Health

Gandhinagar, April 13 : Gujarat saw no let up in its steadily burgeoning daily Covid cases, with the tally rising to 6,021 on Monday, taking its total to 3,53,516, while the death toll reached 4,855, with 55 more dying.In April so far, Gujarat has ad…

New Delhi, April 12 : The national capital continued to witness a massive surge of Covid-19 cases with a tally of 11,491 reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Delhi health bulletin on Monday.This is the highest single-day spike since the pa…

Gurugram, April 12 : Giving an impetus to the ongoing Covid vaccination drive, Gurugram Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Virender Yadav on Monday flagged off a mobile vaccination van, which will assist the healthcare centres inoculate people against Covid…

Shimla, April 12 : Senior Congress leader and six-time Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, doctors said here.As his son and legislator Vikramaditya Singh had tested positive on Sunday, the swab samp…

Mumbai, April 12 : A day after recording the highest ever new infections, Maharashtra’s Covid-19 cases and fatalities plummeted sharply, but the state death toll shot above 58,000, health officials said here on Monday.After the peak of 63,294 cases r…

Gurugram, April 12 : The Haryana government on Monday imposed night curfew with immediate effect amid sudden rise in Covid-19 cases.The state government said in a statement that night curfew between 9 pm and 5 am will be imposed from Monday night and…

Chennai, April 12 : Ensuring at least 90,000 RT-PCR tests daily to detect cases, aggressive testing in Covid-hit areas, tracing 25-30 contacts of infected persons, and holding of ‘fever camps’ were among the decisions taken at the medical experts mee…

New Delhi, April 12 : The traffic congestion index for major cities in some of the hardest-hit states ? Mumbai (Maharashtra), Bengaluru (Karnataka), and Ahmedabad (Gujarat) ? has nosedived in the past few weeks, and is winding back towards levels see…

New Delhi, April 12 : In view of exponential surge of Covid-19 cases in the national capital, the health department of the Delhi Government has declared as many as 14 big private hospitals as fully Covid-care centres on Monday.The decision came hours…

New Delhi, April 12 : The Delhi government has notified 19 private hospitals where 80 per cent of ICU beds are to be reserved for Covid patients, 82 private hospitals with 60 per cent reservation and 101 private hospitals where 60 per cent ward beds …