Category: Health

India overtakes Italy’s coronavirus tally as lockdown easing looms

MUMBAI – India reported a record 9,887 new coronavirus cases in one day on Saturday and overtook Italy as the world’s sixth-biggest outbreak, two days before the relaxing of a lockdown with the reopening of malls, restaurants and places of worship. With its total number of cases rising […]

Trump says India, China will have more COVID-19 cases with more tests

Washington, Jun 6:  US President Donald Trump has said that countries like India and China would have much more coronavirus cases than America, the worst-hit country in the world, if they conduct more tests. Trump, in his remarks at Puritan Medical Products in Maine, said that the US […]

India now sixth worst-hit nation by COVID-19, surpasses Italy with an infection tally of 2,36,657

New Delhi, June 6:  India went past Italy to become the sixth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic with the country registering a record single-day spike of 9,887 cases which pushed the nationwide tally to 2,36,657 India’s death toll due to COVID-19 rose to?6,642 with a record increase […]

India’s COVID-19 tally reaches 2,26,770 with record spike of 9,851 cases; death toll 6,348

New Delhi, June 5: India saw a record single-day jump of 9,851 coronavirus cases and 273 deaths on Friday, pushing the nationwide infection tally to 2,26,770 and the death toll to 6,348, according to the Union health ministry.? India stood seventh among the nations worst hit by the COVID-19 […]

India’s urban COVID-19 outbreak is morphing into a rural health crisis

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – Rural parts of India have begun to see a surge in novel coronavirus infections, as millions of migrant workers returning from big cities and industrial hubs bring the virus home with them, according to data collected from seven Indian states. Officials said the spike in […]

India approves emergency use of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients

BENGALURU – India’s government said on Tuesday it has approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use for five doses in treating COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir, which is administered intravenously in hospital, is the first drug to show improvement in COVID-19 patients in formal clinical trials and […]

A total of 95,526 patients have been cured of COVID-19

open view news desk NEW DELHI, JUNE 2: Presently, there are 97,581 active cases and all are under active medical supervision. A total of 3708 COVID-19 patients have been cured during the last 24 hours. So far, a total of 95,526 patients have been cured of COVID-19. The […]

8171 more COVID-19 cases, 204 deaths in India

New Delhi, Jun 2: The novel coronavirus death toll rose to 5,598 in India on Tuesday with 204 more fatalities, while 8,171 new cases took the number of infections to 1,98,706, the Health Ministry said. The active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) climbed to 97,581 and as many […]

PTI tally of COVID-19 cases and deaths in India at 7pm

New Delhi, Jun 2:  Following is a state-wise tally of the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in India at 7pm as per information provided by respective governments. State/UT Confirmed Discharged Deaths ———————————————————— Andaman & Nicobar 33 33 0 ———————————————————— Andhra Pradesh 3791 2407 64 ———————————————————— Arunachal Pradesh […]

COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike of 8,380 cases; death toll climbs to 5,164

New Delhi, May 31:  India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday with 8,380 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s tally to 1,82,143, while the death toll rose to 5,164, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active […]

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