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70 Per Cent Of All Covid Deaths In India Are Among Men: Health Ministry

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Tuesday December 29, 2020

COVID-19 has hit men harder than women in India, where 70 per cent of the approximately 1.47 lakh people who died since the national outbreak in January have been male.

Coronavirus Highlights: 480 Covid Deaths In A Day Least Since July, Coronavirus Tally At 79 Lakh

India News | Tuesday October 27, 2020

New coronavirus infections reported in India in a span of 24 hours dropped below 50,000 for the second time this month, while the new fatalities registered during the same period fell under 500 after 108 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday

India Still Far From Achieving Herd Immunity Against Covid: Harsh Vardhan

India News | ANI | Sunday September 27, 2020

Indian population is still far from achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 as shown by Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) second Sero Survey, the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday adding that ICMR expert panel examining reinfection cases.

India Crosses 80,000 Coronavirus Deaths

India News | Edited by Stela Dey | Monday September 14, 2020

Over 80,000 people have died in India due to the deadly coronavirus, government data showed today, as the number of infections continues to rise rapidly in the country.

107-Year-Old Maharashtra Woman Beats COVID-19 Weeks After Spine Surgery

India News | Edited by Nandini Gupta (with PTI inputs) | Friday August 21, 2020

A 107-year-old woman in central Maharashtra's Jalna district, near Aurangabad, has not only recovered from COVID-19, she did it in just 10 days and within weeks of undergoing a spine surgery, officials said today.

India Reports Higher Covid Cases Than US, Brazil For 12 Consecutive Days: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Sunday August 16, 2020

India recorded over 63,000 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 25.89 lakh cases, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. The country- third worst-affected by the pandemic after the United States and Brazil - has been reporting a higher daily surge in caseload for the past 12 days, according to the World Health ...

India's Covid Fatality Rate Slips Below 2% For First Time: 10 Points

India News | Reported By Arvind Gunasekar, Parimal Kumar; Edited By Swati Bhasin | Tuesday August 11, 2020

The country's COVID-19 mortality rate dropped below 2 per cent for the first time since the first lockdown, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday evening. The announcement came after a virtual conference between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers of 10 of the worst affected states. PM Modi said India would defeat the virus if these stat...

India Sees Record 1-Day Jump In Covid Cases; Fifth-Highest Deaths In World

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Friday July 31, 2020

India reported a new record surge this morning in coronavirus cases with more than 55,000 fresh infections registered in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said, adding that over 6.42 lakh samples were tested on Thursday which is the highest single-day figure so far. The country's Covid tally has crossed 16 lakh cases after the latest spi...

49,000 Coronavirus Cases In Record Single-Day Surge In India: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Friday July 24, 2020

A record single-day jump of 49,310 new coronavirus patients registered in the last 24 hours has taken India's COVID-19 tally to 12.87 lakh cases, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. More than 30,000 deaths linked to one of the most infectious illnesses known to the world in the recent decades have been reported in India. In the last 24 hou...

Over 11.55 Lakh COVID-19 Cases So Far, 28,084 Deaths, 62.7% Recovery Rate: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Tuesday July 21, 2020

India's coronavirus tally stands at 11,55,191 cases after 37,148 new infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said this morning, adding that the country recorded 587 deaths linked to the highly contagious since yesterday. More than 7.2 lakh patients have recovered so far. A total of 28,084 COVID-19 linked deaths have...

34,884 Coronavirus Cases In India In 24 Hours, 10.38 Lakh Total Cases

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Swati Sharma | Saturday July 18, 2020

India's coronavirus tally surged to 10.38 lakh cases this morning after 34,884 new patients were registered in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. In the last 24 hours, 671 deaths linked to the highly contagious illness were reported, taking the COVID-19 death count to 26,273. The recovery rate stood at 62.93 per cent this morning. I...

Coronavirus One-Day Tally Crosses 30,000, 9.68 Lakh Cases So Far: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Thursday July 16, 2020

India's coronavirus tally surged to 9.68 lakh cases this morning after 32,695 new patients were registered in the last 24 hours in the country's biggest single-day jump in fresh infections, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. In the last 24 hours, 606 deaths linked to the highly contagious illness were reported, taking the COVID-19 death c...

8 States Account For 90% Of Active COVID-19 Cases In India: Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 9, 2020

Eight states, including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka and Telangana, account for around 90 per cent of the active COVID-19 cases in the country and 80 per cent of the active cases have been reported from 49 districts, the Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 was informed on Thursday.

425 COVID-19 Deaths In 24 Hours In India, Higher Than US

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday July 6, 2020

India recorded 425 deaths coronavirus-linked deaths in the previous 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed Monday morning; only one country had more - Brazil with 602

Over 6 Lakh Coronavirus Cases In India So Far, Over 17,800 Deaths: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Thursday July 2, 2020

India's coronavirus tally has crossed the six lakh-mark after more than 19,000 new infections and 434 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. More than 3.5 lakh patients have recovered so far. The country's average positivity rate - ratio of positive cases to the number of tests conducted - stood at 8.34 per cent this morning; recovery rate stoo...