With highest single-day spike in 2 months, Delhi back on Covid radar

September 2, 2020

India recorded 69,921 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking its total caseload to 3,691,166. With 818 fatalities reported, India’s death toll has breached the 65,000 mark, at 65,435. The five most affected states by total tally of cases remains Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and...

India’s Covid-19 tally crosses 36 lakh mark

September 1, 2020

India recorded a single-day spike of 78,512 new coronavirus cases, taking its total caseload to 36,21,245. Out of these, there are 78,1975 active cases, 27,74,801 recoveries and 64,469 deaths. As many as 971 deaths were reported, taking the toll to 64,469. After two consecutive days of reporting 16,000-plus fresh Covid-19...

India sees world’s highest single day Covid rise with 78,761 cases

August 31, 2020

India currently is the second worst-hit Covid-19 country in the world after the United States. The country has been recording the highest surge in cases recorded in a single day for the last 26 days. A record surge of 78,761 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours took India’s...

India jumps to 2nd spot in active Covid cases, surpasses Brazil

August 29, 2020

India saw its worst-ever single-day spike in coronavirus cases, with 77,266 cases being recorded in a single day, taking the country’s total to 3,392,295. With 1,065 fatalities reported in the last 24 hours, the country’s death toll now stands at 61,725. There are currently 7,25,991 active cases in India. While...

Covid scales new heights, touches 75k mark in a day

August 28, 2020

India has recorded its worst-ever single-day spike of 75,760 coronavirus cases, taking its total past 3.3 million. India’s tally now stands at 3,333,732. With 1,017 fatalities reported in the last 24 hours, the country’s death toll has breached the 60,000-mark. 25,23,771 patients have recovered from the infection in the country,...

Covid crisis looms large over Punjab Assembly session

August 27, 2020

The country recorded 67,151 new coronavirus cases and 1,059 new deaths in the last 24 hours. The fresh numbers have pushed the number of cases to 32,34,474 cases, including 59,449 deaths. At least 24,67,758 patients have recovered from the infection in the country, pushing the recovery rate to 76.29 per...

With 10k Covid-19 cases in a day, Maharashtra crosses 7-lakh-mark

August 26, 2020

Witnessing the highest number of coronavirus cases, the total number of positive cases in Maharashtra has reached to 7,03,823 including 5,14,790 recoveries and 1,65,921 active cases. Meanwhile, the state recorded 10,425 new Covid-19 cases and 329 deaths in last 24 hours. Delhi recorded 1,544 new Covid-19 cases, 1,155 recoveries and...

India’s Covid tally crosses 31-lakh mark, Haryana CM tests positive

August 25, 2020

With 61,408 new Covid-19 cases, the country’s tally crossed 31 lakh on Monday, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) said. The country’s total coronavirus count has reached 31,06,349 including 23,38,036 cured/discharged/migrated cases. With 836 deaths in the last 24 hours, the cumulative toll climbed to 57,542. Maharashtra...

India crosses 30-lakh mark, Delhi sees new August high

August 24, 2020

India has recorded 30,44,940 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 56,706 deaths. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported the highest number of cases. However, coronavirus cases are rising rapidly in states like Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 74.9 percent....

Covid-19 cases in India cross 29-lakh mark

August 22, 2020

India has recorded 68,898 coronavirus cases, taking its total past the 2.9-million mark to 2,910,032. The country’s death toll has surged to 55,002. Maharashtra, the worsthit state in India, recorded highest one-day count of 14,492 coronavirus cases. West Bengal also recorded its worst single-day spike of 3,245 cases to take...