Covid-19 updates: 6 virus deaths recorded in Maharashtra today, say officials

About 130 of Hong Kong's frontline riot police officers will be sent to quarantine camp after two of their colleagues were confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, a police source told AFP late Saturday, reports AFP.

Two more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Bihar, taking the total number of patients suffering from the dreaded disease in the state to 32, a top official said on Saturday, reports PTI.

Italy saw its first drop Saturday in the number of patients intensive care treatment for the coronavirus that had stretched the Mediterranean country's world-class healthcare system to breaking point, reports AFP.

Two days after Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) chief medical officer was tested positive for coronavirus, DG CRPF - AP Maheshwari has gone into self quarantine as a precautionary measure, officials said.

The state health department of Maharashtra said that 6 people died due to the novel coronavirus. Of them four were from Mumbai, one from Thane and one from Amravati.

An Indian Air Force personnel who was in the Nizamuddin Area during the Tablighi Markaz congregation has been put under precautionary quarantine by the service. The airman is posted in Delhi, reports ANI.

Greece on Saturday announced a three-week extension to its coronavirus lockdown to April 27 as it reported nine more deaths. "Difficult weeks lie ahead... If we relax our efforts, the virus will destroy us," Nikos Hardalias, deputy minister for civil protection, told a daily briefing, reports AFP.

Another cruise ship with coronavirus victims on board, including two fatalities, is docking in Florida. Princess Cruises spokeswoman Negin Kamali said in an email Saturday the Coral Princess ship is docking in Miami. The ship with 1,020 passengers and 878 crew members has been in limbo for days awaiting permission to dock, reports AP.

The number of Covid-19 cases in Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir have reached 27, district magistrate Shahid Choudhary said on Saturday. Over 300 contacts of the infected people have been placed under quarantine and some areas are being isolated for extensive screening, he added. :ANI

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday the extension of the country's lockdown until April 25 in order to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, reports AFP.

Six Tabligi Jamaat members tested positive for coronavirus in Uttarakhand on Saturday, taking the number of cases in the state to 22. Five cases were reported from Nainital district and one from Roorkee in Haridwar district, officials at the COVID-19 control room here said, reports PTI.

Eight out of 12 people found in a mosque in Nilanga in Maharashtra's Latur district,some 480 kilometres from here, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday, a senior police official said, reports PTI.

The coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 60,000 people worldwide, nearly three quarters of them in Europe, since it emerged in China in December, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1330 GMT Saturday from official sources. A total of 60,457 deaths have been recorded, including 44,132 in Europe, the continent worst hit by the virus, reports AFP.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that 3,072 people have been infected and 75 people have died due to the novel coronavirus.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he had an extensive telephone conversation with United States President Donald Trump. He also said that both agreed to deploy the full strength of the India-US partnership to fight COVID-19.

Had an extensive telephone conversation with President @realDonaldTrump. We had a good discussion, and agreed to deploy the full strength of the India-US partnership to fight COVID-19.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 4, 2020