At 53,256, India reports lowest daily Covid cases in nearly 3 months

India recorded 53,256 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours on Monday. This is the lowest daily case count the nation has reported in 88 days. The five states which registered maximum cases in these 25 hours are Kerala with 11,647 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 9,361 cases, Tamil Nadu with 7,817 cases, Andhra Pradesh…

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…

India Sees Less Than 60,000 Fresh Covid Cases For First Time In 81 Days

India’s Covid chart continued to show improvement today, with the country recording 58,419 cases, the lowest in 81 days. India, the second-worst hit country, now has 2.98 crore cases. Active cases now comprise 2.44% of the total infections. Here are the top 10 updates on coronavirus: Active cases have decreased…

Coronavirus Live Updates: Over 2.87 crore vaccines available with states and UTs, says Centre

India reported 60,753 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Health Ministry on Saturday. 97,743 patients recovered during the same time, taking the total tally to 2,86,78,390 recoveries across the country so far. Meanwhile, Brazil on Friday recorded 98,832 Covid cases and 2,495 deaths in the last 24…

Mumbai vaccination fraud: Borivali college emerges possible victim, files complaint

Amid arrests in the fake vaccine scam in Mumbai, a city-based college has filed a complaint with the police against organisers of a vaccination camp held on its campus earlier this month. In a statement released on Friday, Borivali’s Aditya College alleged that a vaccination drive was held on its campus on June 3 by…

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…

Coronavirus India Live Updates: Most drugs for treating adult Covid patients not recommended for kids, says Centre

Drugs such as ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, favipiravir and antibiotics like doxycycline and azithromycin prescribed for adult Covid patients are not recommended for treating children, stated a government guideline issued on Wednesday. The guidelines by the Union Health Ministry said the decision has been taken…

India reports 62,224 new Covid-19 cases, 2,542 deaths in last 24 hours

India registered 62,224 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall positive cases tally in the country to 2,96,33,105, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday morning. The top five states which registered the maximum coronavirus cases are Kerala with…

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…