The novel coronavirus pandemic has spread across 187 countries and territories. Today is the forty-second day of India’s nationwide lockdown, which has been extended till May 17. Restrictions have been eased, particularly in non-hotspot areas. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stand at 46,433. The death toll from the outbreak in India is at 1,568. Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi have reported the highest number of cases.
Globally, there have been over 35.9 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 2.51 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Spain, Italy, UK, France and Germany are the most-affected countries. Catch the latest updates here:
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Coronavirus in Telangana LIVE updates | Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao:
Public should complete purchase of essential items by 6 pm and they should reach their residences. There will be curfew in the state from 7 pm. If anyone is found outside, police will initiate action
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | BREAKING:
Lockdown in Telangana extended till May 29 announces Telangana CM
Coronavirus in Haryana LIVE updates:
Govt of Haryana has decided to open retail liquor vends from tomorrow, except areas demarcated from time to time as 'Containment Zones'. Operational hours of retail liquor vends shall be observed from 7 am to 7 pm, in both urban and rural areas.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates:
Number of COVID-19 positive cases in Delhi crosses 5000 mark; total positive cases stands at 5104 of which 206 cases have been reported today. Death toll at 64
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE updates:
841 new COVID-19 positive cases and34 deaths reported in Maharashtra today, taking the total number of cases to 15,525.
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE Updates |
Mumbai has reported 635 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the city to 9,758. 26 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, civic body BMC has said.
Coronavirus in Gujarat LIVE Updates | State Health Dept:
In last 24 hours, 49 deaths and 441 new COVID-19cases have been reported in Gujarat. 39 deaths and 349 new cases are from Ahmedabad. Total positive cases stand at 6,245 and death toll is at 368.
Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu LIVE updates:
508 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Tamil Nadu today; taking the total number of positive cases to 4,058. Two deaths have been reported today; death toll is at 33
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE updates:
Dharavi gets 33 new cases, taking total in the slum to 665, including 20 dead.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Home Ministry:
If they test negative after 14 days, they will be allowed to go home and will undertake self-monitoring of their health for 14 more days as per protocol. The remaining persons will be shifted to medical facility by stategovernments
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Home Ministry:
Passengers found to be symptomatic shall be immediately taken to medical facility.
Remaining passengers shall be taken to suitable institutional quarantine facilities to be arranged by respective states.
These passengers shall be kept under institutional quarantine for 14 days
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Home Ministry:
Mandatory quarantine for Indian nationals being evacuated from abroad. Those with negative RT-PCR tests will be allowed home quarantine.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Ministry of Home Affairs:
All existing visas granted to foreigners, except certain categories, to remain suspended till the prohibition on international air travel of passengers from/to India is lifted by Government of India.
Right of multiple entry long term Visa facility for visiting India for any purpose, granted to OCI Cardholders, to remain in abeyance till prohibition on international air travel of passengers from/to India is lifted by Government of India.
This is how much the evacuation flights will cost
Offering details on the flights planned to evacuate stranded Indians across the world, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the London-Mumbai flight will have a fare of about Rs 50,000.
Similarly, flights from US, including those originating from San Francisco and Newark, will cost about Rs 1 lakh. A Dhaka-Delhi flight will cost Rs 12,000.
The government had made it clear on May 4 that passengers will have to pay for their flights back home.
Confirming Moneycontrol report, Puri added that in total 64 flights will be operated in the first week of evacuation. About 15,000 Indians will be brought home.
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Coronavirus LIVE updates:
Britain has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from the coronavirus in Europe with more than 32,000 deaths, figures released on Tuesday showed. (Reuters)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Health Ministry:
Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in India rises to 46,711 including 31,967 active cases, 1,583 deaths, 13,160 cured/discharged and 1 migrated.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE updates | Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa:
COVID-19 situation in the state is under control as compared to other states. Due to this, travel of migrant workers was prohibited. Now, trade, construction and industrial activities need to restart, except in the red zones.
Coronavirus in Kerala LIVE updates:
3 new COVID-19 positive cases reported today; all 3 are from Wayanad district. Total cases in the state are 502 including 37 active cases.
Alcohol consumption in India to touch 6.5 billion litres by 2020
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has allowed standalone alcohol shops to operate by following strict social distancing orders.
This decision came in phase three and after 40 days of the nationwide lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. However, it left the final decision regarding their opening with state governments.
"Standalone shops will be allowed to sell liquor in orange and green zones. Persons visiting the shops will have to maintain a distance of at least six feet from each other," the notification read.
