With over 7,100 active Covid cases in India, the government has mandated RT-PCR tests for ministers meeting PM Modi or attending his rallies, citing precautionary needs.
India records 2,710 active Covid-19 cases. Kerala leads with 1,147, followed by Maharashtra and Delhi. Health officials report most infections are mild.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma said that he is in self-isolation.
WHO South-East Asia regional director, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh noted that the COVID-19 virus continues to evolve, change, and circulate in all countries globally.
Kerala recorded the maximum number of 126 active cases in a single day, followed by Karnataka (96), Maharashtra (35), Delhi (16), Telangana (11) and Gujarat (10).
The coronavirus pandemic outbreak took place in Wuhan, China and gradually spread across the globe claiming the lives of millions of people.
There is a slight jump in Covid-19 cases since yesterday which reported 6,050 cases.
The number of active Covid infections in India has mounted to 23,091 as the country clocked 4,435 fresh cases of the deadly virus during the past...
The country also logged seven fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,30,848.
This is the highest number of new coronavirus cases were recorded in a district within a day.