Category: Health

Record 24,850 COVID-19 cases in single day in India

New Delhi, July 5:  With 24,850 people testing positive for coronavirus infection and 613 succumbing to the disease in a day, the highest so far, India’s COVID-19 caseload soared to 6,73,165, while the death toll climbed to 19,268 on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. This […]

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

New Delhi, July 4:  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 […]

Over 19K COVID-19 cases push India’s tally above 6 lakh, 5 days after crossing 5-lakh mark

New Delhi, Jul 2:  India’s COVID-19 tally zoomed past six lakh cases on Thursday with a single-day increase of 19,148 cases, just five days after it crossed the five-lakh mark, while the death toll rose to 17,834, according to the Union health ministry data. The COVID-19 case load […]

India’s COVID-19 tally climbs to 5,66,840, Tamil Nadu surpasses Delhi in case count

New Delhi, June 30:  With 18,522 people testing positive for coronavirus in a single day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 5,66,840 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 16,893 with 418 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. Recording nearly 4,000 cases in the last […]

Plasma bank to be set up in Delhi for treatment of COVID-19 patients

New Delhi, Jun 29:  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced setting up of a ‘plasma bank’ to save lives of serious COVID-19 patients in the national capital. Addressing an online media briefing, the chief minister said the bank will start working in the next two days, […]

Single-day spike of 19,459 COVID-19 cases takes India’s tally to 5,48,318

New Delhi, Jun 29:  A single-day spike of 19,459 COVID-19 cases took India’s tally to 5,48,318 on Monday, while the death toll climbed to 16,475 with 380 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data This is the sixth consecutive day that coronavirus infections have increased by […]

COVID-19: India adds nearly 20,000 cases, highest single-day spike

New Delhi, June 28 : ?India recorded close to 20,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time on Sunday, taking the tally to 5,28,859, while the?death toll rose to?16,095,?according to the Union Health Ministry data The data updated at 8 am showed 19,906 new cases, […]

Coronavirus cases in India cross 500,000 as big cities reel from surge

NEW DELHI – India reported over 17,000 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours, pushing the country’s total above 500,000, federal health ministry data showed on Saturday, with infections surging in major cities including the capital New Delhi. India has the world’s fourth-biggest outbreak of the virus […]

India’s social inequalities reflected in coronavirus care

NEW DELHI — When Pradeep Kumar’s wife was admitted to a government-run hospital in India’s capital for treatment of COVID-19, it took two days before she was able to see a doctor. “There are six other women in her room and everyone is frustrated,” he said outside New […]

India registers over 17,000 COVID-19 daily cases for first time; death toll crosses 15,000-mark

New Delhi, Jun 26:  The highest single-day surge in COVID-19 cases went past 17,000 on Friday, pushing India’s tally to?4,90,401, while the death toll climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.? Updated at 8 am, the data showed the daily COVID-19 […]

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