India

NEW DELHI: India reported 1,334 new cases of novel coronavirus or COVID-19 and 27 more deaths in last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry’s website.

MUMBAI: 21 Indian Navy sailors in Mumbai have tested positive for novel coronavirus or COVID-19.

NEW DELHI: The total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in India now stands at 13,835 with 452 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

KARNATAKA: A huge crowd gathered at a temple in one of the hotspots of Karnataka for a traditional chariot festival on Thursday amid nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19, says media reports.

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: A senior government official said that e-commerce companies will be allowed to deliver essential and non-essential items from April 20, even as firms step up efforts for sanitisation and health check of the delivery personnel.

NEW DELHI: As many as 3,336 Indian nationals abroad have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and another 25 have died, official sources said. The infections, a large number of which occurred in Kuwait and Singapore, are spread across 53 countries.

HARYANA: With nine new coronavirus cases from Panchkula, total number of coronavirus cases in the state rise to 213.

NEW DELHI: China on Thursday dispatched 650,000 COVID-19 medical kits to India to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian Ambassador to Beijing Vikram Misri said.

NEW DELHI: Government has issued revised guidelines for extended lockdown wherein wearing of face cover has been made compulsory in public places and workplaces.

NEW DELHI: In a first-of-its-kind study in India that screened bat samples for coronaviruses, scientists have found that two species — Pteropus (Indian flying fox) and Rousettus (old world fruit bats) — were carrying coronaviruses. One of the species, Pteropus, was earlier linked to nipah virus.