The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic has spread across 185 countries and territories. Today is the 39th day of India’s nationwide lockdown, which has been further extended till May 17.
The government has extended the nationwide lockdown to contain coronavirus by two more weeks from May 4 onwards. The entire country has been colour coded into Red, Orange and Green Zones. The rules are the strictest in the Red Zone districts and progressively gets easier in the Orange and Green Zones.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stand at 37,776. The death toll from the outbreak in India is at 1,223. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi have reported the highest number of cases.
Globally, there have been over 33.4 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 2.38 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the UK are the most-affected countries. Catch the latest updates here:
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Assam to open its borders with other NE states from tomorrow
The Assam government will open its borders with other northeastern states from tomorrow to allow stranded people to return to their homes, Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
However, Assam residents stranded in Sikkim will not be allowed to enter the state as they will have to come through West Bengal, Sarma told reporters today. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh LIVE updates |
In a bid to bring back its residents stuck outside the state due to the coronavirus lockdown, the Himachal Pradesh government today asked them to register on its online portal.
The government also decided to bring back its residents stranded in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali (collectively called the tricity) from tomorrow, an official spokesperson said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Kerala LIVE updates |
After remaining free from any positive cases for a month, Wayanad reported a lone COVID-19 case today, following which the district was shifted from the green to the orange zone, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, even as he asserted that the state cannot afford to lower its guard.
The other positive case in the state was from Kannur, which has the highest number of cases at present. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates |
Forty-one people living in a building in southwest Delhi's Kapashera area tested positive for coronavirus today, an official said.
A case of COVID-19 had been reported from the building situated in 'theke wali gali' on April 18, prompting authorities to timely seal it. This helped in containing the spread of coronavirus in the area.
The administration will conduct tests of people residing in the building tomorrow again. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE updates |
159 more people have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh today, taking the total number of cases to 2487. Out of the total cases, 698 patients have been cured while 43 others lost their lives due to the infection: State Health Department (ANI)
Coronavirus in Punjab LIVE updates |
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced that the shops in green and orange zones across the state will remain open from 9 am to 1 pm with effect from tomorrow. There would be no relaxations in areas demarcated as red and containment zones, officials said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE updates |
For the second consecutive day, Tamil Nadu reported a COVID-19 death and over 200 cases, the health department said today.
A 76-year-old woman from Chennai died at a city hospital taking the death toll to 29 in the state. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi:
The Arogya Setu app, is a sophisticated surveillance system, outsourced to a privateoperator, with no institutional oversight - raising serious data security & privacy concerns. Technology can help keep us safe; but fear must not be leveraged to track citizens without their consent.
Coronavirus in Haryana LIVE updates |
The death toll due to COVID-19 in Haryana rose to five with one more fatality today while 19 more people tested positive for the disease, taking the total number of cases to 376, officials said. The 62-year-old woman from Ambala City was admitted to PGIMER in Chandigarh last Friday with kidney and liver ailments, Ambala Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Kuldeep Singh said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE updates |
231 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 today; taking the total number of positive cases to 2,757. One death has been reported today. There are 1,384 active cases till date and the death toll is at 29: State Health Department (ANI)
Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE updates |
A 20-day-old infant died due to coronavirus at a hospital in Rajasthan's Jaipur, an official said today. The state reported two more deaths apart from that of the child from Jaipur and Jodhpur, he said, adding that with the three deaths the fatality count reached 65 in the state.
Meanwhile, 54 fresh coronavirus cases surfaced, taking the number of infected patients in Rajasthan to 2,720. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LIVE updates |
Two people have been booked in Morena in Madhya Pradesh for obtaining a medical emergency pass during the coronavirus-induced lockdown by posing as patient and driver and then traveling in a private vehicle to Agra in Uttar Pradesh to get married, police said today.
Three others, including the vehicle owner and his wife who tested positive for the coronavirus infection, have also been booked, a Kotwali police station official said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh LIVE updates |
41 coronavirus cases have been reported in Himachal Pradesh so far and the number of active cases in the state is two. The active cases are from Una and Sirmaur districts of the hill state.
Out of the 12 districts of Himachal Pradesh, 10 are coronavirus free. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Himachal Pradesh LIVE updates | Chamba becomes coronavirus free as three more patients recover in HP
Three more COVID-19 patients recovered in Himachal Pradesh today, taking the total number of those cured in the state to 33, officials said.
