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    Coronavirus Updates: India's Covid-19 tally nears 86k as city returnees push numbers in hinterlands

    16 May, 2020 | 11:50:29 PM IST
    Coronavirus Updates: India's Covid-19 tally nears 86k as city returnees push numbers in hinterlands
    India has reported a total of 85,940 cases and 2,752 deaths so far (including 53035 active cases, 30153 cured/migrated.)
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    11:50:29 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Wrap up: Covid-19 updates from the day

    • With 1,606 new cases, Maharashtra's COVID-19 count reaches 30,706
    • With 1,057 new patients detected, number of coroanvirus cases in Gujarat goes up to 10,989
    • 36 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Karnataka today, the total number of positive cases in the state rises to 1092.
    • Number of Covid-19 cases reaches 1145 in Bihar
    • 213 new Covid-19 cases & 1 death reported in Rajasthan today. Total number of cases rises to 4960. There are 1890 active cases now. Death toll stands at 126.
    • 477 fresh COVID-19 cases & 3 deaths have been reported in Tamil Nadu today, taking total number of cases to 10,585
    • Manipur's COVID-19 case count goes to seven
    • 11 new positive cases reported in Kerala today.
    11:45:01 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Delhi Congress office near ITO turned into shelter for migrant workers

    11:35:23 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Arrests at anti-lockdown demonstrations in Warsaw, London

    Demonstrations took place Saturday in several European cities against restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the coronavirus, with tear gas used on protesters in Poland and arrests made at a gathering in London's Hyde Park.
    11:23:24 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Air India Express landed at Cochin carrying evacuees from Dubai

    10:47:52 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Italy's death total lowest since early March

    Italy recorded the lowest number of deaths in a 24-hour period since early in its coronavirus lockdown at just 153.
    10:42:53 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Manipur's COVID-19 case count goes to seven

    10:34:53 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    China expands testing capabilities; can conduct 1.5 million nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 per day, says health official

    10:23:54 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    213 new Covid-19 cases & 1 death reported in Rajasthan today.

    Total number of cases rises to 4960. There are 1890 active cases now. Death toll stands at 126: Rajasthan Health Department
    10:21:50 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Haryana govt to launch job portal to help state's youth seek employment opportunities: Deputy CM

    10:19:16 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    The surveillance system shall be strengthened for surveillance and contact tracing mechanism. This would include identification of the health workers in the health posts/dispensaries, Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM), ASHAs, Anganwadi Workers, municipal health staff, sanitation staff, community health volunteers and other volunteers etc

    - Health Ministry

    10:15:50 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    55 new cases in Telangana

    Telangana on Saturday reported 55 new Covid positive cases, taking the total to 1,509. The state so far saw 971 cured and discharged, while suffering 34 Covid deaths.
    10:05:58 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    1606 new Covid-19 cases & 67 deaths reported today in Maharashtra

    Total number of cases rises to 30706, of which 22479 are active cases. Death toll stands at 1135. Total 524 people recovered & discharged today, total 7088 patients have been discharged till date.
    10:04:53 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Odisha records 65 fresh cases of COVID-19; total tally now 737

    10:04:30 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    14 among 33 new cases from Gurgaon, Haryana COVID-19 count now 887

    10:04:11 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    195 new coronavirus cases in MP, 4 deaths

    The number of coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh rose to 4,790 on Saturday as 195 more people.
    10:02:06 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    US approves at-home sample collection for virus testing

    • The US approved a DIY nasal sample collection kit for coronavirus tests on Saturday, adding to an array of at-home options for a country eager to expand its COVID-19 testing.
    • The FDA approved a first at-home nasal sample collection kit under an arrangement that sends such samples to LabCorp, a major chain of laboratories.
    09:46:08 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Total number of positive COVID-19 cases reaches 91 in Uttarakhand: State Health Department

    09:13:21 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Delhi Congress has arranged 50-bed temporary shelter for migrants: Anil Chaudhary

    08:53:20 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Punjab to lift curfew from May 18, CM hints at maximum possible relaxations in non-containment zones

