India logs 46,148 fresh COVID-19 cases

As many 46,148 new COVID-19 cases and 979 deaths were reported in India in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Monday. Daily recoveries continued to outnumber the daily new cases for the 46th consecutive day, with 58,578 recoveries in the last 24 hours, dropping the active caseload down to 5,72,994. The […]

COVID-19: Sikkim extends lockdown till July 5; caseload nears 20,000-mark

The Sikkim government on Saturday extended the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown till July 5, which was scheduled to end on June 28. Amid the second wave of the pandemic, the state has been in partial and complete lockdown since May 6. As per relaxations announced by the home department on Friday included inter-district travel on an odd-even […]

Tripura government extends Covid curfew restrictions till July 2

The Tripura government has extended the COVID curfew from 2 pm to 5 am in Agartala and 10 other urban local bodies (ULBs) till July 2, a notification said. The restrictions, first imposed on May 16 and then repeatedly extended, were scheduled to end on June 25. “The COVID curfew will remain in force in […]

Assam: Covid positive prisoner escapes from hospital in Karbi Anglong

A prisoner, undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Diphu Medical College and Hospital in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, escaped, police said on Saturday. The prisoner was admitted to the COVID ward of the hospital on Thursday afternoon after he tested positive, they said. He escaped from the hospital on Friday night, they added. The prisoner […]

Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally crosses 19,000-mark; 49 children among 232 test positive

Mizoram’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 19,000-mark on Saturday as 232 more people, including 49 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The fresh infections have pushed the state’s caseload to 19,091, it said. As many as 238 more people were cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 14,554, […]

India registers 48,698 COVID-19 cases, daily positivity rate drops to 2.79 percent

India’s total COVID-19 caseload rose by 48,698 cases to 3,01,83,143, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. This maintains the trend of the number of new cases remaining below 60,000 for the seventh consecutive day. The number of active cases dropped by around 17,300, and the total figure now stands at 5,95,565. The country also recorded 64,818 recoveries and 1,183 […]

50 cases of Delta Plus COVID-19 variant recorded in India: Govt sources

As many as 50 cases of Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 have been recorded across 11 states in India, government sources said on Friday. The Union Health Ministry, during a press conference earlier in the day, had informed that as many as 48 Delta Plus cases have been reported in the country, while the government […]

COVID-19: Tripura inoculates 80 percent of its population

Tripura has emerged as the first state in the entire country to inoculate 80 percent of its population. Speaking to mediapersons, National Health Mission director Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal said that 100 percent health care workers were vaccinated with 1st dose in the state, while the second dose has been administered to 70 percent of the […]

India logs 51,667 new COVID-19 cases, 1,329 deaths in last 24 hours

India registered as many as 51,667 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry. At 2.98 per cent, the daily positivity rate in the country remained below 5 per cent for the 18 days on the trot. The tally of daily recoveries outnumbered the count of daily new cases for […]