Coronavirus
- Elections
BJP MLA Mukesh Verma quits in UP; 7 resign party in 3 days
Firozabad: In a fresh jolt to the BJP, Dr. Mukesh Verma, MLA from Shikohabad Assembly constituency here, on Thursday resigned from the primary membership of the party alleging ‘lack of respect’ by…
- Telangana
Telangana sees five-fold jump in active COVID cases in 12 days
Hyderabad: The number of active COVID cases in Telangana is continuously increasing for the past few days due to the surge in the daily infections in the state. In the past 12…
- India
Centre revises discharge policy for Covid patients
New Delhi: The Centre has revised the discharge policy on Covid patients to align it with the Covid-19 clinical management protocol, guidelines for home isolation of mild cases, and advisory on testing…
- India
PM Modi to convene meeting with CMs on COVID-19 situation tomorrow
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the Chief Ministers of all states on Thursday at 4:30 pm via video conferencing on the COVID-19 situation. The Prime Minister had also…
- India
1,804 fresh Covid cases, three deaths in Himachal
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday recorded 1,804 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally to 2,36,639, while three more deaths pushed the toll to 3,870, a health official said. Two persons succumbed…
- Andhra Pradesh
Active Covid-19 cases cross 10,000 in AP
Amaravati: The surge of Covid-19 cases continued as Andhra Pradesh added 3,205 afresh on Wednesday, taking the active caseload up to 10,119. In 24 hours ending 9 am on Wednesday, 281 infected…
- Telangana
Telangana reports 2,319 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths
Hyderabad: Active cases surged to 18,339 with Telangana on Wednesday recording 2,319 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 7,00,094, while the death toll rose to 4,047 with two more fatalities. The…
- Kashmir
J-K records 1,695 Covid cases. 1 death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday witnessed a 50 percent jump in daily COVID-19 with 1,695 people confirming positive for the disease on Wednesday, raising the tally to 3,48,201, official said. The…
- Middle East
Kuwait strengthens COVID-19 restrictions amid surge in cases
Kuwait: The authorities in Kuwait have imposed new COVID-19 restrictions, starting Wednesday, January 12, in response to the exponential increase in COVID-19 infections across the country, driven by the Omicron variant, the…
- India
UP reports 11,089 fresh COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh reported 11,089 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the tally of active cases in the state to 44,466 while five more deaths pushed the overall death toll to 22,937,…
- Telangana
Telangana records 1920 new COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Telangana recorded a surge in the daily COVID-19 cases, on Tuesday, for the second day, after a marginal dip on Saturday, with 1920 new infections being reported on Monday, taking the…
- Kashmir
J-K records 1,148 new Covid cases, 2 deaths
Srinagar: A total of 1,148 people were confirmed COVID-19 positive in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, registering a 63 percent jump in daily cases, officials said. The union territory also reported two…
- Delhi
Delhi reports 21,259 new COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths in past 24 hours
New Delhi: Delhi reported 21,259 new COVID-19 during the past 24 hours with a positivity rate of 25.65 per cent, the highest since May 5 last year, informed the state health bulletin…
- Andhra Pradesh
1,831 new Covid-19 cases but no deaths in AP
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh saw a further spike in coronavirus infections as 1,831 were reported afresh in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Tuesday, but there were no deaths during the period.…
- India
Active COVID-19 cases in country highest in 208 days
New Delhi: India logged 1,68,063 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,58,75,790 which includes 4,461 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data…