COVID-19: Number of India cases up to 274, UK heads for lockdown

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Mar 21, 2020: The total number of positive cases of COVID-19 in India now stands at 274, including 39 foreigners, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on Saturday, 21 March. Four people have died due to the disease in Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra, Yahoo reported.

 

Meanwhile, a youth who recently returned from Scotland has tested positive for COVID-19 in West Bengal, taking the state’s total to three cases, health ministry sources said.

On Friday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told pubs, bars, restaurants, gyms and other social venues to shut down and stay closed as part of stricter lockdown in the UK.

No passenger trains will begin their journey between 12 am and 10 pm on Sunday, in view of the Janata Curfew imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mail/express trains will also stop operations at 4 am on Sunday, reported PTI, quoting sources.