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Hyderabad: The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) has witnessed a spurt in Covid-19 cases with as many as 120 students and staff testing positive during the last one week. An official from IITH told IANS that the online classes, which were being conducted since last week, have been suspended till further notice. Some students […]
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New Delhi: In the wake of spike in Covid-19 cases, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has directed all private offices, barring those under exempted categories in the national capital, to send their employees to work from home. “All private offices, except those which are falling under the ‘Exempted Category’ as prescribed in DDMA’s GRAP […]
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Hyderabad: Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet! Everyone now and then a new Covid variant pops up. But not all variants seem to be causing harm, only a few concerning variants arise. Omicron is one such variant due to which thousands of cases started to report in India. In the wake of Covid-19 cases peaking, […]
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New Delhi: Delhi on Thursday reported 15,097 fresh Covid-19 cases, a significant rise of 41 per cent from the previous day. This is the highest single-day rise after May 8 when the tally was at 17,364. The new cases have pushed the total infection tally to 14,89,463 in the city. Total 6 Covid deaths have […]
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New Delhi: Delhi reported 5,481 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest number of such cases since May 16, with a positivity rate of 8.37 per cent, and three more fatalities due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department. The national capital had recorded 6,456 fresh COVID-19 cases and […]
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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced that he has tested positive for Covid-19, adding that he has “mild symptoms” and was isolating at home. Taking to Twitter, he said: “I have tested positive for Covid. Mild symptoms. Have isolated myself at home. Those who came in touch wid me in last few […]
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New Delhi: In the last 24 hours, India registered 27,553 new Covid-19 cases, a substantial spike amid the ongoing resurgence, with 284 additional deaths, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced on Sunday. With the addition of the new fatalities, the total death toll has climbed at 4,81,770. The active caseload has also […]
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Hyderabad: The much anticipated magnum opus ‘RRR’ helmed by S.S. Rajamouli has postponed its release date. The movie was slated to be released on 7th January. From a past few days, there has been a lot of buzz going on in the internet about the postponement of RRR due to the rise of Covid-19 cases […]
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Hyderabad: Centre’s recommendations to States on Friday following rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, believed to be driven by Omicron variant, is yet another instance of Telangana remaining one step ahead of the curve when it comes to introducing novel measures to fight the pandemic. Realising the possibility of community transmission across major Indian cities, Ministry […]
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Jeddah: The Gulf countries are witnessing a surge in daily coronavirus cases and gradually reintroducing social distancing norms. The GCC states also made it mandatory for all the people to have a third dose or booster shot. The regional hub, UAE, reported the highest number of daily coronavirus cases with 2,234 cases on Wednesday. The […]
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Washington: Over 7.5 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the US, representing 1 in 10 American children, according to the latest report of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association. A total of 7,565,416 child Covid-19 cases had been reported across the country […]
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New Delhi: Sounding an alarming bugle about what may be in store for the humanity with the Omicron surge, the daily global Covid-19 cases at 1.44 million has crossed a prior daily record of infections in December 2020, when Turkey had backdated a significant number of positive cases. The seven-day average of Covid cases was […]
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Ottawa: Canada reported 11,304 new COVID-19 cases Friday afternoon, raising the cumulative total to 1,957,058 cases with 30,139 deaths, according to CTV. COVID-19 cases continued to increase in Canada, with the provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island all reporting record-high numbers on Friday. Ontario, the most populous province, reported 9,571 new […]
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Ottawa: Canada’s Covid-19 cases continued to surge as the Omicron variant rapidly took hold in the country. Canada reported 9,294 new Covid-19 cases as of Monday afternoon, raising the cumulative total to 1,892,511 cases including 30,054 deaths, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the CTV. Quebec, a populous province of Canada, reported 4,571 new Covid-19 cases […]
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Ithaca: Cornell University has reported 903 COVID-19 cases among students from December 7-13, and varsity officials have said that a “very high percentage” of them are Omicron variant cases in fully vaccinated individuals, reported CNN. The COVID-19 dashboard of the university was updated late on Tuesday and showed a jump in the number of infections. […]
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Karimnagar: A total of 43 medical students of Chalmeda Ananda Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, with reports of more than 150 students yet to be received. According to sources, the medicos who participated in various sports and cultural events organized in the college as part of the annual […]
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It’s time the Centre and Kerala government took up containment measures with mutual trust and coordination
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The ministry said the number of active cases has declined to 3,85,227 or 1.20 per cent of the total cases, the lowest since March 2020.
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The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 36,185,761 and 618,454, respectively, according to the CSSE.
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As many as 17,77,962 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 48,50,56,507.
