Mumbai recorded 5 deaths and 77 new Covid-19 positive cases even as the number of cases in Dharavi jumped to 101, officials said here on Friday....
With eight new containment zones added in the list, the total tally of the red zones in the national capital on Friday reached 68....
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday that Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic as there was a sharp rise in the numver of COVID-19 cases in the past week....
Karnataka registered a record 44 coronavirus positive cases, raising the total to 359, an official said on Friday. ...
Admitting that the Covid-19 situation in parts of Howrah was very bad, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday asked top cops to deploy armed police in some of the areas of the district as also in a few zones of Kolkata to ensure that people stayed at their homes and maintained social distancing norms in the markets....
Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja on Friday said that there was just one new coronavirus positive case, taking the total number presently under treatment to 138. ...
The Union Health Ministry on Friday said that before lockdown, Covid-19 cases were doubling in 3 days but the last 7 days' data shows that it is 6.2 days now and in 19 states and Union Territories, the case doubling rate is less than the country's average....
The Union Health Ministry said Indian scientists and researchers are working on vaccine development and that by next month, 10 lakh indigenously developed RT-PCR kits would be manufactured....
Tamil Nadu Revenue Minister R.B. Udhayakumar on Friday fell at the feet of sanitary workers, saying that they are like "gods" and distributed relief material among them in Madurai district....
While long queues of account holders can be seen outside banks to withdraw money, officials in Amethi have made arrangements for deposit and withdrawal at the doorsteps of area residents, courtesy micro ATMs of the postal department. ...
