7 zones in Chennai represent most cases
Chennai Corporation special nodal officer J.Radhakrishnan inspecting a containment zone in Adyar on Thursday. 96 infected on one street in…
Coronavirus | AIIMS director says cases likely to hit peak in June-July
India registered 3,561 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 52,952. With 89 deaths, the…
Explainer: South Korean findings suggest ‘reinfected’ coronavirus cases are false positives
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean health authorities raised new concerns about the novel coronavirus after reporting last month that dozens…
Mumbai tapes its highest spike in cases, pushing tally to 10,714.
Chennai and Ahmedabad are emerging as new hotspots for coronavirus in India, even as Maharashtra, the worst-affected State, continues to…
Covid-19: India crosses 50k cases; hits brand-new peak of 3600 cases in a day
India went past two grim Covid-19 milestones on Wednesday – crossing the 50,000 mark overall and breaching the 3,000-figure in…
The mark of zero: On containment of COVID-19 cases in Kerala
Kerala’s steps on the virus are easy to follow, but its success rate is difficult to repeat With containment strategies…
‘Reporting gaps by states behind spurt in cases’
File image NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday said efforts to pursue gaps in reporting protocols with some states have…
India registers highest surge in COVID cases and deaths in 24-hours
India registered its highest surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths on Tuesday with 3,875 cases and 194 deaths in the…
Coronavirus latest updates: Death toll rises to 1,568, cases climb to 46,433 in India
NEW DELHI: As many as 1,074 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, the highest number of recoveries…
Coronavirus cases in Victoria climb by 22, including 19 more cases at meatworks
Victoria has confirmed a further 22 cases of coronavirus, including 19 linked to a cluster of cases at a Melbourne…
Covid-19: 13 urban spreads account for 2/3rd of India’s cases, deaths
Nearly three-fourths of all Covid-19 cases and deaths reported in India have been in the country’s 35 largest urban agglomerations…
U.S. CDC reports 1,122,486 coronavirus cases, 65,735 deaths
A health worker walks at the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital in Central Park, during the outbreak of the coronavirus…
No convenience in numbers: On Bengal’s coronavirus cases
West Bengal, which reported its first COVID-19 case in mid-March, has now recorded a total of 922 cases. The State…
Covid-19: 25% of all active cases detected in past 3 days
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 count crossed 40,000 cases in the country with fresh infections hitting another new high on Sunday,…
Telephoning it in: Pandemic forces Supreme Court to hear cases in a brand-new way
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court are typically a formal affair, dictated by adherence to tradition…
Singapore reports 657 new coronavirus cases
FILE PHOTO: Medical personnel attend to migrant workers at a dormitory amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore, April…
Coronavirus case sees Victorian Government shut school amid jump in new cases
A school in the northern suburbs of Melbourne has been temporarily shut down due to coronavirus, the Victorian Government has…
Coronavirus live updates: Total Covid-19 cases in India rise to 37,776
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 03, 2020, 08:15:01 ISTTotal Covid-19 cases in India have risen to 37,776,…
India records most significant rise in variety of cases considering that January
India, on Saturday, recorded the biggest single-day jump of 2,411 COVID-19 cases, taking the total number to 37,776, according to…
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll jumps, new cases stable
Medical staff is seen in an ambulance as they transfer a patient from a nursing home to a hospital, as…
May 1 mayhem: Record 2,333 cases in a day, over 1,000 in Maharashtra alone
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic in India grew by the highest number yet on Friday when as many as 2,333…
Favorable cases cross 33,000
The West Bengal government announced that the lockdown will continue till the end of May, but will allow small shops…
Coronavirus live updates: Doubling rate of cases has slowed down to 11.3 days, govt says
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 30, 2020, 05:07:07 ISTThe number of coronavirus cases in India climbed to…
Coronavirus: 32 deaths in 1 day a record for Maharashtra; Delhi gets 125 brand-new cases
NEW DELHI: India recorded 74 more Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, with Maharashtra alone accounting for 32 of them – the…
Strategic shift: On house isolation of moderate coronavirus cases
On March 28, only 130 districts of India’s 736 had reported COVID-19 cases. The Health Ministry’s strategy then, after the…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 35 updates | Positive cases cross 29,400
