Coronavirus: Cases Mounts to 33 in India with 2 New Cases in Amritsar

The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus(Covid-19) in India mounts to 33 with two more cases tested positive inAmritsar.

In Amritsar, two patients, who had arrived in Indiafrom Italy, were declared positive for coronavirus after their blood samples weretested in a lab in Delhi. The samples have now been sent to a Pune lab forfurther diagnosis.

Both the patients were admitted to the hospital directly from the airport. The patients are residents of Hoshiarpur.

According to reports, the two patients landed in Indiaon March 3 and admitted directly to the hospital after it was being suspectedthat they are infected with Covid-19.

On Friday, a man from Delhi's Uttam Nagar, with arecent travel history to Thailand and Malaysia, was tested positive for novelcoronavirus taking the total number of coronavirus cases in Delhi-NCR to four –two from Delhi, one each in Ghaziabad and Gurgaon.

Meanwhile, the Delhi government on Thursday said 11 separate rooms and isolation wards have been set up at the Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan Hospital to treat coronavirus patients.

The outbreak has killed more than 3,400 people andspread across more than 90 nations, with seven countries reporting their firstcases on Friday.