With over 900 cases in the last 24 hours, India has recorded more than 8,400 Coronavirus positive cases so far while 289 people have died.
Keeping in view this surge, the Centre is mulling overextending the ongoing lockdown beyond April 14 on the states' request.
Coronavirus death toll in the United Kingdom passed 10,000. However, UK PM Boris Johnson, who tested positive for the virus, was discharged from hospital after one week of treatment.
Meanwhile, the US has taken over Italy in terms of most fatalities caused due to the Coronavirus outbreak. With 2,000 new deaths, the toll has reached 20,000 in the US.
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10:05 PM: Thirty-six people were arrested across Noida and Greater Noida on Sunday for allegedly defying restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 lockdown, police said.
"Six FIRs were registered on Saturday for lockdown violations and 18 people arrested. A total of 481 vehicles were checked across 200 barrier points in the district and challans issued to 85 vehicle owners, while five vehicles were impounded," the police said in a statement.
10:00 PM: Delhi govt to deploy PG students of Maulana Azad Medical College on COVID-19 duty in all districts of the city: Officials.
9:50 PM: A total of 104 new COVID19 cases have been reported in Rajasthan today including 40 from Jaipur and 12 from Tonk. Total positive cases rise to 804: Rajasthan Health Department.
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9:30 PM: Coronavirus death toll in the United Kingdom passes 10,000, according to to AFP News Agency
9:15 PM: West Bengal govt makes wearing masks mandatory in public places to combat COVID-19 pandemic: Officials.
9:11 PM: Government has ordered liquor shops, bottling plants and breweries in Assam to open for limited hours from Monday.
8:50 PM: Two more persons succumbed to COVID-19 in West Bengal, pushing the total number of deaths due to the virus to seven, the state health department said on Sunday.
8:42 PM: 221 new COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra; state tally rises to 1,982: Health official
7:20 PM: The total number of COVID19 cases in Punjab now stands at 170 including 135 active cases and 23 cured: Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Punjab
7:15 PM: Government of Andhra Pradesh has prohibited the consumption of smokeless or chewable tobacco products and spitting in public places, to avoid COVID19 transmission.
6:20 PM: UK PM Boris Johnson, who tested positive for coronavirus, has been 'discharged from hospital', says Downing Street.
5:50 PM: Wherever we are finding COVID19 cases in Delhi, we are declaring those areas as containment zones and conducting 'Operation Shield' there. Total 33-35 containment zones have been already identified till now: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
5:30 PM: 30 nurses have been put under quarantine at Ruby Hall Hospital in Pune after a 45-year-old nurse working there tested positive for COVID19, said Sanjay Pathare, Director, Medical Services, Ruby Hall Hospital,
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5:25 PM: Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Sunday said that wearing of face masks has been made compulsory while stepping outside homes in the state during the lockdown and anybody found violating the orders will be punishable under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the IPC.
5:14 PM: 20,000 train coaches to be converted into isolation wards. In first phase, 5,000 being converted: Health Ministry.
4:50 PM: Over 40 candidate vaccines for Covid-19 are under development but none of them has reached next stage: ICMR official
4:47 PM: Group of ministers has approved the release of hydroxychloroquine to 13 countries: MEA.
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4:40 PM: 14 identified institutes including AIIMS, NIMHANS to mentor medical colleges and expand COVID-19 testing capacity: Health Ministry.
4:34PM: 909 COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths reported in last 24 hours: Health Ministry.
4:32PM: Total 1,86,906 samples have been tested so far, of which 7,953 have been found positive for COVID-19: ICMR official.
3:56PM: Three Indian nationals, who entered Nepal from India for a religious mass gathering and were staying at a mosque in the southern part of the country, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
3:54PM: More than 75,000 people have died from the coronavirus in Europe, with 80 percent of the fatalities occurring in Italy, Spain, France and Britain, according to an AFP tally.
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3:49PM: At least 22 health workers of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have been placed under quarantine, after two patients admitted there tested positive for COVID-19.
3:00 PM: Karnataka reported 11 coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the total number in the state to 226, the health department said. Four of them are from Belagavi, three from Bengaluru, two from Kalaburagi and one each from Vijayapura and Mysuru.
2:19 PM: Wear masks in public places from Monday or face fine/three-year jail term: Ahmedabad municipal corporation.
2:18 PM: A 45-year-old woman has died of coronavirus at a hospital in Chenna, taking the toll in Tamil Nadu to 11, the health department said on Sunday.
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2:07PM: "Situation due to coronavirus very serious; cases will rise if more testing is done," says former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath.
1:50PM: Confirmed cases in Maharashtra, which has been hit hardest by Covid-19, rose to 1,895 with 134 new cases being reported, according to the state health department.
1:19PM: Police have registered an FIR against parents of a four-year-old girl who tested positive for coronavirus in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, after it came to light that they travelled along with her to a relative's place despite the lockdown.
12:53PM: Two more persons have died of coronavirus infection in Indore, taking the toll in the Madhya Pradesh city to 32, officials have said.
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12:41PM: Police have apprehended eight people and registered a case against them for allegedly gathering at a gurdwara in violation of the lockdown orders in North Delhi's Kotwali on Sunday.
12:29PM: Pakistan's coronavirus cases have reached 5,038 with 254 new infections reported, while 14 more people died due to the disease, taking the death toll in the country to 86.
11:01 AM: The US has overtaken Italy as the country with the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 pandemic with the fatalities crossing 20,000, according to Johns Hopkins University data, as the novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the globe.
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10:45 AM: A 72-year-old suspected COVID-19 patient managed to escape from Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on Sunday.
10:01 AM: 15 new Coronavirus positive cases have been reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai. A total of 43 cases and 4 deaths have been reported here so far.
9:38 AM: Fifty-four positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in Odisha so far while 12 patients have recovered from the disease.
9:20 AM: A COVID-19 positive person has died at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). He was among the 8 people who were brought to isolation ward from Hindpiri area from Jharkhand. Total deaths due to COVID-19 in the state is 2 now: Dr Vijay Bihari, Civil Surgeon, Ranchi.
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9:15 AM: A 72-year-old woman, possibly infected with Coronavirus, has managed to escape from Patna Medical College & Hospital (PMCH). PMCH admin has given written info to Police and investigation has begun. Test results of the woman, a resident of Siwan, is awaited.
9:10 AM: Seven more persons, including two women, tested positive for coronavirus in Chhattisgarh, taking the number of such cases in the state to 25, an official said on Sunday.
9:00 AM: 34 deaths and 909 new cases have been reported in last 24 hours. India's total number of Coronavirus positive cases rises to 8356 while death toll climbs to 273, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
