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Labourers travelling in 200 buses from Rajasthan's Jaisalmer, Nagaur, Jodhpur and Jaipur had reached Neemuch, Agar-Malwa, Sheopur and Guna entry points in MP.

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The toll remained at 31 in the last six days while 34 more patients got cured and were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, the latest COVID-19 bulletin said.

The family came to India on October 13 last year on tourist visa and went to several pilgrim and tourist sites in the country before reaching Dwarka in the first week of March.

This shortage of testing kits in such a crucial time has raised concerns of officials as it is causing a serious delay in identifying positive cases, tracing their contacts and even in deciding whether a patient who was under treatment has fully recovered...

The 26-year-old groom Guddu said he married his wife Savita two months ago in Haridwar but was unable to avail the marriage certificate amid the nationwide lockdown.

State Health Minister E Rajender expressed happiness over the baby being discharged after recovery.

Of the five deaths, two were reported from Agra and one each from Firozabad, Bareilly and Mathura.

The funeral prayers were also performed by the police as the woman's close relatives were placed in administrative quarantine after she had tested positive for the disease.

India's coronavirus death toll rose to 1,008 and the number of cases climbed to 31,787, registering a record jump of 71 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Dinesh Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister of the State, has said that once the coronavirus lockdown ends on May 3, the Board will resume the evaluation process.

MHA officials said on ground things will be decided by the state governments who are expected to come up with notifications appointing a nodal authority and also a clear procedure.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stand at 22,982, while 7,796 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, the ministry said.

The Indian-origin Cabinet minister said that the extension will apply to those working both in the National Health Service (NHS) as well as the independent sector, and also include their family members.

He said Gandhi has been trying for over two years to spread this confusion that the government has waived loans of businessmen who wilfully defaulted on bank loans.

The former Chief Minister will hold discussions with them and seek their suggestions on measures to be taken to put pressure on the government on various issues and to resolve them, his office said in a statement.