Coronavirus Live Updates: April 19, 2020 | As it happened

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday announced the extension of coronavirus lockdown till May 7. 

As on Sunday out of the cumulative 97 positive cases in the district, 38 are completely cured and discharged, said District Magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar, Suhas LY

139 new COVID-19 positive cases and 5 more deaths reported today in Gujarat. The total number of positive cases rises to 1,743 while the death toll rises to 63 now. 105 patients have been cured/discharged

The total number of containment zones in Delhi increases to 78, after 2 new areas - Plot No. 1294 in Theke Wali Gali opposite DC Office Kapashera and EA Block in Inderpuri - included in the list today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "COVID-19 does not see race, religion, colour, caste, creed, language or borders before striking. Our response and conduct thereafter should attach primacy to unity and brotherhood. We are in this together."

He further said, "India, with the right blend of the physical and the virtual can emerge as the global nerve centre of complex modern multinational supply chains in the post COVID-19 world. Let us rise to that occasion and seize this opportunity."

"The next big ideas from India should find global relevance and application. They should have the ability to drive a positive change not merely for India but for the entire humankind," he added.

Union Health Ministry briefed media over the COVID-19 situation in India. Here are the highlights from the presser:

• 2231 people recovered from coronavirus in India so far. In the last 24 hours, 1,334 new COVID-19 cases found, 27 lost lives due to COVID-19. Total 15712 cases, 507 fatalities till now.
• We have done 3,86,791 tests so far. Yesterday 37,173 tests were done, out of these 29,287 tests were done in labs of ICMR network. 7,886 tested in private sector labs.
• No lockdown relaxation in coronavirus affected containment zones.
• No new case reported in Mahe in Puducherry and Karnataka's Kodagu in the last 28 days.
• There are 755 dedicated hospitals and 1389 dedicated health care centers in the country, this takes the total dedicated facilities - where severe or critical patients can be treated - to 2144.

9 new coronavirus positive cases reported Nagpur

Four new cases of COVID-19 in Jharkhand - 3 from Ranchi and 1 from Simdega. Total number of positive cases in the state rises to 38

Indonesia reports 47 more coronavirus deaths - the second-highest in a single day - taking the total to 582, although a top doctor has said he believes the real figure is already over 1,000.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said the state will begin limited business activities from tomorrow (April 20). Uddhav expressed relief that there are several districts in the state that have recorded zero COVID-19 cases. Uddhav addressed the people through a video and appealed to people to cooperate in the time of crisis due to coronavirus. Maharashtra is the worst-hit Indian state from the COVID-19 outbreak with 3,648 confirmed cases. Mumbai alone has 2,268 coronavirus positive cases.

Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan visited Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital today. It is one of the dedicated COVID-19 centres in the national capital. A total of 1893 positive cases have been reported in Delhi so far.

Arvind Kejriwal addresses media over coronavirus lockdown. HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Currently, lockdown is necessary. No relaxations should be given in the hotspots in the city
• On 27th April, a review meeting will be held again
• All the 186 COVID19 positive cases that were reported yesterday were asymptomatic, they didn’t know they had Coronavirus. This is more worrying

Delhi's Health Minister, Satyendra Jain said: "There are a total of 1893 positive cases in Delhi including 186 cases from yesterday. We have got 42,000 rapid testing kits, a trial run being done at LNJP hospital. Our target is to do 42,000 tests in one week's time."

South Korea reports 8 new cases of coronavirus, of which 5 were imported. This is the lowest daily increase since February 18 

Coronavirus cases in India have crossed 15,000-mark taking confirmed cases toll to 15,712 including 507 deaths and 2,231 have recovered, according to the health ministry's figures on Sunday. Till Saturday evening, positive cases in India were at 14,792 including 488 deaths while over 2015 people were cured for the deadly disease. READ MORE 

A record 45 new Covid-19 positive cases in a day sent alarm bells ringing in Agra. The tally now stands at 241. Each day the graph is rising proving that the lockdown is not being implemented effectively, say health activists. The state government on Saturday in its report, included Agra in "performance unsatisfactory" list. Two senior doctors of the S.N. Medical College were suspended.

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Good morning all of you, as the world battles coronavirus outbreak, two Republican lawmakers have urged US President Donald Trump to call his counterpart Xi Jinping to immediately close wet markets in China. In a letter to Trump, Congressman Alcee Hastings and Vern Buchanan expressed grave concerns with China's lax regulation of live animal markets that have been directly connected to the spread of the deadly COVID-19 and other zoonotic diseases.

"It has become clear that the loosely regulated and often inhumane conditions in which animals are slaughtered for human consumption in live animal markets can create ideal conditions for the spread of zoonotic diseases, such as COVID-19," PTI quoted Hastings.

"These markets are unsanitary and inhumane and have led to the deaths of countless animals and human," Buchanan said. "They should be shut down immediately to prevent the next outbreak of a deadly virus."

• Queen Elizabeth II 94th birthday celebrations cancelled 
• Spain surpasses 20,000 deaths
• Data suggests UK "could be at or near" the peak for new infections

• Protests against public health measures continue in some US states
• Experts call for increased testing as more US states consider easing restrictions
• Ontario and Quebec constitute the majority of new COVID-19 cases in Canada
• Prime Minister Trudeau announced that Canada and the US have agreed to keep their border closed to nonessential travel for another 30 days to help stem the coronavirus 

The total number of global cases has surpassed 2.2 million, including more than 150,000 fatalities. More than 560,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

• Daily deaths in Italy drop below 500
• Israel to ease restrictions
• US death toll exceeds 35,000 
• Canada and US agree to keep  border closed to nonessential travel 
• Queen Elizabeth II cancel 94th birthday celebrations
• More than 19,000 cases recorded in Africa, WHO says