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Covid-19 Update: Confirmed coronavirus cases in India rise to 83
The total numbers of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India rose to 83, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said on Saturday.
New Delhi: The total numbers of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India rose to 83, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said on Saturday.
So far, two deaths due to the lethal infection have been reported in the country.
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The development came after a 68-year-old woman, who had tested positive for coronavirus, died due to co-morbidity -- diabetes and hypertension -- at a Delhi hospital on Friday.
Number of novel coronavirus cases in country rise to 83, which includes one death each from Delhi and Karnataka: Union Health Ministry
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 14, 2020
India had on Thursday reported its first death from coronavirus.The coronavirus, which originated in China's Wuhan city in December last year, has so far spread to more than 100 countries, infecting over 1,20,000 people.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared coronavirus a pandemic and Europe as its epicentre with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from China. (ANI)