New Delhi, May 10 -- As coronavirus cases in India crossed 61,000 on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry tweaked the guidelines for discharge of Covid-19 patients subject to clinical condition, a move aimed to ease the burden on the medical facilities which are anticipated to gradually overwhelm with serious infections.

The Government is already grappling with the safety of the healthcare workers who are also bearing the brunt of the deadly pandemic.

As per the revised guidelines, there will be no need for testing prior to discharge of the patients admitted with very mild, mild and pre-symptomatic cases to a Covid Care Facility.

As per the earlier guidelines issued on April 28, 2020 when the reported cases were around 29,400, the patie...