Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Ganesh Joshi on Friday informed that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Taking to Twitter, the Cabinet Minister informed about his coronavirus report and urged his close contacts to undergo coronavirus test and take all precautions. “I have tested positive for coronavirus. I am healthy and under the supervision of doctors. As […]
India reports 81,466 new Covid-19 case, 469 deaths
India reported 81,466 new COVID-19 cases and 469 coronavirus related deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the union health ministry on Friday. With these additional cases, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country reached 1,23,03,131. With 469 new deaths, the death toll in India has gone up to 1,63,396. There are 6,14,696 […]
India reports 53,480 new Covid-19 infections, 354 deaths
India reported 53,480 new COVID-19 cases and 354 related deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the union health ministry on Wednesday morning. With these additional cases, the total number of infections in the country has reached 1,21,49,335. Maharashtra reported 27,918 cases in the said period. With 354 new deaths, the death toll […]
India reports 59,118 new Covid-19 cases, 257 deaths in last 24 hrs
India continues to witness a surge in new COVID-19 cases as 59,118 fresh infections and 257 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Friday. With fresh 32,987 recoveries, a total of 1,12,64,637 people have recovered from the diseases so far. […]
Congress leader Harish Rawat, his family members test positive for Covid-19
Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has tested positive for COVID-19. Four members of Rawat’s family have also tested positive for the virus. “I got myself tested. My test report came positive and four members of my family have also tested positive. Those who have come into my contact till noon […]
US surpasses 30 million Covid-19 cases amid vaccinations
The United States on Wednesday surpassed 30 million cases of COVID-19 even as the country is making progress on the number of vaccinations. While daily new infections have decreased significantly from their peak in January, new cases remain high at around 55,000 cases per day, while 1,000 people are dying every day […]
India records 53,476 new Covid-19 cases, 251 deaths
India recorded 53,476 new COVID-19 cases, 26,490 recoveries, and 251 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. With this, the total cases in the country mounted to 1,17,87,534 including 3,95,192 active cases and 1,12,31,650 recoveries. The death toll has gone up to 1,60,692 . According to the […]
India reports 40,715 fresh Covid-19 cases, 199 deaths in last 24 hours
India reported 40,715 new COVID-19 cases, 29,785 recoveries, and 199 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. With this, the total cases mounted to 1,16,86,796 including 3,45,377 active cases and 1,11,81,253 total recoveries. The death toll has gone up to 1,60,166. According to […]
India reports 46,951 new Covid-19 cases, 212 deaths in last 24 hours
India reported 46,951 new COVID-19 cases, 21,180 recoveries, and 212 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry on Monday. With this, the total cases mounted to 1,16,46,081 including 3,34,646 active cases and 1,11,51,468 total recoveries. The total death toll escalated to 1,59,967 including the new deaths. However, as a […]
Chris Gayle thanks PM Modi for sending Covid-19 vaccines to Jamaica
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for helping Jamaica by providing COVID-19 vaccines under the Vaccine Maitri initiative. As part of the Vaccine Maitri initiative aimed to assist countries in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the Made-in-India vaccines reached Jamaica last week. “Honourable Prime Minister Modi, people of India and Government of India, […]
Paris goes into lockdown as Covid-19 variant rampages
France imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of the north after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants forced President Emmanuel Macron to shift course. Since late January, when he defied the calls of scientists and some in his government to lock the country […]
India reports 26,291 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
As many as 26,291 new COVID-19 cases and 118 deaths were reported in India in the last 24, taking the total number of active cases in the country to 2,19,262, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday. With this, the total number of positive cases stands at 1,13,85,339, […]
Mumbai: 63-year-old suffers heart attack while waiting in queue to register for Covid-19 vaccine, dies
A 63-year-old man who had gone to register for Covid-19 vaccination at a civic center in Mumbai’s Nalasopara West area collapsed after suffering a heart attack and subsequently died. According to Dr. Surekha Walke, Medical Health Officer, Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation, the man on Friday fell on the ground while waiting to […]
Brazil ranks 2nd in terms of Covid-19 cases, death toll surpasses 275,000
Brazil comes now second in terms of the number of the confirmed coronavirus cases while the death toll from COVID-19 in the country has surpassed 275,000 people, the national Ministry of Health said. Over the past 24 hours, the Latin American country has registered 85,663 new COVID-19 cases, with the total number has […]
Covid-19 lockdowns linked to rise in eating disorder symptoms: Study
A new research indicated that lockdowns to help curb the spread of COVID-19 could be linked to an increase in symptoms associated with eating disorders. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘Psychiatry Research’. The longitudinal study, carried out by academics from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England, examined the […]