Here is a look at the latest updates on the outbreak of novel coronavirus (Covid19) from India and around the world —

Lockdowns ordered in West Bengal and Odisha

Stay at home, says PM Modi

Worldwide coronavirus deaths exceed 11,000

Nearly one billion people confined to homes globally to curb virus

Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal contribute to SAARC coronavirus emergency fund

Delhi couple with quarantine seal deboarded from Rajdhani

SBI to grant special loans to virus-hit borrowers

Iran reports 123 new deaths, toll 1,556

FIR against man for organising 'jagran'

Bollywood goes online

More on Covid-19

Govt caps maximum retail price of 200ml hand sanitizer at Rs 100 till June

Air India to send aircraft to bring back Indians stranded in Rome

Indian embassies worldwide issue advisories for distressed nationals

11 more cases found since Friday evening in Maharashtra

Rs 1,000 to be transferred to bank account of labourers in UP

Kerala reports 12 positive cases, highest in a day

57 more test positive, steepest rise in 1 day

Worldwide virus lockdowns as WHO warns young people 'not invincible'

60,000 quarantine beds set aside as corona cases rise

Janata curfew: 3,700 trains cancelled on Sunday

Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor tests positive for Covid-19, brings political class under corona scare

Italy virus toll tops 4,000, New York joins California in lockdown

Government may defer Census, NPR update

(With inputs from agencies)

