COVID-19 cases

Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 166; cases climb to 5,734

2:55 pm April 9, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 166 and the number of cases to 5,734 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 5,095, as many as 472 people were cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said. […]

COVID-19 cases increase to 343 in Uttar Pradesh

8:25 pm April 8, 2020

Lucknow: Eleven people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 343 on Wednesday, officials said. Three COVID-19 patients have died in the state, one each in Meerut, Basti and Varanasi districts. All COVID-19 hotspots in 15 districts to be sealed till […]

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

Indore: COVID-19 deaths rise to 16

3:51 pm April 8, 2020

Indore: The number of deaths due to coronavirus infection has risen to 16 in Indore in Madhya Pradesh with a 49-year-old man becoming the latest fatality, an official said on Wednesday. The man, who was tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24, succumbed to the infection while undergoing treatment at a private hospital on Tuesday […]

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Noida: 200 from JJ cluster quarantined, DM says ‘cluster containment’ exercise

1:22 am April 8, 2020

Noida (UP): Around 200 people from a JJ cluster here were quarantined and put under observation as a precautionary measure on Tuesday, as surveillance teams went on contact tracing in areas which have previously reported positive coronavirus cases, officials said. This is the first “cluster containment” exercise in Gautam Buddh Nagar, which has so far […]

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23-day-old baby found positive for COVID-19 in Telangana

11:41 pm April 7, 2020

Hyderabad: A 23-day-old baby is among three COVID-19 cases reported at Mahabubnagar in Telangana on Tuesday, all of whom have been infected from the Tablighi Jamaat event returnees. With this the total number of people in the district who have been infected has reached 10, officials said. All the three cases are found to have […]