Coronavirus live updates: Rajasthan seals its borders for a week

Rajasthan seals its borders for a week due to a rise in cases; only those with valid passes to be allowed, reports ANI.

An additional 49 million people may fall into extreme poverty this year due to Covid-19: UN chief Antonio Guterres

123 new Covid-19 cases reported in Rajasthan taking the total to 11,368, death toll 256: State health department

Orders have been issued to increase no. of beds by 2000 in next 2-3 days: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain

It is expected that we would need 15000 beds by the end of June. We will even use space available in banquet halls, hotels and stadiums if required. We are working accordingly: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain

110 new Covi-19 cases reported in Odisha today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 3250: State health department

Senior NCP corporator from Kalwa dies of Covid-19 at a Mumbai hospital.

No new Covid case reported in Maharashtra Police in the last 48 hours. Total coronavirus cases in the force stand at 2,562, death toll at 34: Maharashtra Police (ANI)

Read: Businesses across India switch channels to survive, profit from the pandemic

A Mohali-based cosmetics company is making sanitisers, a handicraft manufacturer in Nagaland is selling masks, Gurgaon-based apparel exporters are assembling PPE suits and a Vapi-based paper company is constructing cardboard beds for quarantine centres — several small and big businessmen have temporarily left their earlier field of work and switched to more relevant and in-demand products to survive and thrive in these Covid-19 times. Some of them even plan to export their new products. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

The total number of Covid-19 cases in Pune is now 10,012 and death toll 442: Pune health officials

9,985 new Covid-19 cases and 279 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

Brazil obeys court order to resume providing full virus data, reports AP.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the government of President Jair Bolsonaro to resume publication of full Covid-19 data, including the cumulative death toll, following allegations the government was trying to hide the severity of the pandemic in Latin America's biggest country.

Read: J Anbazhagan, DMK MLA, dies of Covid-19 in Chennai

The political leader was admitted to Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre at Chromepet on June 2. "His condition deteriorated rapidly on Tuesday night. We could not bring him back," said a senior doctor.