The Delhi government allowed veterinary services and self-employed individuals such as electricians, plumbers and water purifier repairmen to work from…
58 die of Covid infection, highest in a day; cases inch close to 30,000
NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 count inched close to the 30,000-mark as a late-night rush of cases reported from Indore in…
U.S. Supreme Court sidesteps major gun rights ruling but more cases loom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a National Rifle Association-backed challenge to New York City restrictions…
Govt. pitches for home isolation of mild cases
India has achieved a COVID-19 recovery rate of 22.17%, with 6,361 people discharged as of now, according to the Union…
No new COVID-19 cases after May 16, states research study
On Friday, V.K. Paul, NITI Aayog member and head of a key government empowered committee on medical management, presented a…
Coronavirus | India says daily growth rate of COVID-19 cases has dipped to 6%
India posted 1,429 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday. This brings the total number of those confirmed positive to 24,506…
Maharashtra reports 811 new Covid-19 cases and 22 deaths
A Covid-19 swab and sample collection booth at Meenatai Thackrey Hospital in Nerul, Navi Mumbai.MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Saturday reported 811…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 32 updates | Positive cases cross 24,000, death toll at 781
Over 9 lakh persons are under active COVID-19 surveillance in India, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. Data from…
Coronavirus latest updates: ‘Mumbai can see 70,000 cases by May-end’
NEW DELHI: With 1,755 new cases, the country reported the highest single-day surge on Thursday. With this, the number of…
NSW Premier reveals anyone can be checked for COVID-19 as 7 new cases confirmed
Updated April 24, 2020 08:31:16 NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed just seven new cases of coronavirus, despite a record…
Coronavirus | Clause allowing FIR against firm owners for COVID-19 cases withdrawn
The government has withdrawn the clause allowing filing of an FIR against a company and its management if an employee…
Italian cruise ship in Japan has 48 coronavirus cases
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly 50 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in Japan’s Nagasaki have tested…
UK will start large-scale contact-tracing as cases fall: minister
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks during a daily digital news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak,…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 28 updates | Positive cases cross 18,500, death toll at 593
The COVID-19 situation is “especially serious” in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and a few other places in West Bengal,…
WHO states concerned about rising verified cases in Japan
People wear face masks at Shinagawa station after the rush hour after the government expanded a state of emergency to…
80% positive cases show no or mild symptoms, says govt
NEW DELHI: The health ministry on Monday said 80% of Covid-19 cases were either asymptomatic or with mild symptoms, emphasising…
Coronavirus | Gujarat sees steepest single day jump in cases
Municipal workers disinfecting health workers in Ahmedabad. | Photo Credit: PTI 12 patients die; infections rise by 277 Gujarat on…
Covid-19 count crosses 15,000, toll over 500; rise in non-Tablighi Jamaat cases in Delhi
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic touched two grim milestones in India, with the total number of cases crossing 15,000 and…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 25 updates | Three more test positive; total cases climb to 39 in Himachal Pradesh
In the light of the India-wide lockdown, the Home Ministry has extended regular and e-visas of all foreigners who are…
Rate of growth in Covid-19 cases down 40%considering that April 1
NEW DELHI: India witnessed a significant decline of 40% in growth of Covid-19 cases since April 1, compared to a…
U.S. CDC reports 632,548 coronavirus cases, 27,012 deaths
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker is seen at the emergency center at Maimonides Medical Center during the outbreak of the…
Positive cases cross 12,000, death toll at 422
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday issued a set of revised guidelines to tackle COVID-19 pandemic. It has also…
WHO regrets Trump funding halt as global coronavirus cases top 2 million
GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday he regrets U.S. President Donald Trump’s…
Coronavirus newest updates: Delhi, Maharashtra report dip in new cases
NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded just 17 new cases, its lowest single-day tally in April. Maharashtra reported 232 — the lowest…
Trump says U.S. most likely ‘passed the peak’ of coronavirus cases
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in…