Coronavirus live updates: Centre tells SC make-shift hospitals will have to be built in near future

The 14-day mandatory home quarantine for all asymptomatic passengers arriving in Delhi was reduced to seven days by the state government. The order was issued according to the guidelines of the ministry of health and family welfare. Read more

The total number of cases in the country now at 2,16,919 including 1,06,737 active cases, 1,04,107 cured/discharged/migrated and 6,075 deaths, the ministry of health and family welfare said.

The Delhi government has declared three private hospitals functioning on concessional land as Covid hospitals. These are Moolchand Hospital, which has 140 beds, Saroj Super Specialty Hospital with 154 beds and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, which has 508 beds.

While the first confirmed Covid-19 case in India was registered on January 30 in Kerala, the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of Indian strains with roots in China was in circulation as early as November 2019.

The White House medical team kept a close eye on President Donald Trump's heart rhythms, including at least one electrocardiogram, to watch for potential side effects when he took a two-week course of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to try to prevent the coronavirus, his doctor reported Wednesday.

After his test result came out, a large number of defence officials got themselves tested. Many officials who had come in contact with him have also gone in self-quarantine.

Brazil reports a record 1,349 coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period, as the pandemic continues to take a grim toll on Latin America's hardest-hit country. The figure brings the total toll in Brazil to 32,548, but experts say the real numbers are probably much higher.