Two patients from Una and one from Chamba district have recovered from the disease, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) RD Dhiman said.
With this, Chamba district has become coronavirus free. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates |
The Pune Municipal Corporation is considering setting up swab collection centres in coronavirus hotspots in the central part of the city for people's convenience, commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad said today. Pune district has reported over 1,800 coronavirus cases so far, most of them in the city. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Punjab LIVE updates |
187 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Punjab today which includes 53 cases from Amritsar. Total positive cases in the state stand at 772: State Health Department (ANI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE tracker
Confirmed cases: 37,776
Active cases: 26,535
Cured/Discharged: 10,018
Deaths: 1,223
Coronavirus LIVE updates |
Jammu and Kashmir reported 27 new cases of COVID-19 today, taking the total number of infected persons in the Union Territory to 666, officials said.
The officials said 25 cases were reported from Kashmir Valley, and two from the Jammu region. Of the total number of cases reported so far in the Union Territory, 606 are from Kashmir and 60 from Jammu, they said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Haryana LIVE updates |
19 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Haryana today; taking the total number of positive cases to 376: State Health Department (ANI)
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates |
Another Delhi Police constable has tested positive for novel coronavirus, officials said today. He was posted at the Jahangirpuri Police Station in northwest Delhi, they said. Ten police personnel from the Jahangirpuri Police Station have so far been tested positive for COVID-19. (PTI)
Coronavirus outbreak in India LIVE updates | JUST IN:
The death toll in India due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has risen to 37,776, the Union Health Ministry has said.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates |
The Maharashtra government said today that in the cities with police commissionerates, a concerned deputy commissioner of police (DCP) will have the power to allow inter-state or inter-district journey. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates |
Over 89,000 offences have been registered and 17,813 people arrested in Maharashtra so far for violation of lockdown in place for the novel coronavirus outbreak, police said today. With police deployed in maximum numbers to enforce the lockdown, 342 personnel, comprising 51 officers and 291 constables, have been infected with the virus, an official told news agency PTI, adding that most were from the Mumbai and Malegaon belts.
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE updates | Firm up plan to employ 15-20 lakh people: UP CM to officials
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today asked officials to firm up a plan to provide employment to nearly 20 lakh people in the state after studying the Centre's advisory on lockdown and the permitted economic activities amid it.
He also asked them to compile all details including names, addresses, mobile numbers and work competencies of labourers returning to the state to facilitate their employment. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
Following comprehensive guidelines issued on May 1 for the extended lockdown period that ends on May 17, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a clarification that the inter-district and intra-district plying of buses remains prohibited in Orange zones.
Read more: Lockdown 3.0 | MHA clarifies on movement of vehicles and cab services in Orange zones
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Iran reports lowest virus infections since March 10
Iran said today there was a "clear drop" in the number of new coronavirus infections as it reported 802 fresh cases, the lowest daily count since March 10.
The new cases brought to 96,448 the number recorded in Iran since it announced its first cases in mid-February. (AFP)
Read more: Full list of containment or Red zones in Mumbai
The BMC has released the full list of these containment zones also known as ‘Red Zones’. These Red Zones are areas reporting a large number of COVID-19 cases or high growth rates of the deadly disease.
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE updates | 127 new COVID-19 cases detected in UP; total now 2,455
With 127 more people testing positive for COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh today, the number of confirmed cases in the state rises to 2,455, officials said.
Coronavirus cases have so far been reported in 64 of the 75 districts in the state. Six among these 64 districts have no active cases at present, Principal Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Rajasthan Live updates | COVID-19 death toll rises to 65 in Rajasthan; total cases 2,720
The coronavirus death toll climbed to 65 after three more people, including a minor, succumbed to the infection in Rajasthan, which reported 54 fresh cases on May 2. So far, 2,720 virus cases have been reported from the state. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Maharashtra Live updates |
As many as 56 COVID-19 patients, including a three-year-old girl, were discharged at the same time from a civic-run hospital in Mira Bhayandar township in Thane district of Maharashtra after recovery, an official told news agency PTI.
Coronavirus in Assam Live updates |
Assam government has opened its boundaries to all our northeastern regional states except Sikkim, as it connected with West Bengal, from tomorrow morning. So that people of Assam who are temporarily present in those states can come without any obstructions: Assam Minister HB Sarma(ANI)
After being classified as a green zone in connection with the coronavirus outbreak, Goa will work towards restarting out-patient departments (OPDs) in its district and sub district hospitals, state health minister Vishwajit Rane said on Saturday.
