India’s active COVID-19 tally below 5 lakh after 97 days

India’s active COVID-19 cases dropped below 5 lakh after 97 days, which constitutes 1.62 per cent of the total positive cases. On Saturday, as many as 44,111 fresh cases and 738 deaths were reported in the country. With 57,477 recoveries in the last 24 hours, daily recoveries continued to outnumber the daily new cases for […]

COVID-19: Nagaland reports 93 Delta variant cases

Nagaland Health and Family Welfare (HFW) Department on Friday said 93 cases of Delta variant of COVID-19 have been detected in the state. The fresh cases were detected from 98 samples sequenced so far. “Results of the sample for Whole Genome Sequencing sent to NIGB, Kalyani, West Bengal have been received by the HFW Department,” […]

Centre rushes expert teams to Arunachal, Tripura and Manipur for COVID-19 control, containment measures

The Centre on Friday deputed multi-disciplinary teams to Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur, Chhattisgarh Kerala and Odisha in view of the high number of COVID-19 cases being reported by these states. Teams will be supporting the states in their efforts to carry out a targeted Covid response and management and effectively tackling the pandemic, a Union […]

Opportunistic double-stranded DNA virus ‘CMV’ takes upper hand in COVID-19 recovered patients

Five cases of another opportunistic virus Cytomegalovirus also known as CMV have been reported, with rectal bleeding in COVID-19 immunocompetent patients for the first time in post-COVID recovered patients. Sir Gangaram Hospital has reported five patients with CMV and rectal bleeding so far. As per the hospital authorities, the five patients were presented with a […]

India’s vaccination coverage crosses landmark of 34 crore

India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed the landmark of 34 crore on Friday. A total of 34,00,76,232 vaccine doses were administered till 7 am today, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed in a press release. In the last 24 hours, 42 Lakh vaccine doses were administered on the 167th day of the […]

India reports 46,617 fresh COVID-19 cases; daily positivity rate at 2.48%

India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 3,04,58,251 with 46,617 new infections being reported in a day, and the daily positivity rate is at 2.48 per cent while the recoveries have crossed 2.95 crores, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death count increased to 4,00,312 with 853 new fatalities, […]

Second black fungus death reported in Assam

A 47-year-old-man has died of Mucormycosis or Black Fungus in Dibrugarh, becoming the second fatality due to the infection in Assam. The patient died at the Assam Medical College Hospital on Wednesday, doctors said. “The entire team of dedicated doctors from the departments of Medicine, ENT, Microbiology, Opthalmology, Cardiology and Radiology fought very hard to […]

Meghalaya’s COVID-19 tally surpasses 50,000-mark

The overall COVID-19 tally in Meghalaya surpassed the 50,000-mark as 577 more persons tested positive on Thursday. The fresh cases pushed the caseload to 50,090, while six more deaths raised the toll to 844. The fatalities were reported from West Jaintia Hills, West Khasi Hills, East Khasi Hills and South West Khasi Hills districts. As […]

Manipur extends Covid curfew till July 10

The Manipur government on Wednesday extended Covid curfew in seven districts of the state till July 10, which was scheduled to end on June 30. The curfew was first imposed on May 8 and repeatedly extended in the districts of Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur, Kakching, Thoubal, Churachandpur and Ukhrul due to a surge in coronavirus […]