India logs 3,038 news Covid infections; active cases rise to 21,179The Covid-related death toll jumped to 5,30,901 with nine deaths. While two deaths each were reported from Delhi and Punjab, one each was r...
04 Apr, 2023, 12.11 PM IST
India logs 228 new Covid cases, active cases drop to 2,503India logged 228 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined to 2,503, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated ...
06 Jan, 2023, 11.04 AM IST
RT-PCR mandatory for arrivals from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and ThailandWith Covid-19 cases on an upswing across the world in recent weeks, the Indian Health Ministry has announced that international arrivals fr...
24 Dec, 2022, 01.50 PM IST
Poll-bound Uttarakhand, UP see maximum spike in active Covid-19 cases in a weekThe EC has clamped down on election rallies. However, door-to-door campaigning and canvassing through small public meetings are continuing ...
14 Jan, 2022, 07.29 AM IST
Dip in districts showing high Covid test positivity rateAccording to the union health ministry data, districts with over 10% positivity have declined from 34 to 33 this week.
10 Oct, 2021, 11.48 PM IST
Number of districts with high positivity rate rises to 41Kerala still has the greatest number of districts in this list. In fact, all the 14 districts of the southern state reported a test positiv...
04 Sep, 2021, 10.36 PM IST
All Kerala districts have test positivity rate of over 10%Test positivity rate is the percentage of tests (conducted through Rapid Antigen testing kits or RT-PCR) which are Covid-19 positive over t...
23 Aug, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
View: Trashing the Kerala model has become an Olympic sport despite facts and figuresThe social indices of Kerala are at par with the western democracies and the social capital of the state is something that comes to its res...
04 Aug, 2021, 11.51 PM IST
Thousands of certified Covid deaths missing from Kerala's official countThe registration of deaths is done in two parts in local bodies; legal and statistical. The cause of death is recorded in the register for ...
09 Jul, 2021, 12.56 PM IST
23 states at additional Covid risk due to biomedical wasteA gap analysis study said 70% of the states do not have well-established systems to monitor common BMW treatment facilities (CBMWTFs) and o...
25 Jun, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
Covid-19 cases dip, but half of the districts still see over 10% positivityDespite the decline in Covid-19 cases, over half of districts in India are reporting over 10% positivity.As per health ministry’s statistic...
23 May, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
Health ministry plans to send teams to states with more Covid casesThe Centre has advised the state governments to adopt aggressive and widespread testing to ensure that the missed out and undetected positi...
21 Nov, 2020, 07.31 AM IST
Active COVID-19 cases below 8 lakh for 2nd day in row; recovery rate 88.03%There are 7,83,311 active cases of coronavirus infection as on date. The total number of recoveries have surged to 65,97,209 and exceed act...
18 Oct, 2020, 02.29 PM IST
Hospital cost capped, but Covid can cripple 80% of familiesResponding to growing anger over the high cost of Covid treatment, most states have capped Covid treatment charges. Yet, more than 80% of f...
12 Oct, 2020, 10.46 AM IST
Travellers from Dubai, UK contributed maximum COVID-19 importations into India: IIT studyAccording to the research, which has been published in the Journal of Travel Medicine, COVID-19 got induced into Indian states mainly due t...
27 Sep, 2020, 01.17 PM IST
Monsoon to hit Kerala on June 5, says IMDThe delay in the onset, however, will not have any implications over the weather office’s earlier prediction of 100% normal monsoon rainfal...
16 May, 2020, 09.23 AM IST
Microsoft launches coronavirus trackerAccording to sources, data is being aggregated from sources like the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Centers for Disease Control an...
17 Mar, 2020, 09.28 AM IST