A week before the scheduled end date of the lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to at least six Chief Ministers for the fourth time since the COVID-19 outbreak on the exit strategt from the lockdown, among other things. Meanwhile, China’s Wuhan city — the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak — discharged the last COVID-19 patient from hospital.

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Here are the latest updates:

China’s Wuhan city discharges last COVID-19 patient from hospital

The last COVID-19 patient in Wuhan has been discharged and the hospitals in the epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic in the central Chinese city have no coronavirus cases for the first time after more than three months of arduous battle against the deadly virus that infected over 80,000 people on the mainland, health officials said.

China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced on Monday that three new confirmed coronavirus cases, including two from the Chinese returning from abroad and one local transmission were reported on Sunday.

Fresh COVID-19 case reported in Uttarakhand; cases rise to 51

One more person has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Uttarakhand, taking the total number of cases in the State to 51, a health bulletin said.

The test of the man’s samples were conducted at the Doon Medical College and the report came on Sunday night, it said.

The man’s wife had tested positive for COVID-19 soon after delivering a child at the Doon Hospital here on Saturday, the bulletin said.

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Cases in Pune continue to soar as district reports 55 more over 12-hour span

At least 55 new COVID-19 cases were reported over a 12-hour span across Pune district, with the majority being from Pune city. This takes the district’s cumulative tally of active cases to 1,044, said health officials on Monday.

Meanwhile, the death of a 48-year-old woman in the city’s Sassoon General Hospital took the district's death toll to 78, said authorities.

Three die of COVID-19 in Indore

Three persons have died of COVID-19 in Indore while undergoing treatment at hospitals, taking the death toll in the city to 60.

All three were men aged 55, 65 and 67. They suffered from diabetes and hypertension which hastened the deaths, according to a bulletin issued by the district administration late night on Sunday.

So far, 2,121 persons have tested positive for the illness in Madhya Pradesh. As many as 106 have died of it, and 318 have recovered from the disease.

80 more COVID positive cases reported in AP

Andhra Pradesh reported 80 new COVID-19 positive cases in six districts during the past 24 hours out of 6,517 samples tested. This is the third time the State has reported 80 or more cases in the past five days. Around 30% of the total cases reported so far were detected during the same period.

The State COVID-19 tally has gone up to 1,177 now and the death toll remains at 31 with no new deaths reported in the past two days. Four patients have recovered, leaving 911 active cases.

33 healthcare workers at Delhi's Max Hospital test positive

Thirty-three healthcare workers of Max Super Speciality Hospital in Patparganj of East Delhi, including two doctors, were tested positive for COVID-19 so far, said the hospital spokesperson on Monday.

On April 15, the hospital had announced that it will test all its workers for COVID-19 and the 33 cases were found during this process, according to the hospital.

As 27 more test positive, COVID-19 cases top 500 in J&K

The novel coronavirus topped the 500 figure in J&K on Sunday as 27 more locals tested positive spiking the number to 523.

“Total cases now 523. But don’t let this number daunt you. This includes 137 recoveries too. We will keep doing aggressive testing and strict containment. And you have to support it,” J&K spokesperson Rohit Kansal said.

Germany testing 450 residents of apartment complex after two infected families break quarantine

Authorities are testing the 450 residents of an apartment complex in a German town because two families infected with the new coronavirus failed to follow quarantine rules.

Residents of the 117-apartment complex in Grevenbroich in western Germany were being tested Sunday.

Patient ends life in COVID-19 ward

Patient number 466, a 50-year-old auto-rickshaw driver from Bengaluru, who was being treated in the COVID-19 ICU ward on the sixth floor at the Emergency and Trauma Care Centre on Victoria Hospital premises ended his life on Monday morning.

Sources in the hospital said the patient, who had suffered renal failure and was on dialysis, was depressed after the death of Patient number 465 in the ICU ward on Sunday.

(Those in distress or those having suicidal tendencies can call Arogya Sahayavani on Ph. 104 for help.)

In Bihar, 16 more COVID-19 positive cases have been detected, taking the total figure to 290. All cases have come from Jamalpur in Munger district.

More details awaited.

Over 27,300 positive cases in India: Health Ministry

The Union Health Ministry, in its daily update of the coronavirus cases in India, said that the country has registered 27,333 COVID-19 positive cases so far, of which 20,835 are active.

As many as 872 people have died of the infection. The country's recovery rate is 21.9%, as 6,184 people have recovered from the disease so far.

Five new cases in Odisha

Five new COVID-19 cases were detected in Odisha’s Balasore district taking the State’s total to 108, the State government said on Monday.

While 72 patients are under treatment at different COVID-19 hospitals, 35 patients have recovered and one has died in the State till date.

The five new cases in include four females aged between 22 years and 55 years and a 27-year-old male. All had mild symptoms and were under home quarantine, the government said.

India puts its recovery rate at 21.9%

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan noted that 5,913 people have recovered from COVID-19 so far, placing India's recovery rate at 21.9%.

“The situation is improving in India as Hotspot Districts are moving towards becoming Non Hotspot Districts,” said the Minister. Dr. Vardhan said people should observe the lockdown in letter and spirit and treat it as an effective intervention to cut down the spread of COVID-19.