What is Ebola, how does it spread and is there any outbreak in India? All FAQs answeredEbola outbreak: The World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public he...
18 May, 2026, 09.18 AM IST
Eight Hantavirus cases reported; three dead, six confirmed Andes Virus: WHOEight Hantavirus cases have been reported, with three deaths. Six cases are confirmed as Andes virus. The World Health Organization assesse...
09 May, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
Two Indians part of crew of luxury cruise ship that reported hantavirus outbreakA hantavirus outbreak has been reported on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius, with five confirmed cases and three deaths, including two Indian na...
08 May, 2026, 11.18 AM IST
India logs 11,109 fresh Covid cases; active infections cross 49,000-markWith 29 new fatalities, the death toll due to the disease has increased to 5,31,064. The fatality rate stands at 1.19%, the health ministry...
14 Apr, 2023, 12.43 PM IST
India reports 12,608 new COVID cases, 72 deaths in a dayIndia's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020. It crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4, 2021, and four ...
18 Aug, 2022, 11.56 AM IST
India records 70 new Covid fatalitiesIndia's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on Septembe...
05 Aug, 2022, 10.01 AM IST
India reports 53 new Covid fatalitiesThe active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent, ...
04 Aug, 2022, 09.52 AM IST
India logs 16,464 fresh Covid-19 cases, 24 fatalities in a dayIndia's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on Septembe...
01 Aug, 2022, 10.06 AM IST
India logs 44 new Covid fatalitiesUnion Health Ministry data revealed that India added 20,557 new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,39,59...
28 Jul, 2022, 10.47 AM IST
India reports 1,73,790 new COVID-19 cases, daily count lowest in 45 daysThe daily positivity further declined to 8.36 per cent, remaining below 10 per cent for five consecutive days, while the weekly positivity ...
29 May, 2021, 10.59 AM IST
Now, Covid deaths begin to surge at same rate as casesDaily deaths (seven-day average) have risen from 96 on March 8 to 425 on April 4, which translates to an increase of nearly 4.5 times, exac...
06 Apr, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
Bengaluru's COVID-19 fatality rate lowest among major Indian cities: K'taka Health MinisterOn Tuesday, Karnataka reported 1,336 new cases of COVID- 19 and 16 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 8,64,140 an...
18 Nov, 2020, 03.20 PM IST
India's COVID-19 fatality rate at 1.50 per cent, lowest since March 22: Health ministryWith an effective containment strategy, aggressive testing and standardised clinical management protocols based on holistic standard of car...
26 Oct, 2020, 03.52 PM IST
India's Covid-19 fatality rate has a different story to tellIndia's total Covid-19 deaths crossed 50,000 on Sunday, the fourth highest tally in the world. However, the country’s fatality rate is less...
17 Aug, 2020, 09.14 AM IST
India Covid numbers continue to surge, case count reaches 2,07,615As per government data, over 50% of Covid fatalities in India were among the country's elderly (60+) who make up only 10% of the total popu...
03 Jun, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
India's COVID-19 recovery rate improving, fatality rate declining: Health MinistryThe number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 93,322 while 91,818 people have recovered so far, of whom 4,835 cured in the last 24 hours.
02 Jun, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
Coronavirus: How the states stack upCovid-19 is manifesting in various Indian states differently, not just in terms of number of cases, but also the recovery and fatality rate...
13 May, 2020, 07.41 AM IST