India confirms nearly 650 positive cases of Covid-19, death toll reaches 15

Despite numerous preparations of health authorities to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, India, on Thursday, confirms nearly 650 positive cases of Covid-19 and the death toll reaches 15.

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On Thursday morning, around 10 new cases were reported from different states of the country along with three casualties. 

According to the health department officials, in Goa, three persons, all with travel history abroad, tested positive for coronavirus. Notably, this is the first time the tourist state has reported coronavirus positive cases.

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Indore confirms five more people testing positive for Covid-19 taking the total number of cases in the city to 10. With this the Madhya Pradesh tally to 14 on Thursday.

An eldlerly tested positive for the coronavirus in West Bengal takes the total count to 10 in the state. The 66-year-old from Nayabad in Kolkata had no history of travelling abroad or outside West Bengal.

On Thursday, cases in Delhi rose to 36 after a doctor, his daughter and wife and one other person tested positive. The doctor had come into contact with a woman who had returned from Saudi Arabia.

As per data by the Health Ministry, updated on Thursday morning, Maharashtra has reported the highest number of Covid-19 cases so far at 128, including three foreign nationals, followed by Kerala which has recorded 118 cases, including eight foreign nationals.

Karnataka has reported 41 cases of coronavirus patients, while cases in Gujarat rose to 38, including one foreigner.

Cases in Uttar Pradesh rose to 37, including a foreigner. The number of cases in Rajasthan increased to 38, including two foreigners, while the positive cases in Telangana stood at 42, including 10 foreigners. 

Punjab reported 33 cases while In Haryana, there are 29 cases, including 14 foreigners. Ladakh has 13 cases, while Tamil Nadu has reported 26 cases, including six foreigners. Andhra Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir have reported 11 cases each.

So far, Chandigarh has reported seven cases.

Uttarakhand has five cases, including one foreigner. Bihar has four cases.

There are three cases in Chattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh each while there are two cases in Odisha. 

Puducherry, Mizoram and Manipur have reported a case each.

On Wednesday, despite a nation-wide lockdown, India registered 101 new cases of novel coronavirus.


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