Coronavirus live updates: Over 700 recover in a day; no new cases in 61 districts in last 14 days, says govt

Total cases in India rise to 18,985, death toll stands at 603: Health ministry

29 new Covid-19 cases reported in West Bengal in the last 24 hours; total death toll is 15, ANI quotes state chief secretary.

Central teams specifically restrained from making visits, interacting with health workers, assessing ground situation in Bengal: MHA

West Bengal govt not cooperating with central team visiting state to assess Covid-19 situation: MHA

It is a new disease, in the last 3 and half months science has progressed & developed PCR tests, 5 vaccines have gone into human trial phase out of 70 vaccine candidates. It has never happened before in case of any other disease: ICMR

Guidelines sent to states that while focus is on Covid-19, other services like dialysis, HIV and cancer treatments should be provided: Govt

UP government issues order stating that no schools will charge transportation fees during the lockdown period when schools are closed

ICMR directs all states not to use new rapid antibody test for Covid-19 for two days, says it will investigate issue of faulty kits

4,49,810 tests for Covid-19 conducted so far in India; 35,852 samples tested on Monday: ICMR

Till now, there are 18,601 positive cases. So far, 3252 people have recovered including 705 people who recovered yesterday. This takes our recovery percentage to 17.48%: Health ministry

Details of corona warriors in 20 categories and 49 sub-categories, who can contribute to Covid-19 management efforts, are available to states and union territories on the portal: Govt

http://covidwarriors.gov.in has been created as a master database of healthcare professionals & volunteers. Till now, details of 1.24 crore human resources of various kinds have been added to it: Govt

Coronavirus lockdown: Movement of people between Ghaziabad, Delhi banned

Control room will be set up in Parliament for coordination between MPs and state assemblies in fight against Covid-19: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Set up control rooms in assemblies for better coordination between states in helping stranded labourers, students during lockdown: Lok Sabhaa Speaker

47 staff members of AMU medical college quarantined after patient tests positive for coronavirus

Global coronavirus death toll tops 1,70,000, reports AFP

Cases are increasing, but lockdown has helped in slowing down the rate. The number of cases doubled from 1,000 to 2,000 in eight days. So, we are keeping an eye on its next doubling now. But keeping all measures in place: Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain