Top 10 coronavirus updates: Kerala extends lockdown till June 9, Goa till June 7

Here are the updates from Saturday:

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced that the lockdown in the state will be extended till June 9. Meanwhile, Goa extended its lockdown till 7 am on June 7.
India reported 1,73,790 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours on Saturday morning, taking the overall tally to 2,77,29,247 since the pandemic first broke out in January 2020. This is the lowest number of new infections recorded in a single day in 45 days. The toll rose by 3,617 to 3,22,512, while the active caseload stood at 22,28,724.
Vietnam Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long announced that authorities in the Southeast Asian country have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a combination of the strains first identified in India and the United Kingdom. He warned that the new variant was more transmissible than the previously known ones and spreads faster by air.
The Centre said it will discontinue allocating antiviral drug remdesivir to states as India has ramped up its production by ten times since April. The supply has now surpassed the demand, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya said.
The Centre announced a scheme to help children who have been orphaned because of the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced financial assistance of…

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