Page 1195 - Health News

565 new Covid-19 cases take J&K's tally 102,159, death toll at 1,580

The Covid-19 death toll in Jammu and Kashmir rose to 1,580 on Saturday with six more fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours, while 565 new cases pushed the infection tally 1,02,159, officials said

West Bengal reports 3,823 fresh Covid-19 cases, 53 additional deaths

West Bengal's Covid-19 tally rose to 4,28,498 on Saturday as 3,823 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said

Mumbai reports 726 fresh coronavirus cases; 16 additional deaths

With 726 fresh Covid-19 cases, Mumbai's tally of infections rose to 2,69,130 on Saturday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) said

Deepavali under Covid-19 shadow; low-key celebrations in Karnataka

Deepavali was a low-key affair in Karnataka on Saturday for various reasons, including severe restrictions on the use of firecrackers

Meghalaya reports 51 fresh Covid-19 cases, two additional fatalities

Meghalaya's Covid-19 tally rose to 10,632 on Saturday as 51 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said

Man with rare Guillain-Barre Syndrome post-Covid treated at Delhi hospital

A 47-year-old man who had tested Covid-positive and was then diagnosed with Guillain-Barr syndrome, a rare condition in which the immune system attacks the nerves, was successfully treated in Delhi

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Elon Musk tests positive twice, negative twice

From Covid wave in Europe cresting to US Secret Service officers testing positive, here's a roundup of coronavirus-related news from around the world

India has initiated an integrated response against Covid-19: Harsh Vardhan

Vardhan said more than 100 start-ups have developed innovative products for Covid-19

Coronavirus LIVE: Places of worship in Maharashtra to reopen, says CM

Coronavirus live updates: Maharashtra has 1,740,461 coronavirus cases, Karnataka 857,928, Andhra Pradesh 851,000, Tamil Nadu 752,521 and UP 514,060.

Telangana waives off 50% property tax to ease financial struggles

As part of the tax waiver plan, all the domestic households who have to pay property tax up to Rs 15,000 in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits will benefit a 50 per cent reduction

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Covid fails to dampen festive spirit in Delhi

A worsening crisis in Delhi, common mistakes people make while taking precautions, fresh research that sheds more light on the virus, and more news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

DATA STORY: India's Covid recovery rate crosses 93%; Delhi adds 7,802 cases

India on Friday conducted 929,491 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 124,031,230. The test positivity rate recorded on Thursday was 4.8%

Scientists uncover why Covid-19 spares the young disproportionately

Children have lower levels of a receptor protein that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 needs to invade airway epithelial cells in the lung

India cases at 8,773,479; Trump sticks to 'no national lockdown' stance

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre and the state governments to fix the maximum rate for the RT-PCR test for Covid-19 uniformly all over India

Coronavirus vaccine update: 20 mn Americans may get vaccine by December-end

The Russian 'Sputnik V' vaccine for Covid-19 has arrived in India for human clinical trial

Covid-19: Jharkhand reports 288 new cases, four fresh fatalities in 24 hrs

The fresh deaths were reported from Ranchi, Bokaro, Ramgarh and East Singhbhum

Japan PM reiterates call to action as Covid-19 cases hit record high

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reiterated his call to take strict action against the raging Covid-19 pandemic, as new cases across the country have hit a record high.

Covid-19: 44,684 new cases take India's virus tally to 87,73,479

India's Covid-19 cases tally climbed to 87.73 lakh with 44,684 new infections in a day, while 81,63,572 people have recuperated from the disease so far

Covid-19 cases surge in US: Trump sticks to 'no national lockdown' stance

Trump has ruled out a national lockdown under his administration to tackle the coronavirus outbreak saying "the cure cannot be worse than the problem itself"

Children's Day: How Covid's ally pneumonia is a threat to India's children

Around 233,240 Indian children under five die due to pneumonia and diarrhea each year, says a report