As many as 28,903 new COVID-19 cases and 17,741 recoveries were reported in India in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Wednesday. With the addition of fresh infections, the total cases in the country reached 1,14,38,734, including 2,34,406 active cases and 1,10,45,284 recoveries.

India reports 28,903 new coronavirus cases, 188 deaths in last 24 hrs

India's COVID-19 national task force held a meeting on Saturday to discuss the new strains of coronavirus, first of which was spotted in the United Kingdom. They discussed strategies to detect and contain the new variant, which is more contagious than the first, which showed up in Wuhan first.

India's coronavirus task force carves out plan to detect, isolate new strains

Netflix Inc said it will cut traffic by 25% on networks across Europe in a relief measure for internet service providers (ISPs) experiencing a surge in usage due to government 'shelter in place' orders aimed at slowing the coronavirus outbreak.

Netflix to slash traffic across Europe to relieve virus strain on internet providers