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COVID-19 cases spike in India: Four more people die in past 24 hours

Mar 26, 2023, at 11:14 pm

New Delhi: Four people lost their lives due to Covid-19 infection during the past 24 hours in the country while active cases increased by 832 in the same period.

New Omicron subvariant accounts for over 40 pc of cases in US

Dec 31, 2022, at 09:26 pm

Los Angeles: New Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 40.5 per cent of Covid-19 cases in the United States in the week ending December 31, nearly doubling from the previous week, according to data updated Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

India registers 243 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Dec 30, 2022, at 04:04 pm

New Delhi: India registered  243 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the government has recently announced several precautionary measures to prevent a surge in cases amid rise in infection in China and few other nations.

2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’

Dec 28, 2022, at 03:08 pm

New York: The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses.

Four cases of Covid variant responsible for surge in China detected in India

Dec 22, 2022, at 01:54 am

New Delhi/ IBNS: Four cases of BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron, which is responsible for the huge Covid-19 surge in China, have been found in the Indian states of Gujarat and Odisha.

New Covid-19 sub variants account for nearly 70 pct new cases in US

Dec 10, 2022, at 02:29 pm

Los Angeles: New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly 70 percent of new Covid-19 cases in the United States in the latest week, according to estimates released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Gaps in surveillance, testing, sequencing and vaccination are continuing to create perfect conditions for a new COVID-19 variant of concern to emerge: WHO

Dec 03, 2022, at 11:24 pm

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has once again alerted lapses in strategies to tackle Covid-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a "deadly new variant" to emerge.

India records 1,326 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 31, 2022, at 03:31 pm

New Delhi: India registered 1,326 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched  1.59 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.

India registers 2,208 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 28, 2022, at 03:30 pm

New Delhi: India registered 2,208 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched  1.55 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.

India registers 830 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 26, 2022, at 03:17 pm

New Delhi: India registered a significant drop in daily case count as 830 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.

India records lowest COVID-19 tally in six months, 862 cases registered in past 24 hours

Oct 25, 2022, at 03:29 pm

New Delhi: India on Tuesday recorded the lowest COVID-19 tally in six months as the country registered 862 cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

India registers 1,334 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 24, 2022, at 04:03 pm

New Delhi: India registered 1,334 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the country is gearing up to celebrate Diwali (Hindu festival of lights) on Monday.

India records 2,112 fresh Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 22, 2022, at 03:27 pm

India registered 2,112 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.97 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

India registers 2,119 fresh COVID-19 cases

Oct 21, 2022, at 03:25 pm

New Delhi: India registered  2,119 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.13 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.

Emergence of new Omicron variant: Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya chairs High Level Meeting to review status of COVID-19 in the country

Oct 19, 2022, at 02:40 pm

New Delhi: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday chaired a meeting with public health experts and officials to review the COVID19 pandemic situation in the country, status of vaccination drive and the Global scenario of new variants of Covid-19.Dr. V K Paul, Member (Health) NITI Aayog was also present during the meeting.

India registers 2,060 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 17, 2022, at 03:33 pm

New Delhi: India registered  2,060 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.86 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.

India records 2,430 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 15, 2022, at 03:29 pm

New Delhi: India recorded 2,430 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours with the daily positivity rate touching 1.01 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

India registers 2,139 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 12, 2022, at 04:01 pm

New Delhi: India registered 2,139 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched  0.81 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

India registers 1,957 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 11, 2022, at 03:53 pm

New Delhi: India recorded 1,957 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.71 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

India registers 1,997 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Oct 07, 2022, at 03:20 pm

New Delhi: India registered 1,997 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.94 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.

India registers 3,947 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Sep 30, 2022, at 03:59 pm

New Delhi: India registered  3,947 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.23 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.

India registers 5,383 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Sep 23, 2022, at 03:11 pm

New Delhi: India recorded 5,383 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched  1.68 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.

India records 4,510 fresh COVID-19 cases

Sep 21, 2022, at 03:20 pm

India registered  4,510 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.33 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.

France approves Omicron-adapted vaccines for booster shot

Sep 21, 2022, at 02:43 pm

Paris: The French national health authority (HAS) approved three bivalent mRNA vaccines against the Covid-19 Omicron variants for a booster shot during the vaccination campaign starting on October 18.

India records 4,043 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Sep 20, 2022, at 03:13 pm

New Delhi: India recorded 4,043 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.37 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

India records 4,858 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Sep 19, 2022, at 03:15 pm

New Delhi: India recorded 4,858 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 2.76 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.

India records 5,747 fresh COVID-19 cases

Sep 17, 2022, at 03:58 pm

New Delhi: India registered 5,747 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.69 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

India records 6,298 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours

Sep 16, 2022, at 03:29 pm

New Delhi: India recorded 6,298 new cases in the past 24 hours as COVID-19 positivity rate touched 1.89 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.

India records 5,108 new OCVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

Sep 14, 2022, at 03:47 pm

New Delhi: India recorded  5,108 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.44 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.

India registers 4,369 new COVID-19 cases, daily positivity rate touches 1.25 pct

Sep 13, 2022, at 03:25 pm

New Delhi: India registered 4,369 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.25 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.