Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that around 50 lakh Indians died during the second wave of COVID-19 infection due to “wrong decisions” of the Union government. India has officially reported around 4.18 lakh Covid deaths in the country so far. Gandhi shared on his Twitter handle a new study by the Centre for … Read more
May 19, 2021 — India reported the coronavirus pandemic’s highest single daily death toll on Wednesday — 4,529 — as the virus raged through the country’s rural regions. The previous deadliest day for a single country was recorded in the United States in January, when 4,468 people died. Many experts believe the true number … Read more
New Delhi: India reported 73,272 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall caseload to 69,79,423, while 59,88,822 people have recuperated so far, pushing the recovery rate to 85.81 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 1,07,416 with 926 people succumbing to the disease in a … Read more
Sept. 22, 2020 — Just over 6 months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the United States has reached a grim milestone: the novel coronavirus death toll has climbed to a staggering 200,000. “It’s sobering. It’s a large number, and clearly it tells us that everything we’re doing right now to … Read more
Sept. 14, 2020 — For the first time in six months, Canada on Friday reported no new COVID-19 deaths. Reuters said the last time that happened was on March 15, at the start of pandemic-related lockdowns, CBS News reported. As of Saturday, there had been 137,676 COVID-19 cases and 9,214 deaths from … Read more
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally raced past 38 lakh on Thursday with the sharpest single-day spike of 83,883 fresh cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 29,70,492, pushing the recovery rate to over 77 per cent, Union health ministry data showed. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country mounted to 38,53,406, while … Read more
NEW DELHI: With another big single-day jump in coronavirus cases, India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the seven lakh-mark on Monday, just four days after the number of infections in the country had reached six lakh. The total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 also crossed the one-crore mark in India on Monday. According to Union … Read more