The liquor industry contributes the maximum tax revenue to the government and relaxation in the sale of liquor will help the government generate some revenue during this crises.
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oronavirus in India LIVE updates: Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri:
CWhenever we resume commercial passenger flights, it will be done in a graded manner.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Railway Ministry:
Till now, 67 Shramik Special Trains, with 67,000 stranded migrants, have been run by various Zonal Railways. TillMay 4, we had run 55 trains. Today, trains have been operated from Bengaluru, Surat, Sabarmati, Jalandhar, Kota, Ernakulam etc. 21 more such trains may leave today.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Health Ministry Joint Secy Lav Agarwal:
We persuaded certain states as we were not receiving reports of cases / deaths on time from them, after which the cases have been reported and we have seen spike in death cases today.
We also need to ensure that people continue to receive non-COVID19 healthcare services at both government and private facilities. Services for critically ill patients should also run smoothly.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Health Ministry Joint Secy Lav Agarwal:
Total number of positive cases of COVID-19 is 46,433. In last 24 hours, there have been 3,900 new cases, 195 deaths and 1,020 people have recovered. The recovery rate is 27.41 percent.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Home Ministry Joint Secy Punya Salila Srivastava:
To maintain social distancing, gathering of not more than 50 persons are allowed at wedding functions and not more than 20 persons at last rites of deceased persons.
The offices that are operational now must ensure thermal scanning of employees.The in-charge must ensure sufficient availability of face masks and sanitisers.
Social distancing norms must be followed. Employees must be registered on Aarogya Setu app.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Additional Chief Secy (Home) Awanish Awasthi:
Over 65,000 people have been brought back from different states. Anyone from another state who is stranded in UP can register on 'Jansunwai' portal to seek help. Also, UP people stranded in other states can get themselves registered.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates | Lockdown helped flatten curve, but no downward trend a concern: AIIMS Director
The Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Dr Randeep Guleria, in an interview to a newspaper, said while the lockdown has helped flatten the curve, no visible dip in the number of COVID-19 cases is a concern.
"While the lockdown has helped in flattening the curve, the curve has not shown a downward trend. That is a cause for concern. That is why the next four to six weeks will be very, very important because the lockdown cannot be there forever," Dr Guleria told the newspaper.
Coronavirus in Pune LIVE updates |
News agency ANI has quoted a health official as saying that three more deaths, including that of an 11-year-old child, were reported in Maharashtra’s Pune district today.
Total active COVID-19 cases in the district stand at 2,132. The death has risen to 118.
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates | Confirmed cases in ASEAN countries
> Brunei: 138 cases (including recoveries and deaths)
> Cambodia: 122 cases
> Indonesia: 11,587 cases
> Laos: 19 cases
> Malaysia: 6,353 cases
> Myanmar: 161 cases
> Philippines: 9,684 cases
> Singapore: 19,410 cases
> Thailand: 2,988 cases
> Vietnam: 271 cases
(Source: News reports and Johns Hopkins University CSSE, as of 3.30 pm IST on May 5)
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
India has so far been able to stave off community transmission of COVID-19, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said, expressing hope that “behavioural changes" brought about by the outbreak could become the “new normal” for a healthy society after the pandemic abates.
The nation in a post-coronavirus future could well look back on the pandemic period as a “blessing in disguise” if Indians imbibe hand, respiratory and environmental hygiene and practise it in their everyday lives, the minister said.
Coronavirus in Spain LIVE updates | Spain reports 185 more deaths
The daily number of coronavirus deaths registered in Spain remained below 200 today for a third consecutive day, the country's health ministry said, as it reported 185 deaths in 24 hours.
The overall coronavirus death toll in the country rose to 25,613. Total confirmed cases in the country now stand at 2,19,329.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Tipping point
An internal Chinese report presented in early April by its Ministry of State Security to top Beijing leaders including President Xi Jinping concluded that global anti-China sentiment was at its highest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and could result in confrontation with the United States, people familiar with the paper told Reuters.
China has been accused by the United States of suppressing early information on the novel coronavirus, which was first detected in Wuhan city, and downplaying its risks. Beijing has repeatedly denied that it covered up the extent or severity of the outbreak.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Bright spot
With its commodities sector suffering only minor disruptions from the novel coronavirus pandemic, Western Australia is one of the world's few bright spots, even as the national economy faces its first recession in three decades.
