Coronavirus live updates: Total cases in India rise to 37,336

Bihar braces for massive influx of migrants; Nitish asks officials to pull up their socks

Railways have taken a policy decision to run these Shramik special trains and Zonal Railways are empowered to run these trains as per the demand of state administration. Trains will continue to run daily. Local DMs and DRMs are coordinating.

Rajasthan records 3 Covid-19 deaths, 12 new cases. Toll climbs to 65 while total infections stand at 2,678.

Test results of 68 more jawans have shown them COVID-19 positive. All jawans are attached to a battalion having camp in East Delhi. Total positive cases in this battalion have reached 122 and overall figure of COVID-19 cases in CRPF is 127, including 1 recovered and 1 death: CRPF

Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 1,218; number of cases climb to 37,336: Union health ministry

2293 new cases, 71 deaths in the last 24 hours; this is the highest number of cases reported in one day: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Block headquarters will be quarantine centers for people coming from various states through trains. They will be quarantined for 21 days & will be given utensils,bathing essentials & gamcha during their stay: Sushil Kumar Modi, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister

22 new COVID-19 cases in Agra, district tally reaches 501: District Magistrate Prabhu N Singh

Five more test positive for Covid-19 in Odisha, taking the total number of cases to 154 in the state: Health department

Coronavirus related fatalities in UK rise to 27,583

China reports one new coronavirus case versus 12 a day earlier: Reuters

China reported one new coronavirus case for May 1, down from 12 a day earlier, data from the country’s health authority showed on Saturday. The new case was imported, the National Health Commission (NHC) said, down from six imported cases a day earlier.

Total cases in India rise to 35,365, according to the data released by Health ministry

Lockdown brings auto industry’s April sales to zero

China 'mishandled' coronavirus outbreak: White House

The White House on Friday said China "mishandled the situation" after the coronavirus outbreak in its Wuhan city, but refrained from giving a definitive answer on retaliatory measures against the Asian giant.

In Centre’s new list, 18% districts still in red zone, but 43% in green & 39% orange

The Centre has formulated a new list classifying 733 districts across the country as 130 red zones, 284 orange zones and 319 green zones to implement its Covid-19 containment strategy and enforce the third phase of the lockdown starting on May 4.

Dow ends 2.5% lower on weak earnings, US-China tensions: Bloomberg

London and New York stocks sank after US President Donald Trump lashed out at China over the coronavirus crisis, bringing back bad memories of a damaging standoff between both countries over trade