The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic has spread across 187 countries and territories. Today is the forty-first day of India’s nationwide lockdown, which has been extended till May 17. Restrictions have been eased in non-hotspot areas.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stand at 42,836. The death toll from the outbreak in India is at 1,389. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi have reported the highest number of cases.
Globally, there have been over 35.1 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 2.47 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Spain, Italy, UK, France and Germany are the most-affected countries. Catch the latest updates here:
Maharashtra has reported711 new COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths; Total case count now at 14,541 and death toll 583.
11 more test positive for COVID-19in Bihar, taking the total number ofcases in the state to 528.
ICMR has implemented IBM's Watson Assistant on ICMR Delhi portal to help all testing facilities andour people be updated on testing data andget timely inputs on latest COVID-19information. This will also help onboard new people quickly as we expand the network.
349 new COVID-19positive cases reported in Delhi today, taking the total number of cases to 4898; no deaths due to Coronavirus recorded in the state in the last 24 hours.
Tomorrow at 9 AM, tune in to watch my conversation with Nobel Laureate, Abhijit Banerjee on dealing with the economic fall out of the COVID-19 crisis.
Section 144 to be imposed in the city between 8 pm and 7 am. Starting tomorrow, stand-alone shops will issue tokens for customers to avoid crowding at shop counters.
6 deaths and 175 new Coronaviruspositive cases reported in Rajasthan taking the total number of cases in the state to 3061; 77 deaths recorded in the state so far.
106 more persons have tested positive for Coronavirusin Madhya Pradesh taking the total number of cases in the state to 2,942.
PM Modi: COVID-19has shown us the limitation of existing international system. In the post COVID world, we need a new template of globalisation based on fairness, equality andhumanity. We need international institutions that are more representative of today's world.
To counter COVID-19we've promoted coordination in our immediate neighbourhood and we're organising online training to share India's medical expertise with many others.
Even as the world fights COVID-19, some people are busy spreading some other deadly viruses such as terrorism, fake news and doctored videos to divide communities and countries.
