Coronavirus LIVE: Total tally in Odisha rises to 611 with 73 new cases

1602 new COVID-19 cases, 44 deaths reported in Maharashtra today, taking the total number of cases to 27,524 & deaths to 1019. Total 6059 patients have been recovered/discharged in the state so far. Number of active cases stands at 20,441 now: Maharashtra Health Department

COVID19 tally in Odisha rises to 611 with 73 new cases, including 42 in Ganjam, 17 in Jajpur & 9 in Bhadrak; active cases 450

Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has allowed passengers boarding an aircraft to carry hand sanitizer up to 350ml in their cabin baggage. This is to be implemented with immediate effect: Airports Authority of India

Mumbai Police's ASI Murlidhar Waghmare (Sewri police station) & PN Bhagwan Parte (Shivaji Nagar police station) have passed away due to Coronavirus.

12 new COVID-19 cases reported in Jammu & Kashmir, 4 from Jammu division & 8 from Kashmir division. Total number of cases in the Union Territory is now at 983, including 487 active cases, 485 recovered & 11 deaths: J&K Government

Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Haryana stands at 818, including 368 active cases, 439 recovered/discharged patients and 11 deaths: Health Department, Government of Haryana

Shops selling essential items will reopen in Ahmedabad from tomorrow between 8 am and 3 pm, a week after the outlets were shut to curb Coronavirus spread

447 new positive COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths reported in Tamil Nadu, taking the total number of cases to 9,674 in the state. Death toll stands at 66 now: Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a pregnant migrant woman, who was walking on foot from Maharashtra to Madhya Pradesh, has delivered her baby on road: NHRC

28 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Karnataka today, taking total number of cases to 987 including 460 discharges & 35 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 491: Karnataka Health Department

Three more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Jharkhand today, taking the total number of cases to 190: Jharkhand Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni

Mumbai's Dharavi reports 33 new cases of COVID-19, 2 deaths today, taking the total number of cases in the area to 1061: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

I have advised all CBSE schools to provide an opportunity to all students, who have failed in 9th and 11th to take online/offline tests: HRD Minister Ramesh Nishank Pokhriyal.

12 jawans of ITBP have tested COVID-19 positive, while 12 jawans have been cured and recovered: Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

Madhya Pradesh: Migrant workers create ruckus near Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra border in Barwani, demanding arrangement of buses to send them to their native places in Uttar Pradesh & Bihar. Barwani District Collector Amit Tomar says, "We're arranging buses for them".

26 new positive cases reported in state today, taking the total number of cases to 560 and active cases to 64: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan

toll in Andhra Pradesh rises to 48 with a fatality in Kurnool district; tally rises to 2,205 with 68 new cases: Health Department.

To create job opportunities for tribals /adivasis -plans worth Rs 6000 crores to be approved shortly under Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) Funds: FM

₹ 2 lakh crore concessional credit boost to 2.5 crore farmers through Kisan Credit Cards: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

NABARD to extend additional re-finance support of ₹30,000 crores for crop loan requirement of Rural Co-op banks and RRBs: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Government to extend the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) for middle income group (annual income Rs 6-18 lakhs) up to March 2021; 2.5 lakh middle income families to benefit during 2020-21: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Government of India will provide interest subvention of 2% for prompt MUDRA-Shishu Loans payees for a period of 12 months; Relief of Rs 1500 crores to MUDRA-Shishu loan payees: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Govt to launch a scheme for affordable rental housing for migrant workers/urban poor to provide ease of living by converting govt funded housing in cities into Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) under PPP mode through concessionaire: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

One Nation One Ration Card will be implemented- 67 crore beneficiaries in 23 states covering 83% of PDS population will be covered by national portability by August 2020: FM Sitharaman

Free food grains supply to all migrants for the next 2 months. For non-card holders, they shall be given 5kg wheat/rice per person and 1 kg chana per family/month for 2 months. 8 crore migrants will benefit- ₹ 3500 crores to be spent on this: FM

Govt for universal right to minimum wages; regional disparity in minimum wages to be bridged by national floor wage: FM on reforms in works

2,000 self-help groups (SHGs) have produced more than 3 crore masks and 1.2 lakh litres of sanitizers during COVID-19 period. 7,200 new SHGs for urban poor have been formed during the last two months: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

We have already generated 14.62 crore person-days of work till 13th May, which is 40-50% more persons enrolled as compared to last May. Migrant workers going back to their states being actively enrolled: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Govt has permitted state govts to utilise SDRF for setting up shelter for migrants and providing them food and water etc.We are conscious, we are attending to the migrants and giving them in various different ways: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

3 crore marginal farmers have already availed ₹ 4 lakh cr of loans on concessional rates, says FM unveiling 2nd tranche of eco package

President asks Rashtrapati Bhavan officials to economise expenditure and dovetail saved money to combat COVID-19

