Coronavirus cases in India: These 10 states have a high population density and the PM will discuss strategy being adopted by them to bring down COVID-19 numbers

Coronavirus update: India is third worst-hit country in terms of number of coronavirus cases after US and Brazil; with rapid increase in India's caseload, it is most likely that it'll surpass tallies of US and Brazil unless trend reverses

Communicable diseases with high case fatality rate in 2018 (excluding rabies) were Japanese encephalitis (11 per cent), H1N1 (7 per cent) and acute encephalitis syndrome (6 per cent)

Coronavirus update: With the rapid increase in India's caseload, it is most likely that the country will surpass the tallies of the US and Brazil unless the trend reverses or a vaccine is developed. In the last 14 days, India recorded 7.67 lakh cases

Coronavirus update: India's coronavirus recovery rate has risen to 68.3 per cent and the fatality rate has declined to 2.04 per cent

There are 6,19,088 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), comprising 29.64 per cent of the caseload. A total of 61,537 cases were added in a day, taking the tally to 20,88,611, according to Union Health Ministry data on Saturday

The Congress leader has been vocal in his critique of Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid regular upticks in COVID-19 infections

The spike of coronavirus past the 20-lakh mark has made India inch closer to become the ground zero of COVID-19 outbreak

Within 24 hours to 8 AM on Thursday, India saw the highest single-day spike of 56,282 new COVID-19 cases and 904 deaths, according to Health Ministry data

A giant feast took place in the heart of Mumbai amid a national lockdown. One of India's top ice-cream makers had given away 26 tonnes of their best product for free. But, those consuming the ice-cream weren't sugar-craving humans

Coronavirus in India: The government has said that the recovery rate continues to improve and has reached 67.19 per cent. The fatality rate has dropped to 2.09 per cent

Coronavirus update: There are 5,86,244 active cases of coronavirus infection in India at present while the recoveries have increased to 12,82,216

Coronavirus impact: The department added that the top 12 growth-driving states have accounted for 85 per cent of the case load, with 40 per cent concentrated in top two growth-drivers, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu

At present, India is the world's third-worst affected country from coronavirus after the US and Brazil. According to John Hopkins University, the US has registered 47.13 lakh COVID-19 cases to date. And, Brazil has recorded a total of 27.5 lakh coronavirus cases

The BMC said all essential shops which were allowed to remain open earlier shall continue to do so whereas all non- essential markets, market areas and shops will remain open from 9 am to 7 pm.

Uttar Pradesh coronavirus tally has reached 92,921 with 3,853 more cases. The state has recorded 1,730 fatalities till now. National capital Delhi has recorded 961 fresh coronavirus cases. Its tally has risen to 1,37,677

Coronavirus update: The total coronavirus cases surged to 17,50,723, while the death toll climbed to 37,364 with 853 people succumbing to the disease in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed

Western Railway said it has refunded Rs 407.84 crore to passengers who booked tickets during the lockdown period and whose tickets were cancelled

Containment zones identified by civic authorities of various towns and cities in Thane district will remain in lockdown till August 31

This is the third consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 50,000. The total number of confirmed cases also includes foreigners