Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Monday. 5:47 p.m.

Rate at which coronavirus cases are doubling in India improves to 7.5 days, Health Ministry says. 5:39 p.m.

Asymptomatic coronavirus patients will be kept in COVID care centres, Delhi health minister says. 5:21 p.m.

COVID-19 lockdown to continue in Karnataka till May 3 without any relaxations. 5:18 p.m.

China rejects US President Donald Trump’s demand to allow US team to Wuhan to probe coronavirus. 5:12 p.m.

Thirteen more test positive for COVID-19 in Odisha as the total count in the state reaches 74. 5:06 p.m.

Bethany Hospital in Shillong evacuated for sanitisation a week after its founder John L Sailo Ryntathiang tested positive and died of coronavirus infection at the facility. 4:55 p.m.

Assam gets 9,600 Chinese test kits from Centre. 4:43 p.m.

CM Uddhav Thackeray says as many as 835 new COVID-19 cases found in Maharashtra in 36 hours. 4:30 p.m. Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind appeals to Muslims to follow lockdown norms during Ramzan.

4:26 p.m. Seventy six more people test COVID-19 positive in UP, total cases rise to 1,176.

3:43 p.m. Kanpur records 17 fresh COVID-19 cases.

3:36 p.m. Air pollution linked with higher COVID-19 death rate, study says.

3:12 p.m. TN government urges MEA to help stranded Indian fishermen in Iran.

3:02 p.m. AP reports 75 new COVID-19 cases as the number rises to 722 in state. 2:41 p.m.

UAE to operate special flights to bring back Emiratis from India. 2:32 p.m.

The Assam government deposits Rs 2,000 each to the accounts of 86,000 Assamese people stranded in other states. 2:25 p.m.

The Goa government begins easing lockdown restrictions on some industries. 2:14 p.m.

Restrictions on domestic and international flights will be lifted when the government is confident coronavirus spread is controlled, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says. 2:10 p.m.

Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal seeks help from Centre for fair distribution of groceries. 1:57 p.m.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot urges people not to violate lockdown rules. 1:30 p.m.

Sixteen high-risk contacts of infected Delhi pizza delivery agent in Delhi test negative. 1:16 p.m.

DBT approves funding for three companies for developing COVID-19 vaccine. 1:12 p.m.

No relaxation in lockdown restrictions in Lucknow, Agra and Firozabad in UP. 12:52 p.m.

WHO-recommended disinfectants effective against novel coronavirus, study says. 12:33 p.m.

Newborn tests positive for COVID-19 in Rajasthan's Nagaur. 12:22 p.m.

Centre objects to Kerala easing lockdown restrictions. 11:43 a.m.

Death toll in Indore rises to 52 as three more people in the district die due to COVID-19 complications. 11:28 a.m.

Centre asks states and UTs to strictly comply with COVID-19 lockdown guidelines and not dilute them. 11:21 a.m.

The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 1,851 after 108 more people tested positive for the disease, officials say. 11:16 a.m.

Three more persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Bihar, taking the number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 96. 11:15 a.m.

Four more patients succumbed to coronavirus in Gujarat, taking the toll in the state to 67, official says. 10:59 a.m.

Actors Hrithik Roshan, Ajay Devgn and Varun Dhawan urge those recovered from COVID-19 to donate blood to fight virus. 10:53 a.m.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir climbs to 354 as four more persons tested positive for the virus. 10:48 a.m.

The Centre says the COVID-19 situation is "especially serious" in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and a few other places in West Bengal, and violation of lockdown measures risk the spread of the novel coronavirus. 10:27 a.m.

One more person dies of coronavirus in Rajasthan while 17 fresh cases reported on Monday, officials say. 10:25 a.m.

Indian-American Dr Madhvi Aya, who contracted the coronavirus in line of duty in New York, the country's COVID-19 epicentre lost the battle to the virus. 10:20 a.m.

Textile body develops high quality cloth to make 'N-99' masks. 10:00 a.m.

The Punjab government rules out any relaxation in the curfew till May 3 barring wheat procurement. 9:51 a.m.

COVID-19 death toll rises to 543 in country as the number of cases climb to 17,265, Union Health Ministry says. 9:42 a.m.

US wants to send team of experts inside China for COVID-19 probe, US President Donald Trump says. 9:23 a.m.

MP government to make available 50 lakh low cost masks at PDS shops. 8:42 a.m.

China's new confirmed coronavirus cases dropped to 12 with eight of them reported from Chinese nationals coming from abroad. 8:16 a.m.

The US has carried out more tests for the novel coronavirus pandemic than 10 other countries, including India, taken together, President Donald Trump says..