Highlights: Delhi's Covid-19 tally goes up to 6,318 including 68 deaths

Revision in list of red, green and orange zones will be released soon, says govt

We have to learn to live with the virus, it is a big challenge, says health ministry spokesperson.

Railways has converted 5231 coaches as COVID care centres. They will be placed on 215 identified stations&will be used for treatment of mild&very mild cases while ensuring that different coaches are designated for suspected & confirmed cases: Lav Agrawal, Jt Secy, Health Ministry

In the last 24 hours, there were 3,390 new Covid-19 positive cases and 1,273 recoveries. The recovery percentage is now 29.36%. Till now, 16,540 patients have been cured and 37,916 patients are under active medical supervision: Lav Agrawal, Jt Secy, Health Ministry

216 districts with no Covid-19 cases, 36 districts haven't reported any new cases in the last 14 days

16,540 COVID-19 patients, about 29.36 per cent of total cases, have recovered so far; 1,273 recovered in last 24 hours: Union health ministry

Recovery rate is improving in the country: Health Ministry spokesperson

INS Jalashwa has reached Maldives, will reach Kochi with around 700 people by May 10: Spokesperson

Home Ministry official spokesperson is addressing a press conference. She says," Railways has run 22 special trains and about 2.5 lakh people have been availed of this facility.

India has started bringing back stranded Indians from abroad, she said.

Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar said that migrant workers in the state should wait till their turn comes and arrangements are made for their return. They should not risk their lives by travelling in an unsafe manner: PTI

Thirty new cases of Covid-19 among BSF personnel have been reported from different establishments in the country, ANI reported on Friday. Among these, six cases have been reported from Delhi and 24 from Tripura.

According to BSF statement, all of them are under the best available medical care at AIIMS, Jhajjar and at GB Pant Hospital in Agartala, .

A special flight, carrying 167 medical students hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, arrived in Srinagar from Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday as part of the Centre's efforts to bring back Indians stranded abroad, reports PTI.

"Total 167 students arrived at Srinagar airport in the special flight from Dhaka this afternoon," an official said.

Officials said the students were undergoing screening at the airport after which they will be sent to administrative quarantine for a period of 14 days as mandated under the guidelines issued for curbing the spread of COVID-19.

There are 5,980 Covid-19 cases in Delhi right now, health minister Satyendar Jain was reported as saying by ANI on Friday.

He said that on Thursday, 448 new coronavirus cases were registered and 389 patients recovered after treatment.

The total number of patients that have recovered in the state now stands at 1,931. Among those undergoing treatment, 87 people are in ICU and 13 are on ventilator, said Jain.

Maharashtra will promote all university students except those in the final year, to the next class without holding exams, state's higher and technical education minister Uday Samant said on Friday.

The decision has been taken in view of the Covid-19 lockdown. The minister said that exams for final year students will be held in July.: ANI

The Drug Controller General of India has given approval for clinical trials of Favipiravir which is used in influenza in Japan, China etc & could be potentially useful against Covid-19 and a phytopharmaceutical which is an extract of a plant, CSIR Director General Shekhar Mande said on Friday, reports ANI.

The number of new coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 10,699 over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 187,859, the coronavirus crisis response centre said on Friday, reports Reuters.

It was the sixth consecutive day that cases had risen by more than 10,000, but down on Thursday's record daily rise of 11,231.

It also reported 98 new fatalities from COVID-19, bringing the total death toll in Russia to 1,723.