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A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covishield Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination centre in Mumbai on September 3, 2021. (Sujit Jaiswal / AFP)

India records 42,618 Covid cases, 330 deaths in a day; weekly positivity rate 2.63 pc

The death toll climbed to 4,40,225 with 330 more people succumbing to the viral disease

04 Sep 2021 10:31 AM

A medic administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary in the presence of Kerala Minister for Health Veena George, during State's first drive-through vaccination, at Government Womens college in Thiruvananthapuram, August 19, 2021. (PTI)

COVID-19: India adds 44,658 new cases, 496 fresh fatalities

The active cases comprise 1.03 per cent of the total infections while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.63 per cent

27 Aug 2021 10:14 AM

Health workers inoculate beneficiaries against Covid-19, at a vaccination centre of Nair hospital in Mumbai, Monday, August 23, 2021. (PTI)

COVID-19: India adds 46,164 new cases, 607 deaths

The active cases comprise 1.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.63 per cent

26 Aug 2021 11:24 AM

A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

COVID-19: India reports 36,571 new infections, active cases lowest in 150 days

A reduction of 524 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

20 Aug 2021 10:51 AM

A BMC health worker does thermal screening of a passenger for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

India logs 36,401 new COVID-19 cases, 530 deaths

The weekly positivity rate has been recorded at 1.95 per cent and it has been below three per cent for the last 55 days

19 Aug 2021 11:50 AM

A health worker administers Covid-19 vaccine dose to a woman at a temporary vaccination centre set up inside a cinema hall, in Mumbai, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (PTI /Kunal Patil)

COVID-19: India logs 35,178 new cases, 440 fatalities

The active cases declined to 3,67,415, the lowest in 148 days, and comprise 1.14 per cent of the total infections, lowest since March 2020

18 Aug 2021 12:11 PM

Passengers travel in a suburban train after the government allowed fully vaccinated people against the Covid-19 coronavirus of all ages to travel in local trains in Mumbai on August 15, 2021. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)

India records 25,166 new COVID-19 cases, 437 deaths

The active cases have declined to 3,69,846, the lowest in 146 days

17 Aug 2021 11:19 AM

A health worker inoculates a man with the dose of Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination camp held in Ahmedabad on August 8, 2021. (Sam Panthaky/ AFP)

COVID-19: India records 35,499 new cases, 447 deaths

A decrease of 4,634 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

09 Aug 2021 10:36 AM

In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, a couple walks through a park at sunset in Kansas City, Mo. According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II. (AP/Charlie Riedel, File)

US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since World War II

The decrease for both Black Americans and Hispanic Americans was even worse, three years

21 Jul 2021 1:15 PM

The study estimates that 1,134,000 children lost a parent or custodial grandparent due to COVID-19. (Representational image: PTI)

1,19,000 Indian children lost caregivers to COVID during first 14 months of pandemic

The countries with the highest number of children who lost primary caregivers include South Africa, Peru, US, India, Brazil, and Mexico

21 Jul 2021 10:09 AM

A woman gets inoculated with a dose of the Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination facility in Mumbai on July 13, 2021. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

India records 38,949 fresh COVID-19 infections

The positivity rate has been less than three per cent for 25 consecutive days

16 Jul 2021 10:24 AM

A decrease of 2,832 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. (PTI Photo)

India records 38,792 fresh Covid cases, 624 deaths

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh-mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16

14 Jul 2021 10:52 AM

A Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee takes the Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine shot at a newly opened vaccination center in the government building, July 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP /Eugene Hoshiko)

UN chief calls for global vaccination plan as COVID-19 death toll tops 4 million

The world needs a global vaccine plan to at least double the production of vaccines and ensure equitable distribution

08 Jul 2021 12:00 PM

People stand outside a COVID vaccination centre in Bengaluru, June 28, 2021. (PTI/Shailendra Bhojak)

India sees slight rise in COVID cases, reports 48,786 new infections, 1,005 deaths

The active cases have further declined to 5,23,257 comprising 1.72 per cent of the total infections

01 Jul 2021 11:34 AM

A three-judge bench directed NDMA to ascertain within six weeks whether the ex-gratia amount can be paid to the family members of the victims.

SC directs Centre to frame guidelines to pay ex-gratia to kin of COVID victims

The top court passed the judgement after hearing petitions filed by two lawyers - Gaurav Bansal and Reepak Kansal

30 Jun 2021 2:32 PM

Maharashtra reported 23 doctor deaths and Kerala reported 24 deaths. (Representational Photo: PTI)

798 doctors died during COVID second wave; maximum lost their lives in Delhi: IMA

Pondicherry reported the lowest deaths of doctors by logging one death only

30 Jun 2021 9:59 AM

India has only managed to fully vaccinate only three per cent of its population against the world’s average of nine per cent. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | No good news: It’s difficult to be an optimist in India today

India’s economic growth has been falling for 42 months now, but the government has not spoken about why that is so and what went wrong

22 Jun 2021 7:17 AM

Health workers administer COVID-19 vaccine doses to shopkeepers at a market in Bhopal, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Centre places order for 44 cr doses of COVID-19 vaccines

AIIMS director said there is no data to show that children will be seriously infected in subsequent Covid-19 waves

09 Jun 2021 1:35 AM

An ITBP Stress Counsellor interacts with a COVID-19 patient at Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre, Radha Soami Beas, Chhatarpur, New Delhi, Monday, May 17, 2021. (Photo: PTI)

India registers 2.81 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 4,106 deaths

The number of active cases stands at 35,16,997, accounting for 14.09 per cent of the total infections

17 May 2021 11:22 AM

Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Parwati Ghat as coronavirus cases surge in Jamshedpur, Monday, May 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Ashwani Kumar | Amid grief as Covid surges, India needs divine mercy!

Wailing mothers, grieving children and the helplessness of marginalised people mock our politics

13 May 2021 12:00 AM

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