India's tally of cases has now risen to 4,27,23,558, while with 514 fatalities, death toll stands at 5,09,872. The active Covid cases in the country have dipped to 3,70,240, says Union Health Ministry.
A coronavirus patient undergoes treatment in a Delhi hospital. | PTI
Delhi on Thursday reported 3,231 new cases of coronavirus in its lowest single-day rise since April 1. The city logged 233 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours.
The union Health Ministry on Thursday asked states to make post-Covid complication mucormycosis, or “black fungus”, a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897.
The office of the principal scientific adviser to the Centre issued new guidelines to stop the transmission of the coronavirus. Apart from physical distancing and the use of masks, the advisory highlighted how better ventilation can decrease the risk of transmission from one infected person to the other.