New Delhi | In the last 24 hours, India registered a 20 per cent dip in new Covid-19 cases with 1,67,059 infections, but the fresh fatalities surged to a whopping 1,192, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. The single-day deaths saw a surge after Kerala added 638 fatalities as backlog to Tuesday’s count, said the […]
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11-yr-old Israeli boy catches 3 different Covid variants: Report
Jerusalem | In a rare case, an 11-year-old Israeli boy has been infected with three different Covid variants in a year. Alon Helfgott has officially been infected with Alpha, Delta, and now Omicron. He’s been in quarantine 3-4 times since the start of the school year, The Times of Israel reported. Helfgott, from the central Israel […]
NeoCov’s potential danger to humans requires further study: WHO
Geneva | Chinese researchers have detected a new type of coronavirus among bats in South Africa. While research claims it has latent ability to mutate, the World Health Organisation has said its potential needs further clarity. According to scientists from the Wuhan University in China, NeoCov can penetrate human cells in the same way as SARS-CoV-2. […]
In steep hike, India logs 3.47 lakh new Covid cases, 703 deaths
New Delhi | In a steep hike, India reported 3.47 lakh Covid-19 cases and 703 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. The daily cases registered a rise of around 9 per cent from the previous day. With the fresh fatalities, the death toll climbed to 4,88,396. […]
India logs 2,71,202 new Covid cases, 314 deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi | Amid the ongoing Covid-19 resurgence, India reported 2,71,202 fresh Covid cases in last 24 hours which pushed the active caseload to 15,50,377, accounting for 4.18 per cent of the country’s total positive cases, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday. Also in the same period, there were 314 additional […]
Delhi adds 28,867 new Covid cases, highest single day rise ever
New Delhi | Delhi on Thursday recorded 28,867 new Covid cases, the highest ever single-day rise since the beginning of the pandemic. The fresh Covid infection has pushed the tally to 16,46,583. As per the Delhi health department, the city had recorded 28,395 cases on April 20. In the same time span, 31 deaths have also […]
India logs 2,47,417 new Covid cases, active infection tally tops 11 lakh
New Delhi | In the last 24 hours, India registered 2,47,417 new Covid-19 cases, a significant spike of over 50,000 since the previous day, taking the active infection tally to more than 11 lakh, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday. According to the Ministry, the 11,17,531 active cases currently account for […]
Covid vaccine for teens: Doctors advise not to take paracetamol
New Delhi | Children undergoing Covid vaccination must not take paracetamol, a common pain reliever, without first consulting, city doctors advised on Friday. The advice was issued in response to growing concerns that some immunisation centres are advising children to take three paracetamol 500 mg tablets after receiving the Covid vaccine. Taking paracetamol without consulting a […]
Covid-19: US sees record rise in kids getting hospitalised
Washington | Increasing number of children in the US are getting hospitalised with Covid-19 than ever before, even as the country shattered a single-day record with over 1 million Covid-19 cases this week. According to data from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an average of 672 children were admitted to hospitals every […]
Third Covid wave starts in Delhi, 10K cases expected on Wednesday
New Delhi | Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said that the third Covid wave has started in the national capital and around 10,000 cases are expected by evening. “The Covid cases can jump to close 10,000 today with the infection rate nearing 10 per cent by today evening in Delhi”, said Minister Jain in […]