Here are the top developments: 1 India The coronavirus outbreak has significantly changed the contours of professional life and these days home is the new office and internet is the new meeting room, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Today, the world is in pursuit of new business models, he said adding that India, a youthful nation known for its innovative zeal, can take the lead in providing a new work culture.

Selective relaxation will be given in non-containment areas from April 20, but strict restrictions will continue in districts declared COVID-19 hotspots, the government said.

Underlining that the lockdown situation was "extremely dynamic", the MHA on Sunday said the decision to allow non-essential goods through e-commerce was withdrawn after it was felt that the list of goods was extensive and may impact the curbs imposed to fight COVID-19.

The government earlier today prohibited e-commerce platforms from selling non-essential items during the lockdown, four days after allowing the companies to sell mobile phones, refrigerators and ready-made garments.

Labourers, who are stranded in different parts of the country due to the ongoing lockdown, will be allowed to go to their respective places of work within a state with certain conditions, the MHA said.

A high-level task force has been set up to work on frontiers of science related to vaccines and drug testing to fight coronavirus, the Union health ministry said. 2 States Gujarat: 228 more COVID-19 cases were reported from Gujarat, taking the number of coronavirus positive cases in the state to 1,604.

Rajasthan: One more person died of coronavirus in Rajasthan's worst-hit Jaipur, pushing the death toll to 22 in the state, whose infection count soared to 1,431 with 80 fresh cases.

Uttar Pradesh: The number of coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh mounted to 1,084, with 110 fresh cases and three deaths being reported in a day.

Delhi: 186 more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Delhi, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the mational capital to 1,893.

Jharkhand: Four more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Jharkhand, with this the total number of coronavirus cases in the state has risen to 38.

Kerala: Two new cases of coronavirus, were reported in Kerala, taking the total number to 401, while 13 people were cured.

Haryana: The coronavirus count rose to 250 in Haryana with 18 more people, including a jail warder and a health worker, testing positive for the infection.

Goa: All seven COVID-19 patients in Goa have recovered from the infection and have been discharged, chief minister Pramod Sawant said.

Karnataka: Four more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Karnataka, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 390.

Bihar: Six more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Bihar on Sunday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 92.

J&K: The number of COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir reached 350 as nine more people tested positive for the coronavirus in the Union territory.

Andhra Pradesh: 44 more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Andhra Pradesh, taking the count of coronavirus cases in the state to 647.

Puducherry: In more relief to Puducherry, one more COVID-19 patient was discharged from a hospital following recovery as the number of active cases dropped to three in the UT.

Assam: the state has a total of 17 active COVID-19 cases. 16 patients have been discharged, so far.

Madhya Pradesh: Five persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh, taking the state's tally of coronavirus patients to 1407.

West Bengal: The number of active Covid-19 cases in the state stands at 198 now with 66 persons discharged after treatment and 12 persons dead.

Punjab: With four new coronavirus positive cases, the total number has climbed to 238 in the state.

Tamil Nadu: After a week's hiatus, Tamil Nadu reported 100 plus coronavirus cases again, pushing up the total number of affected people to 1,477. 3 World More than 160,000 people have died from the new coronavirus around the world, almost two thirds of them in Europe.

The number of people in Britain who have died in hospital from the coronavirus has risen by 596 to 16,060.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has begun taking charge of the government even as he convalesces at Chequers in south-east England, following his hospitalisation after testing positive for coronavirus.

US President Donald Trump has warned China that it should face consequences if it was "knowingly responsible" for the spread of the novel coronavirus. So far, over 35,000 people have died in the US and the country has 734,969 infections, the highest in the world.

Iran announced 87 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, raising the official toll to 5,118, as it takes steps to reopen the economy.

Spain has reported its lowest daily death total of 410 for confirmed coronavirus victims in nearly a month as the country contains a savage outbreak that has killed 20,453 people there, so far. Spain also reported 4,218 confirmed new cases, pushing the total to 195,944.

Italy is now preparing for the 'Phase-2' of its response to fight the coronavirus outbreak as the total confirmed case rose to 175,925, including deaths.

The lockdown will continue until May 3, which will be followed by a so-called "Phase Two," involving "the gradual resumption of social, economic and productive activities."

Sri Lanka has partially relaxed curbs imposed in the country to check the spread of the novel coronavirus in a bid to boost economic activity. In Sri Lanka, the virus has killed 7 people with 254 confirmed infections.

A 65-year-old man in Nepal, where 12 Indians were tested positive for COVID-19, has contracted the disease, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the Himalayan nation to 31.

Pakistan has reported 514 new cases of the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the country to 7,993 with 159 deaths.

NEW DELHI: A day before a host of relaxations to boost economic activities kick in amid the nationwide lockdown, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday that more relief measures are bound to come if India continues to manage the coronavirus crisis well, asserting that "you cannot (have) lockdown permanently". Meanwhile, the health ministry said the total number of coronavirus cases has surged to 16,116 while the death toll has reached 519 in India.