Covid-19

07 Jan

Covid 19: India reports 214 fresh cases in last 24 hours

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India recorded 214 new coronavirus infections on Saturday (Jan 7), while the number of active cases rose marginally to 2,509, according to Union Health Ministry data. With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases increase to 4.46 crore (4,46,79,761). In the last 24 hours, the death toll rose to 5,30,718 with 4 deaths - two joined by Kerala and one each reported from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh - data updated at 8 am said. The positivity rate was recorded at 0.11 percent on a daily basis. The weekly positivity rate stood at 0.12 percent, according to the health ministry's website.…

02 Jan

Don’t step outside unnecessarily, expert alerts people about Covid XBB.1.5 variant

Priyanka BhowmickCovid19, HealthCovid-19, india

India need not worry about the new Covid variant of XBB.1.5 as 90% of its eligible population has been vaccinated with 30-40% given a booster dose, said Dr M Wali, a physician at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. However, at the same time, Dr Wali asked people to "be vigilant" and isolate their elderly and children while advising against stepping outside unnecessarily. He advised people to "follow Covid-appropriate behavior and most importantly wear masks". Dr. Wali emphasized the importance of immunity in fighting the virus, saying that a booster dose, strong immunity, primary infection and immunization combine to reduce…

09 Dec

India Records 249 fresh covid cases in India

Priyanka BhowmickCovid19, Health, IndiaCovid-19, india

India recorded 249 fresh coronavirus infections on Friday, while the number of active cases dropped to 4,228, according to Union health ministry data. With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has gone up to 4,46,74,439. The death toll has risen to 5,30,653 with six deaths reported in Kerala, the data updated at 8 am said. No one died in covid in the last 24 hours. According to the ministry's website, the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 percent. A decrease of 16 cases has been registered in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span…

29 Nov

India recorded the lowest number of single-day Covid cases

Priyanka BhowmickCovid19, Health, IndiaCovid-19, Health, india

India reported 215 new coronavirus infections, the lowest since April 2020, taking the total number of Covid cases to 4,46,72,068, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. Active cases fell further to 4,982, while the death toll rose to 5,30,615 after one death was reported from Delhi, data updated at 8 am said. According to the ministry, active cases account for 0.01 percent of total infections, while the national recovery rate stands at 98.8 percent. A reduction of 141 cases was recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours. The number of recoveries from the…

17 Nov

Active Covid Cases in India fall to 7,175

Priyanka BhowmickCovid19, Health, IndiaCovid-19, Health, india

According to an update by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday, India's active Covid caseload fell by 7,175, with 635 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. Since the pandemic hit in early 2020, India has so far reported over 4.46 crore cases, with a death toll of 530,546.Active cases account for 0.02% of total infections and the national recovery rate is 98.79%. As of now, Karnataka's active caseload stands at 1,614, West Bengal has 232 active cases, Kerala has 2,094 active cases, Tamil Nadu has 605 active cases, Maharashtra has 882 active cases, Odisha has 145, Rajasthan has…

12 Nov

Long-term covid health problems affect everyone: Study

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, India, North BengalCovid-19, india, PM Modi

People of all ages are at risk of long-term physical and mental health problems after a Covid infection, a study has found. Following Covid-19 infection, there is a significant new-onset illness in children, adolescents and adults across 13 distinct diagnoses and symptom complexes, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine. Previous studies have established that some people infected with Covid-19 suffer long-term health problems after the acute phase of the disease. However, evidence for the post-acute syndrome is still limited, particularly for children and adolescents. The new study by Martin Rössler of the Technische Universität…

29 Oct

India reports over 2,000 fresh cases, 12 deaths in a day

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, IndiaCovid-19, Health, india

India has recorded 2,208 new infections of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of Covid cases to 4,46,49,088. According to the data of health ministry, the death toll stood at 5,28,999 with 12 Covid-related deaths on Friday. Active cases hold for 0.05 percent of total infections at 19,398.

18 Oct

New sub-variant of Omicron detected in India

Priyanka BhowmickCovid19, Health, IndiaCovid-19, Health, india

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) is expected to issue a bulletin on the new sub-variants BA.5.1.7 and BF.7 of Omicron reported in India.Sources said, "this is just a signal to be alert and watch the whole scenario, BF.7 was reported in Gujarat a few days ago,". For the uninitiated, BF.7 has been reported in Gujarat which has been confirmed by the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre. BF.7 known as 'Omicron spawn' was first detected in China and has now reached the US, UK, Australia and Belgium. The sub-variant first originated in a region of Mongolia in China and is…

04 Jul

West Bengal registers 1,822 new cases, positivity rate at 14.10 percent

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West Bengal recorded 1,822 new COVID-19 fresh Covid cases on Sunday, recording a positivity rate of 14.10 %, as per the state Health Department. 3 more COVID-19 sufferers died, taking the toll to 21,225. The state currently has 10,583 active cases. 304 of these patients had to be admitted to the hospital. The new cases were called after 12,921 samples were tested. The country has so far reported 20,34,485 cases of COVID-19. A total of 20,02,677 patients have recovered, including 526 in the remaining 24 hours.

19 May

No Covid death in Odisha for 16 days

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Odisha on Thursday reported 12 new COVID-19 cases at 0.08% test positivity rate, with the tally rising to 12,88,339, the health and family welfare department said. The death toll stood static at 9,126 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported for the 16th consecutive day. Besides, 53 other coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far. Odisha now has 120 active cases, while 12,79,040 patients have recovered from the disease, including 15 in the last 24 hours. Twelve out of 30 districts of the State have so far turned Coronavirus-free with zero active cases.