Covid-19 Highlights:AI flights from Sharjah, Malaysia, Kuwait bring back Indians

Air India flights bringing Indians back from Malaysia and Kuwait landed in India late on Saturday evening. The external affairs minister S Jaishankar informed about the arrival of AI flight 988 from Kuwait in Hyderabad and Air India Express flight from Malaysia landing in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, through a couple of tweets.

AI Express flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia lands in Trichy.

Thank @airindiain, @MoCA_GoI, Bureau of Immigration and Tamil Nadu Government for support and cooperation.

Commend the good work done by HC Mridul Kumar and Team @hcikl.

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) May 9, 2020

31 new coronavirus positive cases reported in the state today; the total number of positive cases in the state is 1163: Telangana Health Department

A flight from Muscat arrived in Cochin airport with 181 passengers.

Number of coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh rises to 3,457 with 116 new patients detected; death toll reaches 211 with eleven persons succumbing to infection: Health official.

An Air India flight from Kuwait reached Cochin international airport with 177 passengers. This is the first flight from Kuwait. Two other flights are expected later in the night. In Mission Vande Bharat India is carrying out the biggest evacuation after the 1990 Kuwait invasion by the Iraq. 1.70 lakh people were evacuated then.

129 fresh cases of Covid-19 and three deaths have been reported in Rajasthan today, taking total number of cases and deaths to 3708 and106, respectively. Number of active cases stands at 1440: Rajasthan Health Department

An Air India Express flight brings back 182 Indians to Lucknow from Sharjah

#VandeBharatMission: An Air India Express flight brings back 182 Indians to Lucknow from Sharjah pic.twitter.com/BtnIXLKcMI

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 9, 2020

Number of Covid-19 containment zones increases to 2,646 in Mumbai, Maharashtra: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

Air India flight with over 180 Indians from Sharjah in UAE arrived in Lucknow on Saturday evening: Lucknow airport director AK Sharma.

New York reported 226 new deaths related to the coronavirus

722 cases reported in Mumbai on Saturday followed by 27 deaths. The total number of positive cases in Mumbai is 12,864 followed by 489 deaths.

Ahmedabad reports 280 new Covid-19 cases and 20 deaths, taking total case count to 5,540 and fatalities 363: Health official.

Three trains from Karnataka, 2 each from Punjab and Tamil Nadu, 1 from Telangana will ferry stranded people to West Bengal over next few days: Railways

Covid-19 cases count rises to 20,228 in Maharashtra; 1165 news cases recorded.

Coronavirus death toll passes 275,000 worldwide: AFP tally