EPS-95 Pension holders, under the banner of EPS-95 Rashtriya Sangharsh Samiti, voluntarily offered to deposit their one day's pension into the government treasury to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Beela Rajesh on Saturday confirmed three deaths in the Coronavirus Isolation ward in the Kanyakumari Medical College. She however claimed that all the three patients had underlying medical conditions and that the results of their COVID-19 tests are awaited.

A 'Breaking News' still with ABP logo and PM Modi's image is being circulated on the social media with a claim that PM has ordered to shut down internet services to stop coronavirus rumours which are being spread on the social media.

Indian Railways has transformed its some of the coaches into isolation wards to keep Covid-19 patients if required by the state authorities. For this, the middle berth has been removed on one side and all three berths have been removed from the other side to increase the cabin space.

With 149 new coronavirus cases registered in India in the last 24 hours, the total tally of cases has reached to 873, said Health Ministry.

A Punjab man who died on March 18 has been tested positive to the Coronavirus, it is believed that he was the source of infection for 23 people out of total 33 cases in the state.

Indian Railways has suspended its operations in India to combat Covid-19 virus spread in India and while the trains are standing ideal, it has been learned that the authorities are planning to convert the coaches into quarantine facilities to help state governments in containing the spread of novel coronavirus infection.

Madhya Pradesh registered first death due to Covid-19 virus on Thursday of a 60-year-old woman, raising the toll across India to 16 as six more died due to the coronavirus. This is the highest number of deaths the country has recorded so far in a single day.

After registering 70-80 new coronavirus cases every day, India registered only 43 new cases in last 24 hours, said the Health Ministry on Thursday address. The total number of positive Covid-19 cases in India stands at 649. Four more people have died taking the total toll to 13.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced complete lockdown of India for 21 days and urged people to follow the order to fight coronavirus. To ensure that people are staying inside their homes, PM Modi appealed to his 'bal sena' to ensure that this lockdown is successful.