Today is the fifty-eighth day of India’s nationwide lockdown, meant to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stand at 1,12,359. The death toll from the outbreak in India is at 3,435. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Delhi have reported the highest number of cases.
Globally, there have been over 49.9 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 3.28 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Russia, Brazil, the United Kingdom and Spain are the most-affected countries. Catch the latest updates here:
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates |
Maharashtra's coronavirus tally crosses 41,000-mark; 64 new deaths
Maharashtra on Thursday recorded as many as 2,345 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally in the state to 41,642, a health official said.
With 64 fatalities due to the pandemic reported during the day, 41 of them in the worst-hit city of Mumbai, the death toll in the state rose to 1,454, the official said.
Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE Updates |
94 fresh COVID-19 cases reported from Bengal today, taking the total number of cases in the state to 3,197. Six deats have also been reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths to 187, plus 72 deaths due to co-morbidities.
Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
212 COVID-19 positive cases reported in the state today, taking the total number of positive cases to 6,227.
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE Updates |
Mumbai has reported 1,382 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 41 deaths. This takes the total number of cases in the city to 25,317 and 882 deaths.
Coronavirus in Uttarakhand LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
24 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in the state till 8pm today; taking the total number of positive cases in the state is now 146.
Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
248 new positive cases reported today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 5,981, of which 2,843 patients have been cured and discharged. The death toll stands at 270.
Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh LIVE Updates |
With 31 new positive COVID-19cases reported today, the total number of positive cases in Himachal Pradesh rises to 141, of which 83 are active cases.
Coronavirus in Gujarat LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
371 new COVID-19positive cases have been reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours. Total cases in the state stand at 12,910, including 5,488 cured/discharged and 773 deaths.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | Railway Board, Ministry of Railways:
Inter-district travel is prohibited in Maharashtra. The tickets of all passengers whose originating as well as terminating stations fall within Maharashtra be cancelled and a full refund be issued without deduction of any cancellation charges.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates | Karnataka Govt:
No inter-district check-posts for health screening in the state. Agencies running public transport to ensure health screening of passengers before the start of a journey. No health screening of passengerstravellingby private vehicles across districts in the state.
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE Updates |
Mumbai's Dharavi reports 47 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of cases in the area to 1,425. No deaths have been reported today, the city's civic authority, BMC, has said.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE Updates | Tamil Nadu allows indoor shooting for TV serials
The TamilNadugovernment has permitted indoor shooting for television serials in non-containment areas.
According to the May 21 order by TamilNadugovernment, television content creators can resume work but with safety and precautions. Conditions and restrictions have also been laid which includes crew control, choosing safe location, among others.
A shooting set cannot have more than 20 people including artistes and technicians.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE Updates |
Tamil Nadu has reported 776 new COVID-19 cases today, taking the total number of cases in the state to 13,967. With seven new deaths, the total number of deaths in the state have risen to 94. Chennai accounts for 8,975 of these cases.
Coronavirus in J&K LIVE Updates | J&K Dept of Information and Public Relations:
Nearly 83,334 residents of J&K stranded in other states and UTs have been brought back to UT, including 63,109 residents brought back by road, 19,724 by special COVID-19andShramik trains and501 passengers including students through special flights.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
143 new COVID-19positive cases have been reported in Karnataka from 5pm yesterday till 5 pm today; taking the total number of positive cases to 1,605. There are 992 active cases.
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE Updates |
In the last 24 hours, 360 new positive cases have been reported in the state. Active cases stand at 2,130 while 127 deaths have occurred due to COVID-19and 3,099 people have been cured/discharged till now.
Coronavirus in Chandigarh LIVE Updates | Chandigarh Administration:
Number of COVID-19cases rises to 216 in Chandigarh including three deaths. Number of active cases stands at 48.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | ITBP:
No new case of COVID-19reported in ITBP in the last 24 hours. Till date, 119 positive cases have been reported, of which 67 are recovered cases.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
The Sports Authority of India, too, has released a detailed SOP for sports training to restart.Aarogya Setu app mandatory for administrators as well as athletes at national camps, the SOP has said.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
Even if middle seats are kept vacant, necessary social distancing norms will not be met: Hardeep Singh Puri
Addressing a press conference a day after he announced that domestic flight operations will start in a calibrated manner from May 25, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on May 21 clarified that the middle seats of the airplane will not be kept vacant.
