Health Ministry News
In the past week, there has been a slight increase in COVID-positive cases, especially in Bengaluru.
The last confirmed case of Mpox in India was reported in March 2024, in the state of Kerala, according to official sources from the Ministry of Health.
A day after he took oath as a cabinet minister, J P Nadda was on Monday allocated the portfolio of Union Health Ministry and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Presenting the interim Budget for 2024-2025 in Parliament on Thursday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government plans to set up more medical colleges.
Amid rising Covid-19 cases, Delhi reported its first case of the COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 on Wednesday.
JN.1 COVID Variant: A national survey conducted by LocalCircles, receiving over 22,000 responses from 317 districts, indicates that 72% of Indians surveyed consider masks a thing of the past.
The country's overall COVID case tally has now reached 4,50,09,248 (4.50 crore), while the recovery rate remains commendable at 98.81 percent, with 4,44,71,860 (4.44 crore) individuals having recuperated.
COVID-19 Surge In India: Amid the escalating crisis, Noida, in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar, reported its first COVID-19 case in several months.
The total number of COVID-19-related deaths in Kerala since the outbreak three years ago has now reached a staggering 72,059, with the recent fatalities adding to the grim toll.
Rejecting the media reports claiming the link between the two, the Health Ministry said that the news report is ill-informed and provides misleading information
Mycoplasma pneumonia is the most common bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia
"Such a surge has not been reported from any part of India," the Health Ministry informed.
A man was arrested and a juvenile were apprehended from Bihar in connection with their involvement in the alleged data leak from CoWIN portal.
Sudhansh Pant is a 1991-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre. He has been named Officer on Special Duty in the Department of Health & Family Welfare to take over as Secretary in the Department on Superannuation of Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan.
According to the Union Health Ministry data, the active number of cases now stands at 5,7410 with a total of 26 deaths recorded during this period.
India had on Tuesday recorded 6,690 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases decreased to 63,380, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
According to the govt data, 220.66 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India had on Sunday recorded a single-day rise of 10,112 fresh Covid-19 infections and 29 fatalities, according to the Health Ministry data.
India recorded 7,633 new Covid-19 cases, while the active infections have reached 61,233 in the country.
India on Thursday logged 11,109 new Covid-19 cases, taking the active caseload to 49,622.
The current rise in Covid cases is being driven by XBB.1.16, which is a sub-variant of Omicron.
India recorded 5,676 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total active caseload to 37,093, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.
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