India’s COVID-19 recovery rate at 84 per cent; 77 per cent active cases in 10 states: Health Secretary

Active COVID-19 cases have been below 10 lakh for the last two weeks while the recovery rate of India is 84 per cent, Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Addressing media persons at a briefing here Bhushan said, “Recovered cases have crossed 56 lakh mark which is the highest in the world. […]

Health Ministry releases SOP for partial reopening of schools for class 9 to 12 students on voluntary basis

The Health Ministry on Tuesday issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) for a partial reopening of schools for students of classes 9 to 12 for taking guidance from their teachers on a voluntary basis. The SOP follows Unlock 4 guidelines of Home Ministry which came into effect from September 1. The Home Ministry had said […]

India’s COVID-19 cases per million population among lowest in world: Health Ministry

The number of COVID-19 cases per million population in the country stands at 3,102 and it is among the lowest in the world, said Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference here, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the number of COVID-19 cases per million population in Brazil and US is 6 times […]

India’s COVID-19 count crosses 38 lakh mark with 83,883 new cases

With the highest single-day spike of 83,883 new coronavirus cases, India’s coronavirus case count crossed 38.50 lakh on Thursday. The death toll reached 67,376 after 1,043 more persons succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours. The Health Ministry said that the count of coronavirus cases in the country stands at 38,53,407 including 8,15,538 […]

India’s COVID-19 mortality rate one of lowest in world at 1.58%: Health Ministry

India’s COVID-19 mortality rate is one of the lowest in the world at 1.58 per cent and active cases are only 22.2 per cent of the total cases, Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference here, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that the recovered cases are 3.4 times more than the […]

Highest single-day spike of 57,117 COVID-19 cases in India, tally rises to 16,95,988

India on Saturday reported 57,117 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s coronavirus tally to 16,95,988, said the Union Health Ministry. As per the health ministry’s website, there are 5,65,103 active cases while 10,94,374 patients have been cured/discharged or have migrated. 764 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in the […]

With highest single-day spike of 12,881 cases, India’s COVID-19 count reaches 3,66,946

With the highest single-day increase of 12,881 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India’s coronavirus count has reached 3,66,946 on Thursday. This includes 1,60,384 active cases and 1,94,325 cured, discharged and migrated patients, according to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry. Meanwhile, with 334 deaths being reported due to the infection, the […]

India’s coronavirus cases cross 80,000; recovery rate improves to 34.06%

India’s count of coronavirus cases crossed 80,000 on Friday increasing by 3,967 cases in the last 24 hours as the total recovery rate improved to 34.06 per cent. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases stands at 81,970 with 2,649 deaths while there are 51,401 active coronavirus cases. Health Ministry said that 27,920 people have […]

India reports 77 deaths due to COVID-19 in last 24 hours

India on Friday reported the maximum number of 77 deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours as compared to 67 deaths on Thursday. As many as 1,755 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 35,365, said the Union Ministry of Health and […]