Today is the fifty-second day of India’s nationwide lockdown, meant to stop the novel coronavirus pandemic. Known COVID-19 cases in India stand at 81,970. The death toll in India due to the outbreak has reached 2,649.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the second tranche of the economic package’s details amounting to over Rs 3 lakh crore for migrant workers, farmers and other segments of the economy to help them tide over the COVID-19 pandemic.
There have been over 44.4 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally. At least 3.02 lakh people have died so far. Catch the latest updates here:
Coronavirus LIVE updates:
India's tally of total reported cases soars to85,546, surpassingChina's tally of84,031, according to John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates | CM Arvind Kejriwal in his letter to PM Modi:
There should not be any relaxation in containment zones but economic activities should be resumed in other parts. This may lead to increase in COVID-19 cases, we have all arrangements in place to deal with it.
Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE updates:
With 213 new positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Rajasthan today, the total number of positive cases and deaths rise to 4,747 and 125 respectively. The number of recovered cases stand at 2,729 while there are 1,893 active cases in the state.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | PM Modi on economic timulus to Agriculture sector announced today:
I welcome today’s measures announced by FM Nirmala Sitharaman. They'll help rural economy, our hardworking farmers, fishermen, animal husbandry anddairy sectors. I especially welcome reform initiatives in agriculture, which will boost income of farmers.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates:
Number of COVID-19 patients in Maharashtra rises to 29,100 with 1,576 new cases; 49 deaths take toll to 1,068
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE updates | BMC:
Mumbai's coronavirus cases tally reaches 17,512 with 933 new patients, death toll in city rises to 655 with 34 deaths.
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE updates:
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai directs Mumbai Cricket Association to hand over Wankhede Stadium - which hosted the 2011 World Cup final - to be converted into a quarantine facility during the pandemic.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE updates:
Tamil Nadu Government has issued an order on reopening of Government-run TASMAC (liquor) shops from tomorrow from 10 am till 5 pm in the state, except Chennai, Thiruvallur, malls and containment zones.
Tamil Nadu Govt has ordered that for sales at TASMAC (liquor) shops, the token system needs to be followed; only 500 tokens will be issued per day. All those who come to buy liquor must wear face-mask and follow social distancing norms. (ANI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Airports Authority of India:
With the possibility of resumption of domestic flights soon, AAI has released some steps that must be followed so passengers are fully geared up while travelling. Wear a mask, carry a hand sanitizer, keep docs handy andregister on Aarogya Setu App.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE updates:
447 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 deaths have been reported in Tamil Nadu today, taking the total number of cases to 9,674 and deaths to 66. Number of active COVID-19 patients stands at 7,365.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Divisional Commissioner, Ladakh in letter to Air India:
315 pilgrims hailing from Ladakh are being repatriated from Iran by Mahan Air flight to Delhi tomorrow; we intend to bring them from Delhi to Leh. So, kindly arrange flights for airlifting them from Delhi to Leh on 17 May.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind:As many as 1,640 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members from 47 countries were in India at the time of Nizamuddin Markaz gathering, of whom only 64 tested COVID-19 positive and two more died of the virus.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Governor Cuomo:
New York City lockdown extended until June 13.
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LIVE updates | Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath:
We're skilling the migrants who have returned to the state, during their stay at quarantine centres. Most of them have potential andexperience, and will become strength for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) sector in the state.
Coronavirus in Kerala LIVE updates | Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan:
16 new positive COVID-19 cases reported in state today, taking the total number of cases to 576 and active cases to 80.
Government reaches out to agriculture sector on third day of stimulus measures
Reiterating the Modi government's commitment towards the agriculture sector and highlighting its intent to rehabilitate the country's farmers following the COVID-19 devastation, the third tranche of Centre's economic package has been devoted to them.
FM Nirmala Sitharaman on May 15 announced 11 measures to boost the sector, ranging from amendment of Essential Commodities Act to a Rs 1 lakh crore crore fund to boost agriculture infrastructure.
"The government will amend the Essential Commodities Act to enable better price realisation for farmers. Agriculture products, including cereals, edible oils, oilseeds, pulses, onions, and potatoes to be de-regulated," said Sitharaman.
