Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: Today is the seventy-first day of India’s nationwide lockdown, meant to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stand at 2,07,615. The death toll from the outbreak in India is at 5,815. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases. The Centre has extended the lockdown, called 'Unlock 1', till June 30. A number of activities will be allowed to resume in a phased manner over this month.
Globally, there have been over 63.8 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 3.8 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Brazil, Russia, the United Kingdom and Spain are the most-affected countries.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates:
All asymptomatic passengers who enter in Delhi shall home quarantine themselves for 7 days,Delhi Disaster Management Authority has said.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates:
Delhi records highest single-day spike with 1,513 fresh coronavirus cases; total tally crosses 23,000; death toll climbs to 606.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | BREAKING: WHO says hydroxychloroquine coronavirus trials to resume (AFP)
Are asymptomatic COVID-19 patients safe or silent carriers?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines asymptomatic cases as those who don't show symptoms but have been confirmed infected through a lab test. WHO notes there are few reports of truly asymptomatic cases.
The incubation period, or the time a person takes to show symptoms after getting infected, is the pre-symptomatic phase, the WHO says. Carriers can infect others during this period.
Health experts are not yet sure whether asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic cases are infectious. Some say data so far suggests those cases are probably equally likely to be able to spread infection.
The WHO agrees that pre-symptomatic carriers are infectious, and adds that there is also a possibility - although little evidence so far - that people who are asymptomatic may also transmit the virus. The WHO had said in early April that there had been no documented asymptomatic transmissions.
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Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE updates:
Mumbai has reported 1,276 cases today and 49 deaths, taking the total number of cases in the city to 43,262 and deaths to 1,417.
BMC has also said that post cyclone and rains, there could be an increase in monsoon-related diseases in addition to coronavirus illness.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates:
2,560 more COVID19 cases and122 deaths reported in Maharashtra today. The total number of cases in the state is now at 74,860, including 2,587 deaths. 32,329 patients recovered so far.
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE Updates | Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath:
In Uttar Pradesh, timely steps were taken to keep number of COVID-19 cases low; decision to impose lockdown has paid dividends.
The total number of confirmed cases in Uttar Pradesh stands at 8,361 as per the Health Ministry.
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE updates:
19 new positive cases reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai today; the total number of positive cases in the area is now 1,849, death toll at 71.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE updates:
267 new positive cases reported in the state from 2 June, 5pm to 5pm today, taking the total number of cases to 4,063.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE updates:
The total number of COVID19 positive cases in Tamil Nadu is now 25,872 with 1286 positive cases reported today.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates:
US private companies shed another 2.76 million jobs in May following nearly 20 million in April amid coronavirus pandemic. (AFP)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Lok Sabha Secretariat:
Set-up on the initiative of Speaker Om Birla, Lok Sabha Control Room to fight COVID19 has received about 1000 requests between 27 April and 31 May 2020. During the same time period, as many as 11,000 persons have been relocated and helped by the Control Room.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates
:Under Mission Vande Bharat, AI will be operating 75 flights from India to select destinations in USA and Canada from 9th to 30th June 2020. Bookings on these flights, ex India only, will tentatively be open from 1700 Hrs on 5th June 2020 only through Air India website.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates:
DRDO develops Personal Air Circulation System to be used inside PPE as a small backpack of 500 gms which keeps wearer comfortable andcool without sweating. The product named SUMERU-PACS is suitable for medical staff wearing PPE cover for long hours in hospitals
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri:
We are continuously monitoring the situation andwill consider restarting international flights as soon as situation normalises a bit andposes no danger to our citizens.We will also have to consider that countries where we intend to fly are open to incoming foreign citizens.
We are also adding several more flights in the third phase of Vande Bharat Mission.These flights will also carry outbound passengers to countries which have no restrictions on taking them in. So people can also avail these flights to return to the countries they wish to go.
A small group of persons has been proactively agitating on social media since the Lockdown began on 25th March 2020 because they wish to return to their homes abroad. Perhaps all the opportunities of returning are not known to them.
Coronavirus in Goa LIVE updates | 40 people from containment zone test COVID-19 positive
As many as 40 people from a COVID-19 containment zone in Goa have tested positive for the disease, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said.
"Local transmission" of the virus has happened due to the fault of one family residing in the locality, he said.
With this, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the state has reached 65. Till yesterday, 57 COVID-19 patients in the state had been discharged after recovery, as per official figures. (Input from PTI)
Read the full opinion piece here: Treat universities as an essential service
“In fighting the pandemic and its long-term effects, India must use the strength of its close to 1,000 universities, 40,000 colleges and 1,000-plus stand-alone institutions of higher learning,” Gulshan Sachdeva, Chairperson, Centre for European Studies at JNU, writes for Moneycontrol.
