Coronavirus LIVE updates: We need to be self-reliant, Modi tells sarpanches

Coronavirus India update: The total number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in India has reached 23,502, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). A total of 541,789 samples from 525,667 individuals have been tested to date, ICMR has said. 
 

The death toll across India stands at 720. States with most number of cases at present are Maharashtra (6,430), Gujarat (2,624), Delhi (2,376), Rajasthan (1,964), Madhya Pradesh (1,699), and Tamil Nadu (1,683).
 

In the midst of a long nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the pandemic, and halted activity taking a toll on the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are meeting today to finalise a second stimulus package for industry, the poor, and farmers.

Coronavirus world update: Globally, there now are 2,725,920 cases of coronavirus. The number of fatalities across the world stands at 191,061, and there have so far been 730,843 recoveries. Nations hit with most cases: US (880,204), Spain (213,024), Italy (189,973), France (158,183) and Germany (153,129). The race to develop an effective coronavirus vaccine gathered pace this week, as clinical trials on humans were approved in Germany and launched in the UK. In Britain, volunteers in a trial at the University of Oxford were on Friday given the first dose of a potential vaccine based on a virus found in chimpanzees.

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