coronavirus

Here are the top developments: 1 India Health Ministry's Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said the government is expanding the COVID-19 testing capacity in state-run as well as private medical colleges.

Union Health Ministry said that only 20 percent of coronavirus patients need ICU support and critical care. With the rise in case of coronavirus, we are increasing number of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals and isolation centers in the country.

The Centre has asked all states and Union Territories to take welfare measures, including food, shelter, medicine, mobile and video call facilities, for migrant labourers living in various relief camps across the country.

The Central government said that under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, free LPG refills will be provided to the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries over the period of three months from April to June 2020.

According to ICMR officials, a total of 1,86,906 samples have so far been tested across the country, of which 7,953 have been found to be positive for COVID-19.

According to government spokesperson KS Dhatwalia, the Group of Ministers has approved the release of hydroxychloroquine to 13 countries after an assessment of stocks. 2 States Punjab: An ASI's hand was severed and two of his Punjab Police colleagues injured in Patiala district when a group of Nihang Sikhs allegedly attacked them with swords after being asked to show curfew passes outside a vegetable market. Police have arrested 8 men from a nearby gurdwara.

Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu reported 106 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of those infected to 1,075.

Uttar Pradesh: Twenty-eight more coronavirus cases surfaced in Uttar Pradesh, taking the count in the state to 480.

Delhi: The total number of COVID-19 cases in the national capital climbed to 1,069, with 166 fresh cases and five deaths being reported in a day.

Maharashtra: 134 more coronavirus cases have been reported in Maharashtra, taking the total count of COVID-19 cases in the state to 1895.

Assam: Assam has reported 29 COVID-19 cases so far, including a death.

Rajasthan: Rajasthan recorded 96 more confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the state's tally to 796.

Manipur: The first COVID-19 positive patient of Manipur, who was undergoing treatment at Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, was discharged from the hospital on Sunday. Manipur so far has reported only one case of COVID-19.

Kerala: As many as 36 COVID-19 patients were cured of the disease and only two fresh positive cases detected, taking the number of active coronavirus cases in the state to 194.

J&K: Twenty-one people tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the total number of cases in the state to 245.

Uttarakhand: with no fresh cash reported, the total number of cases in the state remains at 35.

Karnataka: A total of 232 COVID-19 positive cases were reported from Karnataka till today.

Madhya Pradesh: The state has a total of 532 positive COVID-19 cases, so far.

Gujarat: 25 more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Gujarat, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 493.

Bihar: 64 positive cases and 1 death has been reported in the state till date, of which 37 are active cases and 26 have been discharged.

Haryana: The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Haryana rose to 181 on Sunday.

Himachal Pradesh: A total of 32 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh, so far. 3 World More than 75,000 people have died from the coronavirus in Europe, with 80 percent of the fatalities occurring in Italy, Spain, France and Britain.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked the state-funded NHS medics and staff for their hard work through the coronavirus pandemic as he was discharged from hospital, saying he owed them his life after testing positive for the deadly virus over two weeks ago.

Health officials say 657 more people in England have died from the new coronavirus, raising the total UK deaths over 10,000.

The total number of deaths related to the novel coronavirus in the United States surpassed that of Italy, with at least 20,506 lives succumbing to the outbreak, and as many as 527,111 people getting infected by the contagion so far.

Spain's daily death toll from the coronavirus rose to 619, after falling for three straight days, the government said. The country, one of the worst hit by the pandemic, has now recorded 16,972 deaths from COVID-19.

Iran announced 117 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the overall official toll to 4,474, even as it eased some restrictions that had been imposed to slow the spread of the illness.

Pakistan reported 386 fresh coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of the COVID-19 patients in the country to 5,170.

A doctor died in Kabul due to coronavirus, while Afghanistan reported 52 new cases of coronavirus, taking the number of cases in the country to 607.

NEW DELHI: As many as 918 COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of such cases to 8,447 in the country, the Union health ministry said on Sunday, while asserting that the government is "extra prepared" if there is an exponential rise in the number of coronavirus patients. The total death toll due torose to 273.