In COVID-19 darkness, gift of a 'Moment of Light' to museum
If not for the pandemic, Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum would have missed out on a classic Dutch 16th century painting it so badly craved.
Instead, the work now graces a central hall of one of the world's most famous cultural institutions — all because a wealthy dealer in old masters elected to pay a very unusual tribute to COVID-19 victims.
Coronavirus News LIVE updates | Confirmed cases in ASEAN countries
> Brunei: 141 cases (includes recoveries and deaths)
> Cambodia: 125 cases
> Indonesia: 27,549 cases
> Laos: 19 cases
> Malaysia: 7,877 cases
> Myanmar: 233 cases
> Philippines: 18,997 cases
> Singapore: 36,405 cases
> Thailand: 3,084 cases
> Vietnam: 328 cases
(Source: News reports and Johns Hopkins University CSSE, as of 3.10 pm IST on June 3)
Coronavirus in Assam LIVE updates |
Assam's Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has tweeted that 111 new cases of COVID-19 were reported today till 1.55 pm. This takes the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 1,672.
Coronavirus LIVE updates |
The global death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic has risen to 3.8 lakh, according to Johns Hopkins University CSSE. Total confirmed cases stand at 63.9 lakh.
Coronavirus in Uttarakhand LIVE updates | Health Department:
Total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Uttarakhand now stand at 1,066. This includes 795 active cases and 259 recoveries.23 new cases were reported so far today.
Coronavirus impact | India Inc's IT spends may fall 8% in 2020 to $83.5 billion
The COVID-19 pandemic will lead to an 8 percent decline in information technology spends in India in 2020 to USD 83.5 billion, a research house has said.
This will be the first time in five years that the yearly spends will slip into the negative territory, analysts at Gartner said.
China rejects report that it delayed COVID-19 information sharing with WHO
China said on Wednesday a news report that said it delayed sharing COVID-19 information with the World Health Organization (WHO) is totally untrue.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks during a daily briefing in response to a question about the report by the Associated Press, which said the WHO was frustrated by significant delays in information sharing by Beijing as the coronavirus outbreak took hold in China in January.
Coronavirus LIVE updates:
Germany lifts travel warning for Europe from June 15. (AFP)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates:
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urges Centre to give one-time assistance of Rs 10,000 each to migrant workers, suggests that portion of PM CARES Fund could be used for the purpose.
Coronavirus in Meghalaya LIVE updates | Another COVID-19 patient recovers in Meghalaya
Another person recovered from COVID- 19 in Meghalaya today, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said in a tweet.
With this, the number of patients who have recovered from the disease increased to 13, Sangma said. There are 16 active cases in the state at present, while a person has died due to the infection.
Coronavirus in Sikkim LIVE updates |
Sikkim’s Health Secretary, Dr Pempa T Bhutia, has confirmed that one more person has tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. The person had returned from Delhi on May 25.
Therefore, there are total two positive cases of COVID-19 in the state now. Both are asymptomatic. (Input from ANI)
Follow our other LIVE blog for the latest updates on Cyclone Nisarga
Mumbai and Maharashtra, which are already bearing the brunt of the novel coronavirus pandemic, are now facing the first tropical cyclone in 129 years. Thousands have been evacuated from the state’s coastal areas and several NDRF teams are on stand by.
Coronavirus News LIVE updates | Confirmed cases in SAARC countries
> India: 2,07,615 confirmed cases (includes recoveries and deaths)
> Afghanistan: 17,267 cases
> Bangladesh: 52,445 cases
> Bhutan: 47 cases
> Maldives: 1,841 cases
> Nepal: 2,099 cases
> Pakistan: 78,824 cases
> Sri Lanka: 1,683 cases
(Source: MoHFW India, news reports and Johns Hopkins University CSSE, as of 1.45 pm IST on June 3)
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates |
Delhi government has set up a five-member committee for augmentation of healthcare infrastructure and overall preparedness of hospitals to battle COVID-19.
The committee will submit a report by June 6 on whether Delhi can handle cases from within as well as outside the national capital. More details are awaited.
Coronavirus in Indore LIVE updates | Indore detects 27 new COVID-19 cases; tally rises to 3,597
With 27 persons testing positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the tally in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district rose to 3,597 today, a health official said.
Indore is one of the worst-affected districts in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 2,132 patients have recovered from COVID-19 in the district so far, he added.
The Indore district administration has drawn flak for delaying the reports of deaths in the region. (Input from PTI)
Pepsi signs migrants’ messiah Sonu Sood for Instagram campaign
Beverage company PepsiCo has signed Bollywood actor and “migrant messiah” Sonu Sood for one of its upcoming Instagram campaigns.
