Cases in India doubling every four days

India's officially confirmed Covid-19 cases jumped to 3,374 as of Saturday with 79 fatalities, even as the global numbers passed the 1.2 million mark with over 65,000 deaths.

In a major decision today, all exports of hydroxycloroquine — the malaria drug on which Trump sought India to relax export rules — were banned.

PM Modi spoke to several leaders including Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee, on the Covid-19 situation; meanwhile, India gets ready for a candlelight vigil at 9 pm tonight.


Here are the other big developments during the day:

The count so far:

• Two deaths in Tamil Nadu; cases in the state now 485.
• One death in Madhya Pradesh; state's case tally now up to 182.
• One death in Maharashtra; 26 new cases raise total to 661.
• One death in Gujarat; 14 new cases bring the state total to 122.
• One death in Rajasthan; six new cases raise tally to 210.
• 34 new cases in Andhra Pradesh; state tally now 226.
• 14 new cases in Kashmir; J&K count now up over 100.
• 13 new cases in Uttar Pradesh, state count up to 227.
• Seven new cases in Himachal Pradesh; state tally now 14.
• Six new cases in Haryana, bringing the state total to 76.

World	India	Global deaths
12,13,927	3,374	65,652

Health:

• ICMR pushes for rapid Antibody testing in the country.
• India bans all export of malaria drug hydroxycloroquine and diagnostic kits.
• LIC extends premium payment deadlines by 30 days.

World:

• 630 deaths recorded in New York State in the last 24 hours.
• Spain's death toll rises to 12,418.
• Germany records over 90,000 cases.
• China reports 30 new cases.
• Pakistan's case count now 2818; 45 dead.
• Japan reports 130 new cases.
• USA to airlift 22,000 Americans stranded overseas.