Time to watch your weight: Obesity can increase risk of Covid fatalityA report found that 90% deaths from Covid were in countries with high levels of obesity.
05 Mar, 2021, 03.04 PM IST
A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020More than any event in memory, the pandemic has been a global event. On every continent, households have felt its devastation, joblessness ...
25 Dec, 2020, 06.21 PM IST
Global Covid-19 cases breach 72-million mark from 70 mn in just two daysThe United States continues to be the worst-affected by the pandemic with its tally surpassing 16 million and deaths due to the pathogen ne...
14 Dec, 2020, 09.13 AM IST
World Covid-19 caseload breaches 68 million markThe global caseload stands at 68,161,156 while the number of fatalities stands at 1,555,138, as reported by the COVID-19 Dashboard by the C...
09 Dec, 2020, 09.24 AM IST
US sets record with 225,201 single-day Covid-19 casesThe new figure on Friday increased the overall caseload to 14,343,430, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) r...
05 Dec, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Every 250th person on Earth now infected with coronavirusThe current world population is 7.8 billion (as of September 2020), according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Wor...
26 Sep, 2020, 07.50 PM IST
Oil prices jump on vaccine hopes, EU dealBenchmark Brent crude was up $1.24 cents at $44.52 by 1337 GMT, on track for its biggest daily rise since mid-June at around 3%. West Texas...
21 Jul, 2020, 10.40 PM IST
Donald Trump says coronavirus a 'very bad gift' from China"All over the World the CoronaVirus, a very bad 'gift' from China, marches on.Not good!" Trump said in a tweet.
28 May, 2020, 09.16 PM IST
Trump says US topping world coronavirus cases is 'badge of honour'"I look at that as, in a certain respect, as being a good thing because it means our testing is much better," he said on Tuesday at the Whi...
20 May, 2020, 04.43 PM IST
US virus deaths fall for second day, with 759 in 24 hoursThere have been 90,309 deaths linked to novel coronavirus in the United States and more than 1.5 million cases of infection, according to d...
19 May, 2020, 07.22 AM IST
US records 1,891 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours: Johns HopkinsThe US has seen a total of 732,197 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the global health crisis, according to the Baltimore-base...
19 Apr, 2020, 07.14 AM IST
US surpasses 700,000 coronavirus cases: trackerThe United States has seen the highest death toll in the world in the coronavirus pandemic, ahead of Italy (22,745 deaths) although its pop...
18 Apr, 2020, 10.15 AM IST
US coronavirus death toll passes 32,000: TrackerThe toll as of 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Friday) marked an increase of 4,491 deaths in the past 24 hours, by far the highest daily toll in the pand...
17 Apr, 2020, 08.48 AM IST
In grim milestone, US logs world's highest coronavirus death tollThe United States has seen its highest death tolls to date in the epidemic with roughly 2,000 deaths a day reported for the last four days ...
12 Apr, 2020, 12.07 AM IST
Europe's virus toll surges, world plunges into recessionEurope has suffered the brunt of the coronavirus crisis in recent weeks, with millions across the continent on lockdown and the streets of ...
28 Mar, 2020, 06.25 PM 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
ISIS advisory warns terrorists to be off coronavirus-hit EuropeThe Middle East-based terror outfit, which has in the past encouraged operatives to plot attacks in Europe, also instructed those of its fo...
16 Mar, 2020, 01.16 PM IST