    • The containment zones would be strictly sealed to enable the resumption of shops and small businesses in the non-containment areas, he announced, adding that details of all relaxations would be announced by Monday, taking into account the new guidelines of the Centre for Lockdown 4.0.
    • He, however, made it clear that educational institutes would continue to remain closed in the interest of the safety and security of the children.
    • He again urged the opposition not to indulge in petty politics over the grave issue of COVID-19 and cooperate with the State government.
    • Favouring a simple containment/non-containment zone categorisation instead of the green/orange/red zone classification of the Central government, the Chief Minister said the State had suggested the same to the Centre.
    • He pointed out that at present, the district as a whole is a single zone or at the most, there are two units, that is, municipal corporation area and non-municipal corporation area.
    • As per the current system, COVID-19 cases in one part of the district can result in classification of the entire district as the red zone, thus putting severe restrictions on industry, shops etc, he noted, underlining the need to scrap this system and go for a Containment-focused strategy.
    08:44:06 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    With 1,057 new patients detected, number of coroanvirus cases in Gujarat goes up to 10,989; 19 more succumb to virus taking death toll to 625: Official

    08:42:51 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Covid-19 positive cases reach 217 in Jharkhand

    08:39:47 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    11 new cases in Kerala, all returnees

    11 new cases were reported in Kerala today. Seven of them have returned from abroad and two each have come back from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, state health minister KK Shailaja informed.Four patients, including an 81 year old man, were cured and tested negative. 87 patients are presently under treatment in different hospitals.
    08:34:11 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Tamil Nadu Covid updates:

    • 939 people discharged in Tamil Nadu
    • 477 new cases of Covid-19 in TN today
    • 332 of 477 cases are from Chennai.
    • Total cases - 10,585
    • 939 patients discharged today. Highest ever number of people discharged in a single day in TN.
    • Total recoveries - 3538
    • Three new deaths reported on Saturday. Death toll - 74
    08:23:26 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Punjab extends lockdown till May 31, but curfew restrictions to go

    Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday evening said the coronavirus lockdown in the state will continue till May 31, though his government will lift the curfew restrictions.
    08:21:54 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Rs 60 lakh aid for kin of deceased cops in Maharashtra

    • The families of police personnel who lose their lives due to coronavirus will get aid of Rs 60 lakh, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Saturday.
    • One member of the deceased police personnel's family will also be given a government job, he added.
    • At least 11 police personnel, including eight in Mumbai, have died due to the pandemic in Maharashtra.
    08:20:40 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Worldwide coronavirus cases pass 4.56 million, death toll crosses 306,000 [Source: Reuters]

    08:11:04 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    PIL in High Court for ensuring immediate treatment to COVID-19, other critical patients in govt hospitals

    • A PIL filed in the Delhi High Court has sought a direction to the AAP government to ensure people with COVID-19 symptoms as well as other critically ill patients are immediately admitted to hospitals and treated.
    • The plea has sought setting up of a court-monitored committee into the alleged instances of denial of treatment to COVID-19 and other critically ill patients by Delhi government-run hospitals.
    • Besides that, it also wants establishment of a centralised database and communication system with a unique toll-free number which COVID-19 and other critically ill patients can use to find availability of doctors and beds in government hospitals, so that prompt medication can be provided to them.
    • The petition has claimed that in the absence of such a centralised system, the situation in government hospitals here is "chaotic".
    08:04:46 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Railways ready to run 'Shramik Special' trains from any district; district collectors to prepare lists of stranded labourers

    - Piyush Goyal

    08:01:52 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Odisha govt urges Centre to suspend Shramik Special trains passing through its coastal areas for 3-4 days due to impending cyclone: Official

    07:59:57 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Government permits exports of non-medical, non-surgical masks

    • The government on Saturday eased mask export restrictions by permitting outbound shipments of non-medical and non-surgical masks of all types, including cotton, silk, wool and knitted.
    • However, all other types of masks such as N-95 and surgical masks will continue to remain prohibited for exports.
    07:49:35 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh has urged the Centre to change the criteria for allocation of 'Chana whole' from per household to per person, to ensure equitable distribution of foodgrain among the migrants amid Coronavirus lockdown: State Public Relations Department

    07:44:43 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says he'll ask Parliament for what he hopes will be the last extension of the state of emergency.

