Coronavirus

Shimla, April 7 State Health Minister Dhani Ram Shandil has urged the Central Government to supply Covid-19 vaccine so that people can be administered the precautionary dose. However, the vaccine is not available in the state at present. Shandil participated...

New Delhi, April 7 Amid a seven-fold rise in daily Covid cases over the past three weeks, the Centre on Friday advised the states and UTs to ramp up testing and gear up for mock drills in hospitals on April...

New Delhi, April 7 Scientists have found that humans create antibodies targeting the same viral regions repeatedly, despite their ability to create a diverse repertoire of antibodies, and this, they say, could help explain a lot of reinfection patterns observed...

New Delhi, April 7 India has logged 6,050 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest in 203 days, while the active cases have increased to 28,303, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday. On September 16 last year, 6,298 cases...

Palampur, April 6 The Government of India has approved one more four-lane highway for Himachal Pradesh. Official sources said the 85-kilometre highway would be constructed from Hoshiarpur to Nadaun via Garget, Amb and Neharian. The highway will touch three...

Shimla, April 6 The state reported a daily increase of 367 Covid-19 cases while one person died of the viral infection on Thursday, Health Department officials said. The death was reported from Shimla, they said. So far, 4,197 persons have...

New Delhi, April 6 The newly emerged recombinant coronavirus variant XBB.1.16 has been observed in different parts of the country, accounting for 38.2 per cent of the infection till date, according to the latest INSACOG bulletin. The bulletin of March...

New Delhi, April 6 India has logged 5,335 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest in 195 days, while the active cases have increased to 25,587, according to Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. On September 23 last year, 5,383 cases...

Ludhiana, April 5 According to the office of the Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, 10 persons tested positive for Covid in Ludhiana district on Wednesday. Those who tested positive today included seven men and three women in the age group of 20-50...

Faridabad, April 5 With two deaths reported due to Covid symptoms and comorbidity in the past five days, the Covid deaths’ list of the district Health Department remain unchanged. Revealing that two persons, identified as Bhooti Devi (71), a resident...

Shimla, April 5 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu today urged people to follow Covid protocols and wear masks at crowded places to check the spread of the virus. He said that the government was closely monitoring the situation. He presided...

Ravneet Singh Patiala, April 5 While the state is again witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases, the state Health Department is facing a shortage of vaccines. Despite having raised the demand for the supply with the Central Government, the state...

Saurabh Malik Chandigarh, April 5 Nearly two years after birthday celebrations culminated into a criminal case for not following the Covid norms in violation of a Deputy Commissioner’s order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the FIR. Justice...

New Delhi, April 5 Delhi’s Covid-19 positivity rate breached the 25 per cent mark on Wednesday as the city recorded 509 fresh cases in a single day. The positivity rate stood at 26.54 per cent, while no new fatalities were...

New Delhi, April 5 India on Wednesday recorded 4,435 new covid infections, the biggest single-day jump in 163 days (five months and 13 days), while the number of active cases increased to 23,091, according to Union health ministry data. A...

New Delhi, April 4 India logged 3,038 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases increased to 21,179, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,30,901 with nine deaths. While two deaths each...

Shimla, April 3 As many as 318 new Covid cases were reported today, taking the total count of active cases in the state to 1,379. These cases were reported from 4,965 samples tested. Even as the cases are rising fast...

Chandigarh, April 3 In view of a surge in Covid cases, Health and Family Welfare Minister Anil Vij today said wearing of masks had been made mandatory in places with a gathering of more than 100 people across the...

Chandigarh, April 3 A sudden increase in Covid-19 cases has been witnessed in the state. However, the situation is completely under control. According to the data compiled by the state Health Department, the cases have risen 10 times in...

Aparna Banerji Jalandhar, April 2 After remaining almost dormant for the past couple of months, Covid has suddenly reared its head again with a rather abrupt surge in cases. Then rise in number of Covid cases began around mid March....

Shimla, April 2 Registering a slight decrease in the number of positive cases in comparison to the previous day, Himachal Pradesh logged 94 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. About 72 Covid patients recovered from the disease in...

New Delhi, April 2 India on Sunday recorded a single-day jump of 3,824 COVID-19 infections, the biggest in 184 days, while the number of active cases increased to 18,389, according to Union health ministry data. With the fresh infections, India’s...

Shimla, March 31 Himachal Pradesh logged 184 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Department of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. The state has 16 Covid testing facilities running and thre are a total of 873...

Rohtak, March 31 With as many as 128 cases reported on Friday alone and the number of active Covid patients reaching 499, the number of Covid cases is on the rise in the state. Official data indicates that the...

New Delhi, March 27 India has logged 1,805 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases have surpassed the 10,000-mark after 134 days, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 3.19...