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

New Delhi, Apr 11 () Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Saturday.

11:29 .m.

PM Narendra Modi holds meeting with CMs with lockdown extension as focus of discussion.

11:15 a.m.

Restrictions imposed on movement of people as coronavirus threat continues in Kashmir.

11:08 a.m.

More than 40 Indian-Americans and Indian nationals die of COVID-19 in US.

10:51 a.m.

IIT-B researchers' 'smart stethoscope' can hear heart beats from a distance.

10:25 a.m.

The Union Health Ministry asks all states to prohibit use and spitting of smokeless tobacco in public places to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

10:15 a.m.

Odisha reports two fresh COVID-19 positive cases taking the total number to 50, official says.

9:58 a.m.

A 71-year old man, undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a government hospital, dies in Kannur, Kerala.

9:39 a.m.

With three more persons, including a 75-year-old man, succumbing to COVID-19 in Indore,the death toll in the city has reached 30, officials say.

9:35 a.m.

China reports 46 new coronavirus cases and three deaths, health officials say.

9:30 a.m.

Eighteen more people found positive for COVID-19 in Rajasthan as the number of cases rises to 579 in the state.

8:57 a.m.

US marks record over 2,100 coronavirus deaths in one day, Johns Hopkins University data says.

8:50 a.m.

Coronavirus-driven debt crisis threatens poor countries already at risk, says UN report.

4:23 a.m.

When to open the country is the biggest decision he ever had to make, Trump says.

3:07 a.m.

Indian American entrepreneur announces to produce 10K face masks daily.

2:57 a.m.

Fearing that the Google-Apple team-up to develop an easy contact-tracing technology to curb coronavirus spread may impact citizens' various freedoms, US President Donald Trump says his administration will have to closely examine it.

1:31 a.m.

WHO is China-centric and will 'make announcement' on funding it next week, says US President Donald Trump. VIS

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