New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday said he has reiterated directions for carrying out genome sequencing of positive cases so that cases of JN.1 variant can be confirmed. Talking to PTI Video, he said the government has ramped up COVID testing, with 636 tests conducted on Wednesday. Bharadwaj had on Wednesday confirmed … Read more
The death toll remained unchanged at 16,687 as no patient succumbed to the infection during the day, it said. Mumbai on Sunday reported 167 new coronavirus positive cases, 34 less that the previous day, which raised the city’s infection count to 10,55,561, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The death toll remained unchanged at 16,687 … Read more
Jan. 13, 2022 — As COVID-19 cases from Omicron in the United States have skyrocketed to what seems like new records every other day, speculation is rising among some experts and scientific novices alike that infection for many seems unavoidable. In a Senate hearing Tuesday, acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, MD, even told the panel, … Read more
Bengaluru: Eight months into the Covid pandemic, the death rate in Bengaluru has fallen considerably compared to the situation six weeks ago, much to the relief of the city administration. This is even as the number of positive cases rose with 4,000 cases reported daily in the beginning of this month, barring the past one … Read more
Chennai: Tamil Nadu continued to report under 6,000 cases on Monday. With 5776 cases reported on Monday, the State has now witnessed 469,256 cases of Covid-19. The number has consistently been under the 6,000 mark for many days which has provided the State with some relief after the easing of the State wide lockdown on … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced delinking of hotels from hospitals in view of the improving COVID-19 situation in the national capital. Kejriwal said all beds in such hotels, which were recently attached to hospitals, were lying vacant for the last many days. The decision was taken after the chief minister … Read more