SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported five new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said that two of the cases were reported from Jammu and three from Srinagar districts, taking the overall tally to 454212—166440 in Jammu and 287772 in […]
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India logs 2,124 Covid cases, 17 deaths
NEW DELHI — India saw a single-day rise of 2,124 new coronavirus infections, taking the infection tally to 4,31,42,192, while the active cases rose to 14,971, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. The covid-19 death toll has climbed to 5,24,507 with 17 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. […]
J&K reports 3 new Covid-19 cases
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported three new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said that all the cases were reported from Jammu district, taking the overall tally to 454207—166438 in Jammu and 287769 in Kashmir. There was also no […]
India reports 1,675 new Covid-19 cases, 31 fatalities
NEW DELHI — India’s Covid-19 case tally rose by 1,675 to reach 4,31,40,068, while the number of active infections increased marginally to 14,841, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has climbed to 5,24,490 with 31 fatalities reported from Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. Active cases, […]
Covid-19 pandemic ‘far from over’: WHO chief
GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has reiterated here that the Covid-19 pandemic “is far from over”. “… the pandemic is far from over. And even as we continue to fight it, we face the task of restoring essential health services, with 90 per cent of member states reporting disruption to […]
J&K reports 5 new Covid-19 cases
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported five new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that the three of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu and one each from Srinagar and Ganderbal districts, taking the overall tally to 454204—166435 […]
Covid, monkeypox poses formidable challenge to world: WHO
GENEVA — Even as the world is not over the pandemic yet, it is facing a significant and formidable challenge of the monkeypox outbreak that has so far infected over 100 people in about 15 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Addressing the UN’s World Health Assembly in Geneva on Sunday, WHO Director-General Tedros […]
India records 2,022 fresh COVID-19 infections, 46 fatalities
NEW DELHI — India reported 2,022 fresh COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours and 46 fatalities, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday. With this increase, the total cases in the country have gone up to 4,31,38,393. They include 14,832 active cases which account for 0.03 per cent of the total […]
Outbreak of Monkeypox virus in Europe, authorities issue advisory in J&K
SRINAGAR — With the cases of Monkeypox confirmed in Europe, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have issued advisory and directed concerned officials to isolate suspected cases immediately. “As you are aware, there is recent outbreak of Monkeypox cases in Europe as well as United States and Australia. This is Zoonotic disease, first identified in monkeys […]
India logs 2,226 new Covid cases, 65 deaths
NEW DELHI — India on Sunday reported 2,226 fresh Covid cases, a decline against the 2,323 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. In the same period, the country also reported 65 Covid fatalities, taking the overall death toll to 5,24,413. The active caseload currently stands at 14,995 cases, accounting for 0.03 […]