Two positive cases of coronavirus detected in India - one in Delhi, another in Telangana

New Delhi : Amid coronavirus outbreak, two confirmed fresh cases of coronavirus have been detected in India, making the total number of coronavirus patients in India five.

“One positive case of COVID-19 has been detected in New Delhi, and one has been detected in Telangana,” the union health ministry said in a release.

“The person from Delhi has a travel history from Italy, while the one from Telangana has a travel history from Dubai. Further details of his travels are being ascertained,” it said.

According to the health ministry, both the patients are stable and have been put under close observation.

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In Italy, the number of coronavirus cases has gained in recent days. Italian authorities have announced that the number of people infected in the country soared 50% to 1694 in just 24 hours, and five more had died, bringing the death toll there to 34.

Earlier, three Indian students who had returned from Wuhan in China were diagnosed positive to the coronavirus.

Kerala had pressed the emergency button on February 3 after the third patient was detected in Kasaragod in north Kerala. It later withdrew the “calamity” warning after it successfully restricted the virus to the three students.