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 Thursday. 6:05 p.m. Thirty hospitals in Maharashtra earmarked for coronavirus treatment.

5:56 p.m. As India battles coronavirus, sporadic attacks on doctors, social workers and police personnel have come to the fore raising concerns over their safety.

5:54 p.m. About 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their primary contacts have been quarantined till now in the country, home ministry official says.

5:36 p.m. Eight more people tested positive for coronavirus infection in UP, taking the total count of COVID-19 cases in the state to 121.

5:10 p.m. Coronavirus helplines either busy or unreachable, complain users.

4:50 p.m. A senior CRPF doctor based in Delhi has tested positive for COVID-19.

4:39 p.m. Migrants arrival in Bihar posed unmanageable crisis but it was averted, state Deputy CM Sushil Modi says.

4:14 p.m. UP labourer ends his life over lack of work during lockdown.

4:01 p.m. Delhi cops identify and quarantine 275 foreign nationals who attended Tablighi Jamaat congregation 3:50 p.m.

The CPI(M) says the coronavirus crisis should not be communalised, slamming both the Tablighi Jamaat as well as state authorities for allowing a mass gathering during the pandemic. 3:37 p.m.

Two government doctors booked for being absent from COVID-19 duty in UP. 3:37 p.m.

A senior resident doctor of AIIMS, Delhi has tested positive for COVID-19, official sources confirm. 3:29 p.m.

Mumbai's BMC makes public GIS map of COVID-19 affected areas. 3:11 p.m.

Testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine should be in focus in next few weeks, PM tells CMs. 3:05 p.m.

Nepal scraps medical supply deal of Chinese company as it finds product to be of substandard quality. 3:04 p.m.

Retail sales recovery period for India might kick-start from May, Report says. 3:03 p.m.

Scientists in Australia say they have begun testing two potential vaccines for COVID 19 in "milestone" lab trials as part of a global race to halt the novel coronavirus pandemic. 2:55 p.m.

An 85-year old coronavirus patient died in Jaipur while nine others, including one who had attended a congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin, tested positive for the virus in Rajasthan. 2:37 p.m.

Lucknow Metro rolls out food packets for stranded workers from its kitchen. 2:20 p.m.

Health Min identifies 20 existing and 22 potential hotspots for COVID-19 spread in India. 2:16 p.m.

A man from Kargil has tests positive for coronavirus and efforts are being made to trace all his contacts. 2:09 p.m.

As India battles COVID-19, NCC offers services of cadets to join the fight. 2:08 p.m.

Air India temporarily suspends contract of around 200 pilots who were re-employed after retirement amid lockdown. 1:50 p.m.

Air India plans to conduct special flights to London to fly out stranded foreigners. 1:46 p.m.

NCW says domestic violence cases have risen since lockdown with 69 complaints received since March 24. 1:45 p.m.

The US cheers Indian engineers for building low-cost ventilator. 1:10 p.m.

The US nearly runs out of its emergency stockpiles of medical supplies like masks, gowns and gloves in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. 12:57 p.m.

Delhi Fire brigade begins disinfecting COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi's Nizamuddin. 11:25 p.m.

Eight foreigners who attended the Tablighi event are quarantined and their passports impounded. 11:32 a.m.

A man from Rajasthan's Alwar district, who tested positive for coronavirus and was admitted to the state-run SMS hospital, dies. 11:14 a.m. An aggressive contact tracing campaign is underway in Jammu and Kashmir to contain the spread of coronavirus with nearly 2000 contacts of positive cases identified so far.

11:12 a.m. Stressing that congregating in religious places will cause "chaos" amid the coronavirus pandemic, music maestro AR Rahman urges people to self-isolate.

10:55 a.m. COVID-19 death toll in India touches 50 with the total number of positive cases rising to 1,965.

10:12 a.m. Haryana records its first COVID-19-related death as a 67-year-old man from Ambala died at the PGIMER in Chandigarh.

9:18 a.m. Manipur man who attended Nizamuddin event tests positive as cases in state rise to two.

9:06 a.m. With nine fresh cases, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Rajasthan rises to 129.

9:01 a.m. Three persons test positive for COVID-19 in Goalpara district in Assam, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 16.

8:52 a.m. A Padma Shri awardee and former 'Hazuri Raagi' at the Golden Temple who was undergoing treatment for coronavirus dies, taking the COVID-19-related death toll to five in Punjab.

8:32 a.m. Nine fresh coronavirus cases are reported in Rajasthan, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 129.