Coronavirus Daily Updates

CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

Cases rise to 5274; 410 have recovered   Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with floor leaders of opposition and other parties in Parliament via video conferencing and said it was unlikely that the nationwide lockdown would be lifted in one go after it ends on April 14.

PM Modi says lockdown unlikely to be lifted in one go, to consult CMs on April 11   The PM's meeting with political leaders comes even as the central government is considering extending the lockdown across the country beyond April 14 after several states have favoured the extension to contain the fast-spreading virus.

Centre to immediately clear all pending income tax refunds up to Rs 5 lakh   In a statement issued by the Finance Ministry, the government said that this move would benefit as many as 14 lakh taxpayers in the country.

Northern Railway scores century in a day: Converts over 100 coaches into COVID-19 isolation units   Banking on such progress, Railways has also increased its overall target to now convert 5,150 coaches, over 10 per cent of which is being made by this zone.

Can a person’s sound be used to detect if they have COVID-19?   Some of the AI-based approaches to deal with the current pandemic include the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19), which is a free resource of the research that is being done on COVID-19.