COVID-19 cases

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Thousands headed to indoor Trump rally, raising virus fears

11:50 pm June 20, 2020

Washington DC: Tens of thousands of people from many states are converging on Tulsa for an indoor rally and other campaign events Saturday for President Donald Trump, raising concerns that the gatherings could help fuel nascent spikes of coronavirus cases in many places. State and city health department officials were already bracing for a possible […]

Bengal’s Tarapith temple still closed to devotees

2:36 pm June 15, 2020

Suri (West Bengal): Though many famous places of worship in West Bengal have opened their doors to devotees with adequate precautionary measures in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Tarapith temple will take more time to unlock its gates, an official said. The authorities of the centuries-old shrine have expressed concern over health safety […]

COVID-19: China begins mass testing in Beijing as 67 new cases appear

2:20 pm June 15, 2020

Beijing: China has begun the mass testing of hundreds of people who had visited a Beijing wholesale market which sparked a fresh bout of coronavirus cases even as the country reported 67 new COVID-19 infections including 42 in the capital. In a bid to stem the spread of the contagion, the authorities in Beijing have […]

Four more corona patients die in Uttarakhand

Gujarat COVID-19 cases cross 23,000 mark; 33 more die

11:22 pm June 13, 2020

Ahmedabad: With 517 new COVID-19 cases being reported in Gujarat on Saturday, the overall case count has mounted to 23,079, state Health department said. With 33 more people succumbing to the viral infection, the number of fatalities has risen to 1,449, it said. A total of 390 patients were discharged from hospitals in the day, […]

Record spike of 28,701 COVID-19 cases takes India's tally to 8,78,254

India’s COVID-19 cases jump from 2 lakh to 3 lakh in 10 days as it records worst daily spike

5:02 pm June 13, 2020

New Delhi: Ten days after recording two lakh COVID-19 cases, India surpassed the three lakh-mark on Saturday with the worst daily spike of 11,458 infections, while the death toll too climbed to 8,884 with 386 new fatalities, the Union Health Ministry said. India took 64 days to cross the 1 lakh-mark from 100 cases, then […]