COVID-19: India cases cross 2.9 million-mark; death toll 54,849 | LIVE

EC has issued guidelines for the conduct of general elections/by-elections during the COVID-19 pandemic:

• All voters to wear face masks. To be removed briefly for identification at the time of voting

• Only 2 people can accompany candidate for filing nomination papers

• Candidates can also file nomination papers online

• If a voter, on the day of voting, shows symptoms then they will be provided with a token and asked to come back at the last hour of polling

• Hand gloves to be provided to voters

• Only group of 5 persons max, including candidate can campaign door-to-door

• Candidate convoy for roadshows restricted to 5 vehicles

• Max 1,000 voters, instead of 1,500, can vote at a polling station

• Quarantined Covid patients will be allowed to vote at the last hour of poll under supervision of health officials, strictly following preventive measures.

There has been a surge in COVID-19 cases as 36 more persons from Nagaland tested positive on Friday. The new COVID-19 cases have been reported out of 742 samples that were tested.

Among the fresh cases, 17 of them are from Kohima, 10 are from Dimapur, seven from Zunheboto and two from Peren. With the addition of the new cases, the state's tally touched 3,619 on Friday. READ MORE