COVID-19 cases

Coronavirus: China declares Wuhan low-risk area

2:37 pm April 19, 2020

Beijing/Wuhan: China has classified the coronavirus epicentre Wuhan as a low-risk area, days after it revised the city’s death toll by 50 per cent, even as 16 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the country, health officials said on Sunday. According to the risk criteria defined in a guideline issued by China’s State Council, cities, […]

Andhra Pradesh CM tests negative for COVID-19

11:31 pm April 17, 2020

Amaravati: Seeking to send a message that coronavirus screening is nothing to be afraid of, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday volunteered for a test, with his result returning negative. The Chief Ministers blood was tested using the Rapid Testing Kit (RTK) that was imported from South Korea earlier in […]

Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 414; cases climb to 12,380

2:59 pm April 16, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 10,477, as many as 1,488 people have been cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said. The […]

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US has ‘passed the peak’ on new coronavirus cases, says Trump

2:55 pm April 16, 2020

Washington: The US has “passed the peak” on new coronavirus cases, President Donald Trump has said and predicted that some states would reopen this month. The US has over 637,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and over 30,826 deaths, the highest for any country in the world. At the daily White House coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, Trump […]

3-year to 80-year-old among 473 COVID-19 patients in AP

9:53 pm April 14, 2020

Amaravati: The oldest person to test positive for coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh was an 80-year-old woman from Guntur, while the youngest were two three-year-old girls, one from Kurnool and another from East Godavari district. Of the total 473 COVID-19 cases registered in the state from March 12 to April 14, 125 were female and the […]