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Gujarat COVID-19 cases climb to 165; 19 new patients

4:55 pm April 7, 2020

Ahmedabad: The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat jumped to 165 on Tuesday, with 19 more people testing positive for the viral infection in the state, an official said. Out of 19 new cases, 13 have been reported from Ahmedabad, three from Patan, and one each from Bhavnagar, Anand and Sabarkantha, Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti […]

One more COVID-19 death in TN: 50 people test positive

11:40 pm April 6, 2020

Chennai: One more COVID-19 death was reported in Tamil Nadu on Monday while 50 people tested positive for coronavirus, including 48 returnees of the Delhi Tablighi Jamaat meet, taking the total number of cases to 621, a senior official said. A 57-year-old woman who was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Sunday […]

Formulate ‘staggered’ exit strategy from lockdown: PM to CMs

11:20 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told chief ministers to focus on COVID-19 containment measures — testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine — in the next few weeks with a common goal to ensure minimum loss of life, and pitched for formulating a staggered exit strategy from the ongoing lockdown. As the country witnessed […]

UP: Suspected COVID-19 patient commits suicide in quarantine ward

4:40 pm April 2, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: A suspected coronavirus patient allegedly committed suicide in the quarantine ward of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said on Thursday. The body of the 40-year-old man was found hanging from the ceiling in the district hospital, they said. The reason behind him taking the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, […]

Tablighi Jamaat: ED conducts multi-city raids

Chhattisgarh: Search on for more attendees of Nizamuddin event

7:24 pm April 1, 2020

Raipur: Even as authorities in Chhattisgarh have identified 101 people in the state who attended the religious congregation in New Delhi’s Nizamuddin, which has turned out as one of the major COVID-19 hotspots in the country, hunt is on for some more persons who took part in the event, a senior official said here. The […]