Covid-19 updates: Coronavirus cases in India rise to 315, confirms ICMR

Congress President Sonia Gandhi said that the coronavirus pandemic is affecting livelihoods. She urged all citizens to stay indoors and said that India should stand united in fighting Covid-19.

Kerala's chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the state confirmed 12 new cases of coronavirus; 3 from Kannur, 6 from Kasaragod and 3 Ernakulam. A total number of COVID-19 positive cases rise to 52 in Kerala, reports ANI

Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, who went into self quarantine after attending singer Kanika Kapoor's party tweeted that she has been tested negative for Covid-19.

Hundreds of homeless people in London are being housed in hotels to self-isolate and give them "vital protection" from the coronavirus, the city's mayor Sadiq Khan announced on Saturday. Three hundred rooms have been made available in two hotels for the next 12 weeks, the mayor's office said in a statement, reports AFP.

The state of Bihar has shut down bus services, restaurants, banquet halls till March 31 to prevent spread of novel coronavirus, reports PTI.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that due to the coronavirus crisis a pension amounting ₹4000- 5000 will be paid to 8.5 lakh beneficiaries by 7 April. He also said that free rations, with 50% more quantity than normal entitlements, to 72 lakh beneficiaries.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that five or more people can not gather at any place in Delhi. If there are five people, they should maintain at least one-metre distance from each other. According to an earlier order, 20 or more people were barred from gathering at a place, reports ANI.

Thirty-five fresh Covid-19 cases were reported in India on Saturday, taking the total number of people infected by the Sars-Cov-2 virus in the country to 283 even as the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) issued guidelines for a new testing strategy for effective tracking of patients.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen by 2,705 within a day to reach 16,662, the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Saturday. It said a total of 47 people had died after testing positive, an increase of 16 from a tally of 31 published on Friday, reports Reuters.

In view of the coronavirus threat, the Himachal Pradesh government on Saturday banned the entry of all domestic and foreign tourists in the state, reports ANI.

Iran reports 123 new coronavirus deaths, raising total to 1,556: AFP

Potato prices jump at least 20 per cent in West Bengal amid panic-

buying due to coronavirus outbreak.

Gujarat Chief Minister Nitin Patel has said that total number of covid-19 cases has reached 13. He told PTI, "Thirteen positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in Gujarat so far. Of them, twelve have history of travel abroad.''

Mahant Kamal Nayan Das has asked people not to visit Ayodhya for the famed Ram Navami fair and celebrations for Navratri due to coronavirus outbreak. Mahant Kamal Nayan Das is the heir to Mahant Nritya Gopal Das who heads the trust.

UP health minister Jai Pratap Singh tested negative for covid-19, PTI said quoting official sources. The lawmaker had attended a party hosted by singer Kanika Kapoor, who had tested positive for coronavirus.