Highlights: MHA modifies lockdown 4.0 order, permits domestic air travel

Bihar's Health ministry told ANI that the state has recorded 54 new Covid-19 cases and the total number of cases are now 1,573.

54 new COVID19 cases reported in Bihar, taking the total to number of positive cases to 1573: Sanjay Kumar, Principal Secretary- Health, Bihar

— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2020

India recorded its steepest rise in the number of Covid-19 cases with 5,611 fresh cases and 140 deaths in last 24 hours.

Indian Coffee House in Shimla woke up from its lockdown slumber to cater to coffee-lovers as it reopens.

Himachal Pradesh: Indian Coffee House in Shimla has resumed take-away services following relaxations in 4th phase of #CoronaLockdown. Bhagat Sharma, Manager says, "We have started takeaway & delivery services but our customers say they are missing ambiance of the shop". (20.05) pic.twitter.com/UlLyfRvkdD

— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2020

A Congressional report showed that the pandemic has forced foreign investors to pull out more than $16 billion dollars from Indian markets. The report also showed that $26 billion dollars worth of investments have been pulled out of emerging Asian markets.

The NHC in Beijing told Reuters that China has recorded 5 fresh cases of Covid-19.

Sweden's PM Stefan Lofven defended Sweden's approach to Covid-19 and said that the fight against the pandemic is a marathon. Swedes across the nation have been asked to work from home as Europe reopens. This indicates that the Scandinavian nation could be looking towards a longer lockdown period compared to its neighbours.

Schools in South Korea reopen as the nation believes it has the capacity of controlling a second wave of infections. Healthcare officials remain confident that they might have staved off any chances of Covid-19 resurgence but have asked regional educational authorities to restart schools with staggered class schedules and lunch breaks.

The English Premier League said that 6 people from three different clubs have tested positive for Covid-19, according to Reuters. Premier League in England look to restart in June after seeing their German counterparts restarting the football league last week.

Peru, Chile and Ecuador continue to see more than 90% of their ICU beds occupied as Covid-19 batters Latin America, where socioeconomic inequality has posed a major challenge in curbing the contagion.

US President Donald Trump continued to defend hydroxycholoroquine and said that it is still the first 'line of defence' against Covid-19. The US president said the anti-malarial drug earned a bad reputation only because 'he was promoting it'. "So, I am obviously a very bad promoter. If anybody else were promoting it, they would say this is the greatest thing ever," he said.

US' Johns Hopkins tracker records 1,536 fresh Covid-19 deaths in last 24-hours. The death toll in US has crossed 90,000.