Last week, India has received five lakh rapid testing kits from China following which the kits were dispatched to the states based on the infection rates. 

The officials had directed the employees to remain under home quarantine and their movements have been restricted in the office premises.

The fresh direction has been passed under the Disaster Management Act and it also stated that the institutions should not impose students with penalties.

The families have been mandated to remain under isolation with accord to the guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry to contain the spread.

Pudukottai district has reported its first COVID-19 positive case while the districts of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri hadn't reported any positive case for the virus.

Anand Bisht was undergoing treatment at the gastroenterology department in the All India Insitute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.

Chief Minister of Telangana Chandrasekhar Rao has issued a fresh directive of what he claimed as the decision taken with the interest of public health.

However, the government has reaffirmed that no relaxations would be awarded to the hotspots that fall under the category of red zones.

On Sunday, Tamil Nadu saw the graph rising again after the decline for the past few days in the number of positive cases.

The state has been recording with an increase in recoveries and discharges for the past few days although the affected numbers have been one of the highest in the country.