Sood has been hogging headlines since the imposition of the nationwide lockdown for dedicating his time and resources to ensure that thousands of stranded migrant labourers get to return to their families during this time of crisis.
Follow our LIVE blog on Cyclone Nisarga for the latest updates from that front
Meanwhile, Cyclone Nisarga has started its landfall process south of Mumbai, Maharashtra. The full process is likely to take three hours, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
Thousands of people living close to the coastal areas ofMaharashtra’s Raigad district have been evacuated to safer ground. Several teams of the NDRF and SDRF have been deployed across Maharashtra and Gujarat’s coastal areas.
This comes at a time when the two states are also facing the novel coronavirus pandemic. In fact, Maharashtra and Mumbai are the worst-affected state and city in India.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
With over 1 lakh COVID-19 patients having recovered so far, India’s recovery rate has risen to around 48.31 percent, as per data from the Union Health Ministry.
Read: Active COVID-19 cases in India rise above 1 lakh, but recovery rate at 48.3 percent
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Key developments from around the world:
> Dubai is allowing full reopening of malls and private businesses from today.
> New cases reported daily are steadily declining in Western Europe, but not in hotspots in Russia and Eastern Europe, the WHO has said.
> Brazil registered a record 1,262 deaths over a 24-hour period, the country's health ministry said yesterday.
> In Afghanistan, officials have said that fewer than one in 10 test samples collected daily are being processed, and of those more than 30 percent are consistently testing positive, suggesting a high and hidden number of infections. (Inputs from Reuters)
Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LIVE updates | 180 new COVID-19 cases reported in Andhra Pradesh
In a single largest spike, 180 new COVID-19 cases have been added in Andhra Pradesh today, taking the total to 3,971.
The death toll too increased by four to 68 in the last 24 hours, the latest bulletin said.
The total number of active cases now stood at 1,447, the bulletin added. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus impact | India's services sector slump stretched into May: PMI
India's enormous services industry endured another month of devastating contraction in May as the pandemic brought activity to a near halt, causing steep job losses and cementing fears of a deep recession, a survey has showed.
Coronavirus in China LIVE updates | Asymptomatic, but not infectious
After testing 9.9 million of the 11 million people in a major testing campaign that began on May 14, the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the pandemic began, has found no new cases of people suffering from the disease and 300 asymptomatic carriers of the virus.
China does not count people who are infected with the virus but do not show symptoms of the disease as confirmed cases. Reuters has cited officials as saying that asymptomatic carriers had been found not to be infectious; masks, toothbrushes, phones, door handles and elevator buttons that they touched had no traces of the virus. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE updates | West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Twitter:
People have been facing economic hardship of unimaginable proportions because of the ongoing pandemic. I appeal to the central government to transfer Rs 10,000 each as one-time assistance to migrant labourers including people in unorganized sector. A portion of PM-CARES could be used for this.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates | Maharashtra Police:
47 police personnel from the department tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The total confirmed cases in the department have reached to 2,556.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates |
The total containment zones in Delhi have fallen to 158. As many as 58 zones have been de-contained.
Coronavirus in Singapore LIVE updates |
Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Singapore has risen to 35,836, according to Channel News Asia. The city-state reported 544 new cases today.
While 23,175 patients have been discharged from hospitals so far, 24 have died. Over 12,306 remain in isolation.
Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE updates | Health Department:
102 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Rajasthan, taking the total confirmed cases to 9,475. While the number of active cases stands at 2,766, the death toll is at 203.
Coronavirus in Assam LIVE updates | 48 fresh COVID-19 cases in Assam; tally reaches 1,561
As many as 48 fresh COVID-19 cases have been reported in Assam, taking the state's tally to 1,561, state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said in a twee. These new cases were detected late last night.
Of the 1,561 cases, 1,217 are active, while 337 people have recovered, four have died and three have migrated, Sarma added.
Coronavirus in Pakistan LIVE updates |
Total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan have risen to 78,475, according to Dawn. This figure includes patients who have recovered (27,110) and the death toll in the country which stands at 1,652.
While Punjab province has reported 27,850 cases so far, Sindh has reported 31,086 cases.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that 41,03,233 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the country till 9.00 am today. Of these, 1,37,158 were tested in the last 24 hours.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
As many as 8,909 COVID-19 cases and 217 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in India, as per data from the Union Health Ministry.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
Ride-hailing giant Uber has announced its partnership with airports to set up sanitisation hubs at pick-up zones to help disinfect cars before every trip as part of its 'Zero-Contact' ride experience.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates | Maharashtra likely to decline Civil Aviation Ministry’s request to increase number of flights: Report
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MCA) has asked the Maharashtra government to increase the number of flight services in and out of the state – especially to and from the financial capital, Mumbai.
However, the state government’s likely response would not be a no, a report suggests.
