Coronavirus cases in India continue to rise amid nation-wide lockdown
Andaman & Nicobar Islands has reported another COVID-19 positive case after a man in his late 20s on Monday tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of coronavirus positive cases in the Union Territory to 10, officials said. He was part of a group of people that had gone to Delhi to attend a religious programme and returned to Port Blair via Kolkata on March 24, they said. The man has been admitted to the GB Pant Hospital, where a 48-bed isolation ward was set up to attend to coronavirus patients. The islands, home to several vulnerable tribes, have been put on alert following the COVID-19 outbreak.
On March 27, Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported its second positive case of coronavirus. The man who was tested positive had travelled with the first positive COVID-19 patient of Andamans. The Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands said that both the patients were kept in an isolation ward of a hospital and required protocols are being followed. On Thursday, the coronavirus positive case was reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The person had travelled from Chennai to the Islands.
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So far, 27 states and union territories in India have been affected by novel coronavirus among which Maharashtra and Kerala hold the highest number of cases with 121 and 110 respectively. In a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 virus in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a nationwide 21-day-long lockdown which started from March 25. PM Modi urged people to stay home and maintain social distancing to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.
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