Highlights: With 391 new Covid-19 cases in Gujarat, state tally rises to 11,380

Guidelines keeping in view the need to open up economic activities while containing spread of Covid-19 will be issued shortly.

National Disaster Management Authority has directed states to continue Covid-19 lockdown measures till May 31

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) also directs National Executive Committee (NEC) to issue modifications in the guidelines, as necessary keeping in view the need to open up economic activities while containing the spread of #COVID19. https://t.co/uHXVriHvoW

— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2020

1 new positive case of Covid-19 reported in the state today. Total number of positive cases rises to 78 including 31 active, 40 recovered and 3 deaths: Himachal Pradesh Health Department

58 new Covid-19 cases reported in Bihar today, of which 56 are from Patna. The total number of cases in the state stands at 1251 now: Bihar Principal Health Secretary Sanjay Kumar

Government of Karnataka extends Covid-19 lockdown in the state for 2 more days, i.e. till 19th May midnight. The guidelines and norms as followed during coronavirus lockdown 3 will remain in place till 19th midnight or till further notice, reports ANI.

Meeting of union cabinet secretary with state DGP and chief secretaries has started. Decision on lockdown shortly: Government official

143 Afghan nationals, who were stranded in Pune due lockdown, flown back to Kabul in special flight: Official

An ACP has been tested positive. He lives in a government housing colony in Delhi's Karkardooma and comes to Rashtrapati Bhavan daily. He has been shifted to a hospital.

6 people have been identified who had come in contact with the ACP and their samples have been sent for testing. While the ACP's office is in the main building of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, it is away from the President secretariat: Senior official of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

With 14 new Covid-19 cases in Kerala today, the number of active cases in the state rises to 101 now: Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan

With 14 new #COVID19 cases in Kerala today, the number of active cases in the state rises to 101 now: Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan pic.twitter.com/sBkpn6kOTw

— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2020

Measures and reforms announced by the FM today will have a transformative impact on our health and education sectors. They will boost entrepreneurship, help public sector units and revitalise the village economy. Reform trajectories of the states will also get an impetus: PM Modi

Rajasthan crossed the 5,000-mark in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases on Sunday as 123 positives were reported until 2 pm.

Air India special flight with 168 evacuees from Chicago landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Sunday, officials.

Two migrant workers tested positive for coronavirus in Balod district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, taking the number of such cases in the state to 69, health officials said.

Oman: A special Air India Express repatriation flight with 183 Indians on board departs for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Oman: A special Air India Express repatriation flight with 183 Indians on board departs for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. #VandeBharatMission pic.twitter.com/3g08XqyWPK

— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2020

A Mumbai police additional commissioner was quarantined as a precautionary measure after his reader tested positive for the novel coronavirus, an official said on Sunday.