Maharashtra: Marathwada records 364 new Covid-19 cases
Aurangabad/UNI: Eight districts of Maharashtra's Marathwada region reported 364 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, health authorities said on Monday.
Month-long England lockdown could be extended: senior official
London/Xinhua: British Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove on Sunday admitted the month-long lockdown, which will be imposed in England on Thursday, could be extended if rates of infection do not fall sufficiently.
India registers 496 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
New Delhi: India recorded 496 deaths in the past 24 hours due to COVID-19, as per data released by the Ministry of Health.
WHO Director General self isolating after coming Into contact with COVID-19 infected person
Moscow/Sputnik: Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he is self isolating as he has come into contact with a person infected with the coronavirus.
UK records another 23,254 coronavirus cases with 162 deaths
London/Xinhua: Another 23,254 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,034,914, according to official figures released.
COVID-19: West Bengal registers 59 new deaths
Kolkata/UNI: The COVID-19 toll in Bengal rose to 6,900 with the death of 59 persons on Sunday, while the tally touched 3,77,651 with 3,987 new confirmed cases.
India's Covid-19 tally crosses 81 lakhs with 46,963 new infections in single day
New Delhi/IBNS: With 46,963 new infections, India Covid-19 tally has risen to over 81.84 lakh cases, the Union Health Ministry bulletin stated on Sunday.
Bangladesh registers 18 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 18 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious: Study
Austin: A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the virus that causes the disease is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious. According to the paper published in the peer-reviewed journal mBIO, that mutation, called D614G, is located in the spike protein that pries open our cells for viral entry.
Sustainable urbanization critical to COVID-19 recovery, better quality of life
New York: Cities will be critical for the world to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst recession for decades, according to the latest report published by UN-Habitat, the UN agency working on urban issues.
COVID-19: India's Case Fatality Rate drops below 1.5 percent
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate (CFR) has fallen below 1.5%, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday.
Long-term symptoms of COVID-19 ‘really concerning’, says WHO chief
New York: With some COVID-19 patients reporting long-term symptoms, including damage to major organs, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged Governments to ensure they receive necessary care.
India registers 48,268 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, 551 deaths
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally on Saturday crossed 8.1 million-mark as the nation registered 48,268 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health data released.
US COVID-19 cases surpass 9 mln: Johns Hopkins University
New York/Xinhua: The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 9 million, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
Chinese mainland reports 6 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases
Beijing/Xinhua: Six new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.