Four BF.7 cases detected in BengalOf the four people, three are from Nadia district, while one person hails from Bihar but currently resides in Kolkata, the official told PT...
04 Jan, 2023, 10.42 PM IST
People's casual attitude to blame for rising COVID infections: Medical expertsThe current surge of coronavirus cases in Bengal might not be as dangerous as it was during its outbreak in 2020 but more and more people m...
20 Jun, 2022, 01.19 PM IST
West Bengal logs 21,098 fresh infections, 19 more deaths as active cases breach 1-lakh markThe state now has 1,02,236 active cases as 13,042 were added to the previous day's count. A total of 8,037 patients recovered from the dise...
11 Jan, 2022, 08.55 PM IST
West Bengal reports all-time high of 24,287 Covid casesKolkata city accounted for more than a third of Bengal's Covid infections for the day with a tally of 8,712 cases, compared to 7,337 cases ...
09 Jan, 2022, 09.21 PM IST
West Bengal logs 15,421 new COVID-19 cases, 19 fresh fatalitiesThe state's coronavirus death toll rose to 19,846 as 19 more patients succumbed to the infection, it said. Kolkata registered the highest n...
06 Jan, 2022, 10.02 PM IST
Omicron spreads in India's big cities but hospitalisations still lowIndia reported 90,928 new daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday, up nearly four-fold since the start of the year, mostly from cities where healt...
06 Jan, 2022, 12.09 PM IST
Bengal in throes of third Covid wave, infections curve may rise more: ExpertsBengal and eastern India's largest metropolis Kolkata, is in the throes of a third wave of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic which may last wel...
04 Jan, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
Over 100 Kolkata doctors test positive for COVID-19Contact tracing has begun, and the process of clinical examination of everyone in the three hospitals has started, a senior health official...
03 Jan, 2022, 02.40 PM IST
Bengal reports 6,153 new Covid cases, 8 fresh fatalitiesThe bulletin said that eight people died of coronavirus on Sunday, while nine such patients had perished the previous day.
02 Jan, 2022, 07.53 PM IST
Covid-19: Kolkata positivity rate jumps to over 17%Experts believe Christmas celebration and Covid-inappropriate behaviour of people have led to the sudden daily spike in cases.
01 Jan, 2022, 08.59 AM IST
Bengal sees spurt in Covid-19 cases, with Kolkata accounting for 56% of infectionsWest Bengal, which is witnessing a sudden spurt in Covid-19 cases from the beginning of this week, recorded 3,451 infections on Friday with...
31 Dec, 2021, 07.56 PM IST
R-value exceeds 2 in Delhi, Mumbai; indicates faster spread of coronavirusDelhi on Wednesday reported a massive jump in daily COVID-19 infections with 923 fresh cases, the highest since May 30 and 86 per cent up f...
30 Dec, 2021, 06.02 PM IST
Chennai records highest number of cyberattacks in India in Q4: K7 ComputingAmong Tier-I cities, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata recorded the highest rate of infections, while among the Tier-II cities, Pat...
23 Jun, 2020, 03.15 PM IST
11 Kolkata Police personnel test positive for COVID-19"At the moment we have around 217 policemen who have been diagnosed with the disease. We have several of our colleagues who have recovered ...
09 Jun, 2020, 12.08 PM IST
Unhappy over deployment in COVID-19 containment zones, 500 Kolkata Police personnel stage protest"We are being sent on duty in high-risk areas. There are several policemen who have been infected with the virus. This cannot go on," a pol...
20 May, 2020, 01.02 PM IST
BSF jawan in West Bengal IMCT contracts COVID-19; over 50 troops quarantinedThey said the infected personnel is working as a driver (constable rank) and was attached with the IMCT that was touring Kolkata and other ...
04 May, 2020, 03.45 PM IST
Covid-19: Lockdown delayed peak by a month to June-end, study saysThe Covid-19 infection may peak in late June nationally, a study by the Kolkata-based Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IA...
04 May, 2020, 10.08 AM IST