Today is the sixty-third day of India’s nationwide lockdown, meant to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. Domestic passenger flights resumed yesterday after two months.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stand at 1,45,380. The death toll from the outbreak in India is at 4,167. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Delhi have reported the highest number of cases.
Globally, there have been over 55 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 3.46 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Brazil, Russia, the United Kingdom and Spain are the most-affected countries. Catch the latest updates here:
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Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LIVE Updates |
Number of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh has reached7,024 while the death toll has increased to 305.
Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
236 new positive cases of COVID-19and 3 deaths have been reported in Rajasthan till 9 pm today. Total number of positive cases in the state rises to 7,536 including 170 deaths, 4,276 recovered and 3,090 active cases.
Coronavirus in Goa LIVE Updates |
No new positive case of COVID-19reported in Goa today. Nine more people have recovered; there are 39 active cases in the state now.
Coronavirus in Chhattisgarh LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
68 new COVID-19positive cases have been reported in Chhattisgarh today; total number of positive cases in the state stands at 360 including 281 active cases.
Coronavirus in Gujarat LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
In the last 24 hours, 361 new COVID-19positive cases have been reported in Gujarat; taking the total number cases to 14,829. Death toll rises to 915 after 27 deaths were reported in last 24 hours.
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE Updates |
Mumbai has reported 1,002 new cases of COVID-19 and 39 new deaths, taking the total number of cases in the city to 32,791 and 1,065 deaths.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates |
Maharashtra has reported 2,091 fresh cases of coronavirus and 97 new deaths, taking the total number of cases in the state to 54,758 and deaths to 1,792.
Coronavirus in J&K LIVE Updates |
91 COVID-19postive cases have been reported in Jammu and Kahsmir today; 54 from Jammu division and 37 from Kashmir division. Total active cases stand at 902.
Coronavirus in Jharkhand LIVE Updates
|8 new COVID-19cases reported in Jharkhand today - 3 in Garhwa, 2 in Koderma, 1 in Palamu, 1 at RIMS (Ranchi), 1 in Dhanbad. The total number of positive cases in the state reaches 416.
Coronavirus in Tripura LIVE Updates |
11 people found COVID-19positive in Tripura today. Among them 10 people have returned from Mumbai, Maharashtra by train and 1 person is a family member of BSF personnel of 86th Battalion.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates |
Staff member, 10 inmates of Rohini jail in Delhi have recoverd from COVID-19 infection, officials have said, according to news agency PTI.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE Updates |
Tamil Nadu has recorded 646 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases in the state to 17,728. With 9 new deaths, the death count has risen to 127. Chennai has recorded 510 cases today, taking the total number of cases in the city to 11,640.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates |
Karnataka will allow temples to open from June 1, but no fairs and festivals to be allowed. The state is also looking to open schools from July 1, however no final decision has been taken regarding the opening up of schools.
Coronavirus LIVE Updates |
WHO warns of 'second peak' in areas where COVID-19 cases are declining
Countries, where novel coronavirus infections are declining, could still face an "immediate second peak" if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak, the World Health Organization said.
"The world is still in the middle of the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak," WHO emergencies head Dr Mike Ryan told an online briefing, noting that while cases are declining in many countries they are still increasing in Central and South America, South Asia and Africa.
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE Updates | CM Naveen Patnaik:
Odisha will draft new strategy to deal with coronavirusas the days ahead are set to get more challenging with restoration of train and flight services.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | Ajoy Mehta, Chief Secretary:
As of now, there are 35,178 active cases in Maharashtra. 80 percentof cases are asymptomatic in the state. Doubling rate in Maharashtra is right now 14 days, earlier it was 5 days.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
Supreme Court has taken suo motucognizance of the problems and miseries of migrant labourers stranded in different parts of the country. "The adequate transport arrangement, food and shlters are immediately to be provided by the Centre and State governments free of cost," the apex court has said, adding that while measures have been taken, "there have been inadequacies and certain lapses".
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | ITBP:
In last 24 hours, seven Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. Total active cases stand at 74.
Coronavirus in Kerala LIVE Updates | CM Pinarayi Vijayan:
67 new COVID-19positive cases have been reported in Kerala today.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates | Deputy CM Manish Sisodia:
If someone is in Delhi then we consider him/her as a Delhi citizen. Still, many people wanted to go back to their home towns. Since 7th May, 241000 people have been sent back to their home towns through 196 trains from the national capital.
Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE Updates | State Home Secretary:
193 new COVID-19positive cases and5 deaths reported in the state today, taking the total number of positive cases to 4,009, including 1,486 discharged and 211 deaths.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Ministry of Health:
4.4 deaths per lakh population have been reported for the world, while India has reported about 0.3 deaths per lakh population, which is amongst the lowest in the world. This has been due to lockdown, timely identification and management of COVID-19 cases.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | ICMR:
There are several hypothesis for the lower fatality rate in India, including our better immunity and certain injections given to us etc,but we cannot say clearly on any of these factors (why the fatality rate is low).
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Lav Agarwal, Health Ministry:
A total of 60,490 patients have recovered so far from COVID-19. Recovery rate continues to improve and presently it is 41.61 percent. The fatality rate is one among the lowest in the world, it is 2.87 percentnow.