Economists, miners and farmers believe global demand for food and iron ore will mark a return to prosperity for the region that fell into the doldrums in 2014. Western Australia has succeeded in stopping almost all new infections and analysts expect the state to lead a national recovery. (Input from Reuters)
Coronavirus in Rajasthan LIVE updates |
66 new positive cases of COVID-19 and five deaths have been reported today in Rajasthan. Total number of cases have risen to 3,127 with 82 deaths. Actives cases in the state are at 1,581.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates:
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi to hold meeting via video conference with chief ministers of the Congress-ruled states tomorrow, over the situation arising due to COVID-19.
Coronavirus LIVE updates | Health over economy
Two-thirds of more than 13,200 survey respondents in 11 countries including India, China, France, Germany, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United States agreed that their governments should prioritise saving lives over restarting economies, Reuters has reported.
Coronavirus impact |
From booking tickets and airport check-ins to boarding planes, the Indian aviation industry is set for a series of unprecedented changes.
The glamour of strolling around the airports or striking a conversation with the neighbour in the flight could well be history, albeit temporarily.
Read: What awaits passengers and airlines when flying resumes
Domestic violence cases in India under lockdown
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Coronavirus in Goa LIVE updates | Goa CM urges migrants to stay back as 80,000 seek to go home
Nearly 80,000 migrant labourers, mostly from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, have registered themselves with the Goa government to return to their native places, according to official figures.
However, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has urged them to stay back as the coastal state will require manpower for the economic revival once the lockdown is lifted. (Input from PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates | Confirmed cases in SAARC countries
> India: 46,433 confirmed cases (includes recoveries and deaths)
> Afghanistan: 2,894 cases
> Bangladesh: 10,143 cases
> Bhutan: 7 cases
> Maldives: 551 cases
> Nepal: 82 cases
> Pakistan: 21,501 cases
> Sri Lanka: 755 cases
(Source: News reports and Johns Hopkins University CSSE, as of 1.00 pm IST on May 5)
Coronavirus in Sri Lanka LIVE updates |
Sri Lanka registers over 750 cases, most from Navy facility
Of the 548 active COVID-19 cases in Sri Lanka, 327 are Navy personnel, officials said today.
The novel coronavirus outbreak has killed eight people with total 752 positive cases in the island nation so far.
Coronavirus LIVE updates |
The Centre is likely to operate 64 flights between May 7 and 13 to bring home Indian nationals stranded abroad because of the coronavirus lockdown.
These special flights would be operated by Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express to repatriate Indians from 12 countries — the UAE, the UK, the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh,Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman and thePhilippines, reports suggest.
Coronavirus in India LIVE updates |
The Supreme Court of India (SC) has declined to expand the definition of ‘migrant workers’ and ‘stranded persons,’ News18 has reported.
The top court has refused to intervene in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)’s order on movement of migrant workers and has also declined to pass an order on train fares.
A plea had sought MHA’s order to be modified so as to allow everyone to go back. The plea had also asked for doing away with the 15 percent fare. More details are awaited.
Coronavirus in Karnataka LIVE updates | State Health Department:
Eight more COVID-19 cases have been reported in Karnataka between 5.00 pm yesterday and 12.00 pm today.
This took the total number of cases in the state to 659, including 324 recoveries and 28 deaths.
Coronavirus in Mumbai LIVE updates | BMC preparing for worst case scenario of 75,000 COVID-19 cases by May-end: Report
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is working with the projection of India’s financial hub Mumbai, having 75,000 cases by the end of May, reports suggest.
With this projection, the municipal corporation is scrambling to convert schools, hotels, sports complexes and marriage halls into isolation facilities.
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Coronavirus News LIVE Updates | European countries with the highest confirmed cases
> Spain: 2,18,011 confirmed cases (includes recoveries and deaths)
> Italy: 2,11,938 cases
> France: 1,69,583 cases
> Germany: 1,66,152 cases
> Belgium: 50,267 cases
> The Netherlands: 40,968 cases
> Switzerland: 29,981 cases
> Portugal: 25,524 cases
> Sweden: 22,721 cases
> Belarus: 17,489 cases
(Source: Johns Hopkins University CSSE, as of 12.00 pm IST on May 5)
Coronavirus in Singapore LIVE updates |
Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Singapore has risen to 18,778, according to Channel News Asia. The city-state reported 573 new cases yesterday.
While 1,457 patients have been discharged from hospitals so far, 18 have died. Over 15,812 remain in isolation.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE updates |
A senior officer of the Law Ministry has tested positive for COVID-19, News18 has reported. Thus, part of Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi has been sealed as a precautionary measure.
