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55.1 million samples for coronavirus tested so far across India, says ICMR

The Indian Council of Medical Research announced that 1,091,251 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus on Friday, taking the cumulative total to 55.1 million samples, as of September 11

DATA STORY: Biggest 24-hr jump sees India tally rising by 96,551; active cases up by 24,462

Delhi, after a lull of over a month and a half, has added record case additions on consecutive days. On Friday it reported 4,308 new coronavirus cases

India had nearly 6.4 mn Covid infections by early May: National serosurvey

The findings of the first national serosurvey conducted by the ICMR indicated that 0.73% adults in India were exposed to SARS-CoV-2, amounting to a total of 6.4 million infections by early May

DATA STORY: India's biggest 24-hour jump in active and total Covid-19 cases, deaths

Delhi, which has reported high numbers in the past few days after a lull of over a month and a half has added 4,039 cases, its biggest single-day number, to take its tally to 201,174

Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing Covid-19 deaths: ICMR

The Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing death due to the coronavirus, the India Council of Medical Research revealed in a study

Syngene-HiMedia's Elisa test kit for Covid-19 gets ICMR approval

The product will be launched once it receives approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation next

DATA STORY: India reports its biggest single-day spike in recovered cases

India on Tuesday conducted 1,154,549 coronavirus tests and had a test positivity rate of 7.8%

Covid-19: India reports 89,706 fresh cases; death toll rises to 73,890

With 89,706 infections being reported in a day, India's tally went past 4.3 mn, while 3,398,844 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.77%

Coronavirus sample tests in India cross 50 million-mark, says ICMR

India has crossed the five-crore mark for sample testing of the novel coronavirus as of September 7, informed ICMR, adding that 1,098,621 samples were tested for the pathogen on Monday

DATA STORY: India reports its highest number of Covid-19 deaths in a day

India's new daily closed cases stand at 74,654 - 1,133 deaths and 73,521 recoveries. The share of deaths in total closed cases stands at 1.54%

DATA STORY: Biggest single-day jump pushes India's active cases to 882,542

With a single-day addition of 90,802, the most in a day so far, India has overtaken Brazil as the second-most-affected country by total cases

Coronavirus case fatality rate below 2%, on continuous decline: MoHFW

The data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has revealed that the COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate (CFR) has dropped below 2 per cent and is on a continuous decline.The data published by the Union Ministry shows that the CFR was 2.15 per cent on August 1 and stands at 1.72 per cent on September 6.The data further shows that the average weekly CFR was 1.97 per cent for the week of August 10 to August 16. The average weekly CFR has dropped to 1.75 per cent for the week of August 31 to September 6."India's comprehensive and calibrated actions within the umbrella strategy of 'TEST TRACK TREAT' have resulted in a low mortality rate. Sustained efforts through early diagnosis, & timely and effective treatment continues to steadily push the CFR down," the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare tweeted.With a record spike of 90,633, India became the second-most COVID-affected country in the world. With 1,065 more deaths on Sunday, the cumulative toll reached ...

Unlock 4.0: User industries turn to innovations as economy opens up further

A gamechanger for offices and factories in the country, the Shycocan, which can clear an area of 1000 square feet from coronaviruses, was discovered by accident

DATA STORY: Over 90,000 cases added in India's steepest single-day spike

With 73,642 new daily recoveries, the most so far, India's recovery rate has improved to 77.32%, while death rate has come down to 1.72%

DATA STORY: India coronavirus tally past 4 mn on steepest single-day spike

Doubling time for total cases stands at 31.9 days, for active cases at 38.1 days, and for deaths at 43.9 days

Sero Survey: Antibody prevalence rate at 5.15% in Odisha's Bhubaneswar

The second phase of the sero surveillance conducted across 25 wards of the Temple City has found the antibody prevalence rate at 5.15%

ICMR issues advisory, recommends 'test on-demand' for coronavirus

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory on the strategy for Covid-19 testing in which it has recommended "testing on demand"

ICMR issues advisory allowing on demand testing for coronavirus

The advisory for testing strategy recommended by the national task force on Covid-19 said that the state governments can decide 'simplified modalities' for on demand testing

DATA STORY: India now accounts for 12% of all active cases, 8% of deaths globally

With 68,584 new daily recoveries, the most so far, India's recovery rate has improved to 77.09%, while death rate has come down to 1.75%

Some states not using optimal capacity for conducting RT-PCR tests

The Union Health Ministry said the optimal capacity of the RT-PCR tests for detection of Covid-19 is not being utilized in somestates and that ithas asked them to scale it up