Covid-19 Highlights: India switches off lights; diyas, candles lit at PM's call

Malaysia on Sunday reported 179 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative total to 3,662 cases as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy grapples with the highest number of infections in the region, reports Reuters.

The new cases include 4 deaths, raising the tally to 61 people who have died as of noon on Sunday, the health ministry said.

Dharavi records another case of Covid-19. A 21-year-old male near Ibrahim Masjid tested positive on Sunday. This takes total Covid-19 cases in Dharavi to five including one death: BMC

At Baliganagar, 132 senior citizens and 32 with respiratory illness have been identified. Samples of high risk people will be sent to Haffkin Institute for test: BMC

"The media is playing a huge role in fighting Corona. This video message from India News in the sweet voice of Kailash Kher is encouraging the countrymen. Let's light a lamp… # 9pm9minute": PM Modi

कोरोना से लड़ने में मीडिया बहुत बड़ी भूमिका निभा रहा है। कैलाश खेर की मधुर आवाज में इंडिया न्यूज का ये वीडियो संदेश देशवासियों का उत्साह बढ़ाने वाला है। आओ मिलकर दीया जलाएं… #9pm9minute https://t.co/DDGDLnNLCV

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 5, 2020

#9pm9minute This determination will become a big support for countrymen in fight against corona, tweets PM Modi

कोरोना के खिलाफ यही संकल्प शक्ति देशवासियों के लिए बड़ा संबल बनेगी।#9pm9minute https://t.co/eZUEvptXqR

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 5, 2020

Air Deccan has announced that it is ceasing its operations until further notice. It also said that all employees will go on sabbatical without pay. : PTI

An FIR has been filed against 10 Indonesians for violating tourist visa norms in Sahibabad area of Ghaziabad, SSP, Ghaziabad, Kalanidhi Naithani said on Sunday. "They have been sent to quarantine facility. A local guide and four others who provided them accommodation have also been booked," he said. : ANI

Exercising powers under UP Disaster Management Act 2005, Gautam Budh Nagar District Magistrate Suhas LY has ordered educational institutes not to collect fee from students during coronavirus lockdown period.

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat today visited Delhi Government Covid Camp at Narela and interacted with civilian doctors, military medical team and civil volunteers. He expressed his satisfaction over the excellent synergy between civil and military medical teams,and assured them of all assistance

Delhi: A team of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has also arrived at Markaz Nizamuddin for an investigation into the case.

Ghazipur: Two more people have been found positive for Covid-19, taking the total cases in the district to 5, says District Magistrate Om Prakash Arya.

With two deaths and 19 cured people, total cases in Uttar Pradesh stand at 227.

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath interacted with Members of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh through video conference over Covid-19 situation in the state.

Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan visited the AIIMS dedicated center for Covid-19 patients in Jhajjar. "All 162 patients admitted here are in stable condition," he said after the visit.

A team of Delhi Police Crime Branch visited Markaz Nizamuddin for an investigation into the case in which around 2,300 people were brought out from Markaz on April 1. An FIR was registered against Tablighi Jamaat head Maulana Saad and others under the Epidemic Disease Act.

Four Tablighi Jamaat returnees were found positive for Covid-19; the total number of positive cases in Mewat is now 7," said CMO, Mewat.

26 more found coronavirus positive in Maharashtra; state tally jumps to 661, says Health official