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Staf cheer as a formerly COVID-19 positive patient is discharged after being quarantined at the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in Chennai on Saturday, April 11, 2020. (PTI)

4 lakh rapid test kits bound for Tamil Nadu diverted to USA

To cope, health authorities are now going straight to the confirmatory PCR test

12 April 2020 10:35 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (Photo: PTI)

Andhra Pradesh for lockdown extension only in red zones

While continuing the lockdown in red zone mandals, restrictions on large gatherings will be continued

12 April 2020 10:33 AM IST

Parents and students of a Government school collect rations during the Covid 19 panademic threat on Saturday. (Photo Satish.B)

Pregnant Covid survivor in Kerala gives birth through Caesarean

Kerala reported 10 more cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, taking the total number of patients to 228

12 April 2020 10:32 AM IST

A firefighter sprays disinfectant to curb the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Country reports 909 virus cases in a single day, tally surges past...

The highest number of positive cases of coronavirus was reported from Maharashtra at 1761, including 127 deaths

12 April 2020 9:51 AM IST

A medic takes samples for a coronavirus test in the containment zone of Kurla in Mumbai on April 11, 2020. (PTI)

Mumbai stares at medical crisis as nearly 100 frontline workers test...

With some hospitals being sealed off, hundreds of beds have fallen into disuse in hotspot city

12 April 2020 9:39 AM IST

A worker washes a train coach to be converted into isolation ward for COVID-19 patients. (PTI)

Rail coaches turn into isolation wards in Karnataka

As many as 313 coaches in the South Western Railway Zone have been converted into quarantine centres comprising 2,400...

12 April 2020 9:24 AM IST

The divisional commissioner of Indore, Akash Tripathi, visits the Taat Patti Bakhal locality where health workers were attacked by local people last week. (PTI)

In Covid hotspot Indore, graveyards witness a sudden spurt in burials

At least 183 bodies were buried in five graveyards in the first nine days of April

12 April 2020 9:15 AM IST

A woman emerges from a newly installed sanitization tunnel set up at the farmers market (Rythu Bazar) at Bullayya College grounds in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

The numbers are down but anxieties soar in Andhra Pradesh

Last week's spurt has ebbed but latest fatalities are those without travel history

12 April 2020 8:59 AM IST

Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao addresses a press conference in Hyderabad to announce an extension of the coronavirus lockdown in the state.(Photo: Twitter/@TelanganaCMO)

Telangana extends lockdown till April 30 though tax collections are...

All school students to be promoted to the next grade; decision on SSC exams after April 30

12 April 2020 8:20 AM IST

A man walks on a deserted road in Janpath during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

After video conference with CMs, PM Modi hints at extending lockdown

Odisha and Punjab have already extended the lockdown till April 30 and May 1 respectively

11 April 2020 6:20 PM IST

Maharashtra to extend lockdown till April 30

Making the announcement, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the lockdown can be relaxed in certain areas

11 April 2020 5:55 PM IST

Police personal wearing covered visor masks during the Covid 19 panademic threat in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Photo: Satish.B

7 fresh cases in Karnataka, 5 of them linked to Mysuru pharma

Till date 214 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed, including 6 deaths and 37 discharges

11 April 2020 5:09 PM IST