Union Health Ministry

COVID-19: India records 22,065 infections, 354 fatalities

2:22 pm December 15, 2020

New Delhi: India’s daily COVID-19 case count fell below 23,000 after a little over five months, while the national recovery rate stood at over 95 per cent, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. The coronavirus caseload mounted to 99,06,165 with 22,065 infections being reported in a day, while the death […]

Plea in SC seeks refund of ‘exorbitant money’ charged for RT-PCR test to detect COVID-19

3:22 pm December 5, 2020

New Delhi: A plea was filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to ensure refund of “exorbitant” amounts charged by private labs and hospitals for conducting RT-PCR tests to detect COVID-19. The interim application has been filed by lawyer and BJP leader Ajay Agrawal in his pending PIL in […]

One new COVID-19 case in Mizoram, tally at 4,428

COVID-19: India records 45,576 infections, 585 fatalities

12:26 pm November 19, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 89.58 lakh with 45,576 fresh infections, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to over 83.83 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.58 per cent, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday The total coronavirus cases mounted to […]

India’s COVID-19 active caseload falls below 5 lakh

3:26 pm November 11, 2020

New Delhi: Crossing another “milestone” in the fight against the pandemic, the COVID-19 active caseload in India has fallen below the 5 lakh-mark for the first time after 106 days and comprises merely 5.73 per cent of the total cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Seventy per cent of the 44,281 new coronavirus […]

COVID-19: 72,049 new cases take India’s virus tally to 67,57,131

1:20 pm October 7, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 67.57 lakh with 72,049 new cases in a day, while 57,44,693 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 85.02 per cent on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 67,57,131, while the death toll climbed […]