New Delhi: India saw a record single-day jump of 38,902 COVID-19 cases pushing its tally to 10,77,618 on Sunday, while the total number of recoveries rose to 6,77,422, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Bengaluru: With the city witnessing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in the past few days, the Karnataka government holds inter-state travellers responsible for the spurt in infections, saying those from hot spot states like Maharashtra could have brought the infection.
Washington: Johns Hopkins University says the global death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 600,000.
Mumbai: Poet and Elgar Parishad case accused Varavara Rao, a COVID-19 patient, was on Sunday shifted to the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai for neurological and urological treatment, an official said.
New Delhi: The AIIMS Ethics Committee on Saturday gave its nod for a human clinical trial of the indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin following which the premier hospital is likely to begin the exercise by enrolling healthy volunteers from Monday.
Bengaluru: A man protested in front of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's residence on Saturday alleging lack of medical care claimed the life of his one-month-old infant girl, police said on Saturday.
Mangaluru: Thirteen post offices in Mangaluru will be closed on July 20 after two staff members of the Postal Department tested positive for novel coronavirus.
Kota: Seven members of a family including a four-month-old infant and a 85-year-old patient have recovered from the deadly Coronavirus The family reportedly hails from Kota in Udupi District.
Bengaluru: Karnataka recorded 4,537 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the biggest single-day spike of the pandemic, bringing the total number of those infected by the deadly virus in the state to 59,652.
New Delhi: The issue of 'phone-tapping' of political leaders in Rajasthan blew up into a major controversy on Saturday with the BJP demanding a CBI probe into it and the Congress alleging that the demand amounted to its "admission of guilt" after the audiotapes of a purported telephonic conversation between a dissident Congress MLA and a Union minister surfaced.
