Covid Cases

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Yellow alert sounded in Delhi, restrictions will be imposed accordingly: Kejriwal

He said Covid cases are mild and there is no increase in the consumption of oxygen or the use of ventilators despite the rise in numbers

28 Dec 2021 2:26 PM

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (AFP)

Boosters may prolong COVID pandemic, warns WHO chief

Unrestrained end-of-year celebrations could still prove to be major source of new infections, the WHO warned

23 Dec 2021 12:21 PM

A decrease of 2,832 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. (PTI Photo)

India records 38,792 fresh Covid cases, 624 deaths

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh-mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16

14 Jul 2021 10:52 AM

The state government said it will tentatively hold the Class 12 examination in the last week of July and the time table would be issued shortly. (PTI Photo)

Will be able to successfully conduct Class 12 board examination, AP govt tells SC

The top court is hearing a plea seeking directions to state governments to not hold board examinations in view of the COVID-19 pandemic

23 Jun 2021 8:34 PM

Health workers administer COVID-19 vaccine doses to shopkeepers at a market in Bhopal, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Centre places order for 44 cr doses of COVID-19 vaccines

AIIMS director said there is no data to show that children will be seriously infected in subsequent Covid-19 waves

09 Jun 2021 1:35 AM

Sood’s rise in being recognised as a saviour is also a deep reflection of the indifference of the others. (Photo: Instagram: Sonu Sood)

In bleak times, ‘villain’ Sonu Sood redefines heroism

Sonu Sood has risen now to become India’s superhero, without a cape, just a twitter handle

26 May 2021 8:21 PM

An ITBP Stress Counsellor interacts with a COVID-19 patient at Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre, Radha Soami Beas, Chhatarpur, New Delhi, Monday, May 17, 2021. (Photo: PTI)

India registers 2.81 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 4,106 deaths

The number of active cases stands at 35,16,997, accounting for 14.09 per cent of the total infections

17 May 2021 11:22 AM

Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Parwati Ghat as coronavirus cases surge in Jamshedpur, Monday, May 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Don’t fudge Covid data, that’ll make crisis worse

The first reason why the government should come clean and say that its numbers are an undercount is public safety

11 May 2021 12:00 AM

The electoral rallies with several lakh people that were held till very recently in Kerala, Assam and Tamil Nadu and which will continue to dominate the political horizon in West Bengal for the rest of this month. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Covid: Who’ll pay price for irresponsible netas?

The political rallies and religious snans could easily become super-spreader events. Some perhaps already have

16 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

The back-to-back meetings, after the one chaired by the PM on Sunday, is a part of the Central government’s efforts to contain the spread of the virus, which has once again turned into a full-blown crisis. (Photo: PTI)

Amid Covid spurt, PM to talk to CMs on Thursday

Harsh Vardhan has called a meeting with 11 states and UTs of grave concern on Tuesday to take stock of the worsening situation

06 Apr 2021 4:04 AM

Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million. (PTI Photo)

Global coronavirus cases surpass 5 million with over 3,26,000 deaths

Latin America accounted for around a third of the 91,000 cases reported earlier this week

21 May 2020 1:32 PM

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