9.58 am: Telangana recorded 5,559 new Covid cases and 41 deaths yesterday, reports ANI. 9.56 am : A complete lockdown has been imposed i...

9.58 am: Telangana recorded 5,559 new Covid cases and 41 deaths yesterday, reports ANI.
9.56 am: A complete lockdown has been imposed in Pune, Maharashtra, in view of the rising coronavirus cases.
Maharashtra: Pune Police enforce complete weekend lockdown in the city.
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2021
Only pharmaceutical shops are allowed to function during the weekend lockdown.#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/8CwYLtlCgS
9.54 am: The Delhi Police transfer the case related to the seizure of oxygen concentrators from the city’s popular eatery, Khan Chacha, to its Crime Branch, reports ANI.
9.54 am: New Zealand’s wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert tests positive for the coronavirus, reports PTI. The cricketer represented Kolkata Knight Riders in the postponed 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League.
9.50 am: Thailand says it wants to secure more vaccines and give as many first doses as possible, as the country battles a surge of the pandemic, reports AP. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says Thailand, with an adult population of about six crore, needs at least 12 crore vaccine doses, with everyone getting two shots. He adds that foreign workers also needed to be taken into account.
9.48 am: The tally of coronavirus cases in Andaman and Nicobar Islands rises to 6,311 as 56 more people test positive, reports PTI. The toll remains unchanged at 72.
9.37 am: The Tamil Nadu government imposes a complete lockdown in the state...