Covid

India logged over 3,800 new Covid cases on Saturday, the highest daily tally in six months, as infections in the past seven days surged at the fastest rate since the third wave in January 2022. India recorded over 18,450 fresh cases in the past week (March 26-April 1), a 2.1x rise over the previous seven days’ tally of 8,781. The doubling time of cases has reduced to less than seven days. The last...

NEW DELHI: Delhi on Sunday recorded 429 fresh Covid cases, the highest in more than seven months, with the positivity rate rising to 16.09 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. One Covid-related death was reported in the city. The health bulletin, however, said the primary cause of death was not Covid.The death toll due to the infection stands at 26,530. Delhi saw 416 fresh...

NEW DELHI: Reiterating that India's relationship with China is not normal and that tension persists along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that any military aggression has to be countered in a similar manner. "In 2020, even when Covid was going on, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no hesitation in moving the Indian Army and Indian Air Force in very...

NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded 416 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, the highest in over seven months, with a positivity rate of 14.37 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. Also, one Covid-related death was reported, stated the department's latest bulletin that had two additional sections to describe the fatality -- "Primary cause of death is Covid - zero; primary cause of death is...

A total of 13 people got hospitalised in the city on Thursday due to Covid-19, taking the number of total patients to 55. Of these, 28 are on oxygen support. Despite the rise in cases, the rise in hospitalisations hasn’t been significant, doctors said. Dr Vasant Nagvekar, an infectious disease expert, said: “There is certainly a rise in cases, but in most instances, Covid-19 is self-limiting. ” Dr...

NEW DELHI: The number of Covid infections in the national capital was 295 on Thursday out of 2,363 samples collected and the positivity rate of 12.5%, the state government said.On Wednesday, 300 people had tested positive, and the positivity rate was 13.9%. Two Covid patients have died, the state health bulletin said.Talking about the deaths in Delhi on Wednesday, health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said...

NEW DELHI: Even as the Delhi government is closely monitoring the coronavirus situation, the national capital recorded 295 fresh Covid cases on Thursday with a positivity rate of 12.48 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. On Wednesday, the city had logged 300 cases, the first time since August 31, and two deaths while the positivity rate had mounted to 13.89 per cent.Delhi...

NEW DELHI: For the first time since September of last year, Delhi's Covid-19 cases rose to 300 on Wednesday, and the positivity rate increased to 13.89%, according to data shared by health department. Two more deaths related to Covid were also reported, it said.Delhi recorded 214 cases on Tuesday, with a positivity rate of 11.82 per cent.On Monday, Delhi logged 115 new coronavirus cases with a seven...

MUMBAI: Daily detection of Covid-19 cases in the state more than doubled on Tuesday in comparison with Monday's tally, showing a steady rise in transmission. Experts said the recombinant subvariant XBB 1.16, which was isolated in the first week of March by genomic scientists from Maharashtra, is responsible for 60% of the cases. The subvariant has also been linked with a death -though not with increased...

The extensive travel and the ongoing excitement in the USA leading up to the Oscars, seem to have taken their collective toll on maverick music maker MM Keeravani. He is now down with Covid.“All the travel and excitement have caught up with me. I am down with COVID and under medication and complete bedrest,” Keeravani tells us.He looks back at all the excitement leading up to the Oscars with...