Two Army personnel test positive for coronavirus
A doctor and a junior commissioned officer in the Indian Army tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, official sources said. The Colonel-rank doctor is serving at the Command Hospital in Kolkata while the JCO is posted to an Army base in Dehradun. Both the doctor and the JCO are understood to have visited an Army facility near the national capital earlier this month.
corona virus update: Despite the 21-day lockdown, the number of Covid-19 cases in India has seen a steady rise. On Monday, India’s cumulative coronavirus infections reached 1,251, registering the highest single-day increase of 227 cases; the death toll rose to 32. The government needed to take "extraordinary" and "unprecedented" measures like a nationwide lockdown for three weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday as his government denied a community outbreak of the disease.
Worldwide, the number of coronavirus cases has reached more than 784,000, while nearly 38,000 have died so far.
Coronavirus world update: Italy has so far had 11,591 fatalities, with 101,739 cases. Spain has recorded 7,716 fatalities and 87,956 infections. China has declared 3,304 deaths and 81,470 cases so far. The United States, with 163,490 diagnosed cases and 2,148 deaths, has the highest number of infected people. Germany has so far had 66,885 cases and 645 death
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