As Janta Curfew began at 7 am in the morning, the streets across the states were seen deserted, a move that is likely to break the spreading chain of coronavirus in India. Meanwhile, PM Modi has asked the citizens of India to come out to their balconies and windows and express their gratitude to the frontline fighter like doctors and sanitation workers by clapping at 5 pm for five minutes.

Deputy Commissioner Roshni Aparanji Korati said results of the test done in Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) laboratory came positive this evening.

Kerala registered 12 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, taking the total tally of infected people to 52, taking the second spot on the tally of maximum number of cases after Maharashtra.

Jyotiraditya Scindia was also present during their meeting with JP Nadda. Apart from him, two key leaders of Madhya Pradesh -- Narendra Tomar and Kailash Vijayvargiya were also present.

The new identified man had a traveling history of Europe along with his wife. The couple had left their children with their grandparents who had come down to take care of the kids.

A Pune woman has been tested positive to the novel coronavirus, the National Institute of Virology (NIV) said on Saturday. She is the second case in India after a Tamil Nadu man who has been tested positive without any travel history, hinting community transmission may have begun in India.

The government is yet to establish the source of virus transmission in a 20-year-old man who has been tested positive to the novel coronavirus or Covid 19. He may become India's first case of community transmission of the deadly contagion.

In wake of rising cases of coronavirus in Maharastra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has announced that all the private offices will remain shut till March 31. He also claimed that the attendance in government offices will be brought down to 25% from current 50%.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday did a video conference with the chief ministers of all states to discuss measures to combat Covid-19.

Another four people have been tested positive to the novel coronavirus in Chandigarh on Friday, taking the total cases in the city to five.