Active Covid cases in India rise to 61,233While four deaths were reported from Delhi, one each was reported from Haryana, Karnataka and Punjab while four fatalities were reconciled ...
18 Apr, 2023, 05.09 PM IST
436 cases of XBB1.16.1 mutated sub-variant found in India: INSACOGThe INSACOG data has shown that 2,735 cases of the XBB1.16 variant have been found in a total of 24 states and Union Territories. India has...
17 Apr, 2023, 04.26 PM IST
Covid variant sweeping India now gains foothold in the US. Here's what experts sayAcross the world, according to WHO, 3 million new cases and over 23 000 deaths were reported in the last 28 days (13 March to 9 April 2023).
16 Apr, 2023, 11.16 AM IST
Covid variant Arcturus has new symptom not seen earlier: ExpertsRed sticky eyes (conjunctivitis) has been also been reported by some physicians but some doctors say that it too early to say that this red...
16 Apr, 2023, 10.07 AM IST
No indications that Omicron variant XBB.1.16 leading to severe infection among children: Delhi Health ministerDelhi's single-day caseload additions on Wednesday breached the 1,000-mark for the first time in over seven months while the positivity rat...
13 Apr, 2023, 06.05 PM IST
Covid entering endemic stage in India, cases likely to start subsiding after 10-12 daysThe current rise in Covid cases is being driven by XBB.1.16, which is a sub variant of Omicron, they added. While Omicron and its sub-linea...
12 Apr, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
Nepal reports first COVID-related death in three months, logs in over new daily 100 casesNepal reports first COVID-19-related death in the last three months with 106 new cases of the virus in the past 24 hours, a week after conf...
11 Apr, 2023, 07.12 PM IST
234 cases of XBB1.16.1 mutated sub-variant found in country: INSACOGAccording to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) data, 1,774 cases of the XBB1.16 variant have been found across 22 states ...
11 Apr, 2023, 06.35 PM IST
Insacog meeting today to assess Covid situation as cases surgeIndia on Thursday reported 5,335 fresh Covid-19 cases, the highest single day rise since September 23, 2022, and a jump of nearly 1,000 cas...
07 Apr, 2023, 12.56 AM IST
India sees over 5,300 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours, highest rise in 7 monthsSix deaths were reported in past 24 hours, taking up the overall toll to 530929. A total of 1.6 lakh tests were conducted over the past 24 ...
06 Apr, 2023, 12.20 PM IST
Covid variant XBB.1.16 s driving up cases in India. Symptoms, precautions and other key thingsThe common symptoms of this XBB 1.16 variant include the signs of upper respiratory illnesses like headache, sore throat, and blocked nose ...
05 Apr, 2023, 06.31 PM IST
New Omicron subvariant accounts for 60% Covid casesHe said 25-30% cases are of other sub lineages of XBB variant only. The Insacog, a network of laboratories monitoring genomic variations of...
03 Apr, 2023, 01.07 AM IST
WHO closely tracking covid variant triggering spike in India casesThe World Health Organization has added XBB.1.16 to its list of under monitoring variants on 22 March 2023. India is witnessing an uptick i...
01 Apr, 2023, 05.37 PM IST
610 cases of Covid's new variant XBB1.16 found in India: INSACOG dataThe highest number of Covid cases caused due to this variant has been found in Maharashtra and Gujarat at 164 each, followed by 93 Telangan...
27 Mar, 2023, 07.04 PM IST
XBB.1.16 variant 'new kid on the block', could be driving recent rise in Covid cases: Dr Randeep GuleriaNew variants will keep coming as the virus keeps on mutating over the time and the XBB 1.16 is sort of a "new kid on the block", Guleria sa...
22 Mar, 2023, 07.04 PM IST
India registering big Covid spike. Dangerous XBB 1.16 variant could be behind it. Here's all you should knowAs per experts, the rise in Covid cases is happening most likely due to newly-detected Covid XBB 1.16 variant of the Covid virus. The XBB 1...
19 Mar, 2023, 02.54 PM IST
76 samples of new Covid variant XBB1.16 found in India: INSACOG dataThe Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) has found that a total of 76 samples of COVID-19's XBB.1.16 variant have been found, wh...
18 Mar, 2023, 03.55 PM IST