The Congress on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must come forward and address the countrymen to enlighten them on the way ahead in dealing with the coronavirus and the economic situation.
Asking when the lockdown will finally end, Congress's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the prime minister must also lay out the exit strategy from it and spell out the goalpost in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and economy.
President Donald Trump says he's hoping that the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States will be below 100,000.
Even that, he acknowledged on Friday, is a horrible number. Trump's predictions of the expected U.S. death toll have changed over time, and he repeatedly has used high estimates to make the case that his administration's actions, especially his decision to restrict travel from China, have saved lives.
In light of the rise in number of COVID-19 cases, the civic body in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city has arranged for 300 additional beds at three hospitals, a senior official said on Saturday.
A 100-bed COVID-19 centre at the trust-run Al Amin Garib Nawaz Hospital will provide free treatment to patients, while 100 beds have been put up at Infectious Diseases Hospital in the city's south zone, Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra said.
The coronavirus death toll climbed to 65 after three more people, including a minor, succumbed to the infection in Rajasthan, which reported 54 fresh cases on Saturday.
So far, 2,720 virus cases have been reported from the state. According to an official, two of the deaths were reported from the worst-hit Jaipur and one from Jodhpur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held meetings with Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with officials of economic ministries to discuss the second stimulus package for sectors impacted by the coronavirus lockdown: News18
The Indian Railways has used the lockdown period and the resultant suspension of passenger services to address long-pending maintenance work on the rail network, the national transporter said in a statement on Saturday. This, it said, would improve safety and operational efficiencies.
Around 500 modern heavy duty Track Maintenance Machines along with track, signal and Overhead Equipment (OHE) maintainers have worked regularly for 10,749 machine days to complete overdue track maintenance of 12,270 km plain track, it said.
Pilgrims from Uttarakhand can visit Kedarnath and other Himalayan temples in the state from May 4, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said on Saturday.
As inter-district movement of people is being allowed with certain restrictions from May 4 especially in districts which fall in the green zone, pilgrims from the state can visit Kedarnath, Rawat said. However, the chief minister appealed to the people to maintain social distancing while paying obeisance at the temples as their safety is of utmost importance.
A constable working with the Rachakonda police commissionerate here has tested positive for COVID-19, police sources said on Saturday. The 26-year-old constable is undergoing treatment, they said, adding that due precautions were being followed.
Germany has provided 3,000 coronavirus testing kits to Nepal to fight the pandemic. This is part of the bilateral cooperation between Germany and Nepal to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, said a statement by the Embassy of Germany in Kathmandu.
The 3,000 PCR-test kits arrived in Nepal on Saturday through a French repatriation flight. These are part of a total of 20,000 COVID-19 testing kits ordered from Germany.
Three NSA detainees were under mandatory 15-day quarantine at the Central Jail in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal city, following their recovery from COVID-19, an official said on Saturday.
Two NSA detainees, including one who has recovered from COVID-19, were shifted to the Bhopal prison from the Jabalpur facility late on Friday night, Bhopal Central Jail superintendent Dinesh Nargave said.
Coronavirus in Bihar Live updates |
A special train with 1200 labourers reached Danapur Railway Station. (ANI)
Coronavirus Live updates |
Singapore will allow some businesses to reopen from May 12 as part of a gradual resumption of selected activities and services amidst a decline in the coronavirus cases at the community level, the health ministry said today.
Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said that Singapore is in a position to start the gradual easing of the strict "circuit breaker" measures, reported Channel News Asia. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India Live updates |
Two Special Parcel trains are being run by North Western Railway for the supply of essential commodities and general goods amid COVID-19. Interested individuals, organizations and traders can book their parcels by visiting the parcel office of the respective stations.
Coronavirus in Gujarat Live updates |
A school in Rajkot's Pardi area opened today and around 100 students attended the school to take their test results amid COVID-19 lockdown. KD Padariya, Chairman Zilla Panchayat Samiti, Rajkot says, "Investigation is underway and person responsible will be punished". (ANI)
Coronavirus Live updates |
All 11 districts in the national capital will remain in red zone till May 17, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said today. Till yesterday, the national capital had recorded 3,738 cases of coronavirus and 61 fatalities. Yesterday, 223 new cases were reported.
According to Jain, 49 people are in ICU and five are on ventilator. (PTI)
