The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has reported that 12,581 individuals have tested positive for coronavirus in India and 1,206 tested positive on Thursday.
Out of 720 districts in India, 325 districts are coronavirus free as no COVID-19 cases have been found in these districts so far.
Uttar Pradesh police has arrested at least 17 people involved in the brutal attack on health officials including doctors, police personnel in Moradabad who had gone for the check-up of coronavirus suspects in the district.
A total of 602 hospitals in the country have been earmarked as dedicated COVID-19 facilities with a capacity of 1,06,719 isolation beds and 12,024 intensive care unit (ICU) beds, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
The Union health ministry on Tuesday said that 1,463 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, which is the sharpest ever rises in cases in India. The total tally of cases is now at 10,815, including 9,272 active cases.
The Health Ministry on Tuesday said that the chain of transmission of the deadly coronavirus will be considered broken only when no new case is reported in an area for at least 28 days.
India on Sunday recorded 909 new coronavirus positive cases and 34 deaths in 24 hours, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Aggarwal informed. With the fresh cases, the total number of confirmed cases in the country has reached 8,356 including 273 deaths.
Few states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Haryana, Nagaland and Assam have already issued orders on the ban of the use of smokeless tobacco products and spitting in public places during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Lav Agrawal, while addressing a press conference in the national capital on April 09 informed that till now.
The Centre has placed an order for 1.7 crore units of personal protective equipment (PPE) and 49,000 ventilators, the Union Health Ministry said at the daily press briefing on Thursday
Most of the people infected with coronavirus in India are displaying mild or very mild symptoms of the disease, the Union Health Ministry said
Ministry of Home Affairs Joint Secretary (Women Safety) Punya Salila Srivastava on April 07 said that status of essential goods and services is by and large satisfactory.
The Health Ministry on Tuesday came out with a guidance document on the coronavirus crisis in India. As per the document, there will be three classes of facilities for various categories of COVID-19 patients.
India on Monday received 1.70 lakh personal protection equipment (PPE) coveralls donated by China, the Union Health Ministry said.
As the cases of the deadly coronavirus are on the rise in India, concerns are zooming in on the country's transmission stage. Which stage is India in? Have we moved past the second stage? Has community transmission begun in India?
The Union health ministry has issued guidelines for the states on the method of supplying oxygen to the medical facilities handling COVID-19 patients and said all hospitals and staff concerned must be told to ensure timely requisitions and payments so that there is no disruption in the oxygen supply.
1023 coronavirus cases in India related to Tablighi Jamaat, says Health Ministry India's cases of the deadly coronavirus on Saturday rose to 2,902 with 68 deaths. At least 601 new cases of COVID-19 have emerged in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said in a press conference at 4 PM today.
Coronavirus positive patients in Tamil Nadu has witnessed a sudden spike in the confirmed cases as the current toll stands at 309 including 6 who have been cured while one person has died, according to the health ministry data.
India saw at least 328 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours along with 12 deaths, the Health Ministry said today, adding that the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the country stood at 1,965.
The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said it has identified 20 existing and 22 potential hotspots of COVID-19 in the country and asserted that although there is no evidence of widespread community transmission, containment measures will require large human resource.
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