NEW DELHI: A large number of coronavirus cases in the country point to “community spread,” Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday, adding that only the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) or the Center you can comment on this. “When such large numbers of people are infected in …
Read More »India’s coronavirus case count crosses 53 lakh mark with 93,337 cases in one day
India’s coronavirus case count surpassed the 53 lakh mark on Saturday with an increase of 93,337 new cases and 1,247 deaths in the past 24 hours, data from the Health Ministry reported. The total count of cases amounts to 53,08,015, including 10,13,964 active cases, 42,08,432 cured / discharged / migrated …
Read More »Uneven Spread in Active Covid-19 Cases in Delhi
The northwestern and southwestern districts of Delhi together accounted for almost one in three active Covid-19 cases in the capital, which is seeing an increase in cases, albeit thanks to higher testing. And Delhi’s most densely populated northeast district, which has around 40,000 people per km2, has only 894 active …
Read More »Delhi Reports 38 Covid Deaths and 4,432 New Cases; RT-PCR tests drop below 10,000
The national capital registered 4,432 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday, even as the number of more accurate RT-PCR tests fell again below the 10,000 mark despite high daily tests in the city. The city also reported 38 deaths on Thursday, which is the highest in 63 …
Read More »Almost 33% of Delhiites Have Developed Antibodies Against Covid-19, Latest Sero Survey Reveals
A CISF member, at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in New Delhi, talks to a passenger through a glass shield on May 25, 2020, after the government allowed domestic flight services to be resume in India (Photo: Reuters) To put it in perspective, the survey implies that 66 lakh people …
Read More »India’s Covid-19 recovery rate exceeds 78%, one of the highest in the world – government
On Tuesday, the government praised India’s Covid-19 recovery rate, standing at 78.28%, and said it was one of the highest in the world, citing data from the University’s coronavirus disease tracker. Johns Hopkins. Balram Bhargava, director general of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), attributed the “very effective” blockade …
Read More »3 vaccines in clinical trial stage in India, IBS to start phase 3 trial soon: ICMR
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday that three candidate vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) are in the clinical stage of trials in India and one of them will soon begin Phase 3 trials after obtaining authorizations. The Covid-19 vaccine candidates made by Cadila Healthcare and …
Read More »25 MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Test Positive for Covid-19 – Here’s a List
When the monsoon session of Parliament began on Monday, 25 members of both Houses tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). While 17 Lok Sabha MPs have contracted the disease, up to eight members of the Rajya Sabha were found to be infected. The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) …
Read More »5 states account for 60% of daily Covid-19 recoveries: Center
The Union Health Ministry said on Friday that 60 percent of daily recoveries from the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India come from five states, namely Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka. and Uttar Pradesh, adding that these states also account for 57% of new cases. “Almost 57 percent of …
Read More »ICMR publishes the first results of the serosurvey; 6.4 million were likely infected with Covid-19 around May
India had 6.4 million patients with coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in early May when samples were collected for the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) first national sero-survey to detect the prevalence of viral disease, according to the findings that were published three months after the results were first made public …
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