Here are the top developments 1 India Union ministers and senior officials resumed working from offices on Monday as the government scaled up its activities to deal with the situation arising out of the coronavirus crisis.

The ministry of home affairs has directed chief secretaries of all states and Union territories to implement lockdown guidelines in letter and spirit and also to ensure smooth movement of inter and intra-state cargo, trucks, workers and functioning of warehouse and cold storages.

Twenty-five districts across 15 states where COVID-19 infections were detected earlier have reported no new cases in the last 14 days and the credit for it goes to the proper implementation of containment strategies by the district administrations, Union health ministry said.

The government has extended on gratis basis the regular visa and e-visa of foreign nationals who are stranded in India due to COVID-19 till April 30, the Home Ministry said.

As many as 7,000 public grievances related to the COVID-19 pandemic were addressed by the central government till Sunday, Union minister Jitendra Sngh said, after resuming work from office along with senior department staff.

The ministry of external affairs said it will continue to advise the diplomatic community to follow lockdown guidelines in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19, government sources said.

The Supreme Court termed as "misconceived" a plea seeking direction to the Centre, states and Union Territories to nationalise all healthcare facilities and related entities till COVID-19 pandemic is contained in the country. The SC said such a direction cannot be passed by the court. 2 States Tamil Nadu: COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu continued to mount with 98 people testing positive, taking the tally in the state to 1,173.

Uttar Pradesh: Sixty-seven more people tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh, pushing the count to 550 in the state.

Nagaland: A man from Nagaland has tested positive for novel coronavirus, the first case reported from the state

Rajasthan: Forty-three people tested positive for coronavirus in Rajasthan, taking the total in the state to 847.

Kerala: Kerala reported three new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of those affected in the state to 378.

Delhi: The total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Delhi is 1,154. Till now, 27 people have been cured and discharged, while 24 deaths have been reported.

West Bengal: Four persons were discharged from a hospital on Monday. West Bengal has so far has reported 122 COVID-19 cases.

Karnataka: Fifteen new positive cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of affected in the state to 247.

Punjab: Six more people, including a police officer, tested positive for coronavirus in Punjab, taking the total count in the state to 176.

Andhra Pradesh: Seven new COVID-19 positive cases were detected in the state, taking total number of positive cases to 439, of which 12 have been discharged and 7 have died.

J&K: The Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has reported 245 positive cases of COVID-19 so far.

Haryana: Coronavirus cases in Haryana rose to 182, with a fresh case reported from Sirsa district.

Maharashtra: At least 82 people tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra, taking the state tally to 2,064.

Uttarakhand: Four persons had tested positive for COVID-19 in the state on April 8, taking the total number of cases to 35 but no new case has emerged since then.

Puducherry: The Union Territory has so far reported seven COVID-19 cases.

Ladakh: One more person has recovered from coronavirus infection in Ladakh, taking the number of people cured in the Union territory to 12.

Himachal Pradesh: The total number of positive coronavirus cases in the state is at 32, so far.

Madhya Pradesh: As many as 564 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh, so far.

Gujarat: Two persons died due to COVID-19 in Gujarat and 22 fresh cases of the virus have been reported, taking the toll to 538 in the state.

Odisha: One more person tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 55. 3 World The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 114,539 on Monday, according to a tally compiled by AFP.

The death toll in Britain from coronavirus has risen to 11,329, an increase of 717 on the previous day's figures.

In the United States, now the epicentre of the pandemic, the death toll stands at 22,109 with 557,590 infections. At least 41,831 patients have recovered.

Nepal reported two new coronavirus cases taking the total number of infected persons in the country to 14.

Three Turkish prisoners have died from the coronavirus while the country has reported nearly 57,000 COVID-19 infections and around 1,200 have died.

Pakistan's coronavirus cases have reached 5,374 with 334 new infections reported, while seven more people have died due to the disease, taking the death toll in the country to 93.

Italy reported its lowest coronavirus death toll in more than three weeks, confirming trends showing that the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe's worst-hit nation had peaked. The 431 new deaths reported were the lowest since March 19. Italy's death total now stands at 19,899.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 10am on Tuesday, the last day of 21-day nationwide coronavirus lockdown, amid indications that the shutdown could be extended by another two weeks with certain relaxations to boost economic activities. Meanwhile, with 905 fresh cases of coronavirus reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country has reached 9,352, including 324 deaths, said the Union ministry of health on Monday.