Coronavirus LIVE Updates: 13 deaths and 1,295 new positive cases in Delhi, 19,844 total cases

13 deaths and 1,295 new positive cases reported in Delhi today, taking the total number of cases in Delhi to 19,844 and death toll to 473: Delhi Government

A Cabinet Minister in Uttarakhand Government has tested positive. 22 people including his family members and staff have also tested positive: State Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh

Maharashtra Government extends lockdown till 30th June in the state. Movement of individuals to remain strictly prohibited between 9 pm to 5 am except for essential activities.

All markets will remain open from 9 am to 9 pm. Super markets are allowed to open with conditions of social distancing and other precuationary measures. Weekly markets allowed in rural areas: UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Awanish Awasthi

All Government offices will operate with 100% workforce. Staggered timings will be followed- 9 am to 5 pm, 10 am to 6 pm and 11 am to 7 pm: UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Awanish Awasthi

Rajasthan Government issues guidelines for the 5th phase of lockdown for the period of June 1 to June 30 - Shops, beauty parlours, community parks to be open following social distancing guidelines and other precautions; Govt offices to function with full strength.

State buses will be allowed to operate on the condition that only passengers according to the seating capacity of the buses travel, passengers cannot travel while standing in the bus: UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Awanish Awasthi

7 people, in Kohima, 3 in Dimapur districts -- who recently returned from Chennai test positive in Nagaland, tally 43: Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom

COVID19 lockdown to continue till 30th une in the state. Religious places, hotels, restaurants and shopping malls to reopen from 8th June: UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Awanish Awasthi

In last 24 hours, 262 new positive cases have been reported in Uttar Pradesh. There are 2901 active cases in the state and 4,709 people have been cured/discharged. Death toll stands at 213: State Principal Secretary (Health), Amit Mohan Prasad

55 new cases in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district, tally 3,486; death toll 132 with 3 more fatalities: Health Department official

Bihar extends lockdown till June 30, reported NDTV

Coronavirus cases shoot up by 110 to 3,571 in Andhra Pradesh. Toll due to CVOID-19 rises to 62 following two fresh deaths. Government bulletin

After remaining closed for two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the compound of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, which is the third-holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, started welcoming worshippers from Sunday again

80 people have died inShramik trains. 40% of trains are running late. Many trains lost their way. In many places there are pictures of inhuman treatment with passengers.

In the midst of all this, the Ministry of Railways's saying that weak people should not travel by train is shocking.

The conditions of Shramik trains were being ignored. While in this crisis, workers should be treated with more sensitivity

Manipur reports 4 positive cases, taking the total number of cases to 66. Number of active cases stand at 59: State Govt

Odisha on Sunday registered its highest single day spike as 129 more persons tested positive for the coronavirus, said the Health Department.

The total COVID-19 positive cases reached to 1,948 in the state.

Assam's COVID-19 cases crossed the 1,200-mark on Saturday with 159 people, including 20 air travellers, across districts testing positive for the disease, state Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Arunachal Pradesh reported its fourth COVID-19 case after a 12-year-old student, who recently returned to the state from Delhi in a bus, tested positive for the disease, a senior official said on Sunday.

After a senior IAS officer tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, over a dozen top officials went into self-quarantine on Sunday.

Reports said the Commissioner/Secretary-level officer had tested positive late Saturday evening.

The officer had attended a meeting in which other senior officers like a Financial Commissioner-rank officer, a Principal Secretary, and officials of the Health and Medical Education Departments had participated. A Government Medical College Principal, a senior microbiologist and an epidemiologist also attended the meeting.

76 positive cases, 1 death, 33 recovered and 20 discharged in Rajasthan. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 8,693, including 194 deaths, 5,772 recovered, 5,099 discharged: State health department

Maharashtra issues guidelines for state govt employees, daily thermal screening, masks mandatory, reports NDTV

Highest spike of 9,380 new cases in the last 24 hours in India, 193 deaths reported. Total number of cases in the country now at 1,83,143 including 89995 active cases, 86984 cured/discharged/migrated and 5164 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Iraqi authorities have imposed a week-long curfew to curb the growing spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country, an official statement said.

The decision was made on Saturday after a meeting by the Higher Committee for Health and National Safety, headed by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, which took several measures, including imposing "full curfew in Baghdad and the Iraqi provinces for a week starting from May 31 to June 6", Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.

Turkey has announced that it will resume domestic flights from June 1 as part of measures towards normalization amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first flights resume from Istanbul to major provinces including Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, and Trabzon, and other cities will be resumed gradually, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoglu said in a statement on Saturday.

On the same day, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca reported 983 new cases and 26 deaths, reports Xinhua news agency.

The total number of COVID-19 cases has increased to 163,103, with 4,515 deaths, the minister tweeted.

Jharkhand recorded highest single-day spike with 72 cases yesterday, taking total number of cases to 594: Health secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni

Tamil Nadu govt extends coronavirus lockdown till June 30, with new set of relaxations including partial resumption of public transport

Global confirmed COVID-19 cases topped six million, reaching 6,003,762 as of 4.32 pm (2032 GMT), according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

The General Administration Department (GAD) at the Delhi Secretariat has been sealed for sanitisation after an employee tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Saturday.

"The official was from the GAD. The department has been sealed for sanitisation. Also, some of the officials are considered as close contacts and have been put under quarantine," a government official told IANS.

The COVID-19 hospitalisations decreased in Italy on Saturday, the Civil Protection Department said, continuing a positive trend for the hard-hit Mediterranean nation as it geared up for the end of domestic travel restrictions next week.

A Belgian prince has contracted coronavirus after attending a party during lockdown in Spain, the country's royal palace says.

Prince Joachim, 28, travelled from Belgium to Spain for an internship on 26 May, the palace said, the BBC reported on Saturday.

Five fresh cases of coronavirus were reported in Agra on Saturday taking the total tally to 892, health officials said on Sunday morning.

Two more deaths were reported till Saturday evening as the number of total deaths reached 41.

Till now 788 people have recovered from the deadly virus and discharged from the hospitals. Now the city has only 63 active cases. The recovery rate was reported to be 88.34 %