TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Apr 5, 2020, 20: 30 IST
NEW DELHI: The rate of doubling of COVID-19 cases in India is at present 4.1 days but if the cases linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation would not have happened, it would have been 7.4 days, the health ministry said on Sunday. Meanwhile, the death toll due to coronavirus rose to 83 and the cases climbed to 3,577 in the country, according to the health ministry.
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- Citizens should follow all government guidelines and practice social distancing to contain the spread of coronavirus, President Ram Nath Kovind has said on the eve of Mahavir Jayanti.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached out to top leaders from across the political spectrum, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, to discuss the coronavirus outbreak.
- The government has started working out the possible post-lockdown scenarios and is considering another booster shot to minimize the impact of coronavirus and revive the economy but nothing has been finalised yet.
- Over 75 lakh needy people, including migrant labourers, have been provided with food at 19,460 special food camps set up across the country in the wake of the lockdown imposed to counter coronavirus pandemic, MHA said.
- The government will take a decision on reopening of schools and colleges on April 14 after reviewing the coronavirus situation in the country, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has said.
- Regional airliner Air Deccan announced that it is ceasing its operations until further notice and all employees are being put