The death toll from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India surpassed the 100,000 mark on Friday, a grim milestone that comes exactly seven months from the day the first batch of cases was reported in the country. India became the third country in the world to cross this milestone: only …
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In just over 200 days from the day the first coronavirus disease-related death was reported in India, the national death toll surpassed the 100,000 mark on Friday. In this period of time, 717 of the 734 districts of the country have reported at least one death, while the 20 most …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: October 2, 2020 3:16:10 pm Medical personnel wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits, manipulate the body of a patient who died of Covid-19 in Agartala. (Express photo: Abhisek Saha) Coronavirus cases in India: Coronavirus-related deaths in India have …
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Science published a paper Wednesday based on one of the world’s largest contact tracing exercises. The study, covering 85,000 primary cases, was conducted in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu by a team of researchers led by Ramanan Laxminarayan of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy. The study tracked …
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One-tenth of all patients infected with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) become “super-spreaders” and account for 60% of new infections, while 70% of infected patients do not transmit the disease to anyone else , shows a study on transmission patterns of Sars-CoV-2 published in the journal Science: it is the first …
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The prevalence of antibodies to the Sars-Cov-2 virus in Delhi fell by more than four percentage points in a month, officials told the Delhi high court citing the recent serosurvey, yielding an epidemiological finding that now skews estimates of how many people may have been exposed to Covid-19 in the …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: September 30, 2020 12:05:44 pm A healthcare worker writes a report after collecting nasal swab samples to test for Covid-19 in Hyderabad on September 29, 2020 (AP Photo: Mahesh Kumar A.) Coronavirus cases in India: While the past …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 27, 2020 9:21:31 pm Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan during ‘Sunday Samvaad’, an interaction with his followers on social media. Citing the second ICMR sero-survey, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Sunday said that India was still far from achieving herd …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: September 26, 2020 12:40:41 pm A Covid hospital built by Tata Group in Kasaragod in Kerala. It was handed over to the state government on September 10. Coronavirus cases in India: With more than 18,000 new cases detected …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: September 24, 2020 7:23:13 pm Health workers rest while waiting to collect nasal swab samples for COVID-19 in Hyderabad (AP) Coronavirus cases in India: In keeping with the national trend, the states with the five highest coronavirus cases …
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