India Coronavirus, COVID-19 Updates, June 18: Increasing number of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients: Delhi CM Kejriwal

India's tally of coronavirus cases rise to 366946 which includes 194325 recovered cases and 12237 deaths. Recovery rate is 52.95%.

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New Delhi: With the highest spike of new COVID-19 cases reported in 24 hours at 12881 infections, India's tally of coronavirus cases on Thursday rose to 366946 which includes 194325 recovered cases. While the death count climbed to 12237 with 334 fatalities reported in a single day. Recovery rate is 52.95%, as per the latest data by the Union Health Ministry.

While, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a consultation with chief ministers of all states to discuss ways to conrol the spread of the virus. He made it clear that lockdown will not be imposed again and a period of unlocking has begun.

India is the world's fourth worst-hit nation in terms of a total number of confirmed cases it is just behind the US, Brazil and Russia.

Stay tuned with Zee News for the latest news on coronavirus COVID-19 from India and around the world:

18 June 2020

21:50 PM

The Delhi government is making arrangements to increase the number of ICU beds in hospitals in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases here, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said. "We may need more ICU beds in the coming days. Arrangements are being made to increase ICU beds in the hospitals," he told reporters after visiting the Radha Soami Satsang Beas centre in Chhatarpur to review COVID-19 preparations. (PTI)

20:41 PM

Faridabad: Total cases-1912; Active Cases-543; Cured/Discharged-703; Asymptomatic-620; Deaths - 4

20:34 PM

Gurugram recorded 129 new positive cases and 215 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Total number of positive cases reach 3991, death toll stands at 52, and recoveries till date are 2164. Total active cases are 1,775. Total samples sent are 21263 of which 16482 tested negative.

20:34 PM

28 more test coronavirus positive in Mumbai's Dharavi, taking tally to 2,134; no fresh death reported: BMC official. (PTI)

18:55 PM

The health of Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, who tested positive for coronavirus COVID-19, improved on Thursday. He is, however, still on oxygen support at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi.

18:26 PM

Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan launched India’s first mobile I-Lab (Infectious disease diagnostic lab) for COVID-19 testing for last mile testing access. It will be deployed in remote, interior and inaccessible parts of the country and have capability to perform 25 COVID-19 RT-PCR tests/Day, 300 ELISA tests/day, additional tests for TB, HIV etc. as per CGHS rates. The Infectious Disease Diagnostic Lab (I-LAB) is supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, under the Covid Command strategy.

16:00 PM

Global cases reach 8,367,894 and death toll stands at 449,397 at 4.45 pm (IST).

15:59 PM

A case has been registered against a 25-year-old man from Maharashtra's Palghar district, who got married without waiting for his COVID-19 test result, which later came out positive for the infection, police say. (PTI)

15:37 PM

Odisha reports 174 fresh cases of COVID-19 as state's total rises to 4,512. (PTI)

15:33 PM

Centre plans to conduct six lakh rapid antigen COVID-19 tests in Delhi at 169 new facilities, where 50,000 kits have already been supplied, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Thursday. (PTI)

14:27 PM

We had started the fight against COVID with one laboratory in February. Today we have 953 laboratories across the country. Out of these 953, around 699 are government labs. To ensure testing facilities in far-flung areas, such innovations have been developed: Union Health Minister Harshvardhan to ANI.

14:23 PM

Himachal Pradesh's total number of COVID-19 positive cases stands at 586 including 6 deaths and 368 recovered: State health department

13:58 PM

Meghalaya government allows restaurants and salons to reopen next week. (PTI)

12:20 PM

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain's father-in-law, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to a private hospital, died on Wednesday. He was suffering from cancer.

12:12 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India will turn the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity, become self-reliant and reduce its dependence on imports. 

"India will turn this COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity. It has taught India to be self-reliant. India will reduce its dependence on imports. To make India self-reliant in the energy sector, a major step is being taken today," Prime Minister Modi said addressing the event to launch the auction of 41 coal mines for commercial mining on Thursday. (ANI)

12:11 PM

Four BRTF personnel test COVID-19 positive in Arunachal Pradesh as the tally rises to 103. (PTI)

11:40 AM

Lucknow's King George`s Medical University has reported 78 new COVID-19 positive cases on Thursday. "Out of 2,622 samples tested yesterday for COVID-19, results of 78 are positive," said KGMU.

These cases were reported from Lucknow (23), Moradabad (14), Kannauj (11), Ayodhya (09), Barabanki (07), Deoria (06), Shahjahanpur (03), Sambhal (02), Hardoi (01), Farrukhabad (01), Balrampur (01) districts of the state. (ANI)

11:10 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold a meeting today at 12 pm with senior administrative officers of Delhi-NCR, in view of COVID-19 management and situation in the national capital.

09:34 AM

Highest spike of new COVID-19 cases reported in 24 hours with 12881 infections and 334 deaths. 

09:28 AM

India's tally of coronavirus cases rise to 366946 which includes 194325 recovered cases and 12237 deaths. Recovery rate is 52.95%. 

08:40 AM

Beijing reported 21 new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases and three new asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, the municipal health commission said on Thursday. (IANS) 

08:34 AM

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped to over 8.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 448,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

07:43 AM

Mizoram reports 9 new COVID-19 positive cases; the total number of cases in the state stands at 130 including 129 active cases and 1 cured/discharged: Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Mizoram (ANI)

07:41 AM

The COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal reached 506 on Wednesday with 11 more fatalities, while the total number of cases reported in the state so far crossed the 12,000-mark, according to a health department bulletin. (PTI) 

06:27 AM

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Bihar rose to 6,940 on Wednesday with 130 fresh instances of the viral infection reported during the day. With no fresh casualty, the death toll, however, stayed at 39, the state health department said. (PTI)