2 from Noida test positive

One of the coronavirus victims has travel history to France

Two people in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Gautam Buddh Nagar district health department officials said on Tuesday.

One of the patients recently returned from France and is already in isolation. The other has also been quarantined, chief medical officer Anurag Bhargava said.

The police and officials from Southeast district administration visited Shaheen Bagh on Tuesday to urge anti-CAA protestors to vacate the area in wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari and Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, on Tuesday, led a massive awareness campaign in New Delhi area.

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) closed its ‘Waste to Wonder Park’ and ‘Nandanvan’ till March 31 in wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

According to Dr Bhargava, two persons tested positive for coronavirus, one in Sector 78 and another in Sector 100, with travel history to France and both are admitted in designated isolation hospital. This comes a day after the Noida authority had announced a ban on all community events in an effort to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

All cinema halls across Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad have been closed till March 31 as per orders, which had been earlier issued by the administrations of the two districts.

With the addition of these two cases, the number of cases confirmed for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 15.

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari distributes facemasks outside a temple.

(Right) People collect free facemasks being distributed by BJP workers in New Delhi on Tuesday. — BIPLAB BANERJEE

Delhi has so far reported eight positive cases including one death due to coronavirus.

Currently,

Maharashtra

has the highest number of cases in any state with 39 confirmed cases. Kerala is the second highest with 24 cases of coronavirus confirmed