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COVID-19 death toll rises to 114, number of cases climbs to 4,421: Health Ministry
a PTI tally based on figures reported by states directly on Monday night showed at least 138 deaths across the country, while the confirmed cases reached 4,683. Of them, 359 have been cured and discharged.
Centre ‘thinking’ of extending COVID-19 lockdown
A final decision on the date from which the lockdown will begin to be lifted and the manner in which it would be done now hinges on the data to be provided by ICMR and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) – likely in three days – on the spread and likely progression of Covid-19 cases in the country, the sources said.
Bajaj Allianz General launches its Arogya Sanjeevani Policy,a Rs 5 lakh cover to cost between Rs 3,700-Rs49,900
• Example 1: If a 35 year old man buys a policy for his spouse (32 years) and a kid ( 5 years) for a Sum Insured of Rs. 5 lakh, the premium of the policy will be Rs. 13,260 on individual basis and for family floater the premium will be Rs. 10, 920
•Example 2: For a Sum Insured of Rs. 3.5 lakh, a 35 year old individual can buy this policy by paying premium of Rs. 5,600.
COVID-19 death toll rises to 109, number of cases to 4,067: Health Ministry
The highest number of confirmed cases is from Maharashtra at 690, followed by Tamil Nadu at 571 and Delhi at 503. The number cases in Telengana has gone up to 321, in Kerala to 314 and in Rajasthan to 253
Life Insurers will not cite “force majure’ for settling Covid-19 death claims
“The spiralling global and local impact of COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the fundamental need for life insurance in every household. The life insurance industry is taking every measure to ensure that the disruption caused to policyholders, due to the lockdown is minimal, by providing them uninterrupted support digitally, be it for honoring death claims related to COVID-19 or for servicing their policy,” said Life Insurance Council Secretary General S N Bhattacharya.
Testing times for India in race to head off coronavirus epidemic
Testing had already doubled in the last two days from 5,000 samples a day, another health official said. “This is expected to reach 20,000 in the next three days and increase further over the next few weeks as per the plan,” the official said.
FPIs pull out record Rs 1.1 trn in March, highest withdrawal ever
Terming the fund outflow as “unparalleled”, Himanshu Srivastava, senior analyst manager research, Morningstar India, said that with fear over the degree of impact that Covid-19 could leave on the global economy, foreign investors stormed out of the emerging markets, with India among the worst hit.
“The intensity of the situation could be gauged from the fact that even during the financial crisis of 2008, FPIs sold net assets worth $9.3 billion in the Indian markets while in March 2020, they have been net sellers to the tune of USD 16.5 billion,” he added.
Govt may allow domestic, international flights in staggered manner from 15 April
“As the virus is still spreading in India, we are thinking to permit domestic and international flight operations post April 14 in a staggered manner. Airlines are free to take bookings for any date post April 14,” a senior Civil Aviation Ministry official said.
Railways mulling post-lockdown precautions for train passengers
“These are sensitive times and we are not looking in terms of revenue generation for now. The focus is on passenger safety and to ensure that the disease does not spread. Trains will run in due course, once the government gives us the green signal. However as of now, we have not taken any decision,” said a senior officer.
Covid-19 cases doubling every 4.1 days due to Jamaat incident, says Govt
a PTI tally of figures reported by states directly showed at least 106 deaths, while the number of confirmed cases had reached 3,624. Of the total, 284 have been cured and discharged.
Asserting that there was no evidence that COVID-19 was airborne, an ICMR official said, “We need to understand that in science whoever does experiments some will have a ‘for opinion and some against’ but we need to take a balanced, evidence-based approach.