Covid-19

10 May

Twelve new Covid cases at 0.08% TPR in Odisha

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Odisha reported 12 new COVID-19 cases at 0.08% test positivity rate on Tuesday, with the tally rising to 12,88,222, the health department bulletin said. Odisha now has 166 active cases, while 12,78,877 patients have recovered from the disease, including seven on Monday, the bulletin said. The daily positivity rate was 0.08 per cent as the new COVID-19 cases were detected from 14,225 sample tests. The state has been recording around 20 cases a day for the last one month but witnessed a sudden surge in the number on Sunday with 71 fresh infections, including 64 students living in two hostels…

09 May

India reports 3207 fresh Covid cases, 29 deaths in last 24 hours

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India reported 3207 fresh Covid cases and 29 deaths in the last 24 hours, stated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 20,403 with active cases now constituting 0.05% of the country’s total positive cases. As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.74% with 3410 patients having recovered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 4,25,60,905. While the weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 0.82 percent, the daily positivity rate stands at 0.95 percent, as per…

23 Apr

New Covid-19 cases crosses 1,000 mark in Delhi, 2 Covid deaths in last 24 hours

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The fresh Covid cases crossed the 1,000 mark in Delhi on Friday as a total of 1,042 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the national capital out of 22442 tests conducted during the past 24 hours across the city. The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the city now stands at 1872699. According to the latest Delhi government’s health bulletin, the infection positivity rate stood at 4.64 per cent. The cumulative count of Covid-19 fatalities is 26164 , it said. In all, there are 3,253 active cases of the virus in the city, the bulletin pointed out. Notably, 965 new…

22 Apr

Shanghai extends Covid-19 lockdown as death toll rises to 36

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Shanghai has extended the Covid-19 lockdown to April 26, amid reports of growing public resentment as the eastern metropolis of 26 million reported 11 more deaths on Thursday. China on Thursday reported 2,119 locally transmitted confirmed Covid-19 cases, of which 1,931 were reported in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission. Shanghai has added 17,629 new cases in the previous 24 hours, 4.7 per cent fewer than a day earlier, according to data released on Friday, taking the city's cumulative cases since March 1 to 443,500. Thursday also saw 11 deaths from Covid-19, all in Shanghai, bringing the mainland's death…

21 Mar

China reports 1,947 new local COVID-19 cases

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China reported 1,947 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Monday. Of the new local infections, 1,542 were reported in Jilin, 154 in Fujian, 51 in Hebei, 38 in Guangdong, 35 in Liaoning, 27 in Heilongjiang, 24 in Shanghai, 18 in Tianjin, 14 in Shaanxi, 13 in Shandong, 10 in Hunan, Xinhua reported. For other provincial-level regions, Gansu reported six cases, Beijing and Yunnan each reported four, Inner Mongolia and Zhejiang each reported two, and Jiangxi, Henan and Chongqing each reported one, as per Xinhua. Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that Beijing will stick to its…

01 Mar

West Bengal records 89 new coronavirus cases, existing Covid restrictions to continue till March 15

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Despite the sharp drop in Covid numbers, the nation government on Monday said the night restrictions from nighttime to 5am will proceed until March 15. Barring indispensable services, movement of people, automobiles and all public gatherings will be prohibited in this five-hour period. Mask stays mandatory. The nation stated that owners, employers, administration bodies and supervisors will be accountable for Covid protection measures in all establishments. The midnight-to-5am restrictions had kicked in from February 15 and has led to an average each day prosecution of over 300 people on weekdays and over 400 humans on weekends for violating the night…

17 Feb

Ministry of External Affairs trains 500+ employees in cyber safety

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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has trained 500 plus employees across 90 missions in Europe and Africa. It aims to ensure the personnel are equipped to deal with both malicious malware and targeted attacks. The Ministry also conducts regular audits to assess how sensitive data centres in different missions can be protected. India is working on a cyber security policy like the UK and Australia and roll out a holistic structure wherein more verticals than just national security are covered. The policy is encompassing both internal and external threats and the first meeting of cyber security coordinators from the…

17 Feb

Delhi records 766 fresh Covid-19 cases

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A total of 766 fresh Covid-19 cases were recorded in Delhi out of 56,112 tests conducted during the past 24 hours across the national capital. The number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi recorded yesterday were 756 while the positivity rate was 1.52 per cent. According to the latest Delhi government’s health bulletin, the infection positivity rate stood at 1.37 per cent. The city lost five lives due to the virus infection, taking the cumulative count of such fatalities to 26,086, it said. In all, there were 3197 active cases of the virus in the city, the bulletin pointed out.

12 Feb

Fresh Covid-19 cases come down to 977 in Delhi

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The number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi dipped to 977 on Friday from 1,104 on Thursday with 56, 444 tests conducted during the past 24 hours across the national capital. According to the latest Delhi government’s health bulletin, the infection positivity rate stood at 1. 73 per cent. The positivity rate was 2.09 per cent. The city lost another 12 lives due to the virus infection, taking the cumulative count of such fatalities to 26,047, it said. There were 12 such casualties yesterday.

11 Feb

India reports 13% dip in new Covid cases

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India reported 58,077 fresh Covid infections in a span of 24 hours on Friday, which is around 13 per cent lower than those reported on previous day. On Thursday, the country had seen 67,084 new Covid cases. In the last 24 hours, a total 657 deaths were reported, taking the toll to 5,07,177, said the Union Health ministry on Friday morning. The active Covid case has been reduced to 6,97,802, which constitutes 1.64 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. The recovery of 1,50,407 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 4,13,31,158. Consequently, India’s…