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Six new COVID-19 cases in Ladakh

11:16 pm May 23, 2020

Leh: Days after Ladakh was declared coronavirus free, six fresh cases have come to light in the union territory over the past three days with almost all of them having a travel history outside the Himalayan region, officials said on Saturday. All the six new patients, five in Kargil and one in Leh, have been […]

COVID-19: 5 new cases in Karnataka; total rises to 606

2:18 pm May 3, 2020

Bengaluru: Five new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of infections in the state to 606, the Health department said on Sunday. “Five new positive cases have been reported from last evening to this noon…Till date 606 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 25 deaths and 282 […]

Old couple found dead at home in UP's Banda

Special initiatives for the elderly in COVID-19 times

5:03 pm April 24, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kudumbashree, hailed as one of the world’s largest women empowerment and poverty eradication missions, has launched a special initiative for the well-being of the elderly in Kerala during the COVID-19 lockdown with a string of confidence-building measures. The thrust of the outreach has been to take care of the mental health of the elderly […]

5,000 cases registered in Mumbai for lockdown violation

28 more coronavirus cases surface in UP; total count 480

9:38 pm April 12, 2020

Lucknow: Twenty-eight more coronavirus cases surfaced in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, taking the count in the state to 480, a state government official said. Principal Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said so far 480 cases have been reported from 41 districts of the state. Forty-five patients have fully recovered and discharged, he said, […]

Number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra reaches 1574

10:43 pm April 10, 2020

Mumbai: The number of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra reached 1,574 on Friday with 210 more persons testing positive. Of 210 new patients, 132 were detected in Mumbai, the state health department said. However, there was a significant variance between the official figures for Mumbai, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) release earlier in the day […]