COVID-19: Six states account for 84.7% India’s overall caseload

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Maharashtra continues to report a majority of Coronavirus cases among the Indian states. Coronavirus in India: In India, the Coronavirus caseload is rising with more than 18,000 cases being recorded on a daily basis. On Sunday, the country witnessed more than 18,000 cases for the second consecutive day taking the total tally of India’s COVID-19 … Read more

Covid-19 caseload in India rises to 96.44 lakh

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NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 caseload rose to 96.44 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 91 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.37 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The Covid-19 active caseload plunged to almost 4 lakh after 138 days. … Read more

Unlock 5.0: Rules for cinemas, schools and social gatherings explained; here’s what will remain shut

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The government has also allowed the states and UT’s to reopen the schools from October 15. The central government has revised COVID-19 guidelines under Unlock 5.0! The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has come up with a new set of guidelines where the government has relaxed the norms. Come October 15, cinemas, multiplexes, theatres, entertainment … Read more

View: The habits, risks and trade-offs of an ‘unlock’ paradigm

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By Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay and Avik Chanda Even as the daily incidence of new Covid-19 cases in India crosses the 85,000 mark, the plummeting of the economy into free-fall has forced the government’s hand into a desperate Unlock 4.0 regime. This new paradigm offers a further ease of restrictions in non-contamination zones, including the re-operation of … Read more

Ramp-up efforts to contain Covid spread, follow SOPs: Centre to UTs

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The Centre advised the UTs to improve testing facilities, surveillance for early detection of Covid cases, contact tracing and house-to-house surveillance by medical staff. The Centre on Saturday advised union territories to ramp-up efforts to contain the COVID-19 spread by sticking to the rules for prevention of the disease as well as following standard operating … Read more

COVID-19: India records highest single-day surge of 76,472 cases; overall tally crosses 34-lakh mark

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Within one month, the number of cases for deadly viral infection has crossed 20-lakh and 30-lakh mark Coronavirus in India: Coronavirus cases in India have been rising significantly now. The country recorded the highest single-day surge of 76,472 cases in the last 24 hours, taking further the overall cases to 34,63,972 as of August 29, … Read more

India’s Covid caseload races past 30 lakh

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India is the third worst-hit nation in terms of COVID-19 cases after the US and Brazil. India’s COVID-19 tally hurtled past the 30-lakh mark on Saturday night, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while the total number of recoveries too surged to 22.71 lakh, according to data from states and union territories. Union health … Read more

Telangana crosses 90,000 mark in coronavirus cases, death toll reaches 684

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HYDERABAD: Telangana on Saturday reported 1,863 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the state’s tally to 90,259. More than 65% of those infected are men. Officials said 10 people had died due to the disease in the 24 hours till Friday night, taking the death toll due to coronavirus-led complications to 684. The case fatality rate for … Read more