COVID-19 cases in India breach 57-lakh

COVID-19 cases in India breach 57-lakh

India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 57 lakh, while over 46 lakh people have recovered from the disease pushing the national recovery rate to 81.55 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 57,32,518 with 86,508 people testing positive in a day while the death toll […]

India’s COVID-19 caseload crosses 28-lakh mark

India’s COVID-19 caseload crosses 28-lakh mark

India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664 on Thursday pushing the recovery rate to 73.91 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total cases of coronavirus infections mounted to 28,36,925, while the death toll climbed to 53,866 with […]

62,064 new COVID cases in India

62,064 new COVID cases in India

India’s novel coronavirus tally crossed the 22-lakh mark on Monday with 62,064 new cases, while the death toll climbed to 44,386 with 1,007 more fatalities, the Health Ministry said.The recoveries surged to 15,35,743 with a record 54,859 more people recuperating in the past 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 69.33 per cent. The case […]

Minister Kadakampally Surendran’s son tests positive for coronavirus

Minister Kadakampally Surendran’s son tests positive for coronavirus

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakkampally Surendran’s son tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday. The minister announced his son’s test result on a Facebook post. Their family was tested after one of their staff members tested positive for the virus. After one of the staff members in my official residence tested positive for coronavirus, we […]

In highest single-day spike, nearly 23k test positive for COVID; death toll rises to 18,655 in India

In highest single-day spike, nearly 23k test positive for COVID; death toll rises to 18,655 in India

New Delhi,  With 22,771 people testing positive for coronavirus in the highest single-day spike so far, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to?6,48,315 on Saturday, while the death toll rose to 18,655 with 442 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.? With a steady rise, the number of recoveries stands at 3,94,226 and one patient […]

14 more die of COVID-19 in Bengal, toll crosses 100-mark

Kolkata, The death toll from COVID-19 climbed to 113 in West Bengal on Sunday with 14 more people succumbing to the infection in the last 24 hours, a state government bulletin said. The state also reported 153 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest in a day so far. Of the 14 deaths, Kolkata alone accounted for […]

COVID-19 death toll touches 1,694; cases rise to 49,391

COVID-19 death toll touches 1,694; cases rise to 49,391

New Delhi, The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,694 and the number of cases climbed to 49,391 in the country on Wednesday, registering an increase of 126 deaths and 2,958 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases is 33,514. A total of 13,160 […]

Senior govt doctor, another man die of COVID-19 in Bengal

Senior govt doctor, another man die of COVID-19 in Bengal

Kolkata,  A senior government doctor involved in the fight against COVID-19 and a 34-year-old man, both diagnosed with the diease, died at a hospital here on Sunday, sources at the facility said. The 60-year-old doctor, posted as assistant director health services (equipment and stores), was initially admitted to Beliaghata Infectious Diseases hospital and later shifted […]