New Delhi (NVI): The number of people testing positive for coronavirus has increased to 81 in India, which has already reported two deaths so far.
A 69-year-old woman, who died in Delhi last night, was the second person to fall victim to the deadly disease. She had contracted the virus from her son who had travelled to Switzerland and Italy and is under quarantine at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in the national capital.
Earlier, one person had died in Karnataka due to the virus two days back. The 76-year-old man died after returning from a month-long visit to Saudi Arabia on February 29.
Health Ministry today said new cases have emerged from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
A 25-year-old Agra woman, whose husband and a Google employee tested positive for novel coronavirus in Bengaluru earlier this week, has also tested positive.
In view of this development, Google has asked its employees in Bengaluru to work from home.
Infosys has also evacuated its building in Bengaluru. The tech giant started evacuation following reports of an employee coming in contact with a suspected coronavirus patient.
Public gatherings and events have been cancelled by government and other authorities in virtually all parts of India due to the coronavirus scare. Even the sporting events like annual IPL has been postponed.
The global death toll due to coronavirus has reached almost 5,000, while the global number of cases has surpassed 1,32,000, according to WHO.
