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TopicCovid deaths

Topic: Covid deaths

At ‘worst case’, India’s Covid deaths are 14 times higher than govt count, says NYT

NYT analyses India's case and death counts, serosurvey results and speaks to experts to draw what it says is a more accurate estimate of the country's Covid burden.

Day in the life of a doctor in rural Bihar: Travel 80km, tackle hesitancy, battle poor infra

Dr Pankaj Kumar, 37, is posted at Madhubani's Covid Care hospital. His worst nightmare: When he has to utter those four words — 'he/she is no more'.

Covid not active in nasal, oral cavities 12-24 hrs after death, says AIIMS forensic chief

AIIMS forensic chief Dr Sudhir Gupta said that nasal & oral cavities should be plugged to prevent leakage of body fluids and that transmission from the deceased is highly unlikely.

270 doctors died in Covid second wave, says IMA. Number would be higher without vaccines

Doctors say while vaccination helped in preventing mortalities, infection is continuing to spread owing to the nature of their profession.

‘If there’s hell…it’s here’ — A day with patients in DMCH, north Bihar’s mainstay hospital

DMCH caters to patients from 5 districts of north Bihar. In the second surge of the pandemic, Darbhanga has engaged 20 private hospitals to manage the patient load.

Former Rajasthan CM Jagannath Pahadia dies of Covid, PM Modi pays tribute

The Veteran Congress leader died Wednesday at the age of 89. Jagannath Pahadia was chief minister of Rajasthan in 1980-81 and also a former governor of Haryana and Bihar.

India’s Covid death toll may continue to rise for another week, warn health experts

Experts noted that the severity of the infection that is directly affecting the SOPs in a very short span is responsible for deaths in the second wave.

Daily Covid deaths are rising even as cases decline. Here’s why

For India, the average time lapse between a Covid case being detected and death is roughly around 15 days.

MP’s Damoh voted when Covid surged, and school teachers on poll duty paid a big price

Assembly bypoll was conducted in MP's Damoh on 17 April. Many teachers on poll duty died of Covid, or lost family members to the virus, after that.

Not yet got an open slot for Covid vaccination on CoWin? These websites, apps offer help

Struggling to find an open Covid vaccination slot on CoWin? Get help from these websites, apps As people struggle to find slots at Covid vaccination...

On Camera

Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.