Covid cases could peak between Jan 6-13 in Mumbai: TIFR scientistJuneja said the key assumptions during the modelling were that 35 per cent of the recovered population is amenable to reinfection to Omicro...
05 Jan, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Third Covid wave in India may peak in early February: IIT-Kanpur studyThe yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, posted on the preprint repository MedRxiv on December 21, used a statistical tool named the Gaussian Mix...
24 Dec, 2021, 05.28 PM IST
Coronavirus spread largely under control: Festival lights shine through Covid cloudNearly 10 days after Diwali, new Covid cases have remained range-bound, This gives the hope that if the situation remains under control the...
14 Nov, 2021, 06.40 AM IST
Continued and sharp decline in daily Covid cases: GovtIn a joint press briefing on the pandemic situation, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said almost 79 per cent decline in daily n...
08 Jun, 2021, 08.30 PM IST
The cause and effects of fourth wave of pandemic in DelhiThe cause of the most recent fourth wave in Delhi is mostly attributed to be the presence of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), a sub-lineage o...
05 Jun, 2021, 11.21 AM IST
Cases in Maharashtra down but numbers at last year's peak: Uddhav Thackeray"There is a difference between the COVID-19 virus variant between last time and this time. It is more virulent now, spreading fast and taki...
30 May, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
Nigeria bans travellers from India, Brazil, Turkey over COVID-19 fears"Non-Nigerian passport holders and non-residents who visited Brazil, India or Turkey within Fourteen (14) days preceding travel to Nigeria,...
02 May, 2021, 04.26 PM IST
Kuwait bans entry for non-citizens, Saudi Arabia cancels eventsThe Kuwait cabinet, in a statement, said first-degree relatives, such as parents and children, and accompanying domestic workers would be e...
04 Feb, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
India's 10 million coronavirus cases explained in 10 chartsOn Saturday, the coronavirus cases in the country surpassed the 10 million mark with 25,152 new infections. However, the virus in the count...
19 Dec, 2020, 11.13 PM IST
India should not weaken its fight against coronavirus: Narendra ModiHealth Ministry's data showed that the number of new coronavirus infections dropped below 50,000 for the first time in nearly three months ...
20 Oct, 2020, 06.52 PM IST
Gold hits highest since September 2011, silver at 4-year peakSpot gold rose 0.4% to $1,816.56 per ounce by 11:22 a.m. EDT (1522 GMT), having touched a high of $1820.06 earlier in the session.
20 Jul, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
India likely to hit peak of 6.45 lakh active cases on Aug 21: India Outbreak ReportIndia is currently the third worst-hit country in the world by the Covid-19 pandemic, after the US and Brazil, with 3,11,565 active cases a...
15 Jul, 2020, 04.13 AM IST
Karnataka's active coronavirus cases could peak to 25,000 by mid-AugustThe projections are so sensitive that if the daily growth rate is 3% then active numbers would reach 17,000 but if daily growth rate is 4% ...
22 Jun, 2020, 12.18 PM IST
India's coronavirus death count crosses 4,000Over the past 24 hours, cases in India jumped by 6,977, the sixth consecutive peak in daily cases. The death toll also rose by 154, a new p...
25 May, 2020, 09.20 AM IST
US marks record over 2,100 coronavirus deaths in one day: Johns Hopkins dataIn terms of fatalities, the US might soon overtake Italy where 18,848 COVID-19 deaths have happened so far. By Friday night, the US had 1,8...
11 Apr, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
Awareness of coronavirus reaches crescendo in IndiaAccording to Google Trends, coronavirus is the most popular in Goa with a score of 100 followed by Andaman & Nicobar Island (86), Karnataka...
27 Mar, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
Social-distancing measures will reduce Covid-19 transmission: ICMRBased on the preliminary numbers, the ICMR study has suggested that screening of travellers with symptoms of suspected coronavirus could de...
23 Mar, 2020, 09.52 PM IST