Coronavirus live updates: PM Modi meets senior ministers, reviews India's fight against Covid-19

Himachal revises list of Indian cities with high load of cases

The Himachal Pradesh government has revised its list of cities in the country having high prevalence of COVID-19 cases, a senior health official said on Saturday. Additional Chief Secretary (Health) R D Dhiman in his list revision order, issued on Friday, said entire Delhi along with Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmadabad, Thane, Pune, Hyderabad, Chengalpattu, Gurugram, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kolkata/Howrah and Indore cities have high load of coronavirus infection cases. Following revision of the list, Kangra and Hamirpur district magistrates Rakesh Kumar Prajapati and Harieksh Meena respectively issued an order for institutionally quarantine all people coming to the two districts from the 13 cities of the country.

35 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in Gautam Budh Nagar today, taking total number of active cases to 359. A total of 12 patients have succumbed to the infection so far: District Administration

60 more Covid-19 cases reported in Goa today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 523, including 70 recovered and 453 active cases: State Health Department

Covid-19 cases increase to 10,698 in West Bengal; death toll goes up to 463 with 12 more fatalities: Health department official

Gujarat reports 517 new Covid-19 cases and 33 deaths; takes case count to 23,079 and fatalities to 1,449: Health official

Delhi: A meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal will be held at Raj Niwas (Lt Guv's residence) on 16th June, over prevailing Covid-19 situation in the national capital.

64 more Covid-19 cases reported in Manipur in the last 24 hours. State tally rises to 449, of which 358 are active cases and 91 have recovered/discharged: State Government

415 Covid-19 cases reported in Haryana today, taking the total in state to 6,749, including 78 deaths, reports ANI quoting state health department.

Covid-19: 517 new cases, 33 deaths reported in the last 24 hours in Gujarat; total in the state reaches 23,079, toll at 1,449.

100 American ventilators to arrive in India on Monday

In the fight against Covid-19, the much-awaited ventilators as promised by United States President Donald Trump, is arriving on Monday. In the first lot, about 100 high technology ventilators, a life saving medical equipment will be brought to India as a donation from America. These ventilators are being manufactured by Zoll US-based firm and are arriving from Chicago in the US. A senior government official told ANI: "On Monday, about 100 ventilators are arriving from the United States as a donation. Ventilators would come to India by Air India flight. This is entirely managed by the India Red Cross Society." "Once the ventilators would arrive in India, there is a small inaugural function at IRCS after which these ventilators would be distributed to hospital for patient care," said the official who is familiar with this matter.

Ahead of virtual meet with chief ministers, PM Modi takes stock of Covid-19 situation

Ahead of his meeting with chief ministers next week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the steps being taken to contain the Covid-19 pandemic in areas with high case load and the road map for effective management of the situation. In view of the challenges being faced in the country's response to the pandemic, particularly by large cities with large number of infections, the meet focussed on augmenting testing as well as the number of beds and services to effectively handle the peak surge of daily cases, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office. Read more

India's Covid-19 recovery rate now 49.95%; over 1.5 lakh patients cured

Seven more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Himachal Pradesh today, taking total number of active cases to 177: State Health Department

A terminal manager at Kozhikode International Airport tests positive for coronavirus; at least 30 personnel asked to go into quarantine: Officials

Maharashtra has capacity to test 38000 samples per day for Covid-19 but only 14000 tests are conducted. Mumbai has capacity to test 12000 samples per day but only 4000 tests happen. Govt is trying to keep number of cases low by testing less number of samples: Devendra Fadnavis, BJP

Goa's tally of active Covid-19 cases shot up to 454 on Saturday with detection of 60 fresh cases.

Jammu & Kashmir Government has evacuated around 135277 residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to Covid-19 lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines: Dept of Info and Public Relations, J&K

Two-thirds of Covid-19 cases are in 5 states with an overwhelming proportion concentrated in big cities, meeting chaired by PM informed: PMO

Prime Minister took cognizance of the recommendations of the Empowered Group on city- and district-wise requirements of hospital beds/isolation beds which will be required and instructed Health Ministry officials to undertake emergency planning in consultation with the States/UTs. He also advised the Ministry to ensure suitable preparations in view of the start of the Monsoon season.