With 6,725 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the past 24 hours, Delhi witnessed its highest peak in a single day since Tuesday’s outbreak. Daily cases in the national capital exceeded 6,000 for the first time. The total count after today’s record peak in cases surpassed 4 lakh-mark to 4,03,096, according …
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COVID-19 cases in India: Average death rate has been around 1.5 percent since September peak New Delhi: With a jump of 36,370 new COVID-19 cases in one day, India reported the lowest number of new coronavirus infections in the country since mid-July, bringing its count to 79.46 lakh, data from …
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NEW DELHI: The causal link between air pollution and Covid-19 cases has yet to be conclusively established, but long-term exposure will certainly make people more vulnerable to lung infections, scientists warn as the skies over large parts of northern India, including Delhi, are turning smoky and air quality is rapidly …
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NEW DELHI: Covid-19 cases reported in India within 24 hours remained below 55,000 for the third day in a row, while new deaths recorded in one day fell to 578 after nearly three months, according to the data of the Ministry of Health of the Union updated on Sunday. India’s …
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NEW DELHI: In the past 30 days since Covid-19 cases peaked in India, the growth rate of infections has more than halved: from 92% in the month before September 18 to 42% since then, a 50 percentage point drop. The drop was caused by declining numbers in the worst-hit regions, …
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There are 7,83,311 active cases of coronavirus infection to date. The total number of recoveries has increased to 65,97,209 and exceeds active cases by 58,13,898. The COVID-19 recovery rate in the country improved to 88.03%, the ministry said. Up to 22 states and Union territories, including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, …
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BEIJING: China’s health authority has confirmed the detection and isolation of the new live coronavirus in the outer packaging of imported frozen marine fish in the port city of Qingdao. It is the first time in the world that the new live coronavirus has been isolated from the outer packaging …
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In the steepest biweekly drop in Covid-19 cases and deaths in the country, the first half of October saw an 18% drop in new infections from the previous 15-day period, while deaths fell by almost 19 %. India recorded 10,55,068 Covid-19 cases in the first 15 days of this month, …
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“The fatality rate has continuously decreased. At the current 1.52%, it is the lowest since March 22, “said the Ministry of Health. The Union Health Ministry on Friday delegated teams to Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, which have been reporting an increase in the number of new COVID-19 …
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India, with its population of 1.3 billion people, has the second highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, now more than seven million, but there are far fewer deaths than other severely affected countries. The figures have baffled experts, with explanations ranging from the young population to the immunity …
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