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Coronavirus India News LIVE | Rajasthan COVID-19 tally zooms to 4,589 with 55 new cases; 125 die
Live updates of the novel coronavirus pandemic and its socio-economic impact. Total confirmed cases in India have risen to 81,970.
Today is the fifty-second day of India’s nationwide lockdown, meant to stop the novel coronavirus pandemic. Known COVID-19 cases in India stand at 81,970. The death toll in India due to the outbreak has reached 2,649.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the second tranche of the economic package’s details amounting to over Rs 3 lakh crore for migrant workers, farmers and other segments of the economy to help them tide over the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Coronavirus in West Bengal LIVE update | Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) dispatched the first loco of the financial year 2020-21 after CLW workshop re-opened with limited staff on 11th May after a gap of 49 days due to COVID-19. It was done within 3 days of the resumption of work. (ANI)
Coronavirus in Maharashtra LIVE update | Two infants recover from COVID-19 in Kalyan
Two infants were among 51 COVID-19 patients who recovered from the deadly infection at Kalyan taluka in Maharashtra's Thane district, Madhuri Phopale, public relations officer of Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation told news agency PTI.
As many as 51 COVID-19 patients, including a one-month-old baby girl and a two-month-old baby boy, were discharged from different hospitals, following their recovery, said the official.
Coronavirus in Odisha LIVE update | As many as 48 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha today, taking the total number of virus cases in the state to 672, an official of the Health and Family Welfare department said. The fresh cases were reported from Ganjam and Balasore (12 each), 10 from Puri, 6 from Bhadrak, 3 from Nayagarh, 2 from Jajpur and 1 each from Cuttack, Sundergarh and Deogarh districts.
All the COVID-19 positive cases detected today came from temporary quarantine medical centres and one from home quarantine, the official said, adding they had returned to Odisha recently.
Most of them had returned from Gujarat, West Bengal, Delhi and Maharashtra, the official said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Bangladesh LIVE update | First COVID-19 case detected in Rohingya camps
Authorities have reported the first coronavirus case in the crowded camps for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh, where more than 1 million refugees are sheltered.
The person from the Rohingya community and a local person who lives in the Cox's Bazar district who also tested positive have been isolated, Mahbub Alam Talukder, said the country's refugee commissioner. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE update | Rajasthan reports 4,589 COVID-19 cases, 125 die
Rajasthan recorded 55 fresh coronavirus cases today, taking the state's virus tally to 4,589, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rohit Kumar Singh told news agency PTI. The state has so far seen 125 deaths due to the virus, with Jaipur accounting for 63 deaths.
He said so far 2,646 patients have tested negative for the infection after treatment, of which 2,403 have been discharged from hospitals. The state has 1,818 active cases.
Coronavirus in Delhi LIVE update | The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the AAP government on several pleas challenging the levy of 70 percent "special corona fee" on the MRP of all liquor brands in the national capital.
A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued a notice to the Delhi government and sought its response, by May 29, to the petitions which seek setting aside of the May 4 notification imposing the levy.
While issuing the notice, the court declined to grant any interim stay on the notification for now and decided to wait for Delhi government's reply, one of the petitioners, Lalit Valecha, said. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE update | Researchers at IIT Gandhinagar have developed an interactive COVID-19 dashboard that they say can help administrators, hospitals as well as public in planning optimised testing for the novel coronavirus, and containing community infection in various post-lockdown scenarios.
The dashboard provides different epidemiological scenario-specific information at a city-scale, said the researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN).
It is aimed at helping various stakeholders in optimised testing efforts and post-lockdown operations to contain community infection, they said. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE update | Of the $1 billion commitment by the World Bank, $550 million will be financed by a credit from the International Development Association (IDA) - the World Bank's concessionary lending arm and $200 million will be a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), with a final maturity of 18.5 years including a grace period of five years.
The remaining $250 million will be made available after June 30, 2020. (PTI)
Coronavirus LIVE update | The World Bank has approved $1 billion 'Accelerating India's COVID-19 Social Protection Response Program' to support the country's efforts for providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the pandemic.
This takes the total commitment from the World Bank towards emergency COVID-19 response in India to $2 billion.
A $1 billion support was announced last month to support India's health sector.