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#COVID19 #LatestUpdate: 15 more confirmed cases have been reported in India since yesterday evening, @MoHFW_INDIA’s latest (March 19, 9 a.m.) data said. So far, 166 positive cases have been reported in 18 states/UTs across the country corona.health-check.in

For the last two days, positive cases have been increasing at a daily rate of 10%. The number of positive cases on March 17 were 137 and on March 18 were 151. No patient has been discharged in two days. #CoronavirusOutbreak

The union territory of Chandigarh reported its first case. 3 cases each have been reported in Rajasthan, Karnataka and Maharashtra, 2 in Delhi and 1 each in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and J&K since yesterday evening. #CoronavirusOutbreak

Maharashtra with 45 reported cases continues to lead the tally. Kerala (27), Uttar Pradesh (17) and Haryana (17) follow close behind #SARSCoV2 #COVID19

With more than 200,000 people affected globally, @WHO director general @DrTedros has reiterated that the best hope to prevent community transmission is to isolate, test and treat every suspected case and trace every contact. #COVID19 who.int/dg/speeches/de…

Until 6 p.m. Wednesday, a total of 13,125 samples from 12,235 individuals had been tested for #SARSCoV2, @ICMRDELHI said
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@ICMRDELHI on Tuesday ruled out community transmission in the country after random sampling tests came out negative #COVID19
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“We are regularly monitoring for community transmissions,” said @ProfBhargava, DG of ICMR. “Our labs are looking at random samples of patients for presence of the #COVID19. So far, these results are negative.” #CoronavirusOutbreak

@DrTedros urged countries to be prepared. “Don’t assume your community won’t be affected. Prepare as if it will be. Don’t assume you won’t be infected. Prepare as if you will be,” he said. #COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak

Globally, 218,815 confirmed cases have been recorded, as per March 18 data from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. China (81,138), Italy (35,713), Iran (17,361) and Spain (14,769) remain the worst affected
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345 people died in Italy on March 18, taking the overall death toll in the country to 2,503. Spain saw a 58.59% rise in deaths as 182 people died in 24 hours to March 18 in the country. #COVID19 #CoronavirusOutbreak
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Coronavirus Monitor is tracking all confirmed cases in India, deaths due to COVID-19, as well as patients discharged after treatment and/or considered cured. For now, we are using updates from the central health ministry #SARSCoV2 #COVID19
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We’ll be launching a new map that charts all COVID-19 testing centres, so you know where to get help should you need to. Watch out for the next update.