The Centre on Tuesday said that Covid-19 patients who exhibited mild or no symptoms can opt for self-isolation at home as they recover from the novel coronavirus, which has affected nearly 30,000 people across the country and killed over 930.
As per the Union Health Ministry data, the number of cases in India has reached 29,974 and the death toll has climbed to 937. In the last 24 hours, the country has registered an increase of 51 deaths and 1,594 cases.
The positive news is that 23.34 per cent of all people infected in India have recovered, including 111 foreign nationals.
Asian Development Bank issued India a loan of $1.5 billion to help the country fight the virus while Moody’s Investors Service slashed India’s growth forecast to 0.2 per cent for the 2020 calendar year from the earlier projection of 2.5 per cent released in March due to the economic crisis induced by the nationwide lockdown in wake of novel coronavirus.
Here are all the latest updates on the outbreak of novel coronavirus in India:
India’s coronavirus tally
Death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 937 and the number of cases climbed to 29,974 in the country on Tuesday, registering an increase of 51 deaths and 1,594 cases since Monday evening, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The number of active Covid-19 cases stand at 22,010, while 7,026 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, the ministry said.
Thus, 23.44 per cent of the infected people have recovered so far, a senior Health Ministry official said.
The total number of cases include 111 foreign nationals.
A total of 51 deaths were reported since Monday evening of which 27 fatalities were from Maharashtra, 11 from Gujarat, seven from Madhya Pradesh, five from Rajasthan and one from Jammu and Kashmir.
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