Coronavirus Live Updates: Number Of Cases In India Rise To 43 After J&K Woman Tests Positive

Coronavirus In India: The first three cases of virus in India were reported from Kerala. (File)

The total number of people affected with coronavirus in India is now 43, three of which have now been discharged. The four new cases of COVID-19 that have been reported since yesterday are – One from Ernakulum, Kerala, one from Delhi, one from Uttar Pradesh and one from Jammu Yesterday, five of a family in Kerala tested positive of the virus.

The number of Coronavirus cases in India, which was just six till last Tuesday, now stands at 43 including 16 Italians. The figure also includes the three Kerala patients who were discharged last month following recovery.

43 samples have tested positive out of the 3,003 samples tested for COVID-19 with 2,694 samples having returned negative results.

A total of 8,74,708 international passengers from 8,255 flights have been screened at airports till now with 1,921 passengers identified as symptomatic.

A diabetic man died in the isolation ward of a hospital in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Sunday, a day after he was admitted there with suspected symptoms of coronavirus following his return from Saudi Arabia. According to doctors, he was admitted to the hospital with fever, cough and cold. Though test results of his blood and swab samples for novel coronavirus is awaited.

A 76-year-old man who recently returned from a trip to Iran has died in Ladakh after showing symptoms associated with the coronavirus outbreak that has affected at least 39 people across India. Mohamad Ali, a former policeman, was admitted to a hospital on Saturday night and his death has prompted authorities to take precautions including cordoning off his village.

Here are the Updates on Coronavirus Outbreak:

Mar 09, 2020 14:32 (IST)

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Mar 09, 2020 14:23 (IST)

Meeting underway between Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal over Coronavirus.

Mar 09, 2020 14:23 (IST)

An effigy based on the theme of Coronavirus has been put up in Mumbai's Worli, ahead of 'Holika Dahan' today.

Mar 09, 2020 11:56 (IST)

Lakhs On Kerala Streets For Attukal Pongala Despite Coronavirus Fears

Lakhs of women across Kerala have lined up streets to celebrate Attukal Pongala festival, considered as the largest gathering of women, amid renewed fears over coronavirus after six fresh cases were confirmed in the state since Sunday. Several women - participating in the festivity - were seen wearing masks.

Mar 09, 2020 11:48 (IST)

Karnataka Hunts For Man Who Returned From Dubai, Skipped Coronavirus Test

A search is on for a passenger who arrived in Karnataka's Mangaluru from Dubai on Sunday evening, who reportedly showed symptoms linked to coronavirus but skipped a hospital visit for tests.

Mar 09, 2020 10:59 (IST)

63-Year-Old Tests Positive For Coronavirus In J&K, Had History Of Travel To Iran
A 63-year-old woman tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu, making her the first confirmed case in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday.

The woman, who had a travel history to Iran, was among two patients who were declared "high viral load cases" by the administration on the weekend.

Mar 09, 2020 10:38 (IST)

Kerala Child, 3, Who Had Been To Italy, Is India's 40th Coronavirus Case
A three-year-old in Kerala has tested positive for the rapidly spreading coronavirus, taking the total number of affected people in the country to 40.

The child had travelled to Italy along with his parents and had returned last Saturday.

The family underwent thermal screening at the Kochi airport soon after they landed.

Mar 09, 2020 10:17 (IST)

Crude Oil Plunges 30%, Biggest Drop In 29 Years, After Saudi Arabia Cuts Prices

Crude oil fell by the most since 1991 on Monday after Saudi Arabia started a price war with Russia by slashing its selling prices and pledging to unleash its pent-up supply onto a market reeling from falling demand because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Mar 09, 2020 08:59 (IST)

Qatar Bans Arrivals From 14 Countries Over Coronavirus Fears
Qatar has temporarily barred travellers from 14 countries from March 9 as a precaution against the rapidly spreading coronavirus, the government announced on Sunday.

The ban covers China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria and Thailand.

Mar 09, 2020 08:19 (IST)

Asia Stocks Plunge On Coronavirus Fears, Free-Fall In Oil Prices

Stock markets plunged around Asia on Monday, as panic selling set in with traders fretting over the economic impact of the new coronavirus and digesting a free-fall in the oil price.