20 May, 23:08 (IST)

71-year-old man dies in Greater Noida hospital, 6th COVID-19 death in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar: Official

20 May, 22:18 (IST)

174 new Covid-19 cases and 14 deaths reported in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra's Pune district. The death toll now rises to 235 while total positive cases stand at 4,544: Health Officials, Pune.

20 May, 21:33 (IST)

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) deletes 'domestic air travel of passengers' from the list of prohibited activities in lockdown guidelines.

20 May, 21:21 (IST)

With 1,372 new COVID-19 cases, Mumbai's tally of patients rises to 23,935; toll reaches 841 with 41 more deaths: BMC

20 May, 20:31 (IST)

2250 new COVID-19 cases and 65 deaths reported in Maharashtra today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 39297, including 27581 active cases and 1390 deaths: State Health Department

20 May, 19:46 (IST)

2 new positive cases have been reported today in Chandigarh, taking the total positive cases in the union territory to 202 including 3 deaths: Chandigarh Health Department

20 May, 19:12 (IST)

25 new coronavirus patients found in Mumbai's Dharavi taking the tally of cases in the area to 1,378, with no new death reported, the toll stands at 56: civic body

20 May, 18:54 (IST)

Inter-state buses will not ply for now, as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) have not been made for their deployment yet, said Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij.

20 May, 17:53 (IST)

"24 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Kerala today. Of them 12 have returned from abroad, 11 others have returned from other states and one has been infected by contact. Total positive cases stand at 666 including 161 active cases," said Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

20 May, 16:55 (IST)

When the first lockdown started, then recovery rate was around 7.1%, the recovery rate during 2nd lockdown was 11.42%, it then rose to 26.59%. Today the recovery rate is 39.62%, said Lav Agarwal, Union Health ministry joint secretary.

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Mumbai, May 20: In one of the biggest news of today, Cyclone Amphan is expected to make landfall today, and ahead of it, rainfall and strong winds have already hit Bhadrak, Paradip and other areas in Odisha. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the cyclone intensified from Category 1 to a Category 5 cyclone in a record time of about 18 hours. The impact of Amphan cyclone is expected to be more severe, as compared to earlier cyclones Aila or Bulbul.

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced that a total of 200 non-AC trains would ply from June 1 onwards. The move would aid the stranded migrants who are not able to get tickets of the special Shramik Express trains. The total number of coronavirus cases surpassed the 1 lakh mark on Tuesday and the death toll increased to 3,163.

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump wrote to Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General over the coronavirus situation. Trump warned that if WHO doesn't commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days, he will permanently freeze the US funding to WHO and would also consider the country's membership in the organisation.

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