Twenty children in Puducherry hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirusChildren were admitted to the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College Hospital at Kadirkamam.
15 Jul, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
PM Modi speaks to chief ministers of Manipur, Sikkim, Tripura on COVID situationThe prime minister's interaction with chief ministers is part of his exercise to deal with the pandemic situation.
07 May, 2021, 03.57 PM IST
PM talks to four CMs, two LGs on COVID-19 situationModi reviewed the progress of vaccination and the roadmap for scaling up production of vaccines in the next few months, the PMO had said.
06 May, 2021, 09.12 PM IST
Total weekend lockdown to combat COVID-19 enforced in PuducherryHowever, functioning of essential services was permitted till 2 pm to facilitate the availability of vegetables, groceries and other requir...
25 Apr, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
No fresh Covid-19 death in Puducherry; 149 fresh cases take tally to 34,908Puducherry had on October 26 and 27 reported no coronavirus related fatalities after having done so on October 18 for the first time this m...
30 Oct, 2020, 12.27 PM IST
Pondy may soon have two-day lockdown every week: Malladi Krishna Rao, Health Minister"I have requested the Chief Minister during a video conference Monday to introduce the two day lockdown on Saturday and Sunday from next mo...
25 Aug, 2020, 05.32 PM IST
Single day coronavirus cases dip below 55,000, recovery rate rises to 69.80%The total coronavirus cases have increased to 22,68,675 with 53,601 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to...
11 Aug, 2020, 12.02 PM IST
India's Covid-19 tally crosses 7 lakh-mark with 22,252 fresh cases, toll rises to 20,160India's coronavirus infection caseload stands at 7,19,665, the ministry's data updated at 8 am showed. With a steady rise, the number of re...
07 Jul, 2020, 11.19 AM IST
Single-day spike of 20,903 COVID-19 cases in India, total tally climbs to 6,25,544The number of recoveries stands at 3,79,891 while one patient has migrated. There are 2,27,439 active cases of coronavirus infections prese...
03 Jul, 2020, 11.53 AM IST
COVID-19: India registers highest-ever single-day spike of 2003 deaths; no. of cases 3,54,065Of the 2,003 new deaths, Maharashtra accounted for the maximum of 1,409, taking its COVID-19 death toll to 5,537, while coronavirus deaths ...
17 Jun, 2020, 08.17 PM IST
Doubling rate of Covid-19 cases slows to 7.5 days as against 3.4: Health MinistryThe doubling rate of the cases is considered a marker of how fast the infection is spreading. On that basis, the government earlier said th...
20 Apr, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
COVID-19 lockdown extended in Puducherry till April 30Puducherry has six active cases of coronavirus and all are undergoing treatment at a government hospital here. The government on Monday ann...
13 Apr, 2020, 08.29 PM IST
Number of coronavirus cases 649 in India, death toll 13: Health MinistryMaharashtra reported three deaths, Gujarat two, while Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Karnataka, Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal and Himachal...
26 Mar, 2020, 04.41 PM IST
Coronavirus cases climb to 341 in IndiaDelhi, Karnataka and Punjab have reported one death each so far. Twenty-four others have been cured/discharged/migrated. The figure of 341 ...
22 Mar, 2020, 04.00 PM IST
Health Ministry says Coronavirus cases rise to 258 in India; but ICMR confirms 271 patientsHowever, according to ICMR 271 individuals have been confirmed positive among suspected cases and contacts of known positive cases. Among t...
21 Mar, 2020, 01.20 PM IST
Coronavirus: Passengers from Australia, UK, US to be screened at 30 airportsThe Union Health Ministry has shot off a letter in this regard to all chief secretaries, airport health organisations and officers concerne...
20 Mar, 2020, 10.53 PM IST
Tamil Nadu reports second positive case of Covid-19The Health Minister, Dr C Vijayabaskar, said the patient was stable and had been kept in the isolation ward at the Rajiv Gandhi Government ...
19 Mar, 2020, 01.31 PM IST