Health

Bengaluru, Aug 7 : Karnataka capital Bengaluru has reported 441 Covid positive cases in the last 24 hours while 434 persons recovered from the disease, health officials said on Friday.The death toll remained at single digit — 7, taking the overall t…

Amaravati, Aug 6 : Andhra Pradesh on Friday recorded 2,209 new Covid cases, taking its cumulative tally over 19.7 lakh, while its active caseload rose to 20,593.As many as 1,896 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, increasing…

New Delhi, Aug 6 : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said that it is carrying out searches at several locations in Delhi, Uttarakhand’s Dehradun and Haridwar, and Haryana’s Hisar in connection with the fake Covid testing scam during the Kumb…

Chennai, Aug 6 : Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Friday said that the number of Covid tests is increasing in the state, with over 1.5 lakh samples being tested daily.He said that even as the difference in the total number of cases swings…

New Delhi, Aug 6 : The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear plea of a 31-year-old woman seeking a direction to PM-CARES Fund and other authorities to provide monetary assistance of Rs 1 crore for her husband, who is hospitalised since early May, a…

New Delhi, Aug 6 : The Delhi government on Friday said that it will set up an expert committee to take a final decision on reopening schools in the national capital.After chairing a Delhi Disaster Management Authority review meeting on the Covid situ…

Chandigarh, Aug 6 : Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday said the government has asked all private hospitals and laboratories to charge Rs 299 for an RT-PCR test.He said since the onset of the pandemic, the state has been providing free Covid t…

Srinagar, Aug 6 : New Covid cases still outnumbered recoveries in J (and) K on Friday where 144 new cases and 98 recoveries came to light during the last 24 hours although no death was reported during this period.Officials said 50 cases and 29 recov…

Panaji, Aug 6 : Only 11 out of the 3,000 plus persons who died in Goa following a Covid-19 infection, were vaccinated, but they were suffering from severe comorbidities, according to a member of the state government’s expert committee on Covid manage…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 6 : After reopening schools for Class 10 and 12 students, the Odisha government has decided to reopen universities and colleges for physical classroom teaching from August 16.”Universities and colleges (under higher education dept) w…