Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Govt says 40% Covid-19 patients recovering

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Coronavirus pandemic: The central government has decided to allow domestic flights to operate from next week, even though the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise and has already cross the 1 lakh-mark. Announcing these relaxations, the Centre said that domestic flights will resume operations in a calibrated manner from May 25. The move comes at a time when the Indian economy is battered and the aviation industry is struggling to survive. Meanwhile, close to 5,000 new cases have reported in India for the last 3-4 days. However, the Union health ministry has claimed that the recovery rate among those having tested positive has risen to nearly 40 per cent, from about 7 per cent before the lockdown began on March 25.

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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Tamil Nadu reports 776 new virus cases, state's tally nears 14,000

Coronavirus pandemic: The central government has decided to allow domestic flights to operate from next week, even though the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise and has already cross the 1 lakh-mark. Announcing these relaxations, the Centre said that domestic flights will resume operations in a calibrated manner from May 25. The move comes at a time when the Indian economy is battered and the aviation industry is struggling to survive. Meanwhile, close to 5,000 new cases have reported in India for the last 3-4 days. However, the Union health ministry has claimed that the recovery rate among those having tested positive has risen to nearly 40 per cent, from about 7 per cent before the lockdown began on March 25.

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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Total Covid-19 cases in India cross 1,45,000-mark, death toll touches 4,167

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: The Ministry of Health has said coronavirus death toll in India has touched 4,167 while the total number of cases in the country has crossed 1,45,000. Coronavirus cases in India continue to break records with each day and the country recorded nearly 7,000 new coronavirus cases on Monday, making it the highest-ever in a single-day. The numbers will further go up today. Swarms of locust have now started attacking standing crops in several states, including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh as there have been no activity on the fields for months. These locusts can destroy entire fields of crops in minutes. Meanwhile, India has started easing the over 2-month-long nationwide lockdown and started operating domestic passenger flights. As the number of coronavirus cases across the world now stand at 5.49 million with 3,46,000 deaths, US biotechnology firm Novavax has said it hopes to release a proven vaccine by the end of this year.

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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Delhi records 792 new cases, total crosses 15,000-mark in Capital

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Covid-19 cases in India has now crossed 1.51 lakh while the death toll now stands at 4,337. As the government eased restrictions in Lockdown 4.0 and resumed domestic passenger flights in reduced numbers, several passengers on different flights have tested positive for coronavirus. The Karnataka govt has decided to reopen temples, mosques and churches from June 1 when the lockdown is supposed to end. Meanwhile, Indian states are staring at a new challenge as swarms of locust raid crop fields in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and other north Indian states, damaging crops in large proportions, which has triggered alarm among the authorities. As the global coronavirus cases cross 5.58 million with death toll over 3,50,000, pharma and biotechnology companies across the world race to find a vaccine for coronavirus. Meanwhile, UK has started trial of using remdesivir on coronavirus patients.

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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Goa CM says lockdown must be extended for 15 days but with relaxations

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Coronavirus cases in India has crossed 1.65 lakh while the death toll has gone past 4,706. India has now crossed China's coronavirus death toll which was over 4,600. The Covid-19 pandemic was first reported in the Chinese city Wuhan last year. With two days left for Lockdown 4.0 in India to end on May 31, talks of a further lockdown extension has started doing the rounds while reports suggest Prime Minister Modi might announce it on his radio address Mann Ki Baat on Sunday. With domestic passenger flights resuming in India, several cases of coronavirus have been detected among passengers travelling between states. Karnataka government has now called for a ban on travel from five other states to stop the virus from spreading more. Meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll has already crossed 1,00,000 while the number of cases has crossed 1.76 million in the country.

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Coronavirus Live Updates: Gujarat BJP lawmaker tests positive for Covid-19

Coronavirus news updates: India on Monday recorded highest spike in coronavirus cases with over 8,000 cases in a day. The total coronavirus case tally of India now stands at 1.9 lakh with 5394 deaths. India on Sunday became the seventh worst-hit country in the world due to coronavirus. The number of active cases in India stood near 90,000-mark on Sunday with the death toll crossing 5,000. As states ease curbs from today, Haryana reopened its borders with Delhi on Monday morning. Haryana has allowed inter-state and inter-district travel. The lockdown in containment zones has, however, been extended till June 30 in Haryana. Globally, the number of Covid-19 infections has climbed to 61.65 lakh, while 3.71 lakh people have died due to coronavirus.

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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: So far 95,527 patients have recovered in India, says Health Ministry

Novel Coronavirus LIVE News Updates: Coronavirus cases in India surpassed 1.98 lakh tally on Tuesday as it registered a jump of 8,171 Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours. In the next 24 hours, India's coronavirus count is expected to cross the tally of 2 lakh. Researchers across the world scramble to find a vaccine for coronavirus as the Covid-19 cases, world-over, touched 6,265,496 cases.

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Cyclone Nisarga LIVE tracking: After making landfall in Alibag, the severe cyclonic storm Cyclone Nisarga has started moving towards Mumbai. Alibag saw wind speed of 93 kmph. Mumbai Police has imposed prohibitory orders across Greater Mumbai in view of the cyclone while movement on the Mumbai-Worli Sea Link has also been prohibited during the cyclone. Over 1 lakh people have been evacuated in Maharashtra. The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) has deployed 20 teams in Maharashtra, including 8 in Mumbai. Gujarat has also geared up for the impact of the cyclone where NDRF has sent 15 teams of rescue personnel. Mumbai has been witnessing heavy rainfall since Tuesday due to the weather conditions triggered by the cyclone. Several trees were seen lying uprooted in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, Alibag areas while huge waves and high tides were seen in Ratnagiri and other coasts in Maharashtra.

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Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: CBI probe not needed in Nizamuddin Markaz case, Centre tells Supreme Court

Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates: India has recorded the biggest-ever spike of 9,851 Covid cases and 273 deaths. Coronavirus cases in India have now crossed 2.26 lakh while the death toll is 6,348. Maharashtra, which is the most-affected state in India, has over 77,000 coronavirus cases while Mumbai alone has over 44,000 Covid cases, highest in any city in the country. The Centre has decided to reopen the economy and begin operations of public places such as restaurants, shopping malls, places of worship and offices from June 8 in all places except the containment zones. The new guidelines were issued by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday as part of the second phase of Unlock 1.0 plan which will start from June 8. Meanwhile, as the world continues to wait for a coronavirus vaccine, China has pledged $20 million for vaccines alliance GAVI at the Global Vaccine Summit. Currently, there are 10 potential vaccines undergoing clinical trials while another 123 candidates are in the preclinical evaluation stage, according to latest WHO data. Novavax has said the US Defence Department will give them $60 million funding for coronavirus vaccine manufacturing.