Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Today is the seventieth day of India’s nationwide lockdown, meant to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Health Ministry said today that the recovery rate in India is increasing, and has reached 48.19 percent.
The Centre has extended the lockdown, now called 'Unlock 1', till June 30. A number of activities will be allowed to resume in a phased manner over this month.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stand at 1,98,706. The death toll from the outbreak in India is at 5,598. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases.
Globally, there have been over 62.7 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 3.7 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Brazil, Russia, the United Kingdom and Spain are the most-affected countries.
Coronavirus in Telangana LIVE Updates |
Telangana reports 99 new COVID-19positive cases; taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 2,891. Death toll is at 92.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates |
Delhi has reported 1,298 fresh COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths today, taking the total number of cases in the city to 22,132 and deaths to 556.
Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LIVE Updates |
137 more people have tested positive for COVID-19in Madhya Pradesh, taking the total number of cases in the state to 8420. The death toll stands at 364.
Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
396 new COVID-19positive cases reported in the state in the last 24 hours. Total positive cases in the state stand at 6,168 and death toll is at 263.
Coronavirus in Gujarat LIVE Updates |
In last 24 hours, 29 deaths and 415 new positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Gujarat; the total number of cases rises to 17,632 including 11,894 cured/discharged and 1,092 deaths.
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE Updates |
Mumbai has reported 1,109 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases in the city to 41,986. Total 49 deaths have also been reported today, taking the total number of deaths in the city to 1,368.
Coronavirus in Haryana LIVE Updates |
296 new COVID-19 cases registered today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 2,652.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates |
Maharashtra has reported 2,287 new cases of COVID-19 and 103 deaths. Over 1,225 patients were also discharged today after full recovery.
Coronavirus in Goa LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
6 new positive cases reported in the state today, taking the total number of positive cases to 79 including 22 active cases and 57 recovered.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
India has crossed 2 lakh cases of novel coronavirus, reports suggest.
Coronavirus in Punjab LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
41 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Punjab today; the total number of positive cases in the state is now 2,342.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE Updates |
Airports Authority of India (AAI) office in Rajeev Gandhi Bhawan has been sealed till 4th June after four AAI officials test positive for COVID-19.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates |
The government has permitted entry of certain categories of foreign nationals to India. These include:
Foreign engineering, managerial, design, or other speciialists traveling to India on behalf of foreign business entities located in India. This includes all manufacturing units, design units, software and IT units as well as financial sector companies.
Foreign technical specialists and engineers traveling for installation, repair and maintenance of foreign-origin machinery and equipment facilities in India, on invitation of registered Indian business entity. (2/2)
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE Updates |
Tamil Nadu reports 1,091 new cases of COVID-19taking the total number of cases in the state to 24,586.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE Updates | State Health Minister Rajesh Tope:
Yesterday I visited a few hospitals to see if govt rules are being implemented properly or not. I found that the implementation was not up to the mark at some places and show cause notices have been issued.
Coronavirus in Nepal LIVE Updates |
288 new positive cases of COVID19 confirmed in the last 24 hours. COVID-19 case tally stands at 2,099 with cases recorded in 61 out of 77 districts.
Coronavirus in Chandigarh LIVE Updates |
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Chandigarh stands at 301, with five deaths.
Coronavirus in Assam LIVE Updates |
The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state is 1,513 including 1,182 active cases, 324 discharged and 4 deaths.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | ICMR:
Instead of the use of the word 'community transmission', we need to understand the extent of the spread of the disease. We are far from the peak. Our measures to curtail the disease are effective. India has been very good in the reduction in mortality.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Health Ministry:
We have asked all states to analyse the trajectory of the cases in their respective states. If a state thinks that it needs to set up temporary COVID-19 care centres then it must do so.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | ICMR:
We've been using indigenous platforms too for ramping up COVID-19testing capacity. Truenat screening and confirmatory tests have now been validated. Outreach of testing has hence been increased since this is available in primary health centres and districts.We have 681 laboratories that are approved for conducting COVID-19tests- 476 in Government sector and 205 in private sector, as of 1st June 2020. Today, we are conducting 1 lakh 20 thousand tests every day.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Health Ministry:
73 percentof COVID-19deaths in India are people with co-morbidities.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Health Ministry:
The fatality rate in our country is 2.82 percent, one of the lowest in the world.Till now, 95,527 COVID-19 patients have recovered. The recovery rate is now 48.07 percent.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
As per data from the Union Health Ministry, 95,526 people have recovered from COVID-19 so far.
