Union Health Ministry

COVID-19: 16 deaths, total cases rise to 694; Rate of increase in positive cases ‘relatively stable’, says govt

11:24 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 16 in the country and 80 fresh cases were reported, taking the tally to 694, the Union health ministry said on Thursday, but asserted that the rate of increase in the positive cases was “relatively stable” in India. The Union health ministry officials also said […]

COVID-19 cases rise to 433; active cases 402

8:31 pm March 23, 2020

New Delhi: The total number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 433 on Monday after fresh cases were reported from various parts of the country, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 402 so far, while 24 others have been cured/discharged/migrated and seven have died. The […]

Coronavirus: Death toll in country climbs to five

4:06 pm March 22, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to novel coronavirus infection in India rose to five on Sunday with the Union Health Ministry confirming the death of a second COVID-19 patient in Maharashtra. A 63-year-old coronavirus patient died in Mumbai on Sunday, taking the death toll in Maharashtra to two, a health official said. The man […]

Goa to screen domestic travellers at airport

3:23 pm March 19, 2020

Panaji: Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Thursday announced that domestic travellers arriving at the state’s Dabolim airport will also be screened for coronavirus infection. Rane along with state health director Jose De Sa, dean of Goa Medical College and Hospital Shivanand Bandodkar and airport director Gagan Malik inspected the airport’s screening facility in the […]

Coming home and staying there in COVID-19 times

Coronavirus cases in country climb to 107, cases rise in Maharashtra

4:40 pm March 15, 2020

New Delhi: The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 107 on Sunday, with 12 fresh cases in Maharashtra, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of cases include two persons who died in Delhi and Karnataka. While a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi who had recently returned from Saudi Arabia died on […]