COVID-19

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally rose to 2,29,92,517 on Tuesday with 3,29,942 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours. The country also registered 3,876 more deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 2,49,992. State-wise,…

New Delhi: As many as 80 doctors at Saroj Hospital here have tested COVID-19 positive so far. Besides, a senior surgeon at the hospital has succumbed to the disease Of the 80 infected doctors, 12 are now undergoing treatment at the…

New Delhi: Aligarh Muslim University’s (AMU) head of medicine department, Shadaab Khan (58), Faculty of Law dean, Shakil Ahmed Samdani (59) and noted Sanskrit scholar Khalid Bin Yusuf (60) passed away among more than a dozen professors of…

New Delhi: India reported 3,66,317 fresh COVID-19 cases till 11.37 pm on Sunday. A total of 3,747 new deaths were also reported from various parts of the country. India has so far recorded a total of 2,26,62,410 cases and 2,46,146…

Kanpur: A study by IIT Kanpur scientists has predicted that after a peak in COVID-19 cases in the first week of May, the number of positive cases will begin decreasing. The mathematical study conducted in different parts of the country…

New Delhi: Ganjam in Odisha is among the districts and metropolises that are the top 20 contributors of active COVID-19 cases in the country, the Centre said on Saturday. The others are Bengaluru, Pune, Delhi, Nagpur, Mumbai, Ernakulam,…

New Delhi: In a relief for patients, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday revised the national policy for admission of COVID-19 patients to various categories of COVID hospitals and medical facilities. According to the revised policy, the…

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission for the emergency use of therapeutic application of drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) as adjunct therapy (an alternative treatment to assist primary treatment) in…

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday declared a two-week total lockdown from May 10 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The order was issued a day after the state recorded its biggest day spike of over 26,000 new COVID infections.…

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh police tracked a missing oxygen tanker from Odisha and ensured its delivery to a hospital on time on Friday. The Vijayawada-bound tanker carrying 18 tonnes of oxygen from Odisha had gone missing late on Thursday.…