Covid 19 Infections

India logs 4,129 new COVID-19 infections, active cases declined to 43,415

The active cases comprises 0.10 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.72 per cent, the health ministry said

Moscow starts nonworking period as COVID-19 infections, deaths surge to all-time high

The government reported 1,159 deaths in 24 hours, the largest daily tally since the pandemic began. It has brought the country’s official toll to 235,057, by far the highest in Europe

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India reports 37,975 COVID-19 infections, 480 deaths in past 24 hrs; tally nears 92 lakh

There are 4,38,667 active coronavirus cases in the country which comprises 4.78 percent of the total caseload, said the health ministry

Moderna, Pfizer publish COVID-19 vaccine trial blueprints amid criticism of Donald Trump's response to pandemic

The disclosures are aimed at addressing growing suspicion that Trump’s drive to produce COVID-19 vaccine before the presidential election could result in a product that was unsafe

With close to 1 lakh new COVID-19 infections in past 24 hrs, India's COVID-19 cases cross 51 lakh; toll at 83,198

According to ICMR, a cumulative total of 6,05,65,728 COVID-19 samples have been tested up so far with 11,36,613 samples being tested on Wednesday alone

Andhra Pradesh records over 16,000 COVID-19 infections after 845 fresh cases emerge; toll at 198

Andhra Pradesh's COVID-19 recovery rate stood at 45.43 percent on Thursday after 7,313 patients were discharged, with 281 of them being released in the past 24 hours.

India registers 13,586 coronavirus cases for first time in single day taking total over 3.8 lakh; toll nears 13,000

With the addition of new cases, the total number of positive coronavirus cases now stood at 3,80,532 including 1,63,248 active cases. The increase in deaths took the COVID-19 toll to 12,573 across the nation.

Markets open in negative note: Sensex down 400 points, Nifty drops; Axis Bank, RIL among top losers

After hitting a low of 29,602.94, the 30-share BSE Sensex pared most losses to trade 14.98 points or 0.05 percent lower at 30,052.23.Similarly, the NSE Nifty was quoting 9.50 points, or 0.11 percent, down at 8,782.70.

Coronavirus Outbreak: After Moody's, Fitch cuts India GDP growth forecast to 4.6% for FY21; cites weak private consumption