This means, around 48.07 percent of patients have recovered. The recovery rate was 47.4 percent on May 30.
Coronavirus in UK LIVE updates | UK COVID-19 death toll rises to nearly 50,000, Reuters tally shows
The United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll came closer to the 50,000-mark today, according to a tally by Reuters. The toll now stands at 49,646, including death certificate data for England and Wales released today from up to May 22, previous figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland, and recent hospital deaths in England. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus News LIVE updates | Confirmed cases in ASEAN countries
> Brunei: 141 cases (includes recoveries and deaths)
> Cambodia: 125 cases
> Indonesia: 26,940 cases
> Laos: 19 cases
> Malaysia: 7,857 cases
> Myanmar: 228 cases
> Philippines: 18,638 cases
> Singapore: 35,836 cases
> Thailand: 3,083 cases
> Vietnam: 328 cases
(Source: News reports and Johns Hopkins University CSSE, as of 3.30 pm IST on June 2)
Coronavirus impact | Hassled students seek room-rent waivers, want government to intervene
Across social media, students who have not been able to pay room rent at paying guest facilities and hostels have appealed to the state governments to allow three to six months of waiver.
The students' justification is that the PG/hostel premises have not been occupied since March and the financial impact of lockdown restrictions on their families has been huge, with their parents either forced to take pay cuts or handed pink slips.
Coronavirus News LIVE updates | Confirmed cases in SAARC countries
> India: 1,98,706 confirmed cases (includes recoveries and deaths)
> Afghanistan: 16,492 cases
> Bangladesh: 49,534 cases
> Bhutan: 47 cases
> Maldives: 1,829 cases
> Nepal: 1,811 cases
> Pakistan: 76,106 cases
> Sri Lanka: 1,643 cases
(Source: MoHFW India, news reports and Johns Hopkins University CSSE, as of 3.05 pm IST on June 2)
Coronavirus in Uttarakhand LIVE updates | Heath Department:
41 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 999. Death toll is at seven.
Coronavirus LIVE updates |
The global death toll due to the COVID-19 pandemic has crossed 3.75 lakh-mark, according to the Johns Hopkins University CSSE.
Total confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the world have risen to 62.8 lakh.
Ride-hailing firms like Ola, Uber stare at post-COVID-19 challenges
India’s top ride-hailing apps — Uber and Ola — fought a bruising market share war for years to capture a large market that could decide the future for them and their investors.
Billions of dollars later, in a post-COVID-19 world, that large market itself may be questionable.
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Local stores show faster sales recovery than organised retail: Report
Neighbourhood departmental stores and small shops could bounce back faster with higher sales and transactions in comparison to organised retail, as the country slowly opens up after months of lockdown due to COVID-19.
“Within two weeks of lockdown opening, the sales in small shops in these (consumer durables) categories jumped to 44 percent of January numbers, while organised merchants grew to about 21 percent in the same geographical area,” said Innoviti Payment Solutions in a report published in May on changing Indian consumer behaviour in the post-COVID world. The report was exclusively shared with Moneycontrol.
Coronavirus in Japan LIVE updates | Japan allows saliva-based tests to boost COVID-19 detection
Japan's government has said it has approved saliva-based tests for COVID-19, offering a safer, simpler way to diagnose infection than nasal swabs as it looks to boost its testing rates.
