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Early hospitalisation, more tests: Shah's inputs to limit Covid-19 in NCR

He said the adoption of more testing via Rapid Antigen Test Kits will help reduce infection transmission rate below 10 per cent

Covid-19: Here's a timeline of events since lockdown was imposed in India

In less than six months since the first coronavirus case was reported in China's Wuhan, the pandemic outbreak in India has spread to almost all states and union territories

Covid-19 takes shine off diamond city; Surat now Gujarat's next hotspot

Till now, around 570 diamond workers and their relatives in Surat have tested positive for coronavirus, said Surat Municipal Commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani

Land earmarked in Bengaluru outskirts as burial ground for Covid-19 victims

The order directed the respective Tahsildars to register these chunks of land as reserved for burial grounds and not to use for any purpose

"Will coronavirus ever end? Is the virus weakening?", netizens ask Google

Coronavirus-centric searches in June dropped 66 per cent from May, but volumes remained more than double that of February

Covid-19: IIT Kanpur develops virtual classroom system 'Mobile Masterjee'

The gadget is especially targeted at helping rural students

Maharashtra's Covid-19 task force member tests positive for virus

The task force of nine senior doctors was formed on April 13 in view of increasing number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the state

UP Covid-19 tally rises to 24,825 with 817 fresh cases; death toll at 735

The rate of recovery in the state is 69.36 per cent while the national recovery rate stands at 59.43 per cent

Major weaknesses in evidence for accuracy of Covid-19 antibody tests: Study

The study, published in The BMJ, set out to determine the diagnostic accuracy of antibody tests for Covid-19

UP CM asks officials to be alert, check Covid-19 spread in NCR districts

He also asked officials to ensure intensive screening of people for possible infection during a 10-day surveillance campaign launched in 10 districts of the Meerut region

Sonu Sood most popular in IIHB survey on celebrity performance in lockdown

Akshay Kumar got a positive rating of 68.4 per cent amongst corporates and a score of 78.7 per cent amongst consumers.

Will assess feasibility of conducting CA exams amid Covid-19, ICAI tells SC

The ICAI's counsel told a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar that cases of coronavirus have increased and some of the states have extended the restrictions imposed

India coronavirus dispatch: Demystifying Covid-19 care, if you are infected

Bengaluru's spike explained, no need for government doctor prescription for Covid-19 test, and how a wedding led to 100 Covid-19 positive cases

Weak evidence for accuracy of coronavirus antibody tests, finds study

A review of studies has found major weaknesses in the evidence base for diagnostic accuracy of Covid-19 antibody tests, particularly for point-of-care tests performed directly with a patient

India has more than 6 lakh Covid-19 cases, death rate improves slightly

With 11,881 people being treated successfully in the last 24 hours, India's recovery rate has improved marginally to 59.5% while the death rate has come down slightly to 2.9%

Coronavirus treatment: Who can donate plasma and how for Covid-19 patients

Delhi was among the first few states to get ICMR approval to conduct trials with plasma therapy, which is still at trial stage

Coronavirus update: 183 more test positive in Nashik; two patients die

Maharashtra's Nashik district registered two more coronavirus deaths, taking the toll to 240 on Wednesday, while 183 more persons tested positive, pushing up the count to 4,453, officials said.

Coronavirus daily update: Telangana's daily tally again crosses 1,000-mark

Telangana saw another big surge in Covid-19 cases on Wednesday with 1,018 people testing positive for the virus, pushing the state's tally to 17,357.

Coronavirus update: Pune reports highest single-day spike of 1,251 cases

Pune recorded the highest single-day rise of 1,251 new coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, taking its count of patients to 23,680, a health official said.

Telangana HC issues notice to govt over policy decision on online classes

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Telangana Education Department and state government asking about the policy decision on online classes.