New Delhi: India Saturday saw another record spike of 14,516 new COVID-19 cases in a single-day, pushing the tally to 3,95,048, while the death toll rose to 12,948 with 375 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of recoveries continued to...
Washington: The total number of global COVID-19 cases has surged to over 8.6 million, while the deaths were nearing 460,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. By Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 8,639,023, while the fatalities increased to 459,437, the University's...
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Friday said that seven more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While four of them are home quarantine cases, remaining three are local contact ones. Of the three local contact cases, a 45-year-old...
Bhubaneswar: A modification petition was filed in the Supreme Court Friday a day after the apex court stayed the historic festival keeping the COVID-19 pandemic in mind. The petitioner, Aftab Hossen, in his petition sought partial modification in the apex court order that had been...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 153 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 153 persons, 43 are from Cuttack, 21 from Jagatsinghpur, 18 from Kandhamal, 12 from Khurda, 11 from Bhadrak, nine from Gajapati,...
Mumbai: Actor Diana Penty said Friday she has been working closely with the Salaam Bombay Foundation (SBF). The organisation provides safety gear and hand sanitisers to police officers in the city. Diana Penty she initially connected with the Byculla police station. She wanted to understand...
London: The pandemic coronavirus is causing is causing the world a great amount of anxiety and fear leading to high levels of stress. But be careful and relax, don’t come under stress. COVID-19 patients with extremely high levels of stress hormone cortisol in their blood...
Puri: A meeting of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) was held Friday afternoon to decide the future course of action on Rath Yatra celebrations amid Supreme Court’s stay order on observance of the festival. Addressing a press conference after the meeting, erstwhile Puri king Gajapati...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court took Friday note of the differences in COVID-19 testing charges in various states. It asked the Centre to decide on the issue, and said all states should set up panel of experts to inspect hospitals. This has to be done...
Washington: A large study of 20,000 hospitalised COVID-19 patients who received transfusions of blood plasma from recovered people found the treatment was safe. The report, published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings Thursday, assessed the seven days following transfusion for hospitalised patients between April 3...
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