    Sanchez says he'll seek the support of the legislature to support a one-month extension of the state of emergency that gives his government extraordinary powers to maintain the nation's two-month lockdown.
    07:43:04 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Two more COVID-19 cases reported in HP, tally climbs to 79

    07:31:07 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    West Bengal govt okays 105 special trains to bring back migrant workers, others from 16 states

    07:23:04 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    All district magistrates have been instructed to arrange buses for migrant workers, who are found walking on foot, to send them to their homes

    - Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) PV Ramasastry

    07:21:16 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Delhi's Cygnus Orthocare Hospital, Batra Hospital and Research Centre declared as COVID-19 hospitals

    07:12:33 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    11 new cases in Kerala, over 55,000 under observation

    07:11:02 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    A total number of 1946 people have tested positive for COVID-19 till date, including 1257 patients cured and 32 deaths: Government of Punjab

    07:02:34 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Pakistan opens key border crossings with Afghanistan for trade

    06:53:22 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    11 new positive cases reported in Kerala today;

    4 from Thrissur, 3 from Kozhikode, 2 each from Palakkad and Malappuram districts. There are 87 active cases in the state now: Kerala Health Minister
    06:51:56 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    477 fresh COVID-19 cases & 3 deaths have been reported in Tamil Nadu today.

    Total number of cases rises to 10,585 & deaths to 74 in the state. Number of active cases stands at 6,970: Tamil Nadu Health Department
    06:50:46 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    1.41 lakh migrants ferried upto Maha border by MSRTC buses

    06:36:24 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Two Mumbai returnees test positive for COVID-19 in Manipur

    06:28:54 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Long waiting list for trains pushes migrants from Maharashtra to take to road on bicycles.

    Long waiting list for trains pushes migrants from Maharashtra to take to road on bicycles.
    06:13:11 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Bihar's COVID-19 tally reaches 1,079 with 46 fresh cases

    06:07:43 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Delhi High Court extends the suspension of functioning till May 23.

    06:06:28 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Phishing attacks in name of Aarogya Setu app increasing: Cyber agency

    • Phishing attacks in the name of Aarogya Setu mobile application are witnessing a "high rise" as online scamsters are taking advantage of the increased inquisitiveness of internet users during the COVID-19 pandemic, India's cyber security agency said.
    • It said attackers are also impersonating tools linked to the World Health Organisation and popular video-conferencing platforms like Zoom to steal sensitive data.
    06:05:05 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Pakistan resumes domestic flights partially as nation-wide lockdown eased

    06:04:08 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Venice geared up to receive tourists, Milan's pizzerias prepared to open and Australians headed out to eat for the first time in weeks Saturday, but the reopening of restaurants, pubs and cafes came with a warning: Don't overdo it.

    05:54:30 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    36 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Karnataka today, toll in the state rises to 1092

    05:53:37 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Syro Malabar Catholic Church Major Archbishop George Alencherry writes to Kerala Chief Minister requesting to allow worship places to open and resume religious rituals with conditions/directions by govt.

    05:49:40 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    WHO head urges global unity to help make Tokyo Olympics safe

    05:41:11 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    69 Jamaat members begin return journey to Assam from Delhi after testing negative for COVID-19

    05:40:59 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    135 BSF personnel have recovered from COVID-19 so far

    05:31:22 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    CBSE to release datesheet for remaining exams of Class 10, 12 by Monday

    - HRD Minister

    05:30:56 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    2 SHOs suspended, Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for kin of migrant workers killed in UP road accident

    05:14:59 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    China's Sany Group donates 1 million masks to India, other South Asian countries

    05:14:06 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    30 migrant workers killed in India lockdown crashes

    • At least 30 Indian migrant workers were killed Saturday in road accidents as they tried to get to return to their home villages during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
    • In the most deadly incident, a truck carrying about 40 labourers struck another vehicle also carrying workers and their families that was parked at a roadside cafe in Uttar Pradesh, local magistrate Abishek Singh told AFP.
    • It is thought the driver of the truck had fallen asleep, Singh said. the vehicle was carrying lime powder which suffocated many of those who died, all of whom were men, he added.
    05:05:13 PM IST, 16 May 2020

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of measures today:

    • Hike in FDI in defence production announced from 49% to 74%; ban on certain imports of defence weapons
    • Restrictions on utilisation of Indian airspace to be eased for civilian flights; Rs 1,000 cr a year benefit to aviation sector
    • Six more airports will be auctioned for private participation; Rs 13,000 cr additional investment by pvt players in 12 airports
    • Major reforms in the mining of minerals through a seamless composite exploration-cum-production regime announced.
    • The Finance Minister said 500 blocks of minerals will be auctioned in a composite exploration-cum-mining-cum-production regime. Also, a joint auction of bauxite and coal blocks would be done to enhance the aluminium industry's competitiveness.
    • This will help the aluminium industry reduce electricity costs, she said.
    • Structural reforms will be focus of fourth tranche of eco stimulus package with aim to boost growth, create jobs.
    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of measures today:
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