Coronavirus cases in India today: Over 18,000 new patients; Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab report spike

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In addition to the states of Kerala and Maharashtra which are witnessing another wave of Coronavirus cases in the country, the Northern state of Punjab has also been reporting more than 1000 new cases in the last couple of days. The total number of cases of Coronavirus in the country has increased by 18,327 on … Read more

Coronavirus testing: Nagpur civic body converts buses into swab collection centres to ramp up mobile testing

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The initiative will enable the administration to visit different areas of the city and test people symptomatic of the disease immediately at the spot. Coronavirus testing: Nagpur civic body steps up mobile testing! In an attempt to ramp up testing to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation has started a novel way to … Read more

Coronavirus in India: Despite better infra, more people are dying in the cities

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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

Covid-19: Why Maharashtra is recording more infections

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On September 13, the daily growth rate in infections in Maharashtra at 2.3% was higher than Tamil Nadu’s 1.3%. On Sunday, as Maharashtra recorded 22,084 infections, the Covid cases in the state totaled 1.04 million. The state now accounts for a fifth of India’s cases. Globally, Maharashtra is the province with highest number of infections. … Read more

Coronavirus in India: 1,000 deaths per day becomes a new normal; Maha, K’taka, TN, Punjab see surge in Covid-19 deaths

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The daily death count is expected to further increase in view of the mounting infections across the country. The spectre of a large number of deaths related to Covid-19 is coming true as the country has reported more than 1,000 deaths six times in the past 10 days. In addition to Maharashtra, which has notoriously … Read more