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India reports 3,998 COVID-19 deaths after state corrects its data

Reuters
Posted at Jul 21 03:20 PM

India reported its highest death toll in a month on Wednesday - at nearly 4,000 - after its richest state reconciled its death count with 3,509 previously unreported fatalities, the health ministry said. Read more »

India's COVID-19 infection rate edges up, with second wave yet to abate

Neha Arora and Ankur Banerjee, Reuters
Posted at Jul 15 09:12 PM

NEW DELHI - A rise in India's COVID-19 infection rate is worrying authorities who are concerned that pilgrimages and tourism could prove to be "superspreader" events in the battle to douse a devastating second wave of infections that has killed thousands. Read more »

India's famed Taj Mahal reopens for tourists as COVID-19 curbs ease

Uday Sampath Kumar, Reuters
Posted at Jun 16 04:28 PM

India's iconic Taj Mahal reopened to the public on Wednesday as the country, still reeling from a disastrous second wave of the pandemic, rushes to lift restrictions in a bid to revitalize its economy. Read more »

Exhaustion and fear for India's frontline doctors in COVID battle

Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 02 01:30 PM

Low pay, 24-hour shifts and severe shortages of staff and protective gear have left many doctors on the frontlines of India's brutal pandemic surge near breaking point and fearful for their lives.   Read more »

India's COVID-19 tally passes 25 million

Reuters
Posted at May 18 04:24 PM

India's total COVID-19 caseload surged past 25 million on Tuesday as a powerful cyclone complicated the health crisis in one of the states where the disease is spreading most quickly. Read more »

India's virus cases lower but WHO expert says positive tests ominously high

Reuters
Posted at May 17 02:56 PM

India on Monday reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases though daily deaths remained above 4,000 and experts warned that the count was unreliable due to a lack of testing in rural areas, where the virus is spreading fast. Read more »

Pandemic drove 230 million Indians into poverty: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 11:57 PM

MUMBAI - Around 230 million Indians fell into poverty due to the pandemic last year with young people and women the hardest hit, and the current second wave threatens to make matters even worse, a new study has said. Read more »

Travelers from virus-hit India test positive for COVID-19 in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 03:03 AM

Officials are now looking into revising health protocols for inbound travelers after the positive tests were found.  Read more »

India COVID-19 cases soar past 20 million: official data

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 01:38 PM

India's total COVID-19 caseload soared past 20 million on Tuesday, official data showed, as the pandemic continued to wreak havoc on the country's hospitals. Read more »

India's young fight the pandemic with apps and oxygen

Ammu Kannampilly, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 11:22 AM

As their government struggles to tackle the pandemic, young Indians have stepped into the breach, setting up apps to crowdsource aid, delivering key supplies and using social media to direct resources to people in need. Read more »

Dozens of Filipinos contract COVID-19 in India

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 04:07 AM

India recorded more than 300,000 new COVID-19 cases for the 12th straight day. Among those infected were dozens of Filipinos.  Read more »

India's COVID-19 case total nears 20 million

Reuters
Posted at May 03 01:44 PM

India on Monday reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a 12th straight day, taking its overall caseload to just shy of 20 million, while deaths from COVID-19 rose by 3,417. Read more »

Global pledges of help for COVID-stricken India

Agence France-Presse bureaus
Updated as of Apr 26 11:18 AM

The United States on Sunday led international pledges of support for India as the country grappled with worsening Covid-19 crisis with record daily death rates and severe medical shortages. Read more »

India coronavirus cases set new global record, US readies help

Sanjeev Miglani and Sudarshan Varadhan, Reuters
Posted at Apr 25 03:38 PM

India set a new global record of the most number of coronavirus infections in a day, as the United States said it was racing to send help to the country. Read more »

India hospital fire kills 13 COVID-19 patients

Ammu Kannampilly with Bhuvan Bagga in New Delhi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 03:14 PM

Thirteen COVID-19 patients died in a hospital fire on Friday in the latest tragedy to hit India's health-care system as it buckles under a devastating wave of infections. Read more »

India posts global record of 315,000 daily COVID-19 cases

Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 22 02:04 PM

India posted a global record of almost 315,000 new Covid infections on Thursday as hospitals in New Delhi sent out desperate warning that patients could die without fresh oxygen supplies.   Read more »

India COVID surge hits new record as oxygen runs short

Aishwarya Kumar, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 21 02:05 PM

India's brutal new COVID outbreak set new records on Wednesday with more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours as hospitals in New Delhi ran perilously low on oxygen.   Read more »

Growing calls for more oxygen, beds as India virus crisis deepens

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 19 02:51 PM

More government hospital beds will be freed for Covid-19 patients, India's health ministry said Sunday, as the vast nation grappled with a worsening virus crisis and states appealed for additional supplies of oxygen and treatment drugs. Read more »

India's coronavirus tally overtakes Brazil; thousands join ritual bath

Saurabh Sharma Rajendra Jadhav, Reuters
Posted at Apr 12 03:15 PM

India reported a record daily tally of 168,912 COVID-19 infections on Monday, the world's highest, while worries grew over a further spike, as hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered for a ritual bath in the Ganges river.   Read more »

India reports 6-month high of COVID-19 daily infections amid new curbs

Reuters
Posted at Apr 02 03:08 PM

India reported 81,466 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, the highest daily number in 6 months, as several states were hit by a second wave of the coronavirus. Read more »