India Covid

India makes negative COVID test mandatory for passengers from China, five other places from 1 January

Passengers are required to upload the negative reports from RT-PCR tests on the Air Suvidha portal prior to their departure

COVID review meet: PM urges people to wear masks, directs officials to strengthen surveillance measures

PM Modi reiterated that "COVID is not over yet" and advised states to audit COVID-specific facilities to ensure operational readiness of hospital infrastructure, including oxygen cylinders, PSA plants, ventilators and human resources

Taj Mahal on COVID alert, no entry for tourists without testing as cases rise in China, other countries

Domestic and foreign tourists come every day in large numbers to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra. Keeping the situation in mind, they will have to undergo a coronavirus test before their visit

Rising COVID cases news from China is concerning: SII CEO Adar Poonawala, urges people not to panic

According to Hong Kong Post, people in China are reporting countless cases of COVID-19 around them, despite the official count being around 2,000 a day

India sees slight increase in new COVID-19 cases; 10,725 test positive, 36 die in last 24 hours

There has been a decline of 2,395 cases in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The country now has 94,047 active patients of coronavirus

Decline in new COVID-19 cases in India; 8,586 test positive, 48 die in last 24 hours

The COVID-19 daily positivity rate has decreased to 2.19 per cent from 4.15 per cent yesterday. The weekly positivity rate is now at 3.31 per cent

India sees decline in daily COVID-19 cases; 9,531 test positive, 26 die in last 24 hours

Though there has been a drop in COVID-19 cases, the daily positivity rate at 4.15 per cent saw a slight increase in the last 24 hours from 3.75 per cent yesterday

India adds 11,539 new COVID-19 infections, 34 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases drop below 1 lakh-mark

Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra are among the states and Union Territories reporting most number of new COVID-19 cases

India logs 12,751 new COVID-19 cases, 42 deaths in last 24 hours; Delhi sees spike with positivity rate rising to 17.85%

India saw a decrease of 3,703 cases in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. There are now 1,31,807 patients of the novel coronavirus in the country

India sees 16% rise in daily COVID-19 cases; 19,893 test positive, 53 die in last 24 hours

Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat reported most number of fresh COVID-19 cases in the country. The daily positivity rate has increased to 4.94 per cent