Lav Agarwal

Coronavirus Outbreak: Despite personal loss, Assam hospital cleaner stays put in quarantine; doctors, nurses spend time reading, watching shows

Quarantine is definitely more screentime albeit on the consumers' end. Be it the mobile phone or the television, perhaps both are the best tools to be exploited to the core when in quarantine.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Health ministry says 6,869 people cured of COVID-19 so far, recovery rate rises to 23.3%

A total of 1,543 new cases of coronavirus have been identified, which take the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 29,435, said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry,

Coronavirus Outbreak: Country reports 1,718 cases in past 24 hours, total reaches 33,050, says health ministry

As many as 1,718 coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 33,050 in the country, said the government

Coronavirus Outbreak: Confirmed cases climb to 27,892, toll reaches 872; recovery rate rises to 22.17%, says health ministry

Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said 16 districts which earlier had positive cases have not reported any new case of coronavirus in the last 28 days.

Coronavirus India Roundup April 20: Over 500 deaths, Goa declared COVID-19 free, states ease out of lockdown

A total of 1,553 cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, along with 36 deaths. The death toll is now at 559 and the total number of cases is 17,656.

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: No relaxations in 88 hotspots in Kerala, restrictions to be eased in Orange-B and Green zones from 20 April

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Kerala police chief Loknath Behera said the relaxations of restrictions imposed would come into effect in the Green and Orange-B zones in the state from Monday, allowing among other the movement of private vehicles on odd-even basis,an official release said.

Coronavirus Outbreak: 1,332 cases, 27 deaths reported in past 24 hours; 14.1% patients have recovered so far, says health ministry

As many as 2,231 people have recovered from the disease so far, said Agarwal during the daily media briefing on the coronavirus.

Coronavirus Outbreak updates: COVID-19 count in Delhi reaches 1,893; No decision yet on starting domestic, international flights, says Hardeep Singh Puri

Coronavirus Outbreak updates:Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said airlines are advised to open bookings only after the government takes a decision on starting domestic and international commercial passenger flight services.'The Ministry of Civil Aviation clarifies that so far no decision has been taken to open domestic or international operations,' he wrote on Twitter.

Centre releases COVID-19 containment plan, says ops to be scaled down if no secondary confirmed cases reported in four weeks

According to the ministry's "Updated containment plan for large outbreaks COVID-19", a containment operation, large outbreak or cluster, is deemed to be over 28 days from the date the last case in that zone tests negative.

Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: With 118 new COVID-19 cases today, tally in Maharashtra crosses 3,000-mark; toll rises to 194

Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: The Union health ministry said that about 63,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) kits which arrived from China recently did not fulfill the criteria.