Coronavirus Cases
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Delhi hospital reports rising number of COVID-induced 'black fungus' cases
India | May 07, 2021, 07:50 AM ISTMucormycisis is a fungal infection triggered by COVID-19. Black fungus or mucormycosis has been a cause of disease and death of patients in transplants, ICUs and immunodeficient patients since long.
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Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on Election Commission's plea against Madras HC remarks
India | May 06, 2021, 10:06 AM ISTThe Madras High Court had, on April 26, castigated the Election Commission for the surge in COVID-19 cases during the second wave of the pandemic.
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COVID: Jharkhand extends lockdown-like restrictions till May 13
India | May 05, 2021, 11:26 PM ISTThe restrictions, first imposed on April 22 as "Health Safety Week", were scheduled to end on Thursday.
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Don’t let guard down despite downward trend in COVID cases: Uddhav Thackeray
India | May 05, 2021, 10:16 PM IST“We are preparing for the third wave of the virus,” Thackeray said addressing the state on social media.
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Maharashtra reports 920 deaths, highest ever in a day; 57,640 fresh COVID cases
India | May 05, 2021, 09:15 PM ISTAs many as 57,006 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered patients to 41,64,098.
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Delhi received 555 tonnes of oxygen on May 4, highest till now: AAP's Raghav Chadha
India | May 05, 2021, 03:57 PM ISTWhile issuing the oxygen bulletin on Wednesday, he said the High Court has scolded the Centre and even "compared it to an ostrich".
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Delhi records 20,960 COVID-19 cases, 311 deaths
India | May 05, 2021, 04:01 PM ISTDelhi recorded as many as 20,960 fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached over 12.53 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 18,063.
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COVID: Air India airlifted 190 tonnes of medical equipment from various countries in 10 days
India | May 04, 2021, 06:36 PM ISTIndia is struggling with the second wave of the coronavirus infection as hospitals in several states are reeling under a severe shortage of drugs, equipment, oxygen and beds.
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Remdesivir production increased to 1.05 crore vials a month: Mansukh Mandaviya
India | May 04, 2021, 03:55 PM ISTThe minister said the antiviral drug is now being produced across 57 plants in the country compared to 20 facilities a month ago.
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Tripura DM removed for 'high handedness' in enforcing curfew at marriages
India | May 03, 2021, 08:44 PM ISTThe Tripura government has removed West Tripura District Magistrate and Collector Shailesh Kumar Yadav for his alleged "high handedness" in dealing with the people in two marriage halls in Agartala recently amidst the night curfew imposed to curb the alarming rise in Covid-19 cases, a Minister said on Monday.
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Maharashtra Covid graph on decline! daily cases fall below 50,000 for first time in 30 days
India | May 03, 2021, 09:28 PM ISTMaharashtra recorded as many as 48,621 coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the tally of infections in the state to 47,71,022, the death toll increased to 70,851 with 567 new fatalities.
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Discussions on with Indian govt for expedited approval of COVID-19 vaccine: Pfizer
Business | May 03, 2021, 02:05 PM ISTPfizer is discussing with the Indian government an expedited approval pathway to make Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine available for use in the country.
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Maharashtra records 56,647 COVID-19 cases, 669 deaths
India | May 02, 2021, 09:12 PM ISTMaharashtra recorded as many as 56,647 coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the tally of infections in the state to 47,22,401, the death toll increased to 70,284 with 669 new fatalities.
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Over 500 oxygen cylinders seized in Madhya Pradesh
India | May 02, 2021, 08:53 PM ISTA raid was carried out at a godown on a tip-off that an agency was selling an oxygen cylinder for Rs 30,000 and a Rs 5,000 medical kit along with it to a private person, Satna Collector Ajay Katesaria said.
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Delhi records 412 COVID-19 fatalities, highest in a day so far; 22,933 new cases
India | May 01, 2021, 11:41 PM ISTDelhi recorded as many as 25,219 fresh coronavirus cases on Saturday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached over 11.74 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 16,559.
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Maharashtra records 63,282 COVID-19 cases, 802 deaths
India | May 01, 2021, 11:09 PM ISTMaharashtra recorded as many as 63,282 coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the tally of infections in the state to 46,65,472, the death toll increased to 69,615 with 802 new fatalities.
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COVID-19: Worst-hit six districts in Punjab to tighten micro containment, says CM Amarinder Singh
India | Apr 30, 2021, 09:04 PM ISTLockdown is not a solution as it will lead to exodus of the labourers and force them to go to states with even lesser medical facilities, Amarinder Singh said.
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Rajnath Singh invokes emergency powers to allow Armed Forces to set up Covid facilities
India | Apr 30, 2021, 10:12 PM ISTThe emergency powers have been granted initially for a period of three months from May 1 to July 31.
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2 arrested for selling fake negative RT-PCR report in Bengaluru
India | Apr 30, 2021, 04:34 PM ISTMukesh Singh (25), a native of Rajasthan, and Nagaraj M (39) whose nativity was not immediately known were caught after a decoy customer was sent to them to get the fake report, the police said.
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Delhi reports 395 COVID deaths, 24,235 new cases in 24 hours
India | Apr 29, 2021, 10:54 PM ISTAs many as 395 fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin issued by Delhi health dept.