Covid-19 Updates

Even after more than five months since the first outbreak of Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19 in Chinas Wuhan, the world is still on edge due to the threat from the pandemic virus which has no vaccine as of yet. As the world is battling the virus with several countries now relaxing their lockdowns, India Blooms brings all updates from across the globe

India witnesses another day of massive surge in cases, death toll touches 5394

Mon, Jun 01 2020, 06:05 AM

p img alt= src=http://www.indiablooms.com/userfiles/images/covidindia.jpg //p p India witnessed yet another day of massive surge in the number of COVID-19 positive cases with the figure now standing at 190535, as per Ministry of health data released./p p The country on Sunday witnessed the addition of 8,392 new COVID-19 cases./p p The death toll due to the highly infectious disease now stands at 5394./p p So far, the number of active cases in the country is 93322 and 91818 have recovered from the disease./p

Assam sets target to conduct 2 lakh tests for Covid-19 by Jun 15

Mon, Jun 01 2020, 06:08 AM

p img alt= src=http://www.indiablooms.com/userfiles/images/covidtest.jpg //p p After completing 1 lakh samples test for Covid-19, Assam has now set a target to conduct 2 lakh tests by Jun 15./p p Assam Health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that, Assam has crossed a milestone by conducting 1 lakh samples test for Covid-19./p p Biswa Sarma said, quot;The state has tested 1,04,083 samples for COVID-19 as of May 31 and the state has convincingly bypassed Kerala. In the month of March, the state had sent samples to NIV, Pune for testing, but within a month, the state has tested 1 lakh samples with its own resources./p p During the time, 12,732 samples have been tested at Jorhat Medical College Hospital, 9111 at Silchar Medical College Hospital, 22,000 at Guwahati Medical College Hospital, 5100 at Assam Medical College Hospital, 12,450 at Tezpur Medical College Hospital, 22,000 at Barpeta Medical College Hospital and 12,905 samples have been tested at Regional Medical Research Centre, Lahowal. Apart from it 4033 samples have been tested in outsources laboraties.quot;/p

Assam reports 22 new cases

Mon, Jun 01 2020, 06:10 AM

p Assam has reported 22 new cases of Covid-19. The cases have been reported fromnbsp;Dibrugarh (14), Dhemaji (4), Tinsukia (3), Charaideo (1). The tally has now increased to 1,361./p p nbsp;/p