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
197 new positive cases have been reported in last 24 hours. Number of active cases of COVID-19rise to 2,680 inUttarPradesh. 3,698 people have been discharged from the disease while 170 deaths have been reported till date.
Coronavirus in Malaysia LIVE updates | Malaysia reports 187 new cases, no new deaths
Malaysia reported 187 new COVID-19 cases today, with illegal migrants held at a detention centre accounting for most of them, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 7,604.
The health ministry said no new deaths were recorded. The total number of coronavirus fatalities in Malaysia currently stands at 115. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in Uttarakhand LIVE updates | Health Department:
51 more COVID-19 cases were reported in the state today, taking the total confirmed cases to 400. Of these, 329 are active. The death toll in the state is four.
Coronavirus News LIVE updates | Confirmed cases in SAARC countries
> India: 1,45,380 confirmed cases (includes recoveries and deaths)
> Afghanistan: 11,831 cases
> Bangladesh: 35,585 cases
> Bhutan: 27 cases
> Maldives: 1,395 cases
> Nepal: 682 cases
> Pakistan: 57,701 cases
> Sri Lanka: 1,182 cases
(Source: News reports and Johns Hopkins University CSSE, as of 3.25 pm IST on May 26)
Easing of travel restrictions, movement of migrants behind surge in COVID-19 cases: Experts
Experts have attributed the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in India to easing of travel restrictions and movement of migrants besides enhanced testing capacity.
According to AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, the present rise in cases has been reported predominantly from hotspot areas but there is a possibility of further rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the coming few days due to increased travel.
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates | Countries with the highest confirmed cases
> United States: 16,62,768 confirmed cases (includes recoveries and deaths)
> Brazil: 3,74,898 cases
> Russia: 3,62,342 cases
> United Kingdom: 2,62,547 cases
> Spain: 2,35,400 cases
> Italy: 2,30,158 cases
> France: 1,83,067 cases
> Germany: 1,80,802 cases
> Turkey: 1,57,814 cases
> India: 1,45,380 cases
(Source: MoHFW (India) and Johns Hopkins University CSSE, as of 3.00 pm IST on May 26)
Day 2 of domestic operations: Passenger flights resume in Andhra Pradesh from today
A day after the restart of air travel across India, domestic flight operations resumed in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday amid the state's reluctance due to rising number of COVID-19 cases.
The first flight to Vijayawada landed from Bengaluru at 6.55 am, carrying 79 passengers. The SpiceJet flight returned to Bengaluru with 68 passengers, officials said.
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Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
176 new COVID-19positive cases have been detected and 1 death till 2 pm today; taking the total number of cases to 7,476 and death toll rises to 168.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates | Directorate General of Health Services:
412 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Delhi today, taking the total number of cases to 14,465. Death toll stands at 288.
Coronavirus in Russia LIVE updates |
Russia has said 174 people with COVID-19 died in the past 24 hours — a record one-day increase that has pushed the nationwide death toll to 3,807.
Officials reported 8,915 new cases today, pushing its overall case tally to 3,62,342. (Input from Reuters)
Sweden's herd immunity approach
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Coronavirus pandemic LIVE updates |
JUST IN: Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have crossed 55 lakh globally, according to a tally maintained by AFP.Coronavirus in Assam LIVE updates | With 47 new COVID-19 cases, Assam's total rises to 595
As many as 47 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Assam today, taking the total to 595, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Of these 595 cases, 526 are active, 62 have recovered, three have migrated to other states and four have died.
Assam has recorded a spike of over 500 cases since May 4 after road travel restrictions were lifted.
Centre may not revise minimum wage this year: Report
The Centre is looking at deferring the mandatory minimum wage hike for this year, in view of the COVID-19 crisis that has affected the economy greatly.
This move is purported to culminate in an annual saving of Rs 7,500 crore for both the private sector as well as central and state governments.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE updates | Health Department:
The state reported 100 new COVID-19 cases between 5.00 pm yesterday and 12.00 pm today, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 2,282. This number includes 1,514 active cases and 44 deaths.
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Coronavirus in Singapore LIVE updates |
Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Singapore has risen to 31,960, according to Channel News Asia. The city-state reported 344 new cases yesterday.
While 15,738 patients have been discharged from hospitals so far, 23 have died. Over 15,592 remain in isolation.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi:
Maharashtra is struggling because of the nature of its connectivity. Maharashtra is one of the most important assets that India has because it is an economic centre. It is important that Centre gives its full support to the people of Maharashtra.
Coronavirus impact | Zomato starts home delivery of alcohol in Odisha, Swiggy to follow suit
Odisha has become the second state after Jharkhand to allow home delivery of alcohol, with online food ordering platform Zomato announcing the launch of the service in Bhubaneshwar.
Swiggy would follow its rival in but there could be some delay in the aftermath of the Cyclone Amphan that wrecked the coastal districts of the eastern state, sources said.
Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh LIVE updates | Health Department:
Total COVID-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh now stand at 223, including 151 active cases, 63 recovered patients and five deaths.
