COVID-19

Gujarat: Infant twins recover from COVID-19 in Mehsana

7:24 pm May 29, 2020

Ahmedabad: Twin brother and sister from Mehsana district of Gujarat, who had tested positive for COVID-19 within few days of birth, have recovered from the deadly infection, an official said on Friday. The twins, who were the youngest COVID-19 patients in Gujarat, will be discharged from the hospital by Saturday, Mehsana district development officer Manoj […]

Four more corona patients die in Uttarakhand

2,598 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, 85 deaths

11:30 pm May 28, 2020

Mumbai: Maharashtra on Thursday reported 2,598 new coronavirus patients, taking the tally of cases in the state to 59,546, said a health official. With 85 COVID-19 patients dying, 38 of them in Mumbai, the death toll due to the pandemic rose to 1,982. 698 coronavirus patients were discharged during the day, taking the number of […]

Identify private hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients for free or at nominal cost: SC to Centre

7:38 pm May 27, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre to identify private hospitals where COVID-19 infected patients could get treatment for free or at a nominal cost. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, hearing the matter via video-conferencing, observed that there are private hospitals which have been given land either free of […]

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

Air passenger from Chennai tests COVID-19 positive

10:42 pm May 26, 2020

Coimbatore: An air passenger who had arrived here from Chennai on May 25 tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, making him perhaps the first case of coronavirus since resumption of domestic flights after two months. The 24 year-old man, who arrived by a private carrier, has been since shifted to the ESI Hospital here for […]

Staffer, 10 inmates of Rohini jail recover from COVID-19

8:46 pm May 26, 2020

New Delhi: A staff member and 10 inmates of the Rohini jail here, who had tested positive for COVID-19, have recovered from the infection, officials said on Tuesday. A head warden of the Central Jail 10 in Rohini had tested positive for coronavirus on May 15. “He was asymptomatic and had been kept in a […]