The number of COVID-19 cases in the country climbed to 2,902 today while the death toll rose to 68, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Author: PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today discussed the the rapidly-growing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic with India’s top athletes, including cricket icon Virat Kohli and star shuttler P V Sindhu, urging them to support awareness campaigns on social distancing
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share a video message with countrymen on Friday amid a nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
About 400 COVID-19 positive cases have been found whose epidemiological linkage can be traced to the Tablighi Jamaat cluster, the Health Ministry said today.
Tamilnadu government today warned of stringent action against those spreading rumours linking religion or caste to the coronavirus.