Coronavirus Updates: Number Of Positive Cases Rises To 236, Says Health Ministry

Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: The novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 195 on Friday after 22 fresh cases were reported from various parts of the country, according to the Health Ministry data. The cases include 32 foreign nationals- including 17 from Italy, 3 from the Philippines, two from the UK, one each belonging to Canada, Indonesia and Singapore. The figure also includes four deaths reported from Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra so far.

"The total number of active COVID 2019 cases across India stands at 171 so far," the ministry said adding that 20 others have been cured/discharged/migrated while four have died. The government has banned landing of all international commercial passenger flights from March 22 for a week. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to stay indoors and called for 'janata curfew' on Sunday. Giving the details of the fourth coronavirus fatality in the country, the Union health ministry said the person, who died in Punjab, was an elderly and had co-morbid conditions like diabetes, cardiac ailments.

In China, no new domestic coronavirus cases were confirmed in China for the second consecutive day even as three more fatalities have been reported, taking the death toll in the country to 3,248. China reported 39 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on on Thursday, all of which were imported taking the total of confirmed cases of people coming from abroad to 228. (With Agency Inputs)