On June 23, the capital city had witnessed a peak of 3,947 cases, but the number has come down steadily since then, despite the number of tests increasing.
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AIADMK MLA Sathan Prabhakar turns coronavirus positive
Prabhakar has been admitted for treatment at the government hospital in Ramanathapuram district.
AMU offers its Jawaharlal Medical college as dedicated Level-3 COVID hospital, UP govt likely to agree
This came weeks after Professor Tariq Mansoor, the vice chancellor of AMU, wrote to chief minister Yogi Adityanath on May 23 offering the services of the medical college.
Coronavirus live updates: Total people tested for COVID-19 in India will soon touch 1 crore, says Centre
‘Unlock 2.0’, guidelines for which were issued earlier, began yesterday.
‘Oxford COVID-19 vaccine safe for people with weak immunity’
The ChAdOx1 vaccine technology has been used to produce candidate vaccines against a number of pathogens including flu, chikungunya, Zika and another coronavirus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
Coronavirus live updates: India records 4 lakh Covid cases, 12k deaths in June
India’s Covid-19 caseload of 4 lakh in June was the third highest in the world after the US and Brazil.
Coronavirus Live Updates: PM Modi holds review meet, discusses COVID-19 vaccine preparation
The government released guidelines for ‘Unlock 2.0’ yesterday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation at 4.00 pm today.
New York Governor calls on Trump to mandate Americans wear masks
New York started mandating face-covering two months ago, which turned out to be useful in flattening the curve of the pandemic, the governor said.
WHO warns ‘the worst is yet to come’
“Six months ago, none of us could have imagined how our world – and our lives – would be thrown into turmoil by this new virus,” Tedros said at the WHO press conference.
Living with COVID-19 to be new normal as global cases top 10 mln: WHO
Tedros also announced an updated and detailed timeline of the WHO’s response to the pandemic for the public to understand how the UN health body has been responding to the outbreak.
Tamil Nadu Deputy CM’s brother admitted to hospital with Covid-19
Raja is the younger brother of Panneerselvam.
Coronavirus in Delhi: 57 deaths, 2,084 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Meanwhile, an order has been issued regarding strictly following the advisory issued by the ICMR, including newer additional testing strategies for improving the access and availability of testing.
India records 19,459 new coronavirus cases, 380 deaths in 24 hours
With a spike of 5,493 cases, Maharashtra remained the worst hit state in the country. The state has a total of 1,64,626 cases, including 7,429 deaths.
Hyderabad COVID patient sends heart-wrenching video before death
The deceased is survived by his wife, a 12-year-old daughter and a nine-year-old son.
Coronavirus live updates: 19,459 COVID-19 cases, 380 deaths reported in 24 hours
A number of activities have been allowed to resume in a phased manner this month as part of ‘Unlock 1.0’ plan.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra: For 3rd day, COVID cases cross 5K, Pune division deaths over 1,000
Coronavirus in Maharashtra: With Sunday’s 156 fatalities, the state death toll climbed from 7,273 to 7,429 and total cases zoomed to 164,626 till date, both being the highest in the country.
Coronavirus in Gujarat: State registers highest 624 cases, deaths cross 1,800
Now Surat is turning out to be a new epicenter in the state. The city witnessed the second highest number of positive cases detected so far — 184, matching Friday’s 182.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu: COVID-19 count goes up to 82,275, death toll 1,079
In a statement issued here the Health Department said 3,940 persons turned into Covid-19 patients in the state taking the total number of persons infected in the state with coronavirus to 82,275.
Former Gujarat CM Shankersingh Vaghela tests positive for COVID-19
He has been admitted to Sterling Hospital as he was advised to get admitted as a precautionary measure.
IMF further predicts deeper recession and uncertain recovery from coronavirus
The COVID-19 has had a more negative impact on activity in the first half of 2020 than anticipated and recovery is expected to be more gradual than the previous forecast, the IMF said.
Coronavirus live updates: Global deaths cross 500K; cases surpass 10-mn mark
Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 10 million mark and the death toll jumped to 500,626, according to Worldometer on Sunday.
Covid-19 linked to altered mental state, other brain issues
A total of 39 patients showed signs of confusion or changes in behaviour reflecting an altered mental state, said the study.
Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh: Record spike of 605 corona cases takes tally to 11,489
Friday also saw 191 persons discharged from hospitals after being declared as fully cured. With this the tally of recovered persons now numbers 5,196, even as 6147 persons are undergoing treatment for the infection.
Coronavirus in Odisha: COVID-19 positive cases cross 6,000 mark
Out of the total fresh cases, 198 cases were reported from various quarantine centres and 20 cases are local contacts.
Coronavirus live updates: India records 17296 cases in a day; tally jumps to 491170
The total number of confirmed virus patients have risen to 1,47,741 after 4,841 more patients tested positive in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours.