NEW DELHI — India reported a single-day rise of 1,150 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 4,30,34,217, while the count of active cases fell to 11,365, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,21,656 with 83 daily fatalities being […]
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Kashmir reports 9 Covid-19 cases, no fresh infection in Jammu
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley logged nine fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no case reported from Jammu division for the third consecutive day on Friday. There was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours either in Kahsmir or Jammu, officials said. They said that the while there was no fresh case […]
India logs 1,109 new Covid cases, 43 deaths
NEW DELHI — India saw a single-day rise of 1,109 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 4,30,33,067, while the active cases have further declined to 11,492 , according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has climbed to 5,21,573 with 43 fresh fatalities, the data […]
Kashmir reports 7 fresh Covid cases, none in Jammu
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley reported seven fresh Covid-19 cases while no case was reported from Jammu division even there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said that the there was no fresh case from Jammu for the second day while all seven were from […]
Cow dung behind black fungus that maimed thousands in India: Study
NEW DELHI — Medical researchers say that the cow dung, widely used as fuel and ritual fuel in India, could be behind the black fungus infection that killed or maimed thousands of patients treated for COVID in the country by 2021. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the risk of infection […]
India logs 1,033 new COVID-19 cases
NEW DELHI — With 1,033 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,31,958, while the active cases dipped to 11,639, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,530 with 43 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
J&K reports 11 fresh Covid cases
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 11 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said that the there was no fresh case from Jammu while all 11 were from Kashmir Valley, take the overall tally to 453839—166273 in Jammu and […]
India’s first XE Covid-19 variant case reported in Mumbai
MUMBAI — The first case of XE, a more transmissible Covid-19 variant, was detected in Mumbai on Wednesday, a civic health official said. A case of the Kappa variant was also detected during a sero survey, the official said, adding the results came in genome sequencing of 376 samples, the 11th batch of testing in […]
India records 1,086 fresh COVID-19 cases, 71 deaths
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday reported 1,086 fresh Covid cases, which is marginally higher than previous day’s count of 795 infections in a span of 24 hours, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. In the same period, total 71 Covid-related fatalities have occurred, taking the death toll to 5,21,487. Following a continuous […]
J&K reports 12 fresh Covid cases
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported twelve fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said that the there was one fresh case from Jammu and 11 from Kashmir Valley, take the overall tally to 453827—166273 in Jammu and 287554 in […]









