Coronavirus live updates: Positive case found in Rashtrapati Bhavan, 125 familes put in self-isolation

Covid-19 cases mount to 18,601 in India, 590 deaths

With 1,336 new cases in last 24 hours, the total tally of COVID-19 cases stood at 18,601 on Tuesday morning, the Ministry of Health and Family welfare said. “At least 3,252 people have been cured and discharged from the hospital while one person has migrated,” said the ministry, adding that there are at least 77 foreign nationals, affected with the disease. Read full story

Doctors in Telangana baffled as villagers with no contacts or travel test positive

Doctors posted in covid-19 wards in Hyderabad have confirmed a sharp jump in suspected cases coming from remote areas in the last 10 days, most landing at emergency departments. Officials in health department said it was becoming extremely difficult to collect information from relatives of positive cases as they were going to private hospitals initially and coming to government hospital in the final stages. Read full story

Assam patient stuck in Chennai pays Rs 1.6 lakh, travels 2,700 km to get home

A school teacher from Assam, who had gone to Apollo Hospitals in Chennai for the treatment of his father and got stranded there because of the lockdown, has covered a distance of 2,700 km in an ambulance to reach home in Bongaigaon district. The 60-hour journey cost them Rs 1.6 lakh. Read full story

Indonesia bans Ramadan mass exodus tradition to curb coronavirus spread

Indonesia will ban the mass exodus tradition, locally known as ‘mudik,’ at the end of the Muslim fasting month in May, in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus in the Southeast Asian country, President Joko Widodo said. He cited a transport ministry survey that said 24% of Indonesians were insisting on joining the exodus after Ramadan in the world’s biggest Muslim-majo