COVID-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh rise to 71 with 3 new cases -- 2 in Sirmaur, 1 in Kangra districts; 29 active cases

6 new COVID 19 cases in Jharkhand- 4 from Palamu, 1 Jamshedpur and 1 from Koderma. The total number of positive cases in the state is now 187: Jharkhand Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni

So far, 318 'Shramik Special' trains have brought back 384260 people to Uttar Pradesh. 67 more special trains will arrive in the state today. Permission has been granted for plying of 174 more such trains: Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi

President Ram Nath Kovind, after contributing one month’s salary to the PM-CARES Fund in March, has decided to forego 30% of his salary for a year

3 cases reported in Uttarakhand today, all in Dehradun district. Total number of cases in the state is now at 75, including 24 active cases, 50 recovered and 1 death: State Health Department.

Mumbai traffic police collected ₹ 9 crore by issuing challans to lockdown violators since March when travel restrictions came into force: Official

The AYUSH Ministry and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are working together on validating four Ayush formulations against COVID-19 , Union minister Shripad Y Naik said on Twitter on Thursday. He also said that trials will start within one week, reported Hindustan Times

472 COVID-19 positive cases reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours, 187 people recovered. No deaths reported in the last 24 hours in the national capital. Total number of positive cases in Delhi stands at 8,470, including 3,045 recovered and 115 deaths: Government of Delhi

Most people also said that hotels should stay closed however restaurants should be opened for take-away and home delivery. There is almost a consensus that barber shops, spas, saloons, cinema halls, and swimming pools should not open yet: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

We had sought suggestion from people, we have received more than 5 lakh suggestions. Based on these suggestions, we will send a proposal to the Centre. Most have suggested that schools and educational institutes should stay closed till summer vacations: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

22 more cases reported in Karnataka between 5 pm yesterday and 12 pm today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 981, including 456 discharged and 35 deaths: State Health Department

36 new positive cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours. The total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 2,100, including 1,192 discharged and 48 deaths: State Command Control Room, Andhra Pradesh

2,34,411 passengers have booked tickets till now for special trains. Total Passenger Reservation System (PRS) fare collected till now is Rs 45.30 crores: Indian Railways

After remaining Corona-free for over a month, Goa has seven new COVID-19 cases, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane confirmed on Thursday. They include five of a family who returned from Maharashtra.

All seven were shifted to the designated COVID-19 hospital in Ponda, after confirmatory tests conducted late on Wednedsday returned positive, he said.

Besides the five family members, their driver and a truck driver from Gujarat are also corona positive. All of them had tested positive in a repliminary rapid test for COVID-19 on Wednesday as soon as they had driven into Goa.

1 inmate of Delhi's Rohini Jail has tested positive. He was in DDU hospital for some intestinal problem and his operation was done on 10th May. He was also tested for COVID-19 and his result came yesterday. 20 other inmates and 5 jail staff have been quarantined: Jail official.

The Los Angeles County has reopened all its beaches to the public with restrictions, after a six-week temporary closure amid California's statewide stay-at-home order to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Beach visitors were required to wear face coverings out of the water and stay at least 1.8 metres apart from each other, the county's Department of Beaches and Harbors said on Wedensday.

Beaches will be opened for "keep moving" activities and exercise only, including swimming, surfing, running and walking, under the rules. Lying or sitting on sand, canopies, coolers or picnicking will not be allowed by law enforcers.

Beach parking lots, bike path, volleyball courts, piers and boardwalks will remain closed until further notice.

The Uttar Pradesh government has shunted the SN Medical College principal and the Chief Medical Superintendent of the hospital after a chorus of protests and complaints of mismanagement and lack of preparedness to deal with the rising wave of Covid-19 patients.

Kanpur's Sanjay Kale will take over as the new principal of the Agra Medical College on Thursday.

The number of Covid-19 patients rose to 785. District Magistrate PN Singh said 9,974 samples had so far been tested from the 44 hot spots. The number of recovered was 379. The number of deaths so far stood at 25.

Indian Railways cancels all tickets booked to travel on or before June 30th, 2020. Refunds given to all tickets booked till 30th June 2020. All special trains and Shramik Special train to however ply as usual

73 new positive cases reported in Odisha till 9 am - 3 in Khordha, 43 in Ganjam, 9 in Bhadrak, 17 in Jajpur, 2 in Sundergar. 71 of these had returned from other states and 2 cases were found in containment zone. Total positive cases 611: Info and Public Relations Dept, Odisha

With 66 new positive cases of COVID-19 and 1 death reported in Rajasthan till 9 am today, the total number of positive cases and deaths rise to 4,394 and 122 respectively. The number of recovered cases stand at 2,575 while 1697 active cases remain in state: State Health Department.

Spike of 3,722 COVID-19 cases and 134 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total positive cases in the country is now at 78,003, including 49,219 active cases, 26,235 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 2,549 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.