Highlights: Global coronavirus death toll crosses 100,000
Coronavirus continues to ravage continents across the globe as more than 1.5 million people are infected. China's Hubei has reported no new cases since the last 48 hours. European Union has reached a $550 billion rescue deal. In India, 206 people have died due to Covid-19.
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PM Modi replies to Brazilian counterpart
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Yemen sees unlikely peace amid coronavirus outbreak
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Labourers hired to bury the dead in New York
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14 cases from Bhopal have been reported
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Ecuador's Guayaquil badly hit by coronavirus
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Dharavi cases soar, 5 new cases of Covid-19 reported
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Bihar coronavirus cases go up, 60 people infected by Covid-19
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Good Friday sees no celebrations due to pandemic in Kerala
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547 new cases reported nationwide
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India cases cross 6,400, death toll inches towards 200
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Ambala sanitation workers get cheered on by locals
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Assam man, who died due to Covid-19, attended Tablighi congregation
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Assam man is northeast India's first coronavirus fatality
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Delhi police use drones to monitor movement in Chandni Chowk area
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Trump calls reporters 'nasty' and asks for softer questions at WH briefing
Over 1.6 million people are infected by Covid-19 which has brought the planet's major cities and economies to a grinding halt. It has been 100 days since the Chinese government reported the first coronavirus cases. The country has been reporting fewer coronavirus cases, most of them returnees. In India, cases continue to surge as the nation remains under a lockdown. European Union after a lot of arguments between its 27 finance minister have reached a deal to help out its ravaged economies and healthcare systems.
PM Modi replies to Brazilian counterpart
The hydroxychloroquine diplomacy between India and other foreign nations has garnered praise for PM Modi as Jair Bolsonaro and Netanyahu thank him for lifting export ban on the anti-malarial drug.
Thank you President @jairbolsonaro. The India-Brazil partnership is stronger than ever in these challenging times.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 10, 2020
India is committed to contribute to humanity's fight against this pandemic. https://t.co/uIKmvXPUo7
Yemen sees unlikely peace amid coronavirus outbreak
The Yemen civil war between the Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi-led military which has been going on since the last five years has stopped as the Saudi have declared a ceasefire.
Labourers hired to bury the dead in New York
The above satellite image is from New York's Hart Island. The city administration is hiring laborers to bury the dead on the island's potter's field.
14 cases from Bhopal have been reported
The district administration in Bhopal says 14 fresh cases have been reported from capital region.
14 new #COVID19 cases have been reported from Bhopal today, taking the total number of positive cases in Bhopal to 112: District Administration, Bhopal. #MadhyaPradesh
— ANI (@ANI) April 10, 2020
Ecuador's Guayaquil badly hit by coronavirus
Guayaquil has reported 68% of Ecuador's cases. The dead in Ecuador's most populous city are being buried in mass graves and dead bodies continue to give out putrid smell as city's mortuary system collapses.
VIDEO: Catholic bishop blesses Ecuador's Guayaquil from the sky.
— AFP news agency (@AFP) April 10, 2020
Guayaquil, the largest city, is the center of the country's outbreak pic.twitter.com/LouDsQko0L
VIDEO: Catholic bishop blesses Ecuador's Guayaquil from the sky.
— AFP news agency (@AFP) April 10, 2020
Guayaquil, the largest city, is the center of the country's outbreak pic.twitter.com/LouDsQko0L
Dharavi cases soar, 5 new cases of Covid-19 reported
2 Tablighi Jamaat attendees and 3 other from Dharavi have tested positive for coronavirus. 3 other people were also diagnosed. 22 cases have been reported from Dharavi.
Bihar coronavirus cases go up, 60 people infected by Covid-19
Bihar has reported 2 fresh cases. These cases too are from Siwan. They have contact history with a returnee from Oman.
Bihar: Two members of a family in Siwan have tested positive for #COVID19; they have contact history with a positive patient who had returned from Oman. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 60.
— ANI (@ANI) April 10, 2020
Good Friday sees no celebrations due to pandemic in Kerala
The Joseph Metropolitan Cathedral wears a deserted look on Good Friday as coronavirus ravages Kerala.
Kerala: St Joseph Metropolitan Cathedral in Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram is closed on the occasion of #GoodFriday, today, to avoid mass gathering in view of #COVID19 pandemic. pic.twitter.com/z2y09Bd2Q3
— ANI (@ANI) April 10, 2020
547 new cases reported nationwide
Over 25 people have died in the last 12 hours due to Covid-19 across the country.
Increase of 547 new COVID19 cases 30 deaths in last 12 hours; India's total number of #Coronavirus positive cases rises to 6412 (including 5709 active cases, 504 cured/discharged/migrated and 199 deaths): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/N9fLxsqy4a
— ANI (@ANI) April 10, 2020
India cases cross 6,400, death toll inches towards 200
With Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Delhi reporting soar in Covid-19 numbers the total cases in India has touched 6,412. 199 people have died so far.
Ambala sanitation workers get cheered on by locals
Sanitation workers in Ambala were greeted with claps and garlands when they began their day's work. Flower petals were also showered on the workers who have been sanitizing houses in the area.
#WATCH Haryana: Locals in Ambala offered garlands to the sanitation workers and applauded them by clapping and showering flower petals on them. #COVID19 (09.04.2020) pic.twitter.com/7Ie5xTQc7P
— ANI (@ANI) April 10, 2020
Assam man, who died due to Covid-19, attended Tablighi congregation
Hailakandi's Faijul Haque Barbhuyan, 65, who passed away at at Silchar Medical College Hospital (SMCH) had travel history to Saudi Arabia and had also attended the Tablighi congregation at Nizamuddin's Banglewali Masjid.
Assam man is northeast India's first coronavirus fatality
Assam minister HB Sarma said that a person has died in Silchar Medical College due to Covid-19. This is Assam's and the northeastern India's first Covid-19 fatality.
First COVID-19 death in Assam at Silchar Medical College Hospital: Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 10, 2020
Delhi police use drones to monitor movement in Chandni Chowk area
As Delhi's several zones go under containment, police in the city have been using drones to monitor movement in locales of north Delhi.
#WATCH: Delhi Police using drone cameras to monitor the situation in Jama Masjid area, amid lockdown due to #COVID19. (Source: Delhi Police) (09.04.2020) pic.twitter.com/iBRoNQu52A
— ANI (@ANI) April 10, 2020
Trump calls reporters 'nasty' and asks for softer questions at WH briefing
US President Donald Trump has "made himself lead actor, director and producer" in his Covid-19 press briefings which, according to AFP, has made his few fans demand that the President better leave these briefings to experts.
First published: Apr 10, 2020 05:59 IST