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India's COVID-19 daily positivity rate declines to 7.98 pct 

Feb 05, 2022, at 03:21 pm

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 daily positivity rate dropped to 7.98 percent while  1,27,952 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

India registers 1,49,394 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, positivity rate touches 9.27 pct

Feb 04, 2022, at 03:48 pm

New Delhi: Showing declining trend, India's daily positivity rate touched 9.27 percent with  1,49,394 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.

India's COVID-19 positivity rate declines to 9.26 percent

Feb 02, 2022, at 03:19 pm

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 daily positivity rate dropped further to 9.26 percent as 1,61,386 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours as per the Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.

India's daily positivity rate reduces to 11.69 pct, 1,192 people die due to COVID-19 in past 24 hours

Feb 01, 2022, at 02:59 pm

New Delhi: India witnessed a significant drop in daily count as 1,67,059 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

NeoCov an old virus, never infects human being: Expert

Jan 30, 2022, at 02:27 am

Kolkata: A top Indian health expert on Saturday asked people not to panic about the NeoCov virusa supposed new form of coronavirus.

West Bengal registers 3512 new Covid cases, 35 deaths

Jan 30, 2022, at 01:10 am

Kolkata: West Bengal registered 3512 new Covid cases, 293 less than the previous day, in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the state health department.

COVID-19: India records 235532 new cases, 871 deaths in past 24 hours

Jan 29, 2022, at 03:15 pm

New Delhi: India recorded 2,35,532 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

NeoCoV virus: Wuhan scientists warn of new coronavirus strain with higher infection rate, fatality

Jan 28, 2022, at 10:17 pm

Wuhan: Chinese scientists have warned that a strain of coronavirus has been discovered in South Africa which is potentially more transmissible and deadly, media reports said on Friday.

India's daily positivity rate drops to 15.88 percent, 2.51 new COVID-19 cases recorded

Jan 28, 2022, at 03:25 pm

New Delhi: India recorded 2,51,209 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours while the daily positivity rate dropped to 15.88 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.

Omicron dominant Covid-19 variant in India, cases reflect early indications of plateau: Centre

Jan 28, 2022, at 12:02 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Omicron is now the dominant variant of coronavirus in India and there are already indications of a plateau in the number of cases as only the top ten states are recording 77 percent of total active cases, the health ministry said today.

Covishield and Covaxin get DCGI's conditional approval for sale in regular market

Jan 27, 2022, at 10:22 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Covishield and Covaxin have been granted approval by drugs regulator Drugs Control Regulator General of India (DCGI) for sale in the regular market.

India records 2,55,874 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, 614 deaths

Jan 25, 2022, at 03:07 pm

New Delhi: India witnessed a dip in the daily case count as 2,55,874 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

COVID-19: India's daily positivity rate touches 17.22 percent

Jan 22, 2022, at 03:03 pm

New Delhi: India registered  3,37,704 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, witnessing a rise in daily positivity rate to 17.22 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

India's daily COVID-19 positivity rate touches 15.13 pct

Jan 19, 2022, at 03:19 pm

New Delhi: India witnessed yet another day of spike as daily positivity rate touched 15.13 percent while 2,82,970 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

India's positivity rate increases to 19.65 percent, 2,58,089 new COVID-19 cases detected

Jan 17, 2022, at 02:49 pm

New Delhi: India's Daily Positivity rate has touched 19.65 percent as the country recorded 2,58,089 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday.

2 crore between 15-18 yr get Covid vaccine, PM says momentum should continue

Jan 09, 2022, at 08:44 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to continue the momentum of vaccination of the age group 15-18 year, as Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the number of vaccinations has crossed two crore mark.

India witnesses another surge in COVID-19 cases, registers 1,41,986 fresh cases

Jan 08, 2022, at 03:47 pm

New Delhi: India continued to witness a jump in daily count as 1,41,986 fresh COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

Delhi likely to record 1400 cases today: State Health Minister

Jan 06, 2022, at 07:39 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi is likely to record 1400 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, state Health Minister  Satyendar Jain said.

Merck's Covid pill Molnupiravir out of national treatment protocol for 'major safety concerns': ICMR

Jan 06, 2022, at 04:36 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has cited 'major safety concerns' for not adding Merck's coronavirus pill, Molnupiravir, to the national treatment protocol.

Omicron: Emergence of variant causing less severe infections could mark the end of pandemic, say scientists

Jan 04, 2022, at 10:44 pm

Despite the unprecedented rise in coronavirus cases fuelled by the new Omicron variant, the severity of infections and rate of hospitalisations have not shown a corresponding rise. The data, some scientists say, indicate a new, less worrying chapter of the pandemic, reported Bloomberg.

Israel detects first case of 'Florona', combination of covid and influenza

Jan 02, 2022, at 06:35 am

Tel Aviv/IBNS: Israel has reported the first case of "florona" disease, a double infection of COVID-19 and influenza, media report said.

India reports 22,775 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, 'Omicron' tally touches 1,431

Jan 01, 2022, at 04:51 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In another jump in daily positive cases, India, which was battered by the second wave of COVID-19, has added 22,775 new infections in the last 24 hours besides 406 deaths apparently linked to the contagion in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.

West Bengal reports 3,451 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours amid New Year celebrations

Jan 01, 2022, at 01:41 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the New Year celebrations, over 3,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported in West Bengal in the last 24 hours.

COVID-19: West Bengal govt suspends UK flights to Kolkata from Jan 3 amid Omicron scare

Dec 31, 2021, at 01:19 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid rapidly rising Covid-19 cases, the West Bengal government has decided to suspend all direct flights from the United Kingdom to Kolkata from January 3, officials said on Thursday.

Pakistan may face COVID-19 fifth wave in February: Experts

Dec 29, 2021, at 11:01 pm

Islamabad: Health experts have warned that Pakistan may experience fifth wave of the COVID-19 in the mid of February 2022, media reports said.

DCGI approves Covaxin shots for children above 12

Dec 26, 2021, at 04:38 am

Hyderabad/IBNS: Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin received emergency approval from Drugs Controller General of India's (DCGI) for children between the ages of 12 and 18.

Karnataka Medical College reports 30 Covid cases in last four days

Dec 26, 2021, at 02:31 am

Bengaluru/IBNS: Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College in Karnataka's Kollar has become a Coovid cluster after 30 students tested positive for coronavirus in the last four days, according to media reports.

PM to hold review meeting on Thursday amid growing Omicron cases

Dec 22, 2021, at 11:20 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Omicron cases in India have jumped to 213 with Delhi and Maharashtra reporting the highest number of cases. Amid the rising infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting tomorrow, media reports said.

Delhi records 86 new Covid19 cases, highest in 5 months

Dec 19, 2021, at 03:44 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Saturday reported 86 new Covid cases, the highest in five months, recording a steady rise in infections amid global alert over Omicron.

India registers 7,145 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours amid Omicron spread scare

Dec 18, 2021, at 03:11 pm

New Delhi: India, a nation which is witnessing a spike in Omicron cases, registered 7,145 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.