Coronavurus live updates: Doubling rate of Covid cases at 13.3 days, says govt

High mortality rate in Covid-19 cases and low recovery rate at the facility is mostly because serious coronavirus patients with high chances of death are admitted here: Ahmedabad civil hospital

It's only a pause, more steps to come to deal with Covid-19 crisis, Minister of state for finance Anurag Thakur tells PTI.

786 new Covid cases reported in the state today; the total number of positive cases in the state rises to 14,753: Tamil Nadu health department

Lawyers' chambers at Saket district court to open in phased manner from Friday, reports PTI.

Lawyers can visit their chambers from 10 am to 12:30 pm and access shall be permitted to one advocate per chamber and in case more than one person shares the chamber, co-sharer can access it while maintaining norms of social distancing, as per the letter's suggestions.

A complete lockdown will be imposed from 7pm on Saturday till Monday 7am: City police commissioner

Full day curfew will be observed in Bengaluru for next two Sundays, barring essential services: City police commissioner

Around 80% of Covid-19 deaths have been in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Delhi: Govt

Covid-19 outbreak in India has remained confined to limited areas with 80% of active cases in just 5 states: Govt

Model by two independent economists shows that around 23 lakh Covid-19 cases and 68,000 deaths have been averted due to lockdown: Govt

According to Public Health Foundation of India, nearly 78,000 lives have been saved due to lockdown: Govt

Doubling rate of Covid-19 cases was 3.4 days when lockdown started; it is 13.3 days at present: Govt

Decision of lockdown in India was timely; several countries took the decision late and had to bear losses, says health ministry

Covid-19 mortality rate dropped from 3.13% on May 19 to 3.02% as focus was on containment measures, clinical management of cases: Govt

3,234 patients have recovered in last 24 hours, says health ministry

48,534 Covid-19 patients, which is about 41 per cent of total cases, have recovered so far: Health ministry

India faced Covid-19 in a proactive and pre-emptive way, with unmatched scale and determination. Today we have a mortality of 3% only. In a country of 1.35 billion,there are only 0.1 million cases of Covid-19. The recovery rate is above 40%&doubling rate is 13 days: Health minister, Harsh Vardhan

The total number of Covid-19 positive cases in Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is now 105, with 1 person testing positive in the last 24 hours: ITBP

Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic, Olympic-qualifying India Open badminton tournament to be held from December 8 to 13 in Delhi: BWF

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OCI categories that will now be able to travel to India include minor children born to Indian nationals abroad and holding OCI cards; OCI cardholders who wish to come to India on account of family emergencies like death in family; couples where one spouse is an OCI cardholder and the other is an Indian national and they have a permanent residence in India; and university students who are OCI cardholders (not legally minors) but whose parents are Indian citizens living in India. Read more