39,796 Fresh Covid Cases In India, Lowest Daily Rise In Nearly 3 Months: 10 Points

With less than 40,000 fresh Covid cases recorded in the last 24 hours, India registered the lowest daily rise since March 19 amid easing of curbs in several parts after tough restrictions due to the second wave. 723 deaths were recorded since Sunday. Here are ten points on coronavirus cases in India: India has logged…

Cannot pay Rs 4 lakh compensation to Covid victims, would exhaust disaster funds: Centre tells SC

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Rs 4 lakh compensation cannot be paid to all those who died due to Covid-19 as it would exhaust the disaster relief funds. The Centre’s affidavit came in response to a PIL seeking “minimum standards of relief” and ex-gratia payment to Covid-19 deceased. The…

Coronavirus LIVE updates: No calf serum used in Covaxin, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

India reported 67,208 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am on Thursday. As per the data provided by the Union Health Ministry, the active caseload has declined to 8,26,740 which is the lowest since April 7. The recovery rate further improved to 95.93 per cent as 1,03,570 patients recovered in the last 24…

India records over 67,000 new Covid-19 cases, active caseload lowest in 71 days

India recorded 67,208 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall coronavirus tally to 2,97,00,313, showed data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday morning. Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the single-day spike in Covid-19 cases for the 35th consecutive day. The…

Maharashtra records single-day high of 2,288 ‘old’ deaths as govt reconciles Covid fatality data

Reconciliation of deaths due to Covid-19 in Maharashtra continued for the 28th day with the state recording 2,288 ‘old’ deaths on Sunday. Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 2,771 Covid deaths, including 2,288 ‘old’ deaths, as the reconciliation of deaths by the state government continued for the 28th day. According…

India Sees Lowest Daily Covid Cases In 58 Days, 3,380 Deaths In 24 Hours

New coronavirus cases: The test positivity rate – number of positive cases identified per 100 – has been below 10 per cent for 12 straight days. India has recorded over 2.86 crore Covid cases so far, with 1.20 lakh new cases, according to government data. This is the twelfth straight day when the country,…