Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 4.25-lakh mark on Monday. With 169,451 active cases, 227,755 discharged or cured cases and 136,99 deaths, India remains the fourth-worst hit country in the world.
Eight days after recording three lakh Covid-19 cases, India went past the four lakh-mark on Sunday with the biggest single-day spike of 15,413 new infections, while the death toll rose to 13,254 with 306 new fatalities
Delhi, the emerging hotspot of coronavirus after Maharashtra, has reported an average of 2,652 cases every day over the past week. Delhi government on Sunday reduced capacity of its 10 Covid-care centres by more than 93% to enhance the bed capacity in its CHCs to around 17 times.
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday launched 'Mission Zero' rapid action plan at Shahaji Raje Bhosale Sports Complex, in a bid to combat coronavirus outbreak situation in the city, which is severely affected by the contagion, reports ANI.
As the Delhi is one of the worst hit state due to coronavirus and it has crossed the mark of 40,000 cases and it is likely that cases can surge to 1,00,000 by June end and 5,50,000 by the end of July, says the report of Delhi government.
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Karnataka deputy chief minister CN Ashwath Narayan said on Monday, "Serious symptomatic patients will be admitted to Covid-19 hospitals & rest will be kept at Covid care centres. We'll be having not less than 20,000 beds at these centres. We've a big number of beds at Covid hospitals and we're listing private hospitals.": ANI
The Odisha govt thas told Supreme Court that they are ready to hold Jagannath Yatra with precautions amid COVID-19 pandemic.
CM Kejriwal today said that Oxygen cylinders to be made available in home quarantine
India is fighting two wars against China. One is at the border, and the other against the virus that has come from China, said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
Just like our soldiers who fought bravely on our border with China, we will fight against the virus that has come from China, says Delhi CM Kejriwal.
Delhi has 59,746 positive cases with 33,013 recovered patients and 2,175 fatalities, according to the health ministry website.
Final-year MBBS students studying in government and private medical colleges will be deployed for effective management of Covid-19, Haryana government said.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals' share price surged 30 per cent on Monday to ₹531.80 per unit after it became the first pharmaceutical company in India to receive regulatory approval to make and sell oral antiviral drug favipiravir for treating mild-to-moderate Covid-19 infections.
At the same time, Cipla's stock jumped by 4.3 per cent to ₹664.45 per unit after it announced the launch of remdesivir under its brand name Cipremi, reported news agency ANI.
A special Air India flight with 148 Indian students onboard from Kyrgyzstan landed at Indore Airport on Sunday. This operation took place under the third phase of 'Vande Bhatrat' Mission.
An 85-year-old woman, who tested positive for coronavirus earlier, succumbed to the infection on Monday, making it the first case of death due to the viral disease in the state.
As many as 730 fresh cases of coronavirus were reported in Telangana on Sunday, according to the state health department.
In Jharkhand, 62 fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported on Sunday, as per the information provided by the State Health Department.
French residents are delighted to be able to hop across the border again for goods which are taxed less in Spain compared to France after the reopening of the Spanish border at Le Perthus on Sunday, reports news agency AFP.
A total of 1,242 Covid-19 cases were reported in Mumbai on Sunday, according to the information provided by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours.
As many as 188 fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in Assam on Sunday, according to the State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Beijing reported only nine new infections on Sunday, in a sign that a recent outbreak is coming under control.
Spain reopened its borders on Sunday, a significant stage in Europe's gradual reopening after its battle against the coronavirus.
Brazil registered its 50,000th Covid-19 death, underlining Latin America's desperate struggle to contain the disease.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday again blamed China for coronavirus. The first case of Covid-19 was reported in Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019.
“I can name – Kung flu. I can name 19 different versions of names. Many calls it a virus, which it is. Many calls it a flu. What difference. I think we have 19 or 20 versions of the name," Trump said.