Union Health Ministry

India needs to step up coronavirus testing: experts

2:43 pm April 16, 2020

New Delhi: India needs to “significantly ramp up” the number of tests done across the country to trace COVID-19 infection if the virus is to be contained in time, experts said. The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in the country on Thursday, according to the […]

UP reports 70 new coronavirus cases, total rises to 2,281

Health Ministry identifies 170 districts in India as hotspots, 207 as potential hostspots

6:39 pm April 15, 2020

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has identified 170 districts as COVID-19 hotspots and 207 districts as potential hotspots, officials said on Wednesday, reiterating that there has been no community transmission of the disease in the country so far. Addressing the daily briefing to provide updates on coronavirus situation in the country, Joint Secretary in […]

Corona death count reaches 339, cases soar to 10,363: Health Ministry

5:06 pm April 14, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to coronavirus infection in the country rose to 339 while the number of cases soared to 10,363 on Tuesday, said the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 8,988, as many as 1,035 people have been cured and discharged and one had migrated, it […]

Number of coronavirus cases in India rises to 9,152, 308 fatalities recorded: Health Ministry

11:41 pm April 13, 2020

New Delhi: Twenty-five districts across 15 states which had detected COVID-19 infections earlier have contained the spread and reported no new cases in 14 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The ministry asserted that the government has enough stocks to conduct tests for up to six weeks and over two lakh samples have […]

PM Modi to interact with CMs on Thursday over COVID situation, vaccination drive

COVID-19 lockdown: PM to address nation on Tuesday

8:09 pm April 13, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 10am on Tuesday, the last day of 21-day nationwide coronavirus lockdown, amid indications that the shutdown could be extended by another two weeks with certain relaxations to boost economic activities. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 10am on 14th April 2020,” […]