Gujarat today received 24,000 rapid testing kits from the Government of India. These kits will be helpful for intense testing in containment zones, high-risk zones. More rapid testing kits will arrive in 2-3 days: Gujarat Information Department
Jammu & Kashmir LG GC Murmu e-launched #COVID19 call centre in Srinagar earlier today. "30 people will be working at call centre to provide immediate help to patients, expecting mothers & others. It is primarily for people of Srinagar," says Deputy Commissioner Shahid Choudhary.
#COVID19 cases reach 562 in Telangana, with 66 new cases being reported today. 18 people have died due to the disease while 186 others have been cured: State Health Department
PM Narendra Modi said, "Had a good discussion with President Cyril Ramaphosa about #COVID19 challenge & assured India’s support to South Africa for maintaining essential medical supplies."
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy got tested for COVID19 today. His test result came negative. The CM was tested with a rapid test kit after the State received 1 lakh rapid test kits from South Korea: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office
A 44-year-old man who had tested positive for COVID19 passed away in Pune today. He suffered from comorbid conditions. Total death toll in Pune is now 49: Pune Health Officials, Maharashtra
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases in India reached 13,835 on Friday and 452 deaths have been reported due to the infection, said the Union Health Ministry.
44 new COVID19 cases reported in the state from 5pm yesterday to 5pm today; the total number of positive cases in the state is 359 including 13 deaths and 88 discharges: Karnataka Health Department
All our actions are focused on speeding up vaccine development. We are working on recombinant BCG, convalescent plasma therapy, monoclonal antibodies to fight COVID19: Lav Agrawal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health
Before lockdown, doubling rate of #COVID19 cases was about 3 days, but according to data in the past 7 days, the doubling rate of cases now stands at 6.2 days. Doubling rate in 19 States, Union Territories are even lower than average doubling rate: Lav Aggrawal, Health Ministry
A 75-year-old COVID-19 patient from Armpora Sopore in Baramulla has died at JVC Hospital in Srinagar, taking the death toll due to the disease to five in Jammu & Kashmir: Medical Superintendent of JVC Hospital.
Mumbai, April 17: The number of COVID-19 cases reached 12,759, of these, 10,824 are active cases. The number of recovered or discharged patients increased to 1514, while the death toll jumped to 420, according to the numbers released by the Ministry of Health on Thursday evening.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday raised suspicion on whether China was transparent in sharing information related to coronavirus during early stages of the disease outbreak. The lockdown to contain the transmission of novel coronavirus was extended in the United Kingdom for three more weeks amid the rising COVID-19 cases.
As coronavirus cases continue to rise in New York, the coronavirus lockdown was extended in the state till May 15. The decision was taken by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on the back of the rising coronavirus cases in the United States.
About 67 Indian firms have got approval from Central Drug Standard Controller Organisation (CDSCO) for antibody rapid testing kits for testing COVID-19. Out of 67 companies,5 are indigenous and other 62 are importing antibody rapid testing kits from China, South Korea, UK, France and Israel.
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