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Picture used for representational purpose only NEW DELHI: The novel coronavirus variant that is causing the current wave of Covid-19 is not just highly infectious but also stealthy. City hospitals say there are getting cases where a patient has typical symptoms of the disease but tests negative for the viral infection, sometimes twice or thrice even through RT-PCR, considered the gold standard for Covid testing. “We have received many such patients in the past few days. They had fever, cough, shortness of breath and the CT scan of the lungs showed lighter-coloured or gray patches. It is re...

Updated Apr 13, 2021 | 14:51 IST Doctors treating COVID-19 patients are continuously on their toes as they find that in some cases the virus is not traced in several RTPCR tests despite the patient showing all symptoms. RTPCR Tests  Key Highlights The mutated variants of the novel coronavirus contagion that are now circulating in the second wave continue to throw more challenges to the treating doctors in treating the afflicted patients. It is now observed that whether deadly or not, these variants are not just highly virulent but also seem to be operating in a ste...

NEW DELHI: The daily tally of Covid-19 breached all records on Tuesday with the city reporting 13,468 new cases in 24 hours. This is the third highest in the country, after Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, both of which are much bigger in area and population size than the national capital. Earlier, on Sunday and Monday, Delhi had recorded 10,774 and 11,491 new cases, respectively. The city also recorded 81 deaths due to Covid-19. It is the highest since December 3 when 82 deaths were recorded. Due to the massive rise in cases, the hospitals are overwhelmed. Data on real-time availability of C...

Representative image NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded 5,100 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, the highest in four months, while 17 more fatalities due to the infection took the death toll to 11,113. A record 1.03 lakh tests were conducted in the past 24 hours. This included 69,667 RT-PCR and 33,786 rapid antigen tests. The case positivity rate stands at 4.93 per cent amid a massive surge in coronavirus cases in the last few weeks. The number of cumulative cases on Tuesday stood at 6,85,062, while over 6.56 lakh patients have recovered from the disease. Delhi had reported 3,548 cases and 15 death...

Nearly 97,000 fresh cases reported India reported 96,982 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,26,86,049, according to a report in the Scroll. The country saw 446 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 1,65,547, according to central health ministry data. The active caseload is at 7,88,223, while the total recoveries have surged to 1,17,32,279. As many as 83.1 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 43,00,966 were given on Monday. Read more here Centre assessing sto...