Coronavirus Outbreak: Covid-19 Cases Jump To 151 In India; 276 Infected Indians Citizens Abroad

The number of novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 151 with first case reported in the Indian armed forces. News Nation has learnt that a 34-year-old Indian Army soldier has been tested positive for coronavirus. Meanwhile, one more person has tested positive for coronavirus in Pune. This takes the total number of Covid-19 positive cases in Pune to 18 and 42 in Maharashtra. On Tuesday, one person died in Maharashtra taking the death toll to three in country. Meanwhile, China has given the go-ahead for researchers to begin human safety tests of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in the race to develop a shot against the Covid-19 epidemic, reported Reuters.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has described the coronavirus pandemic as the"defining global health crisis of our time", and urged countries to test all suspected cases of COVID-19.

Italy reported 345 new coronavirus deaths in the country over the last 24 hours taking its total death toll over 2,500. The total number of cases in Italy has crossed 31,000. Italy has reported the highest number of cases outside China. Meanwhile, China reported 11 deaths due to Covid-19 on Tuesday with the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak Wuhan city in China reporting a single confirmed case for the second consecutive day. So far, 3,237 have died in China due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, health officials said on Wednesday. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said 11 new deaths and 13 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection were reported in the country on Tuesday. (With agency inputs)