Coronavirus March 30 Highlights: Death Count Rises To 32, Positive Cases Increase To 1,251: Health Ministry

India entered the sixth day of the 21-day lockdown on Monday while nationwide tally of confirmed novel coronavirus cases rising to 1,071-mark and the death toll up to 29. However, the dath count is set to rise to 30 as another patient died in Gujarat on Monday morning. Meanwhile, the government on Monday said there was no plan to extend the 21-day lockdown which came intro force on Tuesday midnight.

The central government ordered sealing of all state and district borders to check community transmission of the virus by migrant workers and asked those having left already to be quarantined for 14 days. 

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has crossed 6.5 lakh with over 30,000 fatalities so far. According to the latest situation report, the majority of the confirmed cases - more than half - are presently concentrated in Europe, with Italy leading the tally, followed by Spain. Italy and Spain are also the countries that top the worldwide death toll from COVID-19, with over 10,000 and over 6,000 fatalities, respectively. 

The second most affected region is currently the Americas of which the majority - 1,36,880 - have been found in the United States. The US is also the country with the highest single tally of COVID-19 cases at the moment. (With Agency Inputs)