For the first time, four patients of B.A. 4 variant and three cases of B.A. 5 variants of the Omicron sub-lineage of coronavirus have been found in Maharashtra, an official of the state health department said on Saturday. All of them had only mild symptoms and were treated at home, … Read more
Child rights NGOs have flagged a sharp rise in the number of children who have gone missing in the last two years due to the social impact of COVID-19. In order to prevent the situation for worsening, the organisations have called for the immediate strengthening of child protection committees at … Read more
India reported an increase of 494 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 16,308. The country is fifty-sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On May 28, it added 2,685 cases to take its total caseload to 43,150,215. And, with 33 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,572, … Read more
The World Health Organisation says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as containable and proposed creating a stockpile to equitably share the limited vaccines and drugs available worldwide. During a public briefing … Read more
Delhi on Friday logged 445 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.04 per cent, while no new death was reported due the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department here. With the new cases, Delhi’s COVID-19 tally increased to 19,05,512 while the death toll … Read more
Maharashtra on Friday recorded 536 new coronavirus infections — the highest one-day rise in cases since March 3 — but zero pandemic-related fatalities, the health department said. The tally of active cases crossed the 2,500-mark, it said. On March 3, the state had recorded 544 new infections. The … Read more
India reported an increase of 400 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 15,814. The country is fifty-sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On May 27, it added 2,710 cases to take its total caseload to 43,147,530. And, with 14 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,539, … Read more
The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths are still falling globally after peaking in January, the World Health Organisation said. In its latest weekly assessment of the pandemic, the UN health agency said there were more than 3.7 million new infections and 9,000 deaths in the last week, drops … Read more
Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases at 470, the highest daily count since March 5 and more than half of them in Mumbai, while no fresh death due to the infection was registered in the state, the health department said. With this, the state’s overall COVID-19 … Read more
India reported 130 new active coronavirus cases to take its count to 14,971. The country is fifty-sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On May 25, it added 2,124 cases to take its total caseload to 43,142,192. And, with 17 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 524,507, or 1.22 per … Read more