Tamilnadu logged 3,645 new infections on Tuesday pushing the caseload to 9,07,124, while the death toll rose to 12,804 with 15 more fatalities, the health department said. According to a department bulletin, recoveries mounted to 8,68,722 today with 1,809 patients being discharged, leaving 25,598 active infections. Chennai accounted for most of the new infections with 1,303 cases, taking the aggregate… Continue reading "Tamilnadu reports 3,645 new cases"
Amid the sharp rise in coronavirus positive cases, the Gujarat government on Tuesday announced a curfew from 8 pm to 6 am in 20 cities in the state, which will come into force from Wednesday, till 30 April. Earlier in the day, the Gujarat High Court had observed that the COVID-19 situation in the state was getting “out of control”,… Continue reading "Night curfew imposed in 20 cities of Gujarat"
The State Health Department would initiate door-to-door COVID-19 screening and testing from 7 April for better surveillance, said Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan. However, he denied the rumours that a complete lockdown would be imposed after polling for the State Assembly election is over on Tuesday. “After polling, there will be restrictions on non-essential services after discussion with Chief Secretary and… Continue reading "Health Secretary says no plan to reimpose complete lockdown"
India recorded 89,129 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since September 2020, taking the total tally to 1,23,92,260 on Saturday. The country has been recording an unabated spike in cases from over three weeks. Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Haryana are states of “grave concern”. Daily… Continue reading "Daily corona cases count nearing 90k in India"
India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 1,21,49,335 with 53,480 new infections, while the recoveries have surged to 1,14,34,301, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death count increased to 1,62,468 with 354 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. Meanwhile, the Covid situation in India has been becoming “bad to worse over… Continue reading "Centre says Covid situation has gone from bad to worse"
Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner and District Election Officer G Prakash, on Thursday, said that voters infected with COVID will be given PPE kits at the booths on polling day. “The ECI has instructed that PPE be provided to voters at the booths. Due to several protocols, the polling duration has been increased to 12 hours and would be held from… Continue reading "Chennai Corporation to give PPE kits to covid affected voters on poll day"
With 53,476 new coronavirus cases, the biggest single-day spike since 23 October, India’s Covid tally rose to 1,17,87,534, the government data showed this morning, as the country continues to see worrying surge in infections. The spike in the last 24 hours was 13 per cent higher than the fresh cases reported on Wednesday – 47,262. Over the last two weeks,… Continue reading "Corona cases in India crosses the 50,000 mark"
As India stares at the second Covid wave, 46,951 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours – biggest single-day jump since November 7 – took the country’s tally to 1,16,46,081 total infections, the government data this morning showed. Of the total cases, over 1.11 crore people have recovered so far, and 1,59,97 total deaths have been recorded. In the… Continue reading "Biggest single-day jump of coronavirus cases since 7 November"
India’s daily cases of Covid-19 crossed the 40,000 mark for the first time in 111 days as the sharp surge in the pandemic continued on Friday, with as many as 17 states and Union territories adding the highest number of infections since January or earlier. India reported 40,944 new cases on Friday, up from 39,703 recorded on the previous day.… Continue reading "India’s daily cases cross 40,000 mark in 111 days"
After a long time Tamilnadu’s corona count breached the 1,000 mark as 1,087 new cases were reported on Friday. On December 28, 2020, 1,005 cases were reported. With this the total number of people tested positive in the State so far stands at 8,64,450. The maximum spread has been witnessed in Chennai that currently has a total of 2,552 active… Continue reading "Daily corona count breaches crosses 1,000 in TN"