new delhi union health minister dr harsh vardhan on friday chaired a meeting with state health ministers via video conferencing here from nirman bhawan to review actions on covid19 managementunion minister of state for health and family welfare ashwini kumar choubey was also present in the meeting both the ministers took cognisance of arrangements made by states hospitals to treat covid19 patients and preparedness for challenges arising out of the virus spreadcoronavirus pandemic live updateson thursday harsh vardhan had addressed the global online conference on covid19 and said that india is thoroughly equipped and is putting its best foot forward we have planned everything possible and are in constant touch with the world health organisation whohe had added that india is prepared for the worst but he does not think the country will get there due to covid19 menacewith an increase of 547 new covid19 cases in the last 12 hours indias total number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 6412 on fridayout of the total cases 5709 are active patients and 503 of them have been cureddischarged as per the ministry of health and family welfarewith 30 new deaths reported in the last 12 hours the toll stands at 199according to the ministry maharashtra is the worsthit state after recording over 1360 positive cases tamil nadu comes second with 834 casesthe total number of cases reported in delhi so far is 720 more on covid19coronavirus pandemic complete coverage21day lockdown what will stay open and what wonthow to quarantine yourself at hometrust the newspaper for your daily verified news