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NEW DELHI: India reported a steady nationwide rise in coronavirus cases on Sunday. The country recorded the highest single-day increase of 93,249 coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. This number has raised the country’s Covid-19 count to 1,24,85,509. While, with 513 deaths, the death …

Eight states witnessed a sharp increase in daily new COVID-19 cases and accounted for 81.42 percent of reported infections on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said. These eight states are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Madhya Pradesh. India’s active COVID-19 case count also increased to …

AHMEDABAD: The remaining three T20 internationals between India and England will be played here without spectators in the wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases, Gujarat Cricket Association Vice President Dhanraj Nathwani said on Monday. “T20s on March 16, 18 and 20 will be played without an audience at Narendra …

NEW DELHI: Private hospitals that are not included in the central government scheme can administer the Covid-19 vaccine, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The center has urged the states and territories of the Union to use 100% of the capacities of private hospitals that function as Covid Vaccination …

NEW DELHI: The government announced Wednesday that people over 60 and those over 45 with comorbidities will be able to receive Covid-19 vaccines starting March 1. At a press conference, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the vaccines will be free at some 10,000 government centers throughout the country. The …

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Health has issued new ‘SOPs to contain the spread of Covid-19 in offices’ and, according to these, if one or two cases are notified, the disinfection procedure will be limited to occupied areas and visited by the patient in the last 48 hours. Work …

A total of 38 people have tested positive for the new British variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. These include the 29 cases that were announced as of Friday. All of these people have been kept in single room isolation in health …

CHENNAI: A Covid-19 vaccine for vulnerable older people in Tamil Nadu and people with comorbidities could be available in early May if all goes well, public health officials estimate. On Saturday, at the end of the trial for the first stage of vaccination, officials said it would take almost a …

NEW DELHI: India’s active COVID-19 case burden continues to exhibit a sustained drop to the downside and has dropped significantly to 2.54 lakh, the lowest after 179 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday . Total active cases were 2.53,287 on July 6. India’s active case load at present …

NEW DELHI: India is likely to have the long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine in the New Year and the Center is preparing for the mass vaccination campaign. As part of the preparations, the Center has asked all states and administrations of the Union territory to conduct a trial for the vaccination campaign …