Top 10 coronavirus updates: PM to hold meeting with heads of states, Union Territories as cases rise

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  1. India on Tuesday reported 10,667 new cases and 380 deaths, taking the nation’s tally to 3,43,091. The overall toll stands at 9,900.
  2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a videoconference with the heads of all the states and Union Territories on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the escalating coronavirus crisis in the country.
  3. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain was hospitalised and tested for the coronavirus after he developed a fever and breathing problems.
  4. Congress President Sonia Gandhi demanded a rollback of the increase in fuel prices, saying the central government’s decision to introduce successive rise in the rates over the past week midst a pandemic is “wholly insensitive” and “ill-advised”.
  5. The Ministry of Railways on Monday said it had ferried 60 lakh migrants through “Shramik Special” trains since they were launched last month and that the average fare per passenger was Rs 600.
  6. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared a BBC report claiming that Gujarat has the highest coronavirus mortality rate in India.
  7. United States’ drug regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, on Monday revoked the authorization of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine. The FDA said the drugs, which were promoted by US President Donald Trump, are “unlikely to be effective”.
  8. However, United States President Donald Trump stood by his support of hydroxychloroquine, saying that other countries provided “great…

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