Coronavirus India

Early signs of COVID cases plateauing but needs to be observed, says Centre

Stressing the need to continue with precautions to curb the surge in infections, it noted that Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan were recording a high number of COVID cases

India reports over 2.8 lakh new COVID-19 cases; active caseload crosses 18 lakh

India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,79,01,241, which includes 8,961 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

Delhi logs 21,259 fresh COVID cases, 23 deaths; restaurant owners seek review of dine-in decision

Owners said it is an 'injustice' that restaurants and bars in the city are being closed when roadside eateries are open and Metro trains and buses are running at full capacity

After curbs on restaurants, now Delhi orders WFH for private offices; Kejriwal rules out lockdown

The new measures come after the National Capital logged 17 more deaths due to COVID-19 and 19,166 infections in a day

Jab, jab, jab: Healthcare, frontline workers, seniors line up for third COVID-19 vaccine dose

India on Monday started administering the 'precautionary' vaccine jab as the country witnesses an exponential rise in COVID-19 cases infections, driven by the Omicron variant

India begins new vaccine phase in COVID-19 fight, ‘precautionary doses’ for frontline workers and seniors from today: All you need to know

An estimated 1.05 crore healthcare and 1.9 crore frontline workers, and 2.75 crore co-morbid people in the 60-plus age group would be administered the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19: India records 90,000 fresh cases, 56% higher than Wednesday; Omicron spreads but hospitalisation still low

The daily count reported today is at least 56 percent higher than yesterday when 58,097 cases were recorded. With this, the overall caseload rose to 3,51,09,286, while the toll climbed to 4,82,876

Serum Institute of India applies to Indian authorities for full market authorisation of Covishield

SII had partnered with the developer of Covishield, AstraZeneca, for the supply of the vaccine to the Indian government, which had in January this year granted emergency use authorisation in the country.

Over 148.37 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to states and UTs so far, says Centre

The health ministry said more than 17.72 crores (17,72,05,206) balance and unutilised coronavirus vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered

India logs 6,563 new COVID-19 infections, 132 deaths; active cases lowest in 572 days

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 53 days now