Coronavirus Daily Updates

CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

Of 14,378 positive cases, 4,291 linked to Tablighi Jamaat meet: Health Ministry   Addressing a daily media briefing to give updates on the COVID-19 situation in the country, the Health Ministry said most of the Markaz event-related cases have been found in states with high burden of the disease, such as Tamil Nadu (84 per cent), Telengana (79 per cent), Delhi (63 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (59 per cent) and Andhra Pradesh (61 per cent).

Worldwide death toll from the pandemic rises to 154,188   The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 154,188 on Saturday, according to an AFP tally. More than 2,251,690 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December. Of these cases, at least 497,600 are now considered recovered.

Air India opens bookings on select domestic routes from May 4, intl from June 1   Air India had stopped bookings, both domestic and international, till the end of the month on April 3.

21 Navy personnel test positive in Mumbai facility, numbers expected to rise   In the first week of April, sources told The Indian Express, an ex-serviceman, a former Chief Petty Officer, who was working as a janitor in the Navy Nagar area, had tested positive and was admitted to the INHS Asvini, the Navy hospital.

After the pandemic wave, what will happen to the coronavirus?   A new study published in Science looks at what will happen after the initial, most severe pandemic wave passes.