Coronavirus LIVE: 587 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Tamil Nadu

587 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Chennai today; taking the total number of cases to 10,576: Tamil Nadu Health Department

27 new COVID-19 positive cases & 2 death reported in Mumbai's Dharavi area today. Total positive cases in Dharavi increase to 1541: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

Nine 9 CRPF personnel have been tested positive in Delhi today. Till date positive cases stand at 359 including 137 active positive cases, 220 recovered cases and 2 deceased: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

A 48-year-old man has died of COVID-19 in Bihar, taking the coronavirus death toll in the state to 12, the state health department said on Sunday.

The number of COVID-19 cases in in the state increased to 2,477 with 87 people testing positive, it said.

The deceased belonged to Marhaura in Saran district and was admitted to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on May 22 with fever and cough. He died on Saturday afternoon, PMCH Superintendent Bimal Kumar Karak told PTI.

Though the deceased's sample was collected the day he was admitted but his test report confirmed that he was COVID-19 positive on Saturday after his death, Karak said.

Total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh rises to 195 including 129 active, 59 recovered and 3 deaths: Himachal Pradesh Health Department

Telangana: Lesser number of people were seen making purchases today in Hyderabad ahead of Eid festival amid COVID-19 lockdown. Mohammed Anwar Ali,a shop owner says,"There is only 20% sales in the market this year due to the lockdown."

2 new COVID-19 positive cases confirmed today. The total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 352, of which 288 are active cases. The death toll stands at 4: Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Number of active cases of COVID-19 rises to 322 in Kerala, with 53 more people testing positive today: Kerala Health Department

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath interacts with media professionals, through video conferencing, over COVID-19 situation in the state.

Lockdown was imposed in India at the right time. Other developed countries wasted many days to take this decision. In some countries when situation went out of control they took the decision of lockdown & in most places it was partial lockdown: Union Health Minister

With 97 new cases, Karnataka’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 2,000-mark, while 26 were discharged from hospitals taking the number of cured persons to 634, said an official.

"The total number of COVID-19 cases across the state is 2,056, with 97 more testing positive during the past 18 hours," said a state health official.

The number of active cases in the state is 1,378 and COVID-19 deaths 42, including 2 for non-COVID reasons.

Of the 26 discharged, 18 are in Davanagere, 4 in Chitradurga, 3 in Bagalkote and one in Haveri across the southern state.

Of the new cases, 41 are women and 19 children below 20 years.

"68 of the 97 new cases are returnees from Maharashtra, the worst affected COVID-hit state in the country with 47,190 cases till Saturday," said the official.

After COVID-19, our economy will emerge more stronger and resilient and our people more united and confident: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has called meeting of airlines&airport operators today on domestic flight resumption from 25 May,to discuss SOPs for States/UTs;discussion is also for states which have requested not to resume operation. The meeting will be headed by MoCA Secy

Number of active cases of COVID-19 has reached 2493 in Uttar Pradesh. 3433 people have recovered from the disease while 155 deaths have been reported till date: Uttar Pradesh Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad

53 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Uttarakhand today. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 298: Uttarakhand State Control Room

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issues guidelines for international arrivals: 14-day mandatory quarantine- 7 days institutional quarantine at own cost followed by 7 days of home isolation

21 new positive cases reported today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 1152: Haryana Health Department

The fight against COVID19 is going to be tougher now but there is no need to panic as we are prepared with extra health facilities: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray as positive cases cross 47,000 in the state The number of active patients is 33,786 and over 13,000 have recovered.

66 new COVID19 cases reported in the state in the last 24 hours; the total number of cases in the state is now 2627: Andhra Pradesh Health Department

With 508 new cases, the total number of COVID19 positive cases in Delhi is now 13,418 (till midnight of 23rd May), total death toll 261: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain

3 new COVID19 positive cases reported today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 32: Manipur Health Department

Three new COVID-19 cases recorded from Jamshedpur. The total number of cases in Jharkhand now stands at 353: State Health Secretary, Nitin Madan Kulkarni

Maharashtra: 87 police personnel of the state found COVID-19 positive in last 24 hours taking total number of affected cops to 1,758 out of which 18 have died due to the virus and 673 have recovered.

