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Elderly COVID-19 patient dies in Pune, district toll crosses 100
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 2 (ANI): A 68-year-old COVID-19 patient died in Pune on Saturday, taking the total toll to 100 in the district, a health official said.
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Health Ministry issues guidelines for rational use of PPE kits
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday issued additional guidelines on the rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits for healthcare workers and others working in a non-COVID hospital and non-COVID treatment areas of a hosp
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PPE kits production rises to 1.8 lakh per day, will go up to 2 lakh soon:
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The Centre on Friday said the production capacity of personal protection equipment (PPE) kits has increased from around 3,300 per day in March end to 1.8 lakh per day in one month, and will soon be above two lakh per day.
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West Bengal calls Centre's assessment of 10 red zones in state 'erroneous'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 1 (ANI): West Bengal Principal Secretary (Health) Vivek Kumar has written to Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan, calling the Centre's assessment of 10 red zones in the state "erroneous".
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583 new COVID-19 cases, 27 more deaths reported in Maharashtra
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 1 (ANI): 583 new cases and 27 deaths were reported in Maharashtra today.
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Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai among 130 Red Zones designated by Centre
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Ministry has classified districts across all states and Union Territories as Red, Orange and Green zones with 130, 284 and 319 such zones respectively across the country, as on April 30.
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Combating COVID-19: Doubling rate increases to 11 days
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that doubling rate of COVID-19 cases in India has increased to 11 days while comorbidity was found in 78 per cent of the coronavirus deaths.
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Combating COVID-19: India's recovery rate further improves to 25.19 pc
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Six hundred and thirty COVID-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 25.19 per cent in the country, said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, here on Thursday.
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With 1,718 new cases, India's COVID-19 count rises to 33,050
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): As many as 1,718 COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 33,050 in the country, said the government on Thursday.
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Chennai Corporation introduces additional COVID-19 disinfection electrosta
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 29 (ANI): In order to intensify sanitisation work in containment zones in the city, Chennai Corporation on Wednesday introduced additional COVID-19 disinfection electrostatic spray machines.
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India's COVID-19 tally mounts to 31,787
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): With 1,813 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours and 71 deaths, India's total count of coronavirus cases surged to 31787, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.
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Only 0.33% COVID-19 patients are on ventilators: Dr Harsh Vardhan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Union Minister of Health Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said that of the total number of coronavirus cases only 0.33 per cent people are on ventilators.
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