Highlights: Total number of containment zones in Delhi now stands at 77

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued an advisory for managing health care workers working in Covid and Non-Covid areas of the hospitals.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued an advisory for managing health care workers working in COVID and Non-COVID areas of the hospitals. pic.twitter.com/OO364fK7HE

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Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich resigned Friday after less than a month on the job over what an official said was "incompatibility" with President Jair Bolsonaro's approach to fighting the country's spiralling coronavirus crisis.

There should not be any relaxation in containment zones but economic activities should be resumed in other parts. This may lead to increase in Covid-19 cases, we have all arrangements in place to deal with it: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in his letter to PM Modi over the lockdown.

Delhi: Four more areas (serial number 22,23,24 and 25) have been removed from containment zones; the total number of containment zones in the national capital now stands at 77. No new addition to the list today.

141 new Covid-19 positive cases and 5 deaths have been reported in Pune district today. Total positive cases stand at 3567 in the district and death toll is at 186: Dr Bhagawan Pawar, District Health Officer (DHO)

WHO is probing possible Covid-19 link to rare disease in children, reports AFP.

I welcome today’s measures announced by FM Nirmala Sitharaman. They will help the rural economy, our hardworking farmers, fishermen, the animal husbandry and dairy sectors. I specially welcome reform initiatives in agriculture, which will boost income of farmers: PM Narendra Modi

Maharashtra's case count goes to 29,100 as 1576 cases found on Friday. Toll also jumps to 1068 as 49 deaths recorded in a day. Of them, 34 are in Mumbai, Pune 6, two each in Akola, Kalyan Dombivli, Dhule, and one each in Panvel, Jalgaon and Aurangabad

Five more Covid-19 deaths in Tamil Nadu, toll now 71; 434 test positive,count rises to 10,108: Tamil Nadu government

6 new positive cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Jharkhand today. Total number of positive cases rise to 211 in the state: Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni

Covid-19 death toll rises to 153 in West Bengal with 10 more fatalities in last 24 hours; 84 fresh cases reported: State health dept, reports PTI.

84 new #COVID19 positive cases confirmed in West Bengal today. The total number of cases in the state is now at 2461, including 153 deaths. 72 deaths also occurred due to comorbidity: West Bengal Health Department pic.twitter.com/vSckhuriu4

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Mizoram extends lockdown till May 31 to check spread of coronavirus: Official, reports PTI.

Total number of Covid-19 positive cases in Haryana stands at 854, including 377 active cases, 464 recovered/discharged patients and 13 deaths: Health Department, Government of Haryana

Total number of positive Covid-19 cases reaches 82 in Uttarakhand, of which 30 are active cases: State Health Department

The total number of Covid-19 cases reaches 1,932 in Punjab, with 13 more people testing positive today. Number of active cases and fatalities due to the infection stands at 1595 and 32, respectively: Punjab Health Department