The coronavirus outbreak, which has triggered a global health scare,
has alarmed health officials in India too, following a spike in new
cases being reported from various states over the past two weeks.
As on March 9, a total of 44 confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in India, with the latest patients including a three-year-old child in Kerala's Ernakulam district and a 63-year-old woman in Jammu and Kashmir. A day earlier, five people tested positive for COVID-19 (the disease caused by novel coronavirus) in Kerala.
Kerala incidentally was also the first Indian State to report a +ve Coronavirus Case. on January 30
The patient was a student studying in China and had returned home on account of the Lunar New Year festivities.
In a span of four days,2 other +ve Coronavirus Cases were reported .in Kerala, prompting the local government to declare a state emergency on February 3. These three patients were immediately put in isolation at state medical facilities and over 3400 people who were suspected to have come in contact with them were put in quarantines and observed for coronavirus-related symptoms. Days later, the three positive cases were discharged following treatment.
Between February 3 and March 1, India saw a calm phase in regards to the global coronavirus outbreak as no new case was reported. But things have changed rapidly since then as between March 2 and March 9, 41 people have tested positive for COVID-19. These cases have been reported from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, J&K, Punjab and Ladakh.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 5,066 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in India as on March 9,2020
The geographical spread of the coronavirus outbreak in India has so far been confined to 10 states and Union Territories. While most patients have had a travel history to countries that have reported a high number of coronavirus cases, there have also been some cases where the viral infection transmitted locally i.e. in India.
Of the 44 COVID-19 cases reported so far in India, 41 are active cases and three have been cured.
As on March 9, a total of 44 confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in India, with the latest patients including a three-year-old child in Kerala's Ernakulam district and a 63-year-old woman in Jammu and Kashmir. A day earlier, five people tested positive for COVID-19 (the disease caused by novel coronavirus) in Kerala.
Kerala incidentally was also the first Indian State to report a +ve Coronavirus Case. on January 30
The patient was a student studying in China and had returned home on account of the Lunar New Year festivities.
In a span of four days,2 other +ve Coronavirus Cases were reported .in Kerala, prompting the local government to declare a state emergency on February 3. These three patients were immediately put in isolation at state medical facilities and over 3400 people who were suspected to have come in contact with them were put in quarantines and observed for coronavirus-related symptoms. Days later, the three positive cases were discharged following treatment.
Between February 3 and March 1, India saw a calm phase in regards to the global coronavirus outbreak as no new case was reported. But things have changed rapidly since then as between March 2 and March 9, 41 people have tested positive for COVID-19. These cases have been reported from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, J&K, Punjab and Ladakh.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 5,066 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in India as on March 9,2020
The geographical spread of the coronavirus outbreak in India has so far been confined to 10 states and Union Territories. While most patients have had a travel history to countries that have reported a high number of coronavirus cases, there have also been some cases where the viral infection transmitted locally i.e. in India.
Of the 44 COVID-19 cases reported so far in India, 41 are active cases and three have been cured.
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