Currently, nasal swabs are the main source for tests in Japan. It was not immediately clear how much the change would boost overall testing capacity.
Japan has escaped an explosive outbreak, with nearly 17,000 infections and 898 deaths so far, according to NHK public broadcaster. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Twitter:
We also appreciated the efforts made by armed forces of India and France in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. France has affirmed its commitment to ensure timely delivery of Rafale aircraft despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Twitter:
Had a telephonic conversation with French Minister of Armed Forces, Ms Florence Parly today. We discussed matters of mutual concern including COVID-19 situation, regional security and agreed to strengthen the bilateral defence cooperation between India and France.
Coronavirus in Pakistan LIVE updates | Live with the virus
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan cited economic losses and the inability of his government to continue cash handouts to the poor on such a large scale, to justify lifting a coronavirus lockdown despite rising infections and deaths.
In a televised address, Khan said Pakistan could not afford to match the losses incurred during the lockdown as many other countries had done, adding: "If people do take care they can live with the virus." (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates |
During a televised address a short while back, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a mobile app and put out a helpline number to make it easier for COVID-19 patients to find beds.
“If denied beds for COVID-19 patients, people may call at helpline number 1031. The Special Secretary(Health)will ensure availability,” Kejriwal said.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates | Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal:
There have been instances where people are complaining of shortage of beds and medical facilities, so clearly there is gap in information as even today around 4,100 beds are vacant.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates | Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal:
We are four steps ahead of coronavirus. COVID-19 cases are increasing in Delhi but we have made all the arrangements for beds, ICUs and ventilators.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates | Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal:
The number of cases in Delhi is increasing, but there is no need to worry about medical care for COVID-19 patients as we have done sufficient arrangements. If any member of your family tests positive, then they will get the required medical services.
Physical distancing, masks, eye protection may help prevent COVID-19: Lancet study
Physical distancing of two metres or more can prevent person-to-person transmission of COVID-19, according to a comprehensive review of studies published in The Lancet journal. The study has also found that face masks and eye protection may decrease the risk of infection too.
The systematic review of existing evidence was commissioned by the WHO, researchers said.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Air bridges
British government ministers are mulling options to replace quarantines for people arriving at airports by the end of June, one being the idea of air bridges, the Telegraph newspaper reported.
The policy of air bridges is meant to enable people from other countries who have achieved lower levels of coronavirus infection to come to Britain. The quarantine policy, which requires all international arrivals to self-isolate for 14 days, goes into effect from June 8, Interior Minister Priti Patel said in May. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus LIVE updates | China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO
Throughout January, the World Health Organization (WHO) publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus and thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “immediately."
But in fact, Chinese officials sat on releasing the genetic map, or genome, of the deadly virus for over a week after multiple government labs had fully decoded it, not sharing details key to designing tests, drugs and vaccines. Strict controls on information and competition within the Chinese public health system were largely to blame, The Associated Press has found from internal documents, emails and dozens of interviews.
Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LIVE updates |
State Nodal Officer: 82 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 3,200. COVID-19 death toll in the state stands at 64.
Coronavirus in Singapore LIVE updates |
Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Singapore has risen to 35,292, according to Channel News Asia. The city-state reported 408 new cases today.
While 22,466 patients have been discharged from hospitals so far, 24 have died. Over 12,458 remain in isolation.
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE updates | 141 more test positive for COVID-19 in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Jun 2 (PTI) Odisha reported 141 new COVID-19 cases today, taking the total number of people infected with the disease to 2,245 in the state, a health department official said.
With these fresh ones, the number of active COVID-19 cases increased to 991 in Odisha, while 1,245 patients have recovered so far.
Odisha had registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases yesterday, with 156 people testing positive for the virus. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus in Pakistan LIVE updates |
Total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan have risen to 74,667, according to Dawn. This figure includes patients who have recovered (27,110) and the death toll in the country which stands at 1,576.
While Punjab province has reported 26,240 cases so far, Sindh has reported 29,647 cases.
