With 44k new infections, India surges past 92-lakh Covid cases

November 26, 2020

Coronavirus cases in India rose past the 92-lakh mark, at a time when state governments are stressing on the need to maintain their guard against Covid-19. India reported 44,376 new cases in 24 hours, taking the total tally near 92.2 lakh in the world’s second-worst infected country, according to the...

With 45,209 new cases, India’s Covid-19 tally nears 91-lakh mark

November 23, 2020

India reported 45,209 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday taking the total number of infections in the country to 90.95 lakh. There has been a slight dip in infections since Saturday when it recorded 46,232 cases. A total of 501 deaths were reported taking the total fatalities due to the deadly...

India crosses 90-lakh mark as PM Modi reviews vaccination strategy

November 21, 2020

With 45,882 new cases in 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 caseload reached 90,04,365 on Friday. The recovery rate, according to the Union Health Ministry data, surged to 93.6 per cent with 84.28 lakh recovered cases. The death toll has climbed to 1,32,162 with 584 deaths within 24 hours in the country,...

CM Kejriwal holds all-party meet as Delhi sees record 131 deaths in 24 hours

November 20, 2020

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called an emergency all-party meeting on Thursday to discuss the exacerbating coronavirus situation in the national capital. Delhi recorded 7,486 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the capital’s infection tally to over 5-lakh cases. As many as 131 new fatalities, which so far is the...

India’s daily corona cases below 30,000 for the first time in over 4 months

November 18, 2020

India recorded 29,164 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours—less than 30,000 in a day for the first time in over four months. The country’s total coronavirus case count since the January outbreak stands at 88,74,291 including 4,53,401 active cases and 82,90,371 recoveries. The cumulative deaths climbed to 1,30,519...

No lockdown in Delhi, says Health Minister Satyendar Jain

November 17, 2020

With the national capital reeling under a fresh spike in Covid-19 cases, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain clarified on Monday that there are no plans to reimpose the lockdown. Stressing that the “third wave is past its peak,” he said, “There will be no reimposition of the lockdown in Delhi....

SHAH TAKES CHARGE OF DELHI’S COVID WAR, ASSURES CM OF MORE ICU BEDS

November 16, 2020

With the national capital witnessing a big spike in Covid-19 cases, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired a meeting to review the situation in Delhi and assured the Arvind Kejriwal government of 750 ICU beds at the DRDO centre. Shah announced several measures, including doubling of RT-PCR tests...

India exceeds 86.8 lakh Covid-19 cases on Thursday

November 13, 2020

India saw a single-day increase of 47,905 infections taking the country’s Covid-19 caseload to 86,83,916, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease have surged to 80,66,501. There are 4,89,294 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 5.63 per cent of...

Delhi records highest single-day spike with 4,853 Covid cases

October 28, 2020

India detected 36,410 cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest number of daily new cases since July 17. However, Delhi saw its highest single-day spike till date, with 4,853 fresh Covid-19 cases being recorded on Tuesday. The capital›s total infection tally has now mounted to over 3.64 lakh cases....

REMEMBER ‘VOCAL FOR LOCAL’ WHILE SHOPPING FOR FESTIVALS: PM MODI

October 26, 2020

On his monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished people on the occasion of Dussehra and said, “Dussehra is not only a festival of the victory of truth over untruth, but also a celebration of victory over crises”. PM Modi also urged people to remember ‘vocal...