Covid-19 updates: Coronavirus kills more than 1,000 in a single day in Italy

As per officials, the total coronavirus cases in the state of Maharashtra have gone up to 147.

The Andhra Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Department has detected one more positive COVID-19 case in the state on Friday. One man, from Andhra Pradesh had come into contact with a COVID-19 patient who had returned from England, reports ANI.

Iran on Friday announced 144 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the official number of fatalities to 2,378 in one of the world's worst-hit countries, reports AFP.

Cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba said that a in monitoring all international arrivals may seriously jeopardise govt's efforts to contain spread of the novel coronavirus, reports PTI.

Total cases of coronavirus in Noida have gone up to 17 after 2 women from Noida and a man from Greater Noida tested positive, reports PTI.

South Africa recorded its first two deaths from the novel coronavirus on Friday as the number of confirmed cases breached the 1,000 mark just hours after a three-week nationwide lockdown swung into action, reports AFP.

Malaysia reported 130 new coronavirus cases on Friday and a total of 2,161 infections, the highest total in Southeast Asia. The number of deaths from the virus outbreak rose to 26, the health ministry said, reports PTI.

Truck drivers in Nagpur, who had come to deliver goods here, say that they're stuck here & facing problems. They say, "Had delivered goods here from Gujarat, but now we're stuck since 19th March. Price of everything has risen. We're eating 'khichdi' & 'namak-roti', reports ANI.

The state of Karnataka reported its third death from the novel coronavirus. A 65 year old man belonging to Tumkur district died according to K Rakesh Kumar, Tumkur DC. The man apparently stayed at Jamia Masjid in Delhi and came back to Bengaluru on March 11

A Nilgai was seen outside the Great India Place mall in Noida as the country stays indoors under a 21 day lockdown imposed by the government to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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The UAE authorities are taking steps to help many stranded passengers, including 22 Indians, who were on transit at the Dubai airport when their home countries suddenly stopped all the inbound flights due to the coronavirus pandemic, a media report said on Friday, reports PTI.

European stock markets slid in early deals Friday following three days of gains as traders reacted to global stimulus action to tackle the economic fallout from the coronavirus. London tumbled 3.7 percent, Frankfurt lost 1.5 percent, Paris shed 2.1 percent, Milan dropped 1.2 percent and Madrid retreated 2.0 percent, reports AFP.

South Korea is struggling to meet the demand for test kits as cases in Europe and US continue to rise. SolGent a test maker has received huge numbers of orders and has aimed to make 400,000 coronavirus test kits by next week.

"Today RBI has taken giant steps to safeguard our economy from the impact of the Coronavirus. The announcements will improve liquidity, reduce cost of funds, help middle class and businesses," PM Modi tweets after RBI's media presser.

Due to coronavirus, a lot of people are not able to put food on the table anymore. The stove isn't burning. There's not food. Our job and focus right now is to not let anyone starve in Delhi. The aim is to get food to them. Delhi government will serve lunch and dinner to needy people in 325 schools," Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.