"Middle seats on flights will not be kept vacant because even if that is done the necessary social distancing norms will not be met," Puri said, adding that nowhere in the world is the "option of keeping the middle seat vacant an option which anybody has seriously pursued."
Coronavirus in Bihar LIVE Updates | Information and Public Relations Department, Govt of Bihar:
96 more positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Bihar today, taking the total number of positive cases to 1,872.
Apple and Google’s Exposure Notification API is incompatible with India's Aarogya Setu; here's why
Earlier today, Apple and Google released the Exposure Notification API that can be used in contact tracing apps for tracking COVID-19 cases. The contact-tracing tool, however, is incompatible with India’s Aarogya Setu.
Aarogya Setu uses location data as a mode to track and trace individuals infected with the novel coronavirus. This is one of the key reasons why the Apple and Google Exposure Notification API tool will not work with the app.
Read: Coronavirus shut down the ‘experience economy.’ Can it come back?
Large-scale gatherings are on hold for the foreseeable future. That is taking a toll on the live events industry and society at large.
Coronavirus in Nepal LIVE updates | COVID-19 cases in Nepal rise to 444
Nepal has reported 17 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of cases to 444 in the country.
So far, 45 people have been discharged from hospitals and 397 people are currently undergoing treatment at various health centres. So far, Nepal has reported two deaths due to COVID-19. (Input from PTI)
Key points from Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s press conference:
> Domestic air travel services to begin from May 25 in a calibrated manner.
> 1/3rd capacity of all approved flights to operate between metropolitan cities.
> Temporary changes to remain in effect until August 24.
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Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri:
20,000 Indian citizensstranded abroad have beenbrought back on repatriation flights as part of the Vande Bharat Mission so far.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri:
Planning to ramp up flights to bring back more stranded Indians from overseas. Private airlines to join effort to bring back Indian citizens stranded abroad.
Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE updates | Health Department:
131 COVID-19 cases and three deaths were reported in Rajasthan so far today.
The confirmed cases in the state stand at 6,146, including 150 deaths and 3,422 recoveries.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
The government may cap air fares based on travel time and routes, CNBC-TV18 has reported. Fares on the Delhi-Mumbai route may be capped between Rs 3,500 and Rs 10,000.
The report adds that there has been no decision yet on the duration for which these capped fares will be applicable.
Coronavirus in Haryana LIVE updates | Known COVID-19 cases in Haryana rise to 1,005
With 12 more people testing positive for COVID-19, the total number of confirmed cases in Haryana rose to 1,005 today.
Over 60 percent of the 1,005 cases have been reported from the four worst-hit districts — Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat and Jhajjar. Fourteen COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the state so far. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus in Indonesia LIVE updates | Indonesia reports 973 new cases, biggest daily jump
Indonesia today reported its biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases, taking the total confirmed number to 20,162.
The country confirmed 973 new infections and 36 new deaths — taking the official number of fatalities to 1,278. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Asymptomatic patients without fever cannot infect others: Health Ministry
The Union Health Ministry announced on May 20 that pre-symptomatic, moderately symptomatic, and mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients who have not got fever in the past 10 days do not pose a threat of spreading the infection to others.
This announcement follows the May 9 government order which had tweaked the discharge policy for coronavirus patients, indicating that positive cases exhibiting mild symptoms do not require hospitalisation and can recover at home.
Coronavirus in South Africa LIVE updates | South Africa records first neonatal COVID-19 death, toll jumps to 339
South Africa recorded its first neonatal COVID-19 death yesterday, as the death toll jumped by 27 to 339, the health ministry said.
The country, having the highest coronavirus infections in Africa, reported 803 new cases in a 24-hour cycle, taking the total to 18,003 while 8,950 people have recovered. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh LIVE updates | 16 more test positive for COVID-19 in Himachal; total cases climb to 127
Sixteen more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh today, taking the total number of cases reported in the state so far to 127.
