India witnesses third Coronavirus death; 64-year-old passes away in Mumbai

A 64-year-old man who was tested positive of Coronavirus in Mumbai, passed away on Monday at Kasturba Hospital, confirmed BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi. As per sources, deceased was tested positive after returning from Dubai. 

Earlier, two deaths have been reported in Kalaburagi and West Delhi, making this third Coronavirus death in India

Maha CM declares 'Coronavirus epidemic'

Maharashtra government on Friday invoked Epidemic Diseases Act declaring Coronavirus as an epidemic, as anunced by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Informing state assembly of number of positive cases detected at that time, he declared all  schools to be shut in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad till furr tice barring where 10th and 12th standard board exams are being conducted. Furr, gyms, swimming pools and atres in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad have been shut till March 30. Subsequent to that, state government has tified that offices mustn't work with over 50% attendance at any given time, in order to furr 'social distancing'. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

As of date, total number of positive cases in India has soared over 125, including 17 foreign nationals. maximum cases of virus have been reported in Maharashtra and Kerala. Centre has “strongly advised” Indians to avoid all n-essential travel abroad. government is also monitoring all suspected cases and has issued preventive advisories. Earlier on Saturday, Central government decided to treat deadly virus as a "tified disaster", and has since issued even more advisories and travel restrictions.

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First detected in Wuhan in December 2019, COVID-19- vel Coronavirus has affected nearly 148 countries in world. Presently, re are around 182,609 confirmed cases of COVID-19 which has led to death of around 7,171 people. As re is vaccine or specific antiviral medicine to treat COVID-19 yet, countries have been grappling with all possible mechanisms to contain its scope. So far, China, South Korea, Italy, and Iran have witnessed most number of confirmed cases of vel Coronavirus.

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