According to sources the Ministry of health on monday confirmed two new cases of coronavirus in india, one from telangana and one from Delhi. Meanwhile in an official notification, the government of india confirmed that 2 more cases of coronavirus disease have been reported from the country. Reportedly one positive case of COVID-19 has been detected in New delhi, and one has been detected in Telangana. The person from delhi has a travel history to italy, while the one from telangana has a travel history to Dubai. Both the patients are stable.

Earlier, 3 individuals from kerala had contracted the virus. The three people made full recoveries and were discharged from the hospital. Reportedly telangana government however has not got information about the positive case. vijay Kumar, Nodal officer for coronavirus in the state told We have no such confirmation on positive corona case. If there is such a case the information will come from the director, family and health and the principal secretary health. However, it is to be noted here that even when the centre had announced the positive cases in kerala, it was only after a few hours that the state recieved confirmation.

Moreover india reported its first case of COVID-19 on january 30, and two more cases in the first week of February. All three patients are students from kerala who were studying in China’s wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. The three patients later tested negative on a re-test in late February. More than 200 patients, however, continue to be in quarantine, at isolation wards and at their homes. COVID-19, or coronavirus disease is caused by a strain of the coronavirus. It was detected in early december 2019 in China’s wuhan city and since has affected around 80,000 people worldwide. A total of 3000 deaths have been reported due to the disease.