NEW DELHI: Sixty cases were reported from country on Friday - the most in one day - as the number of coronavirus cases rose to 283 in the country. Outside India, Italy was the worst affected with 4,000 deaths — the highest for any nation. The total number of confirmed cases in the world have crossed 280,000.West Bengal government orders shutting down of all restaurants, bars, pubs, nightclubs, amusement parks, museums and zoos till March 31 in wake of coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, in Odisha, CM Naveen Patnaik announced 'near-total' lockdown in five districts, ten towns for a week starting Sunday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter on Saturday and urged people to avoid unnecessary travel and not just stay at home but also remain in the town or city where you are. The PM urged people to listen to doctors' advice. To those who have been asked to home-quarantine, they should follow instructions, said the PM. In these times, every small effort on our part will leave a big impact, he said.More than 274,800 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus across the world and 11,389 have died, with deaths in Italy surpassing the toll in China, where the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tally.The pandemic has completely upended lives across the planet, restricting movement, shutting schools and forcing millions to work from home. An estimated 900 million people are now confined to their homes in 35 countries around the world -- including 600 million hemmed in by obligatory government lockdown orders -- according to an AFP tally.Maldives on Saturday announced to contribute @200,000 to the coronavirus emergency fund which is to used to tackle the spread of the deadly virus in the SAARC countries. Bhutan (USD 100,000) and Nepal (NPR 10 crores) too have contributed to the fund. The fund was formed following PM Modi-led video conference on March 31 with SAARC countries which helped the coutries draw out a common strategy to combat the pandemic in the region.A Delhi-based couple boarded the Bangalore City-New Delhi Rajdhani at Secunderabad Saturday morning. When the train reached Kazipet in Telangana at 9:45 am a co-passenger noticed the quarantine mark — authorities are putting on suspected coronavirus cases — on the husband's hand. The woman too had the home quarantine seal. Their co-passengers then informed the TTE on board the train, the national transporter said. The train was briefly detained and the couple was admitted to a hospital. The coach was completely sanitised in Kazipet and was locked, officials said. The air conditioning was also switched off. The train left for its destination at 11.30 am. The Indian Railways has urged people to take social distancing seriously.The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has drawn up a scheme to provide additional funding to borrowers whose operations are impacted by coronavirus. The Covid-19 Emergency Credit Line (CECL) will be in force up to June 30 and will be equivalent to 10% of their working capital limit, subject to a cap of Rs 200 crore.Iran reports 123 new coronavirus deaths, raising total to 1,556. Iran health officials says number of people infected so far with coronavirus has increased to 20,610.A man has been booked in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district for reportedly organising a 'jagran' (religious gathering) in violation of Section 144 of CrPC imposed in the wake of novel coronavirus outbreak in the country, police said on Saturday. Himachal Pradesh has reported two cases of coronavirus.The novel coronavirus outbreak may have brought the ever-bustling film industry to a halt but it hasn't stopped Bollywood celebrities from utilising their massive online influence to entertain their followers as well as engage them in fitness, dance and yoga routines. While actor Shilpa Shetty is organising live fitness sessions, choreographer Terence Lewis is taking online classes. As shootings of movies, TV shows and web series stand suspended till March 31, casting director and actor Abhishek Banerjee is encouraging artistes to send self tapes from their homes.The government has capped maximum retail price of hand sanitizer at Rs 100 per 200ml bottle till June 30 this year amid sharp rise in the prices of this product amid the coronavirus outbreak. Similarly, price of a 2 ply (surgical) mask has been capped at Rs 8 and that of 3 ply (surgical) mask at Rs 10 till June 30.National carrier Air India will send a 787 Dreamliner aircraft to Rome on Saturday afternoon to evacuate Indians stranded there amid the coronavirus crisis. The Centre issued a statement on Thursday that no international flights would be allowed to land in India from March 22 onward for a period of one week.The Indian embassy in France has issued an advisory for its nationals who wish to travel back home before India's week-long ban. The Indian embassies issued advisories and started emergency helplines for the distressed Indians, assuring them all possible help.The total number of coronavirus positive patients in Maharashtra has risen to 63 with 11 more positive cases reported in the last 24 hours. Of the 11 new cases, 10 are in Mumbai and one in Pune. Earlier this week, a Covid-19 patient died in Mumbai.A total of 23 people have been found to be infected with the coronavirus in the state. Out of the total cases, nine people have recovered. The chief minister also announced a monetary relief of Rs 1,000 via direct bank transfer (DBT) for 20.37 lakh labourers. Around 15 lakh thela and rickshaw workers will also be a part of the DBT scheme. On Sunday, no metro or bus service will operate in the state. Those who do not have ration card will get these cards on priority so that they can get 20 kg wheat and 15 kg rice for free, the chief minister announced.As many as 12 Covid-19 cases, the highest in Kerala so far in a day, were reported in the state on Friday. With this, the total number of novel coronavirus cases reported in the state has gone up to 40, including the three patients discharged from hospitals earlier.India saw a big spike in Covid-19 infections with 57 new cases being reported by state authorities and 50 by the health ministry on Friday — by far the highest in a single day — as several parts of the country began to feel the impact of the outbreak. So far, 258 cases have been reported in the country, around 44% of which (111) have come in the last three days.The Indian Council of Medical Research revised its strategy to fight the spread of the new coronavirus on Saturday, saying all hospitalised patients with severe acute respiratory illness, shortness of breath and having fever and cough will now be tested for COVID-19 infection. The body revised the strategy in view of a spurt in coronavirus cases in the country this week.Health ministry officials said the government was taking focused steps to ramp up preparedness in terms of capacity building and procurement of essential items for hospitals so that they can treat Covid-19 patients. So far, 19,111 isolation beds have been reserved in public and private hospitals, up from around 17,000 till the first week of March. Similarly, ventilators have been increased by 2.5 times since January and around 60,000 quarantine beds earmarked across the country.The railways on Friday announced cancellation of 3,700 passenger and long-distance mail/express trains on Sunday to coincide with the ‘janata curfew’, in a step which triggered speculation as to whether country was being readied for a lockdown that may have to be enforced if there is a surge in the cases of coronavirus. According to the railway order, “No passenger or express train will originate from any railway station in the country between Saturday/Sunday midnight to 10pm on Sunday.”The coronavirus scare reached Parliament and even Rashtrapati Bhavan, with BJP MP Dushyant Singh and with his mother, former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, going into “self-quarantine” after attending a party in Lucknow last Sunday where singer Kanika Kapoor, who has since tested positive for Covid-19, was also present. Raje’s tweet on Friday declaring that both she and Dushyant had been to the party where Kapoor, back from London, was also a guest sent many parliamentarians into a tizzy. Dushyant has been attending the House, spending time in the central hall and also attended a breakfast meeting hosted by President Ram Nath Kovind, who has cancelled his appointment for the next few days.The grim toll of coronavirus deaths in Italy, the world's worst-hit nation, surged past 4,000 on Friday as New York and other US states joined California in ordering a lockdown to try to bring the pandemic under control. While new infections were being detected around the globe, the World Health Organization said the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the pandemic began in December, offered a glimmer of "hope for the rest of the world", with no fresh cases reported.The government may explore the option of deferring or advising states to defer the April 1 launch of Census 2021 and National Population Register update — scheduled to kick off in central Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Meghalaya on this date — in view of the situation arising out of coronavirus.