Coronavirus Live Updates: COVID-19 Cases In India Rise To 49,391, 126 Deaths In Last 24 Hours

Covid-19 India Updates: India has embarked on a "massive" operation calling up passenger jets and naval ships to bring back some of the hundreds of thousands of its nationals stuck abroad.

Coronavirus Live Updates: COVID-19 Cases In India Rise To 49,391, 126 Deaths In Last 24 Hours

Coronavirus Live Updates: The novel coronavirus has killed at least 254,532 people worldwide. (File)

New Delhi:

The death count in India due to COVID-19 has risen to 1,694 with 126 deaths in last 24 hours while the number of cases have reached to 49,391 on Wednesday. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said "fighting coronavirus is no rocket science" and the nation may remember the pandemic as a "blessing in disguise" if people imbibe good hygiene practices.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of a taskforce on the coronavirus vaccine development, drug discovery, diagnosis and testing and reviewed India''s efforts in the fight against COVID-19. India has also embarked on a "massive" operation calling up passenger jets and naval ships to bring back some of the hundreds of thousands of its nationals stuck abroad. Evacuees will have to pay for their passage and spend 14 days in quarantine on arrival.

Meanwhile, Telangana has said it will continue the lockdown in the state to contain the coronavirus outbreak till May 29 -- ten days after it is scheduled to end in the rest of the country.

"People want lockdown extended. I have informed the Prime Minister about our decision," said Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao after a 7- hour cabinet meeting on Tuesday evening.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,54,532 people since the outbreak first emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by news agency AFP today. More than 3,629,160 cases were registered in 195 countries and territories.

Here are the Coronavirus Outbreak Live Updates:

May 06, 2020 09:15 (IST)
Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in India rises to 49,391 including 33,514 active cases, 1694 deaths, 14,182 cured/discharged and 1 migrated: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
May 06, 2020 08:54 (IST)
Coronavirus India Lockdown: Section 144 Imposed In Ghaziabad Till May 31
Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) will continue to be imposed in Ghaziabad district till May 31, according to District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey.

According to a directive issued by the District Magistrate's office, the period for which Section 144 has been imposed can be altered in the coming days keeping into mind the prevailing COVID-19 situation.

"Section 144 CrPC to remain imposed in Ghaziabad district till May 31, 2020. This period can be reduced or cancelled as per the situation," a letter by the DM, roughly translated to English from Hindi, read.

The rest of the restrictions will stay in place as per the earlier orders, news agency ANI reported.
May 06, 2020 08:51 (IST)
Mumbai Revokes Permission For Liquor Shops To Avoid Overcrowding
Liquor shops will not be allowed to open from Wednesday in Mumbai, civic authorities said, as large crowds made it difficult to enforce physical distancing on the first two days since several relaxations were announced amid the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.

Police baton-charged hundreds of people who had flocked to liquor shops across the country when they opened on Monday for the first time in a staggered exit from the world's biggest lockdown, which is set to run until May 17.
May 06, 2020 08:43 (IST)
May 06, 2020 08:22 (IST)
May 06, 2020 08:09 (IST)
One new COVID-19 positive case & 1 death reported in Odisha today. The total number of positive cases in the state is now at 177, of which 115 are active cases while 60 patients have recovered. Death toll is at 2: State Health Department
May 06, 2020 08:01 (IST)
May 06, 2020 07:45 (IST)
600 Jammu And Kashmir Residents Have Reached Srinagar, More On Way: District Magistrate
Shahid Choudhary, Srinagar District Magistrate and Development Commissioner on Wednesday said that over 600 people who were stranded in other states have reached Srinagar.

"More than 600 residents arrived back this Sehri. Certainly lot of hardships to be back home. Thankful to all the colleagues for the night out to keep them comfortable. More on way," Mr Choudhary tweeted.

On May 5, Rohit Kansal, spokesperson of Jammu and Kashmir, had tweeted: "28,000 J&K residents return. 48 from Jodhpur returning tomorrow to Srinagar. Plans final for return of students from Dhaka. Understand anxiety of everyone to return quickly but numbers are large. Please be patient. ALL shall be facilitated."
May 06, 2020 07:18 (IST)
May 06, 2020 06:58 (IST)
US coronavirus deaths rise by 2,333 in 24 hours: Report

The US coronavirus death toll climbed by 2,333 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Tuesday, more than twice as many as the day before. 

The Baltimore-based university said as of 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Wednesday) that the country had suffered a total of 71,022 deaths. 
May 06, 2020 06:26 (IST)
Coronavirus: US President Donald Trump Says US Reopening Will Cost More Lives, Refuses To Wear Mask
US President Donald Trump conceded Tuesday that more Americans will die in reopening the US economy but underlined his insistence on a dwindling coronavirus threat by refusing to wear a mask, even as he toured a mask-making factory."
May 06, 2020 06:24 (IST)
India to evacuate Indians stuck abroad from tomorrow

Hundreds of thousands of Indians stranded abroad because of the coronavirus crisis will be brought back by air and by sea from Thursday in the world's largest evacuation mission. More than 3 lakh Indians have requested a flight home.

Over 14,800 Indians in 13 countries will be brought back by 64 flights in the first week, says the foreign ministry.
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