Coronavirus

New Delhi: India's novel coronavirus tally crossed the 26-lakh mark Monday with 57,981 new cases in 24 hours, while the death toll climbed to 50,921 with 941 more fatalities, said the Health Ministry. Out of the total 2,647,663 cases, recoveries have surged to 1,751,555 with...

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): Ninety inmates of a government women shelter home have tested positive for COVID-19. Deputy Director of Women Welfare Department, Nita Ahirwar said, "In the past two days, 90 inmates of Nari Niketan here have tested positive for COVID-19. All of them have...

Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Monday announced that the general elections, initially scheduled to be held September 19, have been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic and will now take place October 17. "The Electoral Commission, via the Ministry of Justice, has advised...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 21.5 million, while the deaths were nearing 774,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 21,598,893 and the fatalities rose to 773,934, the University's Center...

Bhubaneswar: The capital city Sunday reported 170 fresh COVID-19 cases under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits, BMC said. With this, the city’s tally has gone up to 5,289. Of them, while 92 cases were reported from quarantine centres, the remaining 78 cases contracted the virus...

Los Angeles: Actress Sharon Stone has shared that her sister Kelly has Covid-19 and blamed all those not wearing masks for her infection. The actress took to Instagram to post a photo of a solitary room with a large yellow tube being fed into it,...

Mumbai: Legendary actor Dilip Kumar's brothers, Ehsaan Khan and Aslam Khan, have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently in hospital. Ehsaan, 90 and Aslam, 88, were admitted to Lilavati Hospital late Saturday night after they complained of breathlessness. Both the brothers, who live separately...

Moscow: The third stage of the research on the world's first registered vaccine against the novel coronavirus, called Sputnik V, may begin in 7-10 days, a report has said. According to the Tass news agency, several tens of thousands of people are expected to take...

Panaji: Former Defence Minister and late BJP leader Manohar Parrikar's elder son Utpal was Sunday hospitalised after he tested positive for coronavirus. "On the advice of doctors and to take proper line of treatment, I've got admitted to hospital. Thank you everyone for the wishes,"...

Bhubaneswar: With Khurda district continuously surpassing Ganjam in daily detection of COVID cases for last five days, it has been a matter of great concern for the district administration as well as the state government. Khurda district reported 488 COVID-19 cases Sunday. The same day,...