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Coronavirus cases climb to 30 in India, 3 in Delhi NCR

By IANS | Updated: March 5, 2020 21:00 IST

With one new confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Ghaziabad, the total number of positive cases of Covid-19 have reached 30, out of which 3 cases are in Delhi-NCR.

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New Delhi, March 5 With one new confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Ghaziabad, the total number of positive cases of Covid-19 have reached 30, out of which 3 cases are in Delhi-NCR.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Thursday confirmed that the total number of positive cases of COVID-19 are now 30.

The reported cases include the previous three cases from Kerala, who have now cured and discharged from the hospital. In addition,there are three positive cases from Delhi-NCR, of which two have travel history from Italy, and one has travel history of Iran. Six patients in Agra contacted the infection from the first Delhi patient allegedly during a birthday party.

One confirmed case of the disease has been reported in Telangana. The infected person had visited Dubai where he picked up the infection from a person from Singapore.

Besides these cases, 16 Italian tourists and their driver who is an Indian and was with the Italian tourist group have been confirmed with the disease.

The earlier two suspected cases of Telangana have tested negative at National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.

The ministry also said that both the Italian and Indian patients are stable and being closely monitored.

( With inputs from IANS )

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