With 54 patients having recovered, active cases in the state now stand at 69.
The state had reported 18 COVID-19 cases yesterday. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
The Civil Aviation Ministry has formally announced that domestic air travel services will resume in the country from May 25, albeit with multiple restrictions in place.
Passengers will have to follow certain mandatory measures that have been listed by the government, failing which they would not be handed their boarding passes.
Read: Fliers won't get a boarding pass if they don't officially declare these things
Also read | Domestic flights to resume: Aarogya Setu app, masks & gloves and thermal screening is now compulsory
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates | COVID-19 cases in Peru surpass 1 lakh-mark
Peru's confirmed COVID-19 cases have surpassed 1 lakh-mark, the country’s Ministry of Health reported yesterday. The death toll rose to 3,024, up from 2,914 a day earlier, the ministry said.
The South American country is under a nationwide lockdown until May 24 in an effort to lessen the impact of the outbreak, which has nearly paralyzed the local economy and left millions without jobs. (Input from Reuters)
Preventive measures for offices
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Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LIVE updates | One more dies of COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh, toll rises to 54; state reports 45 fresh cases
One person died of COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh while 45 new cases were confirmed, taking the total number of infections in the state to 2,605, a bulletin from the government said today.
About 41 were discharged from various hospitals after treatment, taking the cumulative recoveries to 1,680. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus in Singapore LIVE updates |
Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Singapore has risen to 29,364, according to Channel News Asia. The city-state reported 570 new cases yesterday.
While 11,207 patients have been discharged from hospitals so far, 22 have died. Over 17,181 remain in isolation.
Coronavirus in Indore LIVE updates | Indore’s COVID-19 tally up by 59 to 2,774; death toll reaches 107
As many as 59 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Indore in the last 24 hours, raising the number of such cases in the worst hit district of Madhya Pradesh to 2,774.
The COVID-19 death toll in the district also rose to 107. Of the total 5,735 COVID-19 cases recorded in Madhya Pradesh till yesterday, nearly 48 percent have been from Indore alone. (Input from PTI)
BMC to acquire 100 beds of private hospitals in each Mumbai ward
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed civic officials to acquire at least 100 beds, including 10 in ICUs, of private nursing homes and small hospitals in all 24 wards of Mumbai.
The financial hub recorded 1,372 new COVID-19 cases and 41 deaths yesterday. The tally of cases in Mumbai thus reached 23,935 and death toll rose to 841.
Coronavirus in South Korea LIVE updates | South Korea reports 12 new cases
South Korea has reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death, bringing its totals to 11,122 cases and 124 deaths.
The country was reporting around 500 new cases per day in early March, but managed to stabilise infections with an active test-and-quarantine program. The country has been relaxing social distancing guidelines and proceeding with phased reopening of schools. (Input from AP)
Trump says his hydroxychloroquine regimen finishes in 'day or two'
United States’ President Donald Trump has said that the regimen of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) that he is taking to ward off COVID-19 will finish in the next day or two.
Trump had disclosed on May 18 that he was taking the drug despite medical warnings about potential serious side effects and questions about its effectiveness in preventing the coronavirus.
Basic preventive measures to be observed at workplaces
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Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE updates | With 95 new cases, UP’s Barabanki emerges as COVID-19 hotspot
Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district has emerged as the new COVID-19 hotspot, with 95 new cases being reported in a single day.
Among those who tested positive, 49 are migrants who had recently returned from other states, the District Magistrate Aadarsh Kumar said. With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the district has gone up to 122, the DM added. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | 1,000-fold increase in quantum of COVID-19 tests: ICMR
For every positive COVID-19 test, more than 20 negative tests have been done, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said, asserting there has been a 1,000-fold increase in the quantum of tests per day in the last two months.
Coronavirus in Pakistan LIVE updates |
Total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan have risen to 47,259, according to Dawn. This figure includes patients who have recovered (13,101) and the death toll in the country which stands at 1,009.
While Punjab province has reported 16,685 cases so far, Sindh has reported 18,964 cases.
