Coronavirus Updates: April 2, 2020 | As it happened

One more area has been removed from the COVID-19 containment zones list. Total 5 zones have been removed from the list till now.

384 new positive COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths have been reported in Delhi. Total active cases stand at 2802 now. 64 deaths have been reported in the national capital till date.

106 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 today in Rajasthan, taking the total number of positive cases to 2,772. 6 deaths have been reported today; death toll rises to 68.

17 Coronavirus positive cases reported today, taking the total number of active cases to 533 in the state. The death toll stands at 29. 499 patients have been cured/discharged till date.

547 new COVID-19 cases and 27 deaths have been reported in Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 8172 and deaths to 322. 137 patients discharged today after recovery, total 1704 patients discharged till today.

Karnataka Govt permits movement of migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students & others 'as one-time measure from district to district with one-time, one-day, one-stay passes'.

Terrorists lobbed a grenade towards a CRPF vehicle at Tahab Chowk in Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir. No injuries reported.

Six new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Chandigarh, taking the total number of positive cases to 94.

231 persons have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of positive cases to 2,757. One death has been reported. There are 1,384 active cases till date and death toll is at 29.

37 people have been tested positive for COVID-19 so far in Punjab's Hoshiarpur after returning from Huzur Sahib in Nanded of Maharashtra

40 buses of Delhi Transport Corporation reached Kota, Rajasthan at around 10 AM today to bring back around 800 students to Delhi. Not more than 20 students will be allowed on a bus. They will be screened at the time of departure and arrival: Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot

• Spain eases lockdown restrictions after 48 days of quarantine
• IMF approves $643 million in aid for Ecuador
• India records its biggest single-day increase in confirmed cases
• White House blocks top infectious disease doctor from testifying on administration's outbreak response

The EUA allows remdesivir to be distributed in the US and administered by health care providers to treat COVID-19 in adults and children hospitalized with low blood oxygen levels, needing oxygen therapy, or more intensive breathing support such as a mechanical ventilator.

41 people from a building in Theke Wali Gali near the DC office in Kapashera, have tested positive for COVID-19. The building was sealed on April 19 after one person from the building tested positive.

A total of 1,694 healthcare workers in Philippines contracted COVID-19, up from 1,619 reported the previous day. Of those infections, 33 medical workers died while 256 recovered. 

South Korea reports 6 new cases of coronavirus, all of which were imported. Below 15 new cases for 14th day in a row.

All 11 districts in Delhi to stay in 'red zone' till May 17. A red zone is defined where there are more than 10 cases of COVID-19 in a district. Relief measures given by Centre in red zones will be applicable here: Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain

U.S. reports 34,357 new cases of coronavirus and 1,960 new deaths. Total: 1,103,781 cases and 64,956 deaths.

India coronavirus cases have crossed 37,000-mark taking positive patients toll to 37,336 including 1,218 deaths while 9,951 patients have recovered, according to the health ministry's figures released on Saturday. READ MORE 

• Turkey: 2,188 new cases
• Saudi: 1,344 new cases
• Iran: 1,006 new cases
• Qatar: 687 new cases
• UAE: 557 new cases
• Kuwait: 353 new cases
• Israel: 155 new cases
• Bahrain: 130 new cases
• Oman: 99 new cases
• Iraq: 68 new cases

Ireland extends lockdown by two weeks to May 18 and schools will not reopen until September.

For the first time since March 29, New York reports less than 300 new deaths from coronavirus.

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• US leads the world with 150,000 reported recoveries
• UK says over 100,000 tests were conducted on Thursday
• France records lowest daily death toll in five weeks
• Bolsonaro says he wants professional football leagues to return soon
• India extends lockdown another two weeks
• Hong Kong police stop protesters from assembling in a shopping mall
• South Africa begins lifting restrictions 

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday allowed the emergency use of Gilead's remdesivir that appears to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster, a milestone in the global search for effective therapies against the coronavirus.READ MORE

Hello and welcome to today's live coverage of coronavirus news in India and across the world, with me, Sushmita Panda and my colleagues Himanshu Shekhar, Shashwat Bhandari, Vani Mehrotra, Priya Jaiswal, Sidhant Mamtany and Rashi Hardaha. You can get in touch with us directly on Twitter ​@sushmitapanda, @himaanshus, @ShashBhandari​ @vani_mehrotra​ @priyajais @smamtany and @rashihardaha for news, tips, photos, questions and comments.

Here's a quick overview: 

The total number of global cases has surpassed 3.4 million, including more than 239,000 fatalities. More than 1,081,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Deaths by country:

United States- 65,753
Italy- 28,236
Spain- 24,824
France- 24,594
United Kingdom- 27,510
Belgium - 7,703

Coronavirus in India: Total COVID-19 positive cases near 37,000-mark
Coronavirus Death Toll in India: As of Saturday evening, the death toll stood at 1,223