Coronavirus LIVE UPDATES: 137 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India
Today's tally of 125 positive cases includes 22 foreign nationals in the country. The country's highest tally of 36 cases is reported from Maharashtra which includes three foreign nationals.
New Delhi: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday said that total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has reached 137.As per Ministry figures, the highest number of cases are from Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka.
Notably, a couple of states such as Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Haryana have shut down schools and colleges in order to contain the spread of the deadly virus. The numbers have gone up from 114 total infections reported yesterday.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: Total number of confirmed #COVID19 cases in India is 137 pic.twitter.com/nowbODWBy1
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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
#Today’s tally of 125 positive cases includes 22 foreign nationals in the country. The country’s highest tally of 36 cases is reported from Maharashtra which includes three foreign nationals.
According to official data, Kerala has 22 cases of COVID-19, including two foreign nationals while Uttar Pradesh has 12 and Telangana with four cases of coronavirus.
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
Two fresh cases were reported from Karnataka today with Karnataka health minister stating that the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state has gone up to 10. One death linked to coronavirus has also been reported from the state last week.
Delhi which has 7 positive cases has also reported one death from the infection.
According to official data, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand have reported one positive case. Rajasthan has reported two positve cases.
Union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir have reported four and three cases respectively. 14 foreign nationals have reported positive in Haryana.
Maharashtra: A 64-year-old COVID-19 patient passes away at Mumbai’s Kasturba hospital pic.twitter.com/E1X8Dj78n0
— ANI (@ANI) March 17, 2020
The health ministry has issued advisory on measures to enforce social distancing and suggesting shut down of all educational institutions gymnasiums, museums, cultural and social centres, swimming pools and theatres till March 31.
The government has also tightened the lockdown on the spread of coronavirus cases with travel restrictions prohibiting entry of all passengers from European Union, European Free Trade Association, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Philippines and Afghanistan.