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Autos and cycle rickshaws have been allowed to ply in Tamil Nadu from today except in Chennai and containment zones.

Rameswaram: Tamil Nadu govt has allowed plying of autos and cycle rickshaws from today amid #COVID19 lockdown, except in Chennai&containment zones. Ramesh, an auto driver says, "There are no tourists due to lockdown. Local passengers are also not there, hence no earning for us". pic.twitter.com/rPTN6A2d7l

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2020

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has tested 28,34,798 samples for Covid-19 till date. The number of samples tested in 24 hours is 1,15,364: ANI

Sixty six private liquor shops have been allowed to operate from today in Delhi from 9 am to 6:30 pm, on an odd-even basis. This follows an order of the Delhi excise department on Friday.

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Rajasthan reported 48 new cases and 2 deaths due to the novel coronavirus. The total cases in the state have reached 6,542 and the death toll stands at 155, reports ANI.

Rajasthan reports 48 fresh positive cases of #COVID19 and 2 deaths till 9 am. Total number of positive cases rise to 6542 and 155 deaths, while active cases hike to 2695: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/WwmYXx3Joo

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2020

Incoming domestic flight passengers from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu & Madhya Pradesh will undergo 7-day institutional quarantine, followed by home quarantine: Praveen Sood, Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP)

Incoming domestic flight passenger from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Delhi & Madhya Pradesh will undergo 7 day institutional Quarantine followed by home quarantine.

— DGP KARNATAKA (@DgpKarnataka) May 23, 2020

In yet another highest one-day spike, India recorded 6,654 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday. The country now has 1,25,101 coronavirus cases, according to the figures of the health ministry. This includes 69,597 active cases, 51, 783 cured/ discharged patients and 3720 deaths from the disease.

All passengers coming to Jammu-Kashmir by air or rail will be kept in institutional quarantine for 14 days and tested for Covid-19 using RTPCR test, news agency ANI quoted J-K government as saying.

If tested negative they will be sent home otherwise to a hospital. This is the UT protocol under the Disaster Management Act.

South Korea reported 23 new cases of the coronavirus, mostly from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan are, news agency Associated Press said on Saturday.

Figures announced by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday brought national totals to 11,165 cases and 266 deaths.Thirteen of the new cases came from Gyeonggi province surrounding capital Seoul, which on Saturday issued an administrative order to ban gatherings at an additional 2,629 bars and karaoke rooms, bringing its number of shut-down entertainment venues to 8,363.

Senior international Olympic official John Coates said on Saturday he supports a decision by Queensland's state government to postpone work on its bid for the 2032 Games while they focus on the novel coronavirus outbreak, reports Reuters.

Queensland Premier Annastascia Palaszczuk had confirmed the decision to postpone their work on the bid in a letter to the state parliament on Friday, The Australian newspaper reported.

Home delivery of liquor in sealed bottles will be allowed in Mumbai from today, but with certain riders. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Iqbal Chahal, who issued a circular to the effect on Friday, said the service will not be available in containment zones, people ordering liquor will need permits issued by the excise department and no shop will be allowed to sell over the counter.

China on Saturday reported zero new coronavirus infections for the first time since it started reporting data in January, a day after Communist Party leaders celebrated "major achievements" in the virus fight, reports AFP.

The virus first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, but cases have dwindled dramatically from the peak in mid-February as the country appears to have brought the virus largely under control.

A 66-yr-old cancer survivor recovered from Covid-19 & was discharged from Lucknow, KGMU Hospital, reports news agency ANI.

"As we know that people who have co-morbidities have lower chances of recovery from infection. It's a positive sign and we can see a hope in treatment of such patients," MLB Bhatt,Vice Chancellor, KGMU, told ANI.

Brazil overtook Russia Friday as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections worldwide behind the United States, as the Americas emerged as a new epicenter of the pandemic, reports AFP.

The South American country has now registered 330,890 infections and 21,048 deaths from the new coronavirus, though experts say under-testing means the real figures may be 15 times higher or more.

Sikkim Education Minister KN Lepcha said that schools and colleges in the states will open from June 15. He said that schools would reopen with classes 9th to 12th while classes for Nursery to 8th will not be held, morning assemblies will not be allowed in schools to ensure social distancing, reports ANI.

The United States reported 1,260 deaths due to the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours as per data by the Johns Hopkins university. The total deaths in the worst affected nation in the world are nearing 98,000.