A 71-year-old Mahe resident died at a hospital in Kannur due to coronavirus. He was a chronic kidney patient and was suffering from hypertension. ...
US President Donald Trump said the number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States will be "substantially below the 100,000" figure projected by models last week....
The global death toll due to coronavirus crossed the 100,000 mark on late Friday, with Italy, the US and Spain accounting for over half of the fatalities, while there were over 1.65 million cases with well over a fourth of them in the US only. ...
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has extended the lockdown in the state, as he feared "worst" to come. He said 58 per cent of India might get affected by coronavirus and Punjab could see a spike in cases. ...
Covid-19 claimed 13 lives in Maharashtra on Friday, while Mumbai recorded 132 new positive cases -- the highest in a single day -- officials said here....
Rajasthan on Friday reported 98 corona cases, including 53 in Jaipur, taking the total number to 561 with total eight deaths so far, Additional Chief Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said....
Delhi government on Friday declared five more areas in the city as containment zones, taking the total number of Covid-19 hotspots sealed in the national capital to 30. ...
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday directed officials to strictly implement lockdown in the state, saying only its proper implementation could check the spread of coronavirus as proved in some countries....
Seven out of the eight persons who tested positive on Friday in Srinagar district are part of a religious congregation and they belong to Kerala....
Congress' interim President Sonia Gandhi on Friday held a meeting with the party's state chiefs against the backdrop of the ongoing pandemic and sought to know how the government in their states is working on the issue and what the party is doing to help out people in distress. ...
