India continues to record new Coronavirus cases, taking the total tally past 4,000, and the death toll past the 100-mark, according to the Health Ministry.

The rate of doubling of COVID-19 cases in India is 4.1 days presently but if the cases linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation would not have happened, it would have been 7.4 days, the Health Ministry said.

Globally, more than 1.2 million coronavirus cases, including 65,272 deaths, have been reported in 190 countries and territories around the world since the virus first emerged in China in December, according to an AFP tally.

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12:19PM: Fight against coronavirus is no less than war, says Modi, asks BJP workers to donate and encourage others to contribute to PM-CARES Fund.

12:18PM: We are among countries which understood this pandemic’s seriousness and took one decision after another in time to combat it, says PM Modi.

12:17PM: India’s efforts to combat coronavirus have set an example, PM Narendra Modi tells BJP workers.

12:05PM: India handled COVID-19 situation comparatively better than developed nations: RSS Joint General Secretary Manmohan Vaidya.

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12:01PM: 62-yr-old woman dies of coronavirus in Vadodara. Death toll in Gujarat has now reached 12, says Official.

11:32PM: Two deaths and 14 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Andhra Pradesh: Govt.

10:40PM: According to worldometer, the death toll in India has reached 117,  with a total of 4,067 positive coronavirus cases.

10:28PM: Last night, millions of people night lit candles, lamps and flashed torches to ward off ‘darkness of Coronavirus’, as requested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

10:26PM: A COVID-19 positive man has died in Rajasthan’s Kota district. Eight new cases of virus have been reported in the state, confirm officials.

10:24PM: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus.