New Delhi | Two days after warning that the third wave of Covid is inevitable, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government, K. VijayRaghavan on Friday stepped back, saying that it may not happen if strong steps and measures are taken. Addressing the Union Health Ministry press briefing, he said: “If we take strong steps and measures, […]
Category: COVID-19
India records 4.14L new Covid cases, 3,915 deaths
New Delhi | India has recorded 4,14,188 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours — the highest so far, along with 3,915 fatalities, taking the total number of cases in the country to 2,14,91,598, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. It is the third time after May 1 that India […]
N440K Covid variant not new, diminishing in India: CSIR
New Delhi | Coronavirus variant N440K is prevalent since last year in south India and it is diminishing, say scientists at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Various reports have emerged suspecting the role of the variant behind the surge in Covid cases in Andhra Pradesh. “The mutant is not new. We have been […]
New high of 4.12L cases, 3,980 deaths in India
New Delhi | With 4,12,262 fresh cases and 3,980 deaths in last 24 hours, India on Thursday recorded maximum fresh cases and fatalities in a day, another grim record, taking the total caseload in the country to 2,10,77,410, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. Not only has it been 15 straight day with India […]
Govt provided 17 cr vax to States/UTs free of cost: Centre
New Delhi | The union government on Wednesday said that it has so far provided more than 17.02 crore vaccine doses to States and Union Territories free of cost, out of which more than 94.47 lakh doses are still available with them to be administered. In a statement, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said, […]
Highest Covid deaths of 3,780 in India, 3.82L cases in 24 hrs
New Delhi | India on Wednesday recorded 3,780 deaths, maximum in a day and 3,82,315 fresh cases of Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload in the country to 2,06,65,148, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. It is the 14th straight day when India recorded more than three lakh cases […]
Avoid CT scans in mild Covid cases, suggests AIIMS chief
New Delhi | AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria on Monday advised avoiding unnecessary computerised tomography scan (CT scan) in cases of mild symptoms of Covid-19 and warned against use of steroids in the early infections of the deadly disease. Addressing a press conference, Guleria said one CT scan is equivalent to 300-400 chest X-rays and this increases […]
IIT-K to analyse Covid curve in UP
Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to engage the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) for rigorous analysis of the Covid curve in all the 75 districts of the state. He said that such analysis would help in pandemic management. “In view of the Covid peak, experts all over the country have […]
India records highest Covid deaths of 3,689 in 24 hrs, 3.92L cases
New Delhi | A day after recording over four lakh cases of corona infections, India on Sunday recorded 3,92,488 new Covid-19 cases and 3,689 fatalities, highest daily death toll due to infections, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. It is the 11th day in a row when India recorded more than 3 lakh cases […]
India logs 4L Covid cases for the first time in a new high
New Delhi | India witnessed highest spike of 4,01,999 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 3,523 fatalities due to coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHF) said on Saturday. It was the first time when India crossed four lakh figure of Covid cases in a day. For the last nine […]