Coronavirus Highlights: 2,553 New Cases Reported, Record 1,074 Patients Cured In Last 24 Hrs

India recorded another 72 deaths due to novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, while the number of positive cases showed a sharp jump of 2,553, taking the tally to 42,533.

The total number of deaths in the country has now risen to 1,373, and the cases have climbed to 42,533 including 29,453 active ones.

Meanwhile, China still faced the risk of a rebound in COVID-19 cases as 10 provincial-level regions have reported new locally-transmitted coronavirus cases over the last two weeks, a top health official warned on Monday.

The National Health Commission (NHC) said that three new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported on Sunday. All three were Chinese arriving from abroad.

Catch all of today's highlights here:

8:32PM: Ahmedabad reports 259 new cases and record 26 deaths due to COVID-19; Total number of cases cross 4,000-mark, death toll 234: Health official.

8:00PM: With the government lifting some of the restrictions imposed to check the coronavirus spread in non-containment zones, people in parts of Rajasthan ventured out of their homes to attend offices, purchase grocery and stationery items.  

7:00 PM: 132 new cases of COVID19 have been reported in Punjab, taking the total number of cases to 1232 out of which 1081 cases are active. 23 patients have lost their lives due to the infection. Three patients are on ventilator support: Punjab Health Department

5:28 PM: Odisha government on Monday said it was contemplating to start bus services in green zone with vehicles carrying 50 per cent of their full capacity, officials said.

4:46 PM: We never talked about charging workers; 85 pc fare borne by Railways, while 15 pc by state governments: Centre on migrant labourers. 

4:38 PM: We advised that people must stay wherever they are during lockdown but in special cases allowed trains to function: Govt on migrant labourers. 

4:35 PM: In last 24 hours, 2,553 COVID-19 cases were reported, taking number of overall cases to 42,533. Total active cases are 29,453: Health Ministry.

4:20 PM: In last 24 hours, 1,074 COVID-19 patients have recovered; highest number of recoveries in one day: Health Ministry. 

4:15 PM: Till now, 11,706 people have been cured. The recovery rate is now 27.52%. Total number of COVID19 cases is now 42,533: Lav Agrawal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry

3:50 PM: A 58 years old Assistant Sub-Inspector has lost his life due to COVID19 at Bharati Hospital in Pune. He was on ventilator for the last 12 days & suffering from hypertension & obesity: Dr Jitendra Oswal, Deputy Medical Director of Bharati Hospital in Pune

3:35 PM: Six COVID-19 deaths and 130  cases have been reported in Rajasthan today. Total positive cases stand at 3,016 and death toll is 77: Rajasthan Health Department

3:30 PM: Govt of Tripura along with the help of Central Govt have decided to sent back 33,000 migrant workers to their respective states from Tripura and it will be done largely by train: Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb

3:10 PM: Clash erupts between police and migrant workers in Surat who were protesting to go back to their native places. The police are seen using teargas on the protesting crowd.

#WATCH Gujarat: A clash erupts between migrant workers & police in Surat. The workers are demanding that they be sent back to their native places. pic.twitter.com/aiMvjHGukY

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2:50 PM: While the number of cases in Thane and Navi Mumbai municipal corporation limits has crossed 300 each, Kalyan Dombivali area, the district's third major civic body, is close to 200 coronavirus positive cases, health officials said on Monday.

2:20 PM: Italy on Monday began Phase 2 of its COVID-19 lockdown de-escalation, which will see some measures easing and the restart activities.

Manufacturing of products like textiles and fashion items, construction and the wholesale trade linked to active sectors will resume activities with 4.4 million people expected to return to work, reports Efe news.

1:41 PM: Sixty-seven new COVID19 positive cases have been reported in Andhra Pradesh, taking the total tally to 1650. There are 1093 active cases now, says Arja Srikanth, State Nodal Officer.

11:27 AM: The US continues to lead the global tally with 1,158,041 COVID-19 cases, followed by Spain (217,466), Italy (210,717), the UK (187,842), France (168,925), Germany (165,664), Russia (134,687), Turkey (126,045), and Brazil (101,826). In terms of COVID-19 fatalities, the US accounted for the world's highest at 67,682, the CSSE data revealed.

10:00 AM: US officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show.

9:32 AM: Maharashtra has the highest number of cases with 12,974, followed by Gujarat with 5,428 cases and Delhi with 4,549 cases.