Coronavirus live updates: Total 1,51,767 positive cases in India so far; 4,337 deaths

India will ruin its economy very quickly if it had a severe lockdown: Swedish expert Johan Giesecke to Rahul Gandhi

Life is going to change after Covid-19; 9/11 was a new chapter, this will be a new book: Rahul Gandhi

India will ruin its economy very quickly if it has a severe lockdown: Swedish expert Johan Giesecke to Rahul Gandhi

In the last 24 hours, 75 police personnel have tested positive for Covid 19 have been reported. Total number of positive cases in Maharashtra Police rise to 1964 with death toll at 20. Total 849 personnel have recovered and 1095 cases are active: Maharashtra Police

I've asked some bureaucrats, why lower testing numbers? Their point is that if you push testing numbers high you frighten people more. You build a much more frightening narrative. This is unofficially what that they say: Rahul Gandhi speaking with public health expert Prof Ashish Jha

Total number of Covid-19 cases in Jharkhand now at 408, including 234 active cases, 170 recovered/discharged and 4 deaths: State Health Department

We are going to open temples, mosques and churches in the state after May 31st: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa

4 new Covid-19 cases reported in Assam. Total cases in the state now at 686, including 617 active cases, 62 discharged & 4 deaths: Himanta Biswa Sarma, State Health Minister

ICMR writes to states/UTs on strategy for Covid-19 testing and firming up price for RT-PCR test through pvt labs, states, "Earlier suggested upper ceiling for Rs 4500 may not be applicable now and all state govts/UTs to negotiate with pvt labs and fix mutually agreeable prices for testing".

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Delhi Police to file 15 chargesheets against 294 foreign nations, in Saket court today, in connection with Tablighi Jamaat gathering case: ANI

When economy is opened up post-lockdown, you have to create confidence: Harvard health expert Ashish Jha to Rahul Gandhi

Covid-19: Death toll rises to 4,337; total cases reach 1,51,767 in India

The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 4,337 and the total number of cases climbed to 1,51,767 in the country, registering an increase of 170 deaths and 6,387 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. The number of active coronavirus cases stands at 83,004, while 64,425 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. "Thus, around 42.45 per cent patients have recovered so far," a senior health ministry official said. The total confirmed cases also includes foreigners. Read more

Pangolin rescued from Odisha quarantine centre to undergo Covid-19 test

A pangolin rescued by the forest department from a quarantine centre in Odisha's Cuttack district will undergo Covid-19 test, an official said. The swab samples of the pangolin has been collected for the coronavirus test, the official said on Tuesday. The pangolin was rescued by the personnel of Athagarh forest division in Cuttack from a quarantine centre at a school at Mahulia following a tip-off from a village head. Athagarh divisional forest officer Sasmita Lenka said the female pangolin which is aged around five years was rescued from a quarantine centre and it has been decided to send its swab sample for Covid-19 testing before releasing it into the wild, Lenka said. The Centre for Wildlife Health in Bhubaneswar was contacted to facilitate the process, she said adding that efforts are on to ascertain how the pangolin found its way into the quarantine centre.

101 medics died of coronavirus: Russian health official

A Russian health official has said that 101 medics have died of the coronavirus, according to data provided by regional authorities. Health care workers question the official toll and believe that the real figure is much higher. An online list of medics who died compiled by their colleagues has over 300 names. Russia ranks third in the world behind the United States and Brazil, with over 360,000 infections, including 3,807 deaths. The country's relatively low mortality rate raises doubts among experts in Russia and in the West, drawing suspicions that the authorities could have manipulated the statistics and under reported virus-related deaths for political reasons.

76 more test positive for Covid-19 in Odisha raising total number of positive cases in state to 1593: Health department

Dyeing units in Surat have resumed operations with 25-30% staff, amid the fourth phase of lockdown.

109 new Covid-19 positive cases, 2 deaths reported in the state till 9 am today; the total tally of positive cases in the state rises to 7645: Rajasthan Health Department.

Thiruvananthapuram: Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) and vocational higher secondary education (VHSE) examinations are underway till May 30 in the state, amid Covid-19 lockdown.

The total number of Covid-19 cases in Kerala is 964.