Coronavirus: Prince Charles Tests Positive; Spain Reports 738 Deaths In A Day

India is officially under a complete lockdown for the next 21 days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tuesday announcement in which he empshasised “if the situation is not handled in these 21 days, the country and your family could go back by 21 years.”

“If the situation is not handled in these 21 days, several families will get devastated forever,” he said underlining the massive danger the coronavirus poses. Meanwhile, Libya, a country in north Africa, has recorded its first confirmed case of the Coronavirus, the UN-backed government announced on Tuesday.

In the United States, too, the number of coronavirus cases jumped by nearly 10,000 while about 150 Americans died in a day even as President Donald Trump hoped to reopen the country’s economy by Easter, April 12.

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4:25PM: Spain reports 738 new coronavirus deaths, raising death toll to 3,434, pushing it past China.

4:17PM: In wake of the coronavirus outbreak, all companies from the digital industry have decided upon temporarily defaulting HD & ultra-HD streaming to SD content or offering only SD content, at bitrates no higher than 480p on cellular networks until April 14, says Prasar Bharati

4:10PM: Prince Charles, the heir apparent to the British Throne, has tested positive for coronavirus, reports British media outlet Metro.

3:32PM: Iran has announced 143 new novel coronavirus deaths, raising country’s death toll to 2,077.

3:30PM: The COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh rose to 15 on Wednesday with one more person found infected with coronavirus, a health official said.

2:45PM: High Court asks authorities to expeditiously provide Indian students stranded in Kazakhstan with basic amenities like food, medical care and lodging.

2:40PM: Nepal has reported its third case of coronavirus in a 31-year-old man who returned from the Gulf as the government has announced a week-long nation-wide lockdown to battle the pandemic.

2:11PM: South Africa reported that its number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus jumped to 709 on Wednesday from 554 the previous day, an increase of 28 per cent.

1:54PM: The number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat has gone up to 38 as three more people tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, a health department official said.

1:45PM: A 50-year-old pastor, who recently returned from Amsterdam, has tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, making it the second case of the disease in the Northeast, Health Minister R Lalthangliana said.

1:42PM: Libya has reported its first case of the novel coronavirus, a particular source of concern in the North African country where civil war has badly degraded the public healthcare system.

1:16 PM: Four new Coronavirus positive cases have been reported in Rajasthan. Two of the four positive persons are members of the medical staff in Bhilwara. The total number of cases in the state has reached 36.

1:13 PM: A 50-year-old pastor, who recently returned from Amsterdam, tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, making it the second case of the disease in the Northeast, Health Minister R Lalthangliana said on Wednesday.

11:58 AM: The total number of COVID-19 positive cases reached 112 in Maharashtra on Wednesday. In India, Maharashtra has reported the highest number of coronavirus positive cases.

11:34 AM: The latest samples of two coronavirus patients, taken after 14 days in isolation at a hospital here, were negative for COVID-19 and they could be discharged if the same result is seen in the final test to be done in two days, officials said on Wednesday.

11:31 AM: Five people admitted in different hospitals of Indore have tested positive for the coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh to 14, health officials said on Wednesday.

11:24 AM: A nurse working in the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram was detected coronavirus positive in Panipat town on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases to 17 in Haryana.

11:20 AM: Five people admitted in different hospitals of Indore have tested positive for the
coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh to 14, health officials said on Wednesday.

10:47 AM: Maharashtra tally goes up to 112 as five more people test Coronavirus positive.

10:17 AM: The second death which was reported in Delhi(yesterday) is #COVID19 negative, says Union Health Ministry

10:12 AM: 277 evacuees from Iran arrived at Jodhpur Airport (from Delhi) today. A preliminary screening was conducted at the airport upon arrival and thereafter the evacuees were shifted to the Army Wellness Facility established in Jodhpur Military Station, said PRO Defence Rajasthan

10:06 AM: MHA asks private security agencies not to lay off or cut salaries of guards during 21-day lockdown, say officials.

10:00 AM: Five people admitted to different hospitals of Indore have tested positive for the coronavirus, taking the number of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh to 14, health officials said on Wednesday. None of the patients in Indore have history of travel to abroad.

9:40 AM: Number of coronavirus cases in India rises to 562; active cases stand at 512, says the Health Ministry.

8:44 AM: All sports training camps and centres will remain closed during the 21-day lockdown, Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju confirmed.

Rijiju took to Twitter to post : “My dear Athletes, As per the directions of the Govt, all sports training camps and centres will remain closed during 21-day lockdown. Pls maintain your physical and mental fitness at the place wherever you are staying without going out.”

8:43 AM: Despite the occasion of the first day of ‘Chaitra Navratri’, all major temples in the national capital remained closed on Monday, amid the countrywide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.

8:38 AM: Another person test positive for Coronavirus in Patna’s Nalanda Medical College and Hospital taking the total number of cases in the state to 4, reports ANI.

8:36 AM: Ashwani Kumar, Secretary, State Information and Broadcasting Department on Tuesday said that all students from class 1 to 9 and 11 will be promoted without examinations in Gujarat as the schools have been closed in the wake of Coronavirus.