Chhattisgarh reports 29 new cases of COVID-19today. Total positive cases stand at 398 including 315 active cases.
Coronavirus India News LIVE Updates: Today is the sixty-fifth day of India’s nationwide lockdown, meant to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. As we approach May 31, the Centre is expected to put out details of a possible lockdown extension soon. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in India stand at 1,58,333. The death toll from the outbreak in India is at 4,531. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases.
Globally, there have been over 57 lakh confirmed cases of COVID-19. At least 3.55 lakh people have died so far. The United States, Brazil, Russia, the United Kingdom and Spain are the most-affected countries.
Chhattisgarh reports 29 new cases of COVID-19today. Total positive cases stand at 398 including 315 active cases.
Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to all the Chief Ministers today to seek their views on the extension of lockdown. The fourth phase of the lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak in the country will end on May 31.
Government of India removes restrictions on export of Paracetamol APIs making its export free with immediate effect.
Mumbai reports 1,438 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 38 new virus-related deaths, taking the total number of cases in the city to 35,273 and deaths to 1,135.
Total of 251 COVID-19 cases reported till 8.30pm today; the total number of positive cases in the state is now 8,067.
Delhi has recordedhighest single day spike in COVID-19positive cases with 1,024 cases, taking the total number of cases to 16,281.
Haryana reports 123 new COVID-19cases; taking the total number of cases to 1,504. Number of active cases stand at 604.
Karnataka has now clarified that it has not banned flightsfrom the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan but has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to reduce the number of flights. The state government has said that this is because there may not be adequate quarantine facilities if there is a huge turnout in a short span of time.
National Defence Academy says passing out parade on May 30 will be held in a "scaled-down" manner in view of coronavirus pandemic, parents of cadets will not be able to attend.
Reopening schools in Denmark did not worsen outbreak, data shows
Sending children back to schools and day carecentresin Denmark, the first country in Europe to do so, did not lead to an increase in coronavirus infections, according to official data, confirming similar findings from Finland, news agency Reuters hasreported.
The report states that, based on five weeks’ worth of data, health authorities are now for the first time saying the move did not make the virus proliferate.
344 new COVID-19positive cases and 6 deaths have been reported in the state in last 24 hours. Total positive cases stand at 4,536 and death toll is at 229.