Highlights: 186 new coronavirus cases and 1 death reported in Delhi today

American multinational consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble's quarterly earnings rose sharply as stay at home orders around the world sent shoppers flocking to supermarkets to stock up on everyday household essentials.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the officials to resolve the issues of labourers amid lockdown.

The world is fighting COVID-19 together, PM Modi tweeted.

The world is fighting COVID-19 together.

Humanity will surely overcome this pandemic. https://t.co/7Kgwp1TU6A

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 18, 2020

A sharp upward revision in China's coronavirus death toll on Friday was "an attempt to leave no case undocumented", World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiologist Maria van Kerkhove said during a briefing.

Meeting of Group of Ministers (GoM) over Covid-19 is underway at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s residence.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is chairing a meeting of senior government officers to review the coronavirus situation in Uttar Pradesh.

In Gujarat, seven Covid-19 patients have died since 6 pm yesterday. The death toll in the state has gone up to 48, according to Gujarat Health Department.

Two people have died of coronavirus at a state-run hospital in Jaipur. These deaths have pushed toll in Rajasthan to 19, officials said.

Walmart is going to hire 50,000 more workers in coronavirus-driven hiring spree.

Total number of positive cases in Nagpur district is 63. One person has died and 12 have been discharged, according to District Information Office Nagpur.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are providing emergency funds to developing and low-income countries across the world to strengthen their efforts to battle the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

Four new Covid-19 cases were reported in Nagpur today, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation said.

American football player Von Miller was tested positive for Covid-19. "I was shocked on learning that I have coronavirus," the sportsperson said.

The World Health Organization is not sure whether the presence of antibodies in blood gives full protection against reinfection with the new coronavirus. Even if antibodies were effective, there was little sign that large numbers of people had developed them and were beginning to offer so-called “herd immunity” to the broader population, WHO’s top emergencies expert Mike Ryan said in a press briefing.

The Covid-19 pandemic is a huge challenge but it is also an opportunity. We need to mobilise our huge pool of scientists, engineers and data experts to work on innovative solutions needed during the crisis, tweeted Rahul Gandhi.