In India, the cases have surged to over 35,000. 1152 people have died due to the disease in the nation. The novel coronavirus has now affected over 30 lakh people across the globe. Over 2 lakh patients have died due to the virus that originated in China’s Wuhan.
In India, the lockdown was going to take an end on May 3 but it has now extended for two more weeks. Some concessions have been announced for Red, Orange, and Green Zones during this extended lockdown period.
Meanwhile, more than 33 lakh cases of coronavirus infections have been reported worldwide and over 2.3 people have died due to COVID-19.
While the government claims the lockdown significantly helped contain the virus outbreak, experts remain worried about India’s rising case count. The country has over 33,000 positive Covid-19 cases and more than 1,100 deaths. However, experts are also concerned about the economic pain caused by the lockdown, which has affected millions. Besides relaxed lockdown rules for green zones, there are talks of a massive credit relief package for small businesses.
Around the globe, most countries are already getting back while some like the US and the UK continue to face the worst of the virus.
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said there were 2 new coronavirus cases in the state in the past 24 hours.
As part of easing the lockdown restrictions, liquor shops would be allowed to reopen across Karnataka, including in red zones but not in the hotspots, state Excise Minister H. Nagesh said on Saturday.
After many government officials engaged in fighting the coronavirus pandemic got contracted with the deadly virus, the Delhi government has stepped up its efforts in order to protect its officials and employees from the rapidly spreading disease.
127 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in West Bengal in 48 hours; number of active cases rises to 624: Health department
Two more Covid patients, an 82-year-old man from Bidar and a 63-year-old man from the city, have succumbed to the virus, even as positive cases rose by 12 to 601, an official said on Saturday.
With the stage set for the return of migrant workers and people stranded in other states, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday, held discussions with his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik.
In the past 24 hours, 2,293 new coronavirus cases have been reported from across the country, the most in a single day so far, taking the total number of cases to 37,336, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. Despite this steep rise in the number of cases, the country's recovery rate has jumped past the 26 per cent mark.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren recently took to Twitter and expressed disapproval over Railways charging extra from migrants who are travelling in special trains. Not only this, he has also urged the center to re-think on charging more from them.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday raised questions over the Aarogya Setu mobile application launched by the Centre to tackle coronavirus, alleging it is a “sophisticated surveillance system outsourced to a private operator, with no institutional oversight”.
Contrary to the Centre's announcement, the Kerala government, here on Saturday, decided to keep the liquor shops shut. According to the new central norms, liquor shops can be allowed to open after May 4. "None need to worry. It's only temporary measure," said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan after chairing the daily Covid-19 review meeting.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday asked the state Health Department to ramp up the RT-PCR COVID testing facilities to 6,000 a day by May 15, instead of the targeted 5,800 a day by May-end. He directed it to conduct its own tests on all returnees to the state instead of going by the tests done in other states.
Iran said on Saturday 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.
Migrant workers housed in a relief camp in a city suburb held a protest demanding they be sent back home. The migrant workers have been housed in relief camps in several localities in the city and suburbs.
Forty one people staying in a building in southwest Delhi's Kapashera area tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.
A case of coronavirus had been reported from the building on April 18, the official said. "Keeping in mind the high density of population in this particular building, the district administration took the proactive decision of sealing and containing the building on April 19," PTI quoted an official as saying. The guidelines call for sealing an area when minimum three cases are reported from the same. Samples collected from all the residents in the building were sent to the National institute of Biologicals (NIB) in Noida."Out of total samples collected from the building, some reports have come on Saturday and 41 have tested positive for COVID-19," the official told PTI.
Ministry of Home Affairs issued a clarification regarding the travel restrictions in the orange zones, According to the clarification, taxis, cabs will be allowed to ply in orange zones.
Assam has opened its borders with northeast states except Sikkim. Welcoming the Assam residents stuck in the neighbouring northeast states, MLA from Assam's Jalukbari constituency Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday said, "We have opened our borders with all NE states (except Sikkim).
Salons, sale of non-essentials by e-commerce platforms allowed in green, orange zones: MHA
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9 more test positive for Covid-19 in Bihar, taking the state's tally to 475: Sanjay Kumar, principal secretary, health department, Bihar
Nashik records 19 new Coronavirus positive cases; district tally at 316, reports PTI
“Took a test the other day and I found out that I have the antibodies. So tomorrow I'm just going to go for a long drive in the car, and I'm gonna roll down the window and I'm gonna breathe in the COVID-19 air. Yup. I hope the sun is shining,” Madonna said.
The World Health Organisation has praised China for handling the coronavirus pandemic and said that the countries need to learn from Wuhan on how the epicenter of the virus was bringing the society back to normal, a day after US President Donald Trump likened the global health body to a public relations agency for Beijing.
23-year-old woman intern at AIIMS Rishikesh tests positive for COVID-19, taking number of such cases in Uttarakhand to 58
The Students of Rajkot, Gujarat were made to come to school amid the coronavirus lockdown.
The US food and drug regulatory body has allowed emergency use of an investigational anti-viral vaccine to treat Covid-19 patients after some researches, including one led by an Indian-American physician, found that the drug helped recover some of the infected cases faster. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of investigational anti-viral Remdesivir in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. (PTI)
A total of 54 Delhi Police personnel have contracted the coronavirus infection.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain: "There are a total of 3,738 Covid-19 positive cases in Delhi, of which 223 cases were reported on Friday. 1,167 people have recovered so far. 49 people are under treatment in the ICU and five people are on ventilator."
Till now, there are a total of 113 Covid-19 positive cases, 2 deaths in Jharkhand: State's health department