Coronavirus LIVE Update: India's Cases Rise To 59,92,532; 94,503 Dead

Private Hospitals In Mumbai Set Up Isolation Beds

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai released a list of private hospitals that have set up isolation beds along with Kasturba and Seven Hills Hospital, and Mirage Hotel in Mumbai. 

The list of hospitals is as follows: 

Jaslok Hospital: 5 Beds

HN Reliance Hospital: 2 Beds

Hinduja Hospital: 20 Beds

Kokilaben Hospital: 17 Beds

Raheja Hospital: 12 Beds

Jagjivan Ram Western Railway Hospital: 10 Beds

Gurunanak Hospital: 2 Beds

St. Elizabeth hospital: 2 Beds

Bombay Hospital: 4 Beds

Lilavati Hospital: 15 Beds

Gurugram, Mumbai, Chennai Report New Cases

Gurugram and Chennai reported second cases of COVID-19. The person from Gurugram travelled from London while the person in Chennai is originally a Delhi national. 

In Mumbai, a woman related to the man who tested positive on March 17, 2020 tested positive for the virus. She has no history of international travel. 

Roche Diagnostics India Allowed To Supply Diagnostic Tests

Roche Diagnostics India — Indian subsidiary of Swiss multinational firm Roche received testing license for COVID-19 diagnostic testing from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).

Two Indian diagnostic firms,Trivitron Healthcare and Mylab Discovery Solutions, have also designed their own kits that are awaiting approval.

The kits developed by the three firms will be sold to private diagnostic chains such as Dr Lal Path Labs, SRL Diagnostics and Metropolis Healthcare which will increase the number of tests India will conduct in a day and reduce testing time. 

Currently, India is importing testing kits from Germany and Switzerland.

India's Cases Rise To 151

India reported four new cases taking the number of confirmed cases to 151. The new cases have been reported in Delhi, Haryana. Puducherry and Telangana. 

Nagpur Shuts Bars, Liquor Shops Till March 31

All restaurants, bars, liquor shops and even paan `thelas' (kiosks) in Nagpur district would remain closed till March 31 in view of the coronavirus outbreak, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Govt Issues Procedures For Passenger Movement After Disembarkment Advisory

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has issued a standard operating procedure to be followed for passenger movement after they disembark which clearly states that the authorities will take away passports and return them after the process is complete.

Global Cases Of COVID-19 Cross 2,00,000

The total number of cases have crossed 2,00,000 across 169 countries with over 8,200 deaths and over 82,000 recovered. 

Coronavirus Spreads To All US And Canada States And Provinces

All the 50 states of the United States of America as well as all the Canadian provinces have reported cases of COVID-19 

Centre Asks States To Take Action Against Racial Discrimination Against Citizens From NE

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said a strict advisory is being issued to all states to take action after some incidents of racial remarks against people belonging to the North East in some parts of the country were reported in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Rijiju, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, also said the issue was taken up with the North East division in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

276 Indians infected abroad, number includes 225 in Iran and 12 in UAE, the Ministry of External Affairs reported in the Lok Sabha

Ministry of External Affairs in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha: 276 Indians are infected with #coronavirus abroad including 255 in Iran, 12 in UAE, 5 in Italy, and 1 each in Hong Kong, Kuwait, Rwanda, and Sri Lanka. pic.twitter.com/Hk1GjJoXyT

— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2020