11 passengers who arrived from Mumbai yesterday via Rajdhani express have reported positive on the TrueNat device. This brings the total number of active cases in the state of Goa to 50: State Health Minister, Vishwajit Rane

Domestic flights to resume in the country from Monday, May 25; sanitisation and preparations to ensure social distancing underway at Delhi's Terminal-3 from where flights will operate.

Authorities in Gautam Buddh Nagar in adjoining Delhi have emphasised on not allowing unhindered movement of people on the Delhi-Noida border, pointing out that it will increase the risk of spread of coronavirus.

"The unregulated movement of people will increase the risk of disease spread in Gautam Buddh Nagar. Therefore, the transit between the two cities should be regulated," District Surveillance Officer Sunil Dohare said.

An epidemiological report dated May 20, prepared by Noida officials, says that the corona burden in the national capital is "much higher" than in Gautam Buddh Nagar district

The Delhi-Noida border was sealed amid the coronavirus scare, with authorities allowing movement of only those performing essential services.

Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha now stands at 1,336, with 67 new positive cases reported yesterday: Odisha Health Department.

Two more deaths of coronavirus patients were reported in Agra, taking the death toll to 31, a senior officer said on Sunday.

An employee at the company’s Manesar plant tested positive for COVID19 on May 22. His last attendance at the plant was on 15th May. The employee has been admitted to a hospital and his condition is stable: Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Even as the Centre plans resumption of domestic flights from May 25, a Maharashtra government official on Saturday said the state had not yet amended its May 19 lockdown order which allowed only certain kinds of flights.

As per the May 19 order of the state government extending the coronavirus-induced lockdown to May 31, all domestic and international air travel of passengers, except for domestic medical services, domestic air ambulance and for security purposes as permitted by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), will continue to remain prohibited across the state.

"We have not yet amended this lockdown order issued on May 19," an official told PTI when queried about resumption of passenger flights in Maharashtra.

Earlier in the day, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, during a Facebook live session, said India will try to restart a good percentage of international passenger flights before August.

All scheduled commercial passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 25 when the lockdown was announced.

With 201 fresh corona cases reported on Saturday, Madhya Pradesh is still staring at uncertain future with the pandemic. Indore (83), Bhopal (38) and Ujjain (27) bore the brunt of the new positive cases.

The infection has spread to 50 of 52 districts. The health bulletin issued on Saturday evening confirmed 6,371 cases in the state so far. These include 2,933 from Indore, 1,191 from Bhopal and 531 patients from Ujjain. The death toll so far is 281.

52 new COVID19 positive cases reported today; the total number of positive cases in the state now stands at 6794: Rajasthan Health Department.

Veteran film and TV actor Kiran Kumar has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently under home quarantine.

The 74-year-old actor said he is asymptomatic and is doing "absolutely fine."

"I am asymptomatic. On May 14, I went to the hospital for a medical check-up, where the COVID-19 test was mandatory. So I got myself tested and the result was positive.

"But I had no symptoms then, nor do I have any now. There's no fever, no cough, I'm fine and have self quarantined at home," Kumar told PTI.

Highest ever spike of 6,767 COVID-19 cases, 147 deaths in India in last 24 hours. Total number of cases in the country now at 1,31,868, including 73,560 active cases, 54,440 cured/discharged and 3867 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 5.3 million, while the death toll surged past 342,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

As of Sunday morning, the total number of cases stood at 5,309,698, while the death toll increased to 342,078, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

The US has the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 1,622,605 and 97,087, respectively.

In terms of cases, Brazil accounted for the second highest number of infections at 347,398.

This was followed by Russia (335,882), the UK (258,504), Spain (235,290), Italy (229,327), France (182,036), Germany (179,986), Turkey (155,686), Iran (133,521), India (131,423) and Peru (115,754), the CSSE figures showed.

Meanwhile, the UK came in second after the US with 36,757 COVID-19 deaths, the highest fatalities in Europe.

The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are Italy (32,735), Spain (28,678), France (28,218), and Brazil (22,013).

Karnataka under total lockdown today to avoid the spread of COVID19. Barring shops selling essential supplies, everything will remain shut till 7am tomorrow; Visuals from Bengaluru's Shivajinagar.

Kerala: Schools are being sanitized in Wayanad ahead of class 10th and 12th examinations that will commence from 26th May.