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New Delhi : With 35 more persons testing positive, the total number of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in India increased to 258 on March 21, 2020, morning.The figure includes 39 foreigners including 17 from Italy, three from the Philippines, two from the UK, and one each belonging to Canada, Indonesia and Singapore. The total figure also includes four deaths reported from Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab, and Maharashtra.
Union Health & Family Welfare Ministry says the total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases across India stands at 231 adding that 23 others have been cured/discharged/migrated while four have died. Delhi has, so far, reported 26 positive cases while Uttar Pradesh has recorded 24 cases.
Maharashtra has 52 cases while Kerala has recorded 40 cases including seven foreigners. Karnataka has 15 COVID-19 patients. The number of cases in Ladakh have risen to 13 and Jammu and Kashmir four. Telangana has reported 19 cases including 11 foreigners. Rajasthan has also reported 17 cases including 2 foreigners. Gujarat has reported seven cases so far. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Uttarakhand have reported three cases each. West Bengal, Odisha, and Punjab each reported two cases while Puducherry, Chhattisgarh and Chandigarh reported one case each. Haryana has so far reported 17 such cases including 14 foreigners.