The total cases of COVID-19 in India have now mounted to 1,53,21,089, with 20,31,977 active cases. The total death toll in the country is now at 1,80,530. A total of 12,71,29,113 people have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 in India.
The daily new COVID-19 cases fell below 10,000 for the third time this month taking India's tally of cases to 1,08,80,603, while fresh fatalities were recorded below 100 for the seventh time in February, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
As many as 16,946 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 1,05,12,093, as per Union Health Ministry's latest bulletin released on Thursday.
In last 24 hours, 957 fresh cases of coronavirus in India and 36 fatality, the total number of COVID-19 cases reach 14,792, said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday during the daily media briefing.
A nine-month-old infant is among the youngest to be contracted with the deadly disease in Uttarakhand. It is reported that the infant contracted the infection from his father after he returned from a Tablighi Jamaat congregation.
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday addressed a video conference on coronavirus saying he disagrees with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a number of issues but now is not the time to fight, need to unite and defeat the virus.
A batch of another 275 people who were stranded in Iran amid coronavirus outbreak has been evacuated on Sunday morning and taken to the Army Wellness facility at Jodhpur. This is the second batch of Indian nationals who have been evacuated from Iran after the first batch of 277 people who had arrived at Jodhpur facility on March 25.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal: 20 or more people will not be allowed to gather at any place for social, cultural, religious, academics, seminars, conferences purposes in the state. Earlier, 50 or more people were not allowed to gather.
No scheduled international commercial passenger flights shall be allowed to land in India from March 22 for one week amid coronavirus pandemic.
Chhattisgarh: Raipur has reported its first case of coronavirus. The woman, who has tested COVID 19 positive, returned from a foreign country along with his entire family, informed an AIIMS official.
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