New Delhi: A 70-year-old man who returned from Germany via Italy reported dead because of Coronavirus in Punjab. This is the fourth coronavirus death in India. The total number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 169 in India.
The man died at a civil hospital in Banga in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur yesterday. His village and an area of up to a 3 km radius around it has been sealed. A government doctor who treated him has been quarantined.
The total number of positive cases of #COVID19 in India stands at 167 (including 25 foreigners), 4 deaths (1 each) in Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/sk4rfzvlUE
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2020
The first coronavirus death was reported in Delhi. Later, Maharashtra and Karnataka reported Covid-19 death each.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation today at 8 P.M., during which he will talk about issues relating to COVID-19 and the efforts to combat it.
In the wake of growing COVID-19 cases in the country, the Health and Family Welfare Ministry has issued an advisory for the people. It focuses on social distancing, hand sanitation and restriction of mass gatherings with a view to contain the spread of Novel Coronavirus.