British PM Boris Johnson was released from the hospital on Sunday,12 April, after battling COVID-19. He said that the staff saved his life and it “could have gone either way”.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra's case tally reached 1,982 with 221 new cases. Tamil Nadu reported 106 new cases and one new death, taking the state total to 1,075. It has seen 50 recoveries so far.
The total number of cases in India climbed to 8,447 according to health ministry data. 273 have died, 764 have been discharged and one has migrated.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a press conference on Sunday, said that the government will increase the number of COVID-19 containment zones (red zones) and carry out massive sanitisation drives in those areas from Monday onwards.
- A high-level Group of Ministers has approved the release of hydroxychloroquine to 13 countries.
- India’s lockdown is likely to be extended for at least two more weeks, based on a consensus between the PM and CMs of all states
- Six states - West Bengal, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana and Punjab - have announced an extension of the lockdown till 30 April
- The US topped Italy as the country with the highest death toll on Saturday, 11 April, with about 20,000 deaths.
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