New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: The number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 110 on Sunday, with Maharashtra reporting the highest followed by Kerala. The 110 cases include two persons who died in Delhi and Karnataka and 17 foreigners. Meanwhile, ten patients have recovered from the deadly disease and have been discharged.
The health ministry has issued a discharge policy for COVID-19 cases under which a positive case shall be managed as per protocol and discharged after two specimens test negative for coronavirus within a period of 24 hours and there’s evidence of chest radiographic clearance and viral clearance in respiratory samples.
“If the laboratory results for nCOV are negative, the discharge of such patients will be governed by his provisional/confirmed diagnosis and it is up to the treating physician to take a decision. The case shall be monitored for 14 days after their last contact with a confirmed 2019-nCOV case,” read the discharge policy released by the health ministry.
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“In case the laboratory results are positive for nCOV, the case shall be managed as per the confirmed case management protocol. The case shall be discharged only after evidence of chest radiographic clearance and viral clearance in respiratory samples after two specimens test negative for nCOV within a period of 24 hours,” it added.
Among the fresh cases, 13 were reported in Maharashtra, taking the count to 32, the Union health ministry said.
Delhi has so far reported seven positive cases, Kerala 22 and Uttar Pradesh 12. Karnataka has six coronavirus patients while Ladakh three and Jammu and Kashmir has two. Telangana reported three cases. Rajasthan also reported two cases. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab have reported one case each.
As a precautionary measure, more states ordered closure of public places, including schools, cinema halls and malls, till month-end, courts were restricting their sittings, companies introducing the work-from-home option for employees and film bodies putting off shootings of films and shows.
Film bodies, including the Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE), the Indian Film and Television Directors' Association (IFTDA) and the Producers Guild of India, decided to put shootings of films, TV shows and web series on hold from March 19 to March 31.
The Centre has asked people not to panic, saying no community transmission of the virus has been observed and there has only been a few cases of local transmission so far and that it is "not a health emergency" in India at present. Meanwhile, the government continued to evacuate Indians stranded in coronavirus-hit Iran and Italy.
(With PTI inputs)