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  Centre to pay Rs 50,000 compensation for deaths due to Covid, Supreme Court told

  India | September 23, 2021 14:20 IST

  The central government also informed that the state will give this amount from the State Disaster Relief Fund.

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  Blood thinner may reduce death risk in moderately ill COVID-19 patients: Study

  World | July 14, 2021 16:52 IST

  Administering a full dose of a standard blood thinner early to moderately ill hospitalised patients with COVID-19 could halt the formation of blood clots and reduce the risk of severe disease and death, according to a study.

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  3,85,000 died due to COVID-19, numbers likely to increase: Centre to SC

  India | June 20, 2021 14:51 IST

  "COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 3,85,000 deaths, a number which is likely to increase further," the Centre in its affidavit said.

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  Brazil tops 400,000 virus deaths amid fears of renewed surge

  World | April 30, 2021 9:09 IST

  Brazil on Thursday became the second country to officially top 400,000 COVID-19 deaths

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  India's Covid deaths per million one of the lowest globally, says Health Ministry

  India | December 21, 2020 8:52 IST

  According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), with only 351 average daily COVID-19 fatalities reported between December 14-20, India continues to have one of the lowest deaths per million. 

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  People with rare autoimmune diseases at death risk during Covid: Study

  Science | December 05, 2020 14:13 IST

  Researchers have now found that people with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases are at a greater risk of dying at a younger age amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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  India reports 44,376 new Covid cases and 481 deaths in a day; tally breaches 92 lakh-mark

  India | November 25, 2020 10:29 IST

  India's COVID-19 caseload has gone past 92 lakh with 44,376 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 92,22,217, while the death toll climbed to 1,34,699 with 481 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

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  Delhi records lowest single-day coronavirus deaths since July 1

  India | August 02, 2020 19:24 IST

  The number of coronavirus cases in Delhi rose to 1,37,677, while the death toll mounted to 4,004 on Sunday. On July 26, there were 21 deaths due to the pathogen, the previous lowest fatality count since July 1.

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  No death reported in Delhi's biggest COVID-19 hospital LNJP on Monday, says CM Kejriwal

  India | July 28, 2020 18:08 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that there was no virus-related fatality reported in the national capital's biggest coronavirus hospital, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan on Monday.

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  Family of COVID-19 victim flees with half-burnt body after mob attacks them in J-K

  India | June 02, 2020 16:43 IST

  A mob on Tuesday disrupted the last rites of a COVID-19 victim and forced his family members to flee with the half-burnt body, prompting intervention by the administration which later ensured the cremation at another place as per protocol.

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  Show cause notices to AIIMS, RML, LNJP, Safdarjung for 'delay' in reporting COVID-19 deaths

  India | May 31, 2020 20:23 IST

  The Delhi government has issued show cause notices to four leading facilities in the national capital, including AIIMS and LNJP Hospital, for "delay in reporting death cases", authorities said on Sunday. 

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  India records 0.2 COVID-19 deaths per lakh population as against global figure of 4.1

  India | May 19, 2020 21:17 IST

  India has so far about 0.2 COVID-19 deaths per lakh population as against the global figure of 4.1, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday, even as the number of fatalities due to coronavirus infection in the country rose to 3,163 and the total cases climbed to 1,01,139.

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  Two BSF personnel succumb to COVID-19: Officials

  India | May 07, 2020 15:45 IST

  These are the first cases of death in the BSF due to coronavirus infection and the second among paramilitary forces after a 55-year-old sub-inspector of the CRPF had succumbed to the disease last month.

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  'SNL' actor Michael Che pays rent for grandmother's building after her COVID-19 death

  April 16, 2020 19:03 IST

  Martha, the comic's grandmother, passed away due the COVID-19 infection on April 6. Che shared the announcement on Instagram on Wednesday.

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  COVID-19: one more death in Karnataka, toll rises to 11

  India | April 15, 2020 13:31 IST

  A 69-year-old man from Chikkaballapura became the eleventh COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka taking the toll in the state to 11, state Health Minister B Sriramulu said on Wednesday.

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  British actor Hilary Heath dies at 74 due to coronavirus

  Hollywood | April 11, 2020 10:39 IST

  British actor, Hilary Heath, best known for her role in horror movie 'Witchfinder General', has died of complications from coronavirus. She was 74.

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  Grammy-winning record producer Hal Willner dies of COVID-19 complications

  April 08, 2020 13:49 IST

  A message he posted on Twitter on March 28 suggested that he was suffering from COVID-19. "I always wanted to have a number one - but not this," he wrote alongside a map that shows New York as the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S., adding: "In bed on upper west side."

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  Music legend John Prine dies of coronavirus at 73

  April 08, 2020 10:07 IST

  John Prine died on Tuesday at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center. According to his family, the cause was complications related to coronavirus, or Covid-19.

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  Jaws actor Lee Fierro dies of coronavirus complications

  April 06, 2020 11:40 IST

  In the 1975's Jaws, Fierro played grieving mother to young Alex Kintner (Jeffrey Voorhees), the second victim of the killer great white shark.

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  Actress-author Patricia Bosworth dies from coronavirus at 86

  April 05, 2020 11:57 IST

  Bosworth played a nun opposite of Hepburn in the 1959 classic The Nun's Story. Along with penning bios for Brando and Clift, she also wrote biographies on actress Jane Fonda and famed photographer Diane Arbus, who photographed Bosworth in a Greyhound bus advertisement.