Coronavirus

Mumbai: A day after Maharashtra witnessed the highest one-day spike of 25,833 COVID-19 cases, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Friday said lockdown is an option but he trusts people to follow the norms on their own. Talking to reporters in Nandurbar, Thackeray also appealed people to...

New Delhi: India saw 39,726 new coronavirus infections being reported in the last 24 hours. It is the highest single day rise recorded so far this year. The new coronavirus infections took the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,15,14,331, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Friday. Many...

Cuttack: As many as 12 students of a private Plus II science college in Cuttack have tested positive for COVID-19, sources said Thursday. In order to avoid further spread of the infection, the civic body has placed them under quarantine in the hostel of the...

New Delhi: India Thursday recorded 35,871 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise in over 100 days, which took the infection tally to 1,14,74,605, according to Union health ministry data. Registering an increase for the eighth consecutive day, the active caseload reached 2,52,364, which accounts...

New Delhi: India recorded its highest daily tally of coronavirus cases this year with 28,903 new infections, taking the total COVID-19 tally to 1,14,38,734, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Wednesday. The death toll increased to 1,59,044 with 188 new fatalities, the highest in around two months,...

Washington: The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed the grim milestone of 120.6 million as the pandemic is still raging, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.66 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Wednesday morning,...

London: Non-invasive skin swab samples may be enough to detect the novel coronavirus quickly, according to a study published in the ‘Lancet E Clinical Medicine’ journal.      Researchers at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom noted that COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented...

New Delhi: More than 30 lakh people were inoculated against COVID-19 March 15. It was the highest number of COVID-19 vaccination in a day so far. It took the total number of vaccine doses administered in India to 3,29,47,432, the Union Health Ministry said Tuesday. The COVID-19...

New Delhi: India recorded 24,492 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. It means that India have now registered more than 20,000 COVID-19 cases for the sixth day in a row. The new cases took the infection tally past 1.14 crore, the Union Health...

Bhubaneswar: In its fight against the new strain of COVID-19 virus which is said to be more contagious, the Odisha government has issued fresh guidelines. The guidelines ask people to strictly follow the basic COVID-19 protocols like washing hands, wearing masks and maintaining social distancing;...