Here are the top developments: 1 India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the impact of COVID-19 on the Indian economy, and discussed a possible second stimulus with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to boost sectors hit hard by the pandemic.

The Union government has adopted a special strategy to fight coronavirus, with specific instructions for district and state authorities on how to go about with it, the MHA said. The strategic approach for COVID-19 containment involves defining the area of operation, applying perimeter control, delineating containment and buffer zones, the MHA said.

India received the much-awaited five lakh rapid COVID-19 testing kits from China on Thursday, the government said.

A total of 3,336 Indians in 53 countries were infected by the coronavirus while 25 lost their lives due to the disease, government sources said on Thursday.

The civil aviation ministry said the passengers who had booked flight tickets during the first phase of lockdown for travel up to May 3 must get a full refund from the airlines without any cancellation charges if they ask for it.

Mobile phones, televisions, readymade garments and stationery items will be allowed to be sold on e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal during the lockdown from April 20.

The Union agriculture ministry laid down the standard operating procedure to guide farmers on safety precautions that need to be strictly followed during planting of kharif crops amid the threat of COVID-19 pandemic.

The Central government issued notifications allowing health and motor (third party) insurance policyholders to make premium payments till May 15 which are due for renewal during COVID-19 lockdown. 2 States Uttar Pradesh: UP reported 46 fresh coronavirus cases and two fatalities, taking the total number of COVID-19 patients to 773.

Tamil Nadu: With 25 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Tamil Nadu, the state tally of virus infected people has risen to 1267.

Maharashtra: At least 165 new coronavirus cases were found in Maharashtra, taking the total number of such cases in the state to 3,081.

Bihar: Four more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Bihar, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 74.

Rajasthan: Rajasthan reported 28 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the state's virus tally to 1,104.

Karnataka: Thirty-four more COVID-19 cases, including 17 cases from Belagavi, have been reported from Karnataka, taking the total number to 313.

Gujarat: Curfew has been imposed in Surat in the police station areas of Salabatpura, Mahidharpura, Lalgate, Athva and Limbayat from Thursday midnight till 6 am on April 22. The number of COVID-19 patients in Gujarat went up to 871 after 105 new cases were reported since Wednesday night.

Madhya Pradesh: With 110 more persons testing coronavirus positive, the number of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh climbed to 1,115.

Goa: Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant indicated that the state might be the first in the country to enter the green zone of the COVID-19 pandemic by April 20. The coastal state had reported seven COVID-19 positive cases, of which six patients have recovered and one is being treated at a designated hospital in Margao.

Delhi: As many as 62 patients who have recovered from COVID-19 were discharged from Lok Nayak Hospital in Delhi. The number of coronavirus cases in Delhi stands at 1578.

Andhra Pradesh: Nine new coronavirus positive cases were reported, taking the total in Andhra Pradesh to 534.

Haryana: Nine more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Haryana, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 213.

Puducherry: One of the six active COVID-19 patients in Puducherry was discharged from a hospital following his recovery while no fresh cases were reported.

West Bengal: The novel coronavirus claimed three more lives in West Bengal in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of fatalities to 10, and the total number of positive case to 188.

Kerala: Seven fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported from Kerala, taking the total number of active cases to 147 in the state.

Assam: Two persons from Morigaon have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the cumulative number of COVID-19 patients in the state to 34.

Chhattisgarh: Six more COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospital in Raipur. The state has a total of 33 confirmed novel coronavirus cases, so far.

Punjab: A 60-year-old coronavirus patient from Gurdaspur died while 11 more people contracted the infection taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in Punjab to 197. 3 World More than 2 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 136,667 have died, so far.

The coronavirus has killed more than 90,000 people in Europe, over 65 per cent of the overall global death toll.

The British government is expected to extend a nationwide lockdown for another three weeks, amid signs the coronavirus outbreak is peaking but also warnings of more deaths to come.

The confirmed coronavirus death toll in the United States surged to 30,990, with 639,664 infections. The US has the highest death toll in the world

Spain saw its coronavirus death toll soar past 19,000 after another 551 people died of COVID-19, with the numbers reflecting a staggered slowdown after nearly five weeks on lockdown.

Italy has officially recorded 21,645 deaths from the virus -- the world's second-highest total after the United States.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe expanded a state of emergency due to the coronavirus even as the country has so far seen a relatively small outbreak of the virus -- despite recording its first case in mid-January -- with around 8,500 infections and 136 deaths.

Iran announced 92 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, taking the official total of deaths to 4,869 in the country. 1,606 new infections have been confirmed in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 77,995 from 310,340 tests.

NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Thursday said some rules such as wearing face masks, practising social distancing and no gathering of five or more persons should be strictly enforced at public places in order to ensure that the lockdown clamped to contain the spread of coronavirus is implemented effectively. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in India has reached 12,759, the health ministry said. So far, 420 people have died from the disease.