Coronavirus: Total Number Of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In India Rises To 139 (Photo Credit: ANI)
New Delhi:
India saw its third coronavirus-related death on Tuesday as the number of Covid-19 cases in the country rose to 126. According to the Union Health Ministry, the 126 cases include 22 foreign nationals, 13 people who have recovered and three persons who died in Delhi, Karnataka and Maharashtra. On Tuesday, a 64-year-old man from Mumbai with a travel history to Dubai died of the novel coronavirus. A 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi who returned from Saudi Arabia died last week, a 68-year-old woman in Delhi who had tested positive for coronavirus passed away at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital on Friday night.
Delhi has so far reported seven positive cases while Uttar Pradesh has recorded 13 cases, including one foreigner. Karnataka has 8 coronavirus patients while Maharashtra 39, including 3 foreigners. Ladakh has reported four cases while Jammu and Kashmir three. Telangana has reported four cases. Rajasthan has also reported four cases including that of two foreigners. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab have reported one case each. Odisha reported its first case on Monday. In Haryana, there are 15 cases, which includes fourteen foreigners, while Uttarakhand has reported one case. Kerala has recorded 24 cases including two foreign nationals. The number also includes three patients who were discharged last month after they recovered from the contagious infection with flu-like symptoms.
Meanwhile, the government of India barred travel of passengers from Afghanistan, Philippines, Malaysia to India till 31st March, with immediate effect. The government had already imposed fresh travel restrictions, prohibiting entry of passengers from the EU countries and the UK from March 18.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths around the world linked to the new coronavirus has topped 7,000, after Italy announced a new surge in fatalities, according to an AFP tally at 1700 GMT on Monday. A total of 7,007 people have died, with a 175,536 infections recorded globally. China has the highest number of fatalities at 3,213, followed by Italy with 2,158 deaths and almost 28,000 cases. (With Agency Inputs)
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Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India is 137: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: Total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases in India is 137 pic.twitter.com/nowbODWBy1
— ANI (@ANI) March 17, 2020
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Delhi: Staff and visitors at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) are being given hand sanitisers to clean their hands before entering the Ministry, as a precautionary measure against #Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/gQVnWbh4N1
— ANI (@ANI) March 17, 2020
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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across India is 126 now.
Ministry of Family and Health Welfare: Total number of confirmed #COVID2019 cases across India - 126
(including foreign nationals, as on 17.03.2020 at 11:52 AM) pic.twitter.com/ORoud5OhuW
— ANI (@ANI) March 17, 2020
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According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India has reached 125. These cases include 22 foreign nationals with 13 people who have recovered and two deaths.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: Total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases in India is 125 pic.twitter.com/jijFKpYwor
— ANI (@ANI) March 17, 2020
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#Coronavirus: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued guidelines on use of masks by public. pic.twitter.com/RnWN4VG93c
— ANI (@ANI) March 17, 2020
Karnataka on Tuesday confirmed two news cases of COVID-19 taking the number of positive cases in the state to 10. According to ANI, a 20 year-old woman with travel history to the UK and a 60 year-old person, a contact of the deceased Kalaburagi COVID-19 patient, have tested positive. Both are admitted in designated isolation hospital.
The number of coronavirus cases touched 114 in the country on Monday after fresh cases were reported from several states, including Odisha. The Union health ministry also said fresh coronavirus cases were also reported from Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Kerala.
