India

A total of 877 patients in Delhi have recovered from coronavirus so far.

The division bench, comprising Justices M Sathyanarayanan and M Nirmal Kumar gave the direction on a petition by social activist "Traffic' Ramaswamy.

State Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said the opening time of out-patient opioid assisted treatment (OOAT) clinics has been set at 8am in view of the rising number of drug-addicts.

The deceased man has been identified as a resident of Khusro Nagar in the national capital, police said, adding the victim was involved in 17 criminal cases.

The North Delhi district administration has asked the Azadpur Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee to take precautionary measures as the positive cases of coronavirus at the mandi touched four.

The sub-inspector of schools, Bishnupur circle, had on Friday issued the show cause notice to Amgachhia Lal Bahadur Free Primary School, accusing it of violating the government order.

The Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) in Thiruvananthapuram started the cancer treatment facility at KDH for the benefit of patients in Kanyakumari and nearby districts.

Till Friday, West Bengal has registered 18 Covid-19 deaths and 485 people infected with the disease.

The dashboard shows the transmission rate in 19 states and 100 districts which make up for 60 per cent of the novel coronavirus infections in India.

Though the initial positive cases mostly surfaced from international arrivals, a massive 373 cases in Karnataka have purely emerged from within the country.

Chouhan also held detailed consultations with chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra, who assured full cooperation.

Vegetable and fruit vendors will be allowed to function till 2 pm while grocery stores will remain open till 4 pm to avoid crowding, district magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey said.

In a tweet, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hailed his government's ''Operation SHIELD'' and the cooperation of people in its "success".

The committee noted in the report that some state governments like Rajasthan have already increased the threshold to 300 workers, which according to the Labour Ministry has resulted in an increase in employment and a decrease in retrenchment.

The families alleged that they were asked to return home by officers at the quarantine facility as they did not exhibit any suspected symptoms.

The move to haul more cargo assumes significance as the airline has a massive domestic network and the largest aircraft fleet in India.