Highlights: Covid-19 cases in Bihar mount to 3,359, death toll at 19

"Delhi government believes that places where large gatherings take place, like cinema halls, should remain closed. Schools and colleges should also remain closed," Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said on Friday. His remarks came after consultations with Union Home Minister Amit Shah over coronavirus lockdown a day earlier.

17,386 cases have been recorded in the Capital. 398 people have died so far. Delhi health minister S Jain said 7846 people have recovered.

Total #COVID19 positive cases in Delhi stands at 17386 including 1106 cases that were reported yesterday. 7846 people have recovered so far. Till now, the death toll is 398: Satyendar Jain, Delhi Health Minister pic.twitter.com/5siPuQJmiw

— ANI (@ANI) May 29, 2020

Kerala health minister KK Shailaja has said that there is no evidence of community transmission of Covid19 in Kerala.

Till now there is no community spread in the state. Contact tracing team is very efficient and they are tracing all contacts: Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/IhIhrABcQP

— ANI (@ANI) May 29, 2020

Piyush Goyal, Union Minister, told people aged above 60 and people with comorbidities to refrain from travelling and to travel only when necessary.

To protect vulnerable persons from #COVID19, in line with MHA directives,Railways makes an appeal that persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women, children below the age of 10 years and persons above 65 years may avoid travel by rail,except when it is essential: Railway Ministry pic.twitter.com/7NwJOaQR5l

— ANI (@ANI) May 29, 2020

Two parliament floors of the Parliament annex building has been sealed after an officer tested positive for Covid-19, according to PTI.

Two floors of Parliament Annexe building sealed after officer tests positive for COVID-19: Sources

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 29, 2020

Rajya Sabha secretariat officer has tested positive for Covid-19, PTI reported attributing sources.

Rajya Sabha Secretariat officer posted at Parliament tests positive for COVID-19: Sources

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 29, 2020

Germany recorded 741 new cases of Covid-19, the total number of infections in the country has reached 180,458. 8,450 people have died so far, according to data accessed by Reuters from the Robert Koch Institute.

KCDC has reported 58 new cases of Covid-19. 82 infections on Thursday were reported from warehouses operated by e-commerce chains.

India has registered 7,467 new cases as it registered a new record in terms of most cases recorded in a single-day. The nation has registered 175 deaths due to Covid-19. Close to 72,000 people have recovered among the 165,799 people infected.

Brazil, one of the newest hotspots of Covid-19 infections in the world and worst-hit nation in South America reported 26,417 cases in the last 24 hours.

As France reopens, fresh Covid-19 cases surged in the European nation but the government has attributed this rise of 3,325 cases to better testing and new data collecting methods.

110 patients were showered with flower petals in Madhya Pradesh's Indore after they were discharged following their recovery from Covid-19.

Madhya Pradesh: Flower petals were showered on 110 people after they were discharged from a hospital in Indore, post recovering from #COVID19. (28.05.20) pic.twitter.com/LBllLZdbcO

— ANI (@ANI) May 29, 2020

The Baltal route will be used to hold the Amarnath Yatra for a short duration of 15 to 20 days. In a meeting attended by, Jammu and Kashmir L-G Murmu, DGP Dilbagh Singh and other it was decided that the Baltal route will be cleared and DC Ganderbal have been issued instructions, according to sources.

Pune DCP (Crime) Bacchan Singh said though the number of crimes went down 6 times in April, few crimes related to property disputes and crimes against women are rising marginally.

As per our analysis of crimes rate during #lockdown, crime rate went down by six times in April. But now number of body offenses is increasing. Crimes related to property dispute & crime against women are also rising marginally: Pune DCP (Crime) Bachchan Singh (28.5.2020) pic.twitter.com/uBuZOkeTdE

— ANI (@ANI) May 28, 2020

After the daily death toll dipped earlier this week, US has continued to record more than a 1,000 deaths daily due to Covid-19. US has recorded 1,297 fresh deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

#UPDATE US records 1,297 #coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, bringing its total toll to 101,573 since the pandemic began.

The US has officially logged 1,720,613 cases of the virus, far more than any other nation

📸 A memorial to COVID-19 victims in New York pic.twitter.com/AcbtJ6ZF0z

— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 29, 2020