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A healthcare worker dressed in personal protective equipment handles a swab at a rapid antigen Covid-19 test site in Delhi, India. (Bloomberg) The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide rose to 53,164,803 when the World Health Organization reported adding more than 657,300 cases in one day. It’s the largest single-day …

In a statement, the Health Ministry said that the proportion of active cases in total positive cases has further decreased to 5.48% in the country. The accumulated national figure is 93.05%. The total number of recovered cases stands at 81,63,572, and the gap between recovered cases and active cases, which …

Sparklers were seen lighting up the night sky as cookies exploded on the ground in various areas. The National Green Court (NGT) had imposed on Monday a total ban on the sale or use of all types of firecrackers in the National Capital Region (NCR) until midnight on November 30. …

Satyajit Ray’s son Sandip Ray is an extremely sad man today. COVID has taken away his family friend Soumitra Chatterjee (85), who began his career with his legendary father in ‘Apur Sansar’ (1959). In a conversation with ETimes an hour ago, Sandip Ray said: “What can I say? I have …

KANPUR: The first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for Covid-19 is likely to arrive at Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College in Kanpur next week, where phase 2 and phase 3 human clinical trials of the vaccine. The decision to conduct human clinical trials of the vaccine was made after …

NEW DELHI: From increased testing to more ICU beds in hospitals, the Center on Sunday announced a series of measures in the wake of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Delhi. The measures were announced by the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, who chaired a high-level meeting on the …

NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded 3,235 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the infection count in the national capital to more than 4.85 lakh on Sunday, while the positivity rate rose to 15.33 percent. Ninety-five more deaths brought the death toll to 7,614, authorities said. These new cases of coronavirus were detected in …

Manipur Prime Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh said on Sunday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and urged those in contact with him in recent days to get tested. “Friends, today I have tested positive for Covid after having some symptoms,” Biren wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday. “Everyone …

Higher Congress leader Ahmed Patel has now been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Medanta Hospital, weeks after contracting the coronavirus. On October 1, he took to Twitter to report that he had tested positive for COVID-19 “On behalf of your family, we would like to share that Shri …

In some positive development amid the fear of an increase in COVID-19 cases, Maharashtra 2,544 new cases were reported on Sunday. The increase in cases brought the state’s infection count to 17.57 lakh. However, active cases stand at 84,918. The death toll has dropped in the state. With 60 patients …