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Coronavirus in India LIVE updates:
Border Security Force (BSF) has reported 11 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours. Since yesterday, 13 (Tripura-10, Delhi -03) BSF personnel have been discharged from hospital after testing negative for the virus
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates:
FM announces setting up of Rs 1 lakh cr agriculture infra fund for farm-gate infrastructure like cold chain, yards, etc
Coronavirus in Gujarat LIVE updates:
General stores and vegetable vendors began their business today after one week in Ahmedabad.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present the third tranche of measures under the economic stimulus announced by PM Modi. Click here to catch LIVE updates from the press conference.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Congress leader Anand Sharma:
We've to make distinction between fiscal stimulus,economic package andeasing of liquidity. 95% of what we're seeing is easing of liquidity. It would be economic package if there was cash/income support for those who lost wages/livelihood. It has not come from govt.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates:
No new deaths, 425 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in the last 24 hours. The total number of positive cases in Delhi is now 8,895 (including 5,254 active cases and 3,518 recovered / discharged / migrated)
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates:
DMRC may resume its train services on certain routes with some restrictions in the fourth phase of lockdown. (ANI)
Why the migrant crisis stings CM Uddhav Thackeray more
Life has a way of infallibly coming full circle. As an organisation that began existence on the opposite side of the government fence, the Shiv Sena spent half a century beating up migrants to Mumbai, including the well-off Gujaratis, the middle-class South Indians and the poorer working class North Indians.
Now, as leaders of the state government with the future of Maharashtra in their hands, Shiv Sena chief and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is worried about what will happen to Maharashtra’s economy if migrant labourers leave and never come back. Although, unlike Karnataka, the Maharashtra government is not stopping the migrants from leaving, and the CM even decided to pay for their transport from the chief minister’s relief fund, Thackeray's concerns are genuine.
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Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates | Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot:
The decision will be of the Centre, while DMRC is ready to run the metro. On every station there will be thermal checking, proper sanitization and usage of currency will not be encouraged.
If there will be congestion at some station, the entry of people will be stopped. Only main stations will be opened so that we can put our complete manpower there.
Maharashtra suggests Centre to allow suburban trains for essential services
Amid the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, Maharashtra government has suggested the Centre to allow to operate suburban train services in Mumbai for the transport of those who are extending essential services, according to a CNN News18 report.
According to the report, partial services have already resumed in the green and orange zones of the state.
Coronavirus LIVE updates:
German output shrank by 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2020, official data showed Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic battered Europe's top economy.
Coronavirus in Pakistan LIVE update | Pak to resume domestic flights from Saturday
Pakistan will resume domestic flights in a phased manner from tomorrow after the government eased some of the restrictions imposed following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country that has claimed the lives of over 800 people.
The Pakistan government last week said that it would begin a phased lifting of the lockdown due to its effect on the economy and the workforce.
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) announced to resume the domestic flights' operations from tomorrow, news agency PTI has reported citing The Express Tribune's report.
Coronavirus LIVE update |
The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras High Court order which had asked the Tamil Nadu government to close state-run liquor vends on the ground that there was a violation of guidelines meant to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the stay on the high court order by the apex court the state-owned liquor shops may reopen in the state. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE update |
Stern action will be taken against the person responsible for organising the festival. This should not have happened: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan on a village fair organised yesterday in Kolagondanahalli village of Ramanagara(ANI)
Coronavirus in Assam LIVE update |
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said the state has written to the Centre urging it to extend the ongoing lockdown by two more weeks from May 18.
The third phase of the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown is scheduled to end on May 17. (PTI)
Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE update |
Government of West Bengal keen to welcome back our people stranded in different countries and has long back communicated its agreement as well as quarantine arrangements details etc. to the government of India for special international inbound journeys: Home Department, Government of West Bengal (ANI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE update |
Market regulator Sebi today extended the deadline for brokers to submit reports on client funding and daily margin till June 30 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. This is the second instance when the regulator has extended the deadline for compliance.
The regulator has given time till June 30 to brokers for submitting reports on client funding for the month of April and March quarter reports on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications.
The due date for submitting the reports was May 31. Earlier, the deadline to submit the report on client funding was April 8, while the same for AI and ML applications was April 15.
Read more:SEBI extends deadline for brokers to submit reports till June 30
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE update | COVID-19 tally breaches 1,000-mark in Karnataka with 45 new cases
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka breached 1,000-mark, with 45 people testing positive, the state health department said today.
The total number of positive cases in the state stood at 1,032.
With 35 deaths and 476 discharges, there were 520 active coronavirus cases, the department said in its mid-day situation update.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE update |
The Maharashtra government has set up two committees at state and district levels for better coordination between public and private hospitals in tackling the spread of COVID-19.
The decision to constitute the coordination panels was taken on Thursday after a meeting between representatives of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Maharashtra Chief secretary Ajoy Mehta, according to the government. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh LIVE update | 102 fresh COVID-19 cases in AP, tally rises to 2,307
As many as 102 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Andhra Pradesh, where the total number of infections rose to 2,307, the health department said today.
With no fresh deaths, the toll in the state remained at 48. Out of the 102 new cases, 45 patients were from other states, it said, giving the update for the last 24 hours ending at 9 am today. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh LIVE update | Indore records 61 fresh cases; tally rises to 2,299
With 61 new cases in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 count in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district rose to 2,299, while two more patients succumbed to the infection, chief medical and health officer (CMHO) Praveen Jadia said today.
