COVID-19
- India
Mandaviya holds review meet amid COVID-19 surge
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday chaired a meeting with the key experts and officials in view of an upsurge of Covid-19 cases in some states. The meeting discussed the…
- Bangalore
858 COVID-19 cases, 1 death in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Thursday recorded 858 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the caseload to 39,63,633 and the total fatalities to 40,072 respectively, the Health Department said. Also, the day saw…
- Science
COVID in infected children can last at least two months: Lancet study
London: Children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus can experience symptoms of long COVID lasting at least two months, according to a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal on…
- Kashmir
Covid: 38 new cases in J&K
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 38 new Covid cases on Thursday that took the infection tally to 4,54,623, officials said. No Covid-related death was reported, they said. Of the new cases, 25…
- Delhi
Delhi’s Covid tally doubles to 1,934 new cases, positivity at 8.10%
New Delhi: Delhi on Thursday reported an over two-fold rise in Covid cases in the last 24 hours, at 1,934 against 928 recorded on the previous day, but there was no fresh…
- Telangana
Telangana sees 494 new COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Continuing the rise in COVID-19 cases, Telangana on Thursday recorded 494 fresh, pushing the tally to 7,97,632 till date. Hyderabad district reported the highest number of cases with 315. A Health…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Voting underway for Atmakur bypoll
Amaravati: Polling was underway for the by-election to the Atmakur Assembly seat on Thursday. Voting began at all 279 polling stations in the constituency in the Nellore district at 7 a.m. amid…
- India
India logs 13,313 fresh Covid cases, 38 deaths
New Delhi: India yet again witnessed a spike in Covid cases with 13,313 fresh infections being reported in the past 24 hours against the previous day’s 12,249 count, the Union Health Ministry…
- India
Omicron’s BA-5 sub-variant may be behind TN’s rising Covid cases: Govt
Chennai: The presence of Omicron’s BA-5 sub-variant may be the reason for the sudden spike in cases in Tamil Nadu, the state Public Health and Preventive Medicine Department, said in its data…
- Telangana
Telangana sees 434 new COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Telangana continued to see a substantial rise in new COVID-19 cases with 434 fresh infections being reported on Wednesday, taking the overall caseload to 7,97,138. Hyderabad reported the highest number of…
- World
Bangladesh’s daily Covid cases surpass 1K; highest in 4 months
Dhaka: Bangladesh is witnessing a surge in Covid-19 infections, with 1,135 new cases being reported on Wednesday, the highest in about four months, officials said. One Covid-19 death was also recorded in…
- India
Sonia writes to ED seeking postponement of appearance till complete recovery
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to the Enforcement Directorate seeking postponement of her appearance by a few weeks till she recovers completely from Covid and a lung infection.…
- India
COVID-19: 12,249 infections, 2300 active cases in 24 hours
New Delhi: India reported 12,249 new coronavirus infections and 13 deaths, while active cases went up by over 2,300 in a 24-hour span, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.…