Soon after the company had been chosen by the DBT for the Rotavirus vaccine, the company shipped out the first batch of vaccine it had developed for Hepatitis B in the year 1999. (Credit: ANI) With the government regulator allowing the emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech, the Hyderabad-based company has … Read more
India ranks a lowly 104th in the world with only 114,637 tests per million people, one-sixth of that in the US. India’ coronavirus tally hit 99.8 lakh on Thursday, putting the country on course to reach the one crore number on Friday. India now accounts for 14% of the world’s infections outranking Brazil and late … Read more
The number of casualties on Saturday also were recorded at 447, taking the death toll of Coronavirus in the country to 1,29,365. With a consistent rise in the Coronavirus infection across the country, the total tally of Covid-19 cases crossed the 88 lakh mark, according to the data released provided by the Union Health Ministry. … Read more
The total number of cases per million is highest in Bahrain, where the figure stands at 44,634. (Image: Reuters) Coronavirus cases in India: In the global scenario of the coronavirus pandemic, India ranks fairly low worldwide in terms of total cases per million and deaths per million, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare … Read more
The government does not provide a breakup between RT-PCR and RAT tests, but this can be gauged from the share of states that rely on RAT tests increasing overtime. Coronavirus cases in India: On October 11, India recorded 74,383 infections, and the country had conducted 10,78,544 tests. Over the last two weeks, starting September 23, … Read more
Although a high recovery rate and more recoveries than infections indicate that the worst is over, in India’s case the data on coronavirus recoveries look dodgy. On Sunday, India had seven states with a recovery rate of over 90%. The country also recorded one of the highest recovery rates in the world with a recovery … Read more
The study also found that most cases of Coronavirus infections and resultant deaths were found in the 40-69 year age group. A small percentage of Covid-19 infected people have been responsible for large scale spread of the disease in the country, according to the findings of a recently conducted contact tracing study in Andhra Pradesh … Read more
Mumbai, for instance, registered 26 deaths for every 1,000 cases on September 20. Cities, like Delhi and Mumbai, may be better equipped in terms of health infrastructure than states like Bihar and Odisha but they continue to report a higher ratio of new deaths. Indeed, cities are recording more deaths per 1,000 cases than other … Read more
At the start of the pandemic, hospitals were overflowing and there was no cure but, over time, management has gotten better. India may have been registering more deaths than any other country but, given more infections have been detected due to increased testing, the case fatality rate — total deaths upon total cases — is … Read more
The spread of the disease has already reached every part of the country and a rise in the number of cases is being reported even from the rural areas and smaller towns of the country. In a worrying sign, India recorded a total of 90,636 new cases of Coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking … Read more