As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak continues to spread like wildfire in India, the central and state governments are respectively amping up all of their efforts to check potential contamination. The third phase of the nationwide lockdown with "considerable relaxations" is ending today i.e May 17, while the fourth phase of the lockdown is supposed to continue from tomorrow (May 18) till May 31. However, it will be completely different in effect from the previous few lockdowns, including separate sets of restrictions and relaxations for separate states.

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The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India crossed the 90,000-mark on Sunday, while the death toll has topped the 2,800-mark as well.

Maharashtra continues to be the epicenter of the coronavirus spread where the number of cases has witnessed an even large spike recently. According to the Health Ministry, Maharashtra has the highest number of cases with over 30,000 positive cases of infection, and more than 1,100 deaths.

Notably, Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, has become the hotbed of the coronavirus spread in the state where the number of cases has crossed the 18,500-mark and the death toll is nearing the 700-mark as well.

One of the real challenges in Mumbai is controlling the disease contamination in Asia's biggest slum -- Dharavi, which is an extremely densely-populated region.

King George's Medical University (KGMU) has informed that out of the 1,487 samples tested yesterday for COVID-19, the results of 29 are positive.

Meanwhile, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will announce the last tranche of the economic package today.

Here are the latest updates on coronavirus in India on Sunday, 17th May 2020:

23:03 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Haryana: 910 positive cases and 14 deaths have been reported to date in Haryana. 562 patients have been cured/discharged till now.

22:50 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Jammu and Kashmir: 62 more COVID-19 cases reported, 16 from Jammu division and 46 from Kashmir division. The total number of cases in the Union Territory (UT) is now at 1,183, including 595 active cases, 575 recovered, and 13 deaths.

22:21 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Mumbai: 1,571 cases and 38 deaths registered today. The total number of cases in the city is now at 19,967 including 734 deaths.

21:30 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Maharashtra COVID-19 tally increases to 33,053 after 2,347 new cases; death toll at 1,198.

20:15 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Mumbai: 44 more COVID-19 cases reported in the Dharavi area. The total number of cases in the area rises to 1,242, including 56 deaths.

19:50 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Kerala: 14 more COVID-19 positive cases reported in the state in the past 24 hours. Malappuram - 4, Palakkad - 2, Kozhikode - 2, Kannur - 2 and Kollam, Ernakulam, Trishur, and Kasaragod each one case. 2 of the 14 have come from abroad. 

19:30 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Punjab: 18 fresh positive cases reported today, taking the total positive cases to 1,964. Total active cases in the state rise to 536. Death toll at 35.

19:10 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Tamil Nadu: Coronavirus cases surpass 11,000. The total jumped to 11,224 after 639 positive cases were reported. Active cases - 6,971. Discharged - 4,172. The death count at 78.

18:44 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

A total of 13 Vande Bharat passengers tested positive and a total of 2 Rajdhani special train returnees were reported positive.

17:30 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Karnataka: 55 new cases reported in the state today taking the total number of cases to 1,147. Total active cases - 600. Discharged - 509. Total COVID-19 deaths - 37. 

16:10 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Bihar: 58 more COVID-19 confirmed cases take the state's total to 1,251.

15:27 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

10 COVID-19 cases reported among Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in the last 24 hours. All of them are under treatment at designated COVID19 health care hospitals. Since yesterday, 13 (all from Delhi) personnel who had tested positive earlier, have been discharged: BSF

14:26 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

1 more #COVID19 case reported in Uttarakhand today, in Dehradun district. Total number of cases in the state is now at 92, including 52 recovered, 39 active cases & 1 death: State Health Department

13:15 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

1,206 police personnel have been infected with #COVID19 across the state till now, with 66 new cases reported in last 24 hours including 912 active cases, 283 recovered, and 11 fatalities: Maharashtra Police

13:13 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

The government of Maharashtra extends lockdown till May 31 for containment of COVID19.

13:08 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

25 fresh cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking total number of cases to 2230 out of which 747 cases are active. 50 people have lost their lives due to the infection so far: Andhra Pradesh Health Department

13:06 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

422 new COVID19 cases reported in the last 24 hours; the total number of positive cases in Delhi is now 9755: Delhi Health Department

12:00 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Karnataka: Total number of COVID-19 positive cases rises to 1,146

11:06 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces the last tranche of #EconomicPackage 

09:41 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Indian Railways has run 167 'Shramik Special' trains yesterday carrying 2.39 lakh migrants to their home states: Ministry of Railways

09:39 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

70 fresh cases of #COVID19 & 2 deaths have been recorded in Rajasthan, taking the total number of cases to 5030 & death toll to 128. There are 1911 active cases of coronavirus in the state: Rajasthan Health Department

09:30 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

#COVID19: 120 deaths have occurred in the last 24 hours, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

09:28 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Highest ever spike of 4987 #COVID19 cases in the last 24 hours; the total number of positive cases in the country is now at 90927, including 53946 active cases, 34109 cured/discharged/migrated cases, death toll 2872 deaths:  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

09:14 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Out of the 1487 samples tested yesterday for #COVID19, results of 29 are positive: King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow

07:46 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

The last tranche of #EconomicPackage announcement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to be held at 11 am today. 

07:30 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Mumbai: Maharashtra Govt has arranged buses for migrant labourers to drop them to Karnataka&Madhya Pradesh borders. BN Devra, Traffic Inspector says, "This service was started on May 11, every day 20 buses of state transport corporation are run. We don't take any payment from them"

07:26 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Assam: One more COVID-19 case reported from the state, total tally rises to 95.

06:24 IST Sunday, 17 May 2020

Maharashtra: COVID-19 cases rise by 1,606 with 67 deaths, taking case count to 30,706 and fatalities to 1,135 as per the state health department. (PTI input)