Districts with less than 5 pc Covid-19 positivity rate can move towards reopening schools, says Centre

Districts with less than 5 pc Covid-19 positivity rate can move towards reopening schools, says Centre

“The pandemic situation has improved. There are states and districts of concern, but overall there is a contraction in the spread of infection which is heartening. There are 268 districts where the positivity is below 5 per cent. And clearly, these districts can move in the direction of non-COVID care and also in the direction … Read more

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

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

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

Smell a RAT: The COVID-19 curve may not be flattening

Smell a RAT: The COVID-19 curve may not be flattening

On Monday, for instance, Delhi nearly halved testing levels from 62,669 a week ago to 33,733 while Bihar conducted 1.73 lakh tests, most of them using RAT kits. On Monday, India reported its lowest tally of daily infections in the last 20 days, adding 75,083 cases and recording 1,01,468 recoveries. In fact, over the last … Read more

Coronavirus in India: 5 lakh recoveries reported in last 8 days, even as Covid-19 cases set new record

Coronavirus in India: 5 lakh recoveries reported in last 8 days, even as Covid-19 cases set new record

The trend continued as the latest 5 lakh recoveries were added in eight days only as the number reached the 25 lakh figure on August 27. Even as India recorded the world’s biggest single day spike in Covid-19 cases on Saturday by adding 78,761 cases, the recoveries from the disease have also been steadily rising, … Read more

Coronavirus in India: With 78,761 new cases, India registers biggest single-day spike in the world, tally crosses 35-lakh mark

Coronavirus in India: With 78,761 new cases, India registers biggest single-day spike in the world, tally crosses 35-lakh mark

With the number of Coronavirus positive cases rapidly increasing day by day, the number of Covid-19 active cases is also increasing, increasing the load on the stressed health care facilities. With the biggest single-day spike of 78,761 new Covid-19 confirmed cases on Saturday, the tally of Coronavirus cases in India breached the 35-lakh mark, as … Read more

Coronavirus cases in India cross 30-lakh mark! Over 22.8 lakh recover so far

Coronavirus cases in India cross 30-lakh mark! Over 22.8 lakh recover so far

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7. India’s COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. With a single-day … Read more