COVID-19 Daily Updates

Underworld don Chota Rajan still alive, undergoing treatment: AIIMS’ official rubbishes death reports

May 7, 2021, 4:25 PM

Radhika Dhawad | New Delhi

Chota Rajan

Chota Rajan

As soon as some media channels published reports of underworld gangster Rajendra Nikalje aka Chota Rajan’s death due to COVID-19, officials at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Services (AIIMS) on Friday afternoon clarified that Rajan was ‘still alive and undergoing treatment for COVID-19.’

Rajan got infected with the virus on April 26.

The 61-year-old criminal contracted the virus despite being in solitary confinement in Tihar Jail amid high security. It has been said he got infected through an asymptomatic official at the prison.

Daily Updates

Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

Published

4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

Daily Updates

Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

Published

4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

Daily Updates

ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

Published

4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.