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India records 628 new covid cases in last 24 hours

As per reports, drastic increases have been witnessed in India's covid cases. India records 628 new cases of corona in the last 24 hours.

Dec 26, 2023, 08:38 AM IST

LIVE Updates | Coronavirus In India: 'Assam fully prepared to deal with Covid-19', says Health Minister

Coronavirus in India: The BF.7 variant of Corona has created an outcry in China. A large number of people are getting infected by this variant here. In view of the rapidly increasing cases of corona in China, people in India are also very worried. However, experts say that due to this variant spreading rapidly in China, there will be no new wave of corona in India.

Jan 01, 2023, 17:53 PM IST

Covid BF.7 variant may not be as serious as in China because India has...: Experts weigh in on possibility of new wave

Currently, there is enough capacity within India both for the Covid tests as well as therapy and vaccination.

Dec 25, 2022, 13:49 PM IST

China could see around 100 million Covid-19 cases, one million deaths: Health expert

China is at the same stage as India was earlier but India is now well-experienced in fighting the virus, the health expert said.

Dec 25, 2022, 09:52 AM IST

DNA: When will 'thug' bond of pharma company-doctors break?

DOLO...is a drug commonly prescribed for the treatment of fever. This fever medicine has not suddenly hit the tongue of every person in India. For this, Rs 1,000 crore was spent by the company.

Aug 20, 2022, 00:26 AM IST

DNA: Why Doctors' hearts swing On Dolo?

Today in DNA, we will talk about the drug DOLO, which has become the country's favorite snack during the Covid period. You must have noticed that during the Covid pandemic, only one medicine was advised to be taken for fever, that medicine was Dolo. All this did not happen suddenly, company had spent Rs 1,000 crore for this.

Aug 20, 2022, 00:04 AM IST

Covid-19 fourth wave alert! India logs over 17,000 new cases, 23 deaths

New Delhi: India recorded a single-day rise of 17,070 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry data showed. Additionally, 23 new coronavirus-related fatalities pushed India's tally of cases to 4,34,69,234, the death toll to 5,25,139. The active cases comprise 0.25 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.55 per cent, the ministry said. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.40 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 3.59 per cent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,28,36,906, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.

According to the ministry, 197.74 crore doses of the Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crores on May 4 and three crores on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year.

The 23 new fatalities include 15 from Kerala, three from Maharashtra, and one each from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal.

Jul 01, 2022, 09:37 AM IST