LIVE: India coronavirus cases jump to 173,763; Maharashtra, Delhi worst hit

Policemen giving bouquets to physicians as a tribute for their battle in opposition to coronavirus, outside the maternity medical center, in Srinagar on Wednesday.
Between all Indian states, Maharashtra has the highest number of Covid-19 instances, at sixty two,228.
Amid a recessionary outlook for the present fiscal 12 months, India on Friday launched the formal financial expansion estimates for the January-March quarter and entire fiscal 12 months FY20. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) expansion fell to an 11-12 months minimal of four.two for every cent in 2019-twenty, with personal expenditure and manufacturing worsening in the March quarter simply because of the Covid-19 lockdown, the information showed.
Coronavirus environment update: The world wide tally of coronavirus instances stands at six,030,435, and 366,809 persons have died from the disorder so far.