The latest deaths had taken the toll in the region to 98, Jadia said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Punjab LIVE update |
The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Punjab rise to 1,942 with 7 new positive cases reported today: State Health Department (ANI)
Coronavirus LIVE update |
Five regions in New York State can begin a phased reopening when the shutdown orders end today, allowing construction, manufacturing and curbside retail businesses to start operations after remaining closed for nearly two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo has said.
New York State, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, has 3,43,051 confirmed virus cases. The 'New York Pause' is in effect till May 15 under which all non-essential workers are required to work from home and all people in New York to wear masks or face coverings in public, including when taking public or private transportation or riding in for-hire vehicles. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE update |
Five regions in New York State can begin a phased reopening when the shutdown orders end today, allowing construction, manufacturing and curbside retail businesses to start operations after remaining closed for nearly two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo has said.
New York State, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, has 3,43,051 confirmed virus cases. The 'New York Pause' is in effect till May 15 under which all non-essential workers are required to work from home and all people in New York to wear masks or face coverings in public, including when taking public or private transportation or riding in for-hire vehicles. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE update | Uttarakhand using 'ghost' villages as quarantine centres
Abandoned houses in Pauri district's 'ghost' villages, called so as they have become empty after their residents left them, are proving useful for the administration which is converting them into quarantine centres for migrants returning in droves to Uttarakhand.
"In view of the huge influx of people coming from outside the state, the utility of the abandoned houses on the peripheries of deserted villages becomes immense," BDO of Rikhnikhal block in Pauri district SP Thapliyal told news agency PTI.
Poor infrastructure, difficult living conditions and lack of employment have been cited as the reasons for the mass migration of locals from such villages which have been lying vacant for years now.
Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE update |
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) dispatched the first loco of the financial year 2020-21 after CLW workshop re-opened with limited staff on 11th May after a gap of 49 days due to COVID-19. It was done within 3 days of the resumption of work. (ANI)
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE update | Two infants recover from COVID-19 in Kalyan
Two infants were among 51 COVID-19 patients who recovered from the deadly infection at Kalyan taluka in Maharashtra's Thane district, Madhuri Phopale, public relations officer of Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation told news agency PTI.
As many as 51 COVID-19 patients, including a one-month-old baby girl and a two-month-old baby boy, were discharged from different hospitals, following their recovery, said the official.
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE update |
As many as 48 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha today, taking the total number of virus cases in the state to 672, an official of the Health and Family Welfare department said. The fresh cases were reported from Ganjam and Balasore (12 each), 10 from Puri, 6 from Bhadrak, 3 from Nayagarh, 2 from Jajpur and 1 each from Cuttack, Sundergarh and Deogarh districts.
All the COVID-19 positive cases detected today came from temporary quarantine medical centres and one from home quarantine, the official said, adding they had returned to Odisha recently.
Most of them had returned from Gujarat, West Bengal, Delhi and Maharashtra, the official said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Bangladesh LIVE update | First COVID-19 case detected in Rohingya camps
Authorities have reported the first coronavirus case in the crowded camps for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh, where more than 1 million refugees are sheltered.
The person from the Rohingya community and a local person who lives in the Cox's Bazar district who also tested positive have been isolated, Mahbub Alam Talukder, said the country's refugee commissioner. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE update | Rajasthan reports 4,589 COVID-19 cases, 125 die
Rajasthan recorded 55 fresh coronavirus cases today, taking the state's virus tally to 4,589, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rohit Kumar Singh told news agency PTI. The state has so far seen 125 deaths due to the virus, with Jaipur accounting for 63 deaths.
He said so far 2,646 patients have tested negative for the infection after treatment, of which 2,403 have been discharged from hospitals. The state has 1,818 active cases.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE update |
The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the AAP government on several pleas challenging the levy of 70 percent "special corona fee" on the MRP of all liquor brands in the national capital.
A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued a notice to the Delhi government and sought its response, by May 29, to the petitions which seek setting aside of the May 4 notification imposing the levy.
While issuing the notice, the court declined to grant any interim stay on the notification for now and decided to wait for Delhi government's reply, one of the petitioners, Lalit Valecha, said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE update |
Researchers at IIT Gandhinagar have developed an interactive COVID-19 dashboard that they say can help administrators, hospitals as well as public in planning optimised testing for the novel coronavirus, and containing community infection in various post-lockdown scenarios.
The dashboard provides different epidemiological scenario-specific information at a city-scale, said the researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN).
It is aimed at helping various stakeholders in optimised testing efforts and post-lockdown operations to contain community infection, they said. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE update |
Of the $1 billion commitment by the World Bank, $550 million will be financed by a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) - the World Bank's concessionary lending arm and $200 million will be a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), with a final maturity of 18.5 years including a grace period of five years.
The remaining $250 million will be made available after June 30, 2020. (PTI)
