorded on the day. This is ...

760 deaths recorded across India on April 11. India’s daily COVID-19 case count surpassed the 1.5-lakh mark for the second consecutive day on April 11, with 1,56,629 infections reported as of 9.30 p.m. IST. This is the highest single-day spike recorded since the outbreak last year. As many as ...

The major news headlines of the day, and more. The first cyclonic storm of 2020’s northeast monsoon is expected to make a landfall between Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu and Karaikal district in the Puducherry region.The right to live with a person of his or her choice irrespective of religion ...

The major news headlines of the day, and more. “Punjab farmers to completely lift their rail blockade from Monday to allow all goods and passenger trains, in response to impassioned appeal by the Chief Minister at a meeting with Kisan Unions,” tweeted Raveen Thukral, media advisor to ...

A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a sample using a swab from a person at a local health centre to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), amid the spread of the disease, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi The ...