With single-day spike of 60963 COVID-19 cases India’s tally reaches 2329639
As many as 60,963 new coronavirus cases has been reported in India in the last 24 hours, taking the total cases to over 23 lakhs and 834 new coronavirus fatalities…
Russia announces world’s first COVID-19 vaccine; Vladimir Putin’s daughter gets first shot
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday launched the country’s first coronavirus vaccine dubbed ‘Sputnik V’, touted as the first in the world too. Putin’s daughter received a shot of the vaccine. The country…
Record spike of 64,399 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours takes India tally past 21-lakh mark
With a record single-day spike of 64,399 cases, India’s coronavirus tally crossed 21 lakh on Sunday (August 9), while the death toll climbed to 43,379 with 861 more fatalities, as…
India records highest single-day spike of 62538 COVID-19 cases; tally crosses 20 lakh mark
Coronavirus cases in India crossed 20 lakh mark on Friday (August 7) with more than 62,000 cases recorded in a single day, making it the highest number of cases recorded…
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials to begin in India: Coronavirus vaccines in final phase of testing
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has triggered an international effort to develop a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19, perhaps at breakneck speed. Several experimental vaccines have shown…
Amitabh Bachchan tests negative for COVID-19, discharged from hospital
Taking to social media, Abhishek Bachchan shared a piece of happy news. The actor, in a tweet, wrote that his father and megastar Amitabh Bachchan has tested negative for COVID-19.…
Home Minister Amit Shah tests COVID-19 positive, admitted to hospital on doctors’ advice
Home Minister Amit Shah has tested positive for COVID-19. The Home Minister made the announcement on Twitter saying he got tested after showing initial symptoms of the novel coronavirus. He further…
Unlock 3 guidelines: MHA removes night curfew; schools, colleges, cinema halls to remain closed
The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued fresh guidelines for Unlock 3.0 that will come into effect from August 1. Yoga institutes, gyms to open; schools, colleges, cinema halls to…
India set to hit a peak of 9.86 lakh active cases on September 3
India is set to hit a peak of 9.86 lakh active cases on September 3, the latest projections by the Times Fact-India Outbreak Report show. The above projection is as…
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan tests positive for coronavirus COVID-19, goes into quarantine
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has tested positive for coronavirus COVID-19. The Chief Minister shared the information on social media and announced that he has gone into quarantine.…