Imphal (Manipur), Mar 24 : Manipur has reported its first case of coronavirus with a 23-year-old girl who returned from the United Kingdom testing positive.
She is a student in the UK.
While the patient has been put under isolation at a hospital, her family members too have been quarantined. The family is being tested for coronavirus.
The 23-year-old girl from Imphal (west) has been identified as the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Manipur.
With a travel history to UK, the person is being treated at JNIMS.
After fresh cases were recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal the total number of cases are about to touch 500-mark, informed Health Ministry.
The virus outbreak has killed eight people so far. Total number of active COVID19 cases so far in the country is 446, as on March 24. 37 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 9 deaths, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed.
Among the latest two deaths was a 54-year-old man with no history of foreign travel, suggesting the start of community transmission of the virus.
The global death toll from the novel coronavirus has crossed the 16,000 mark. As many as 370,000 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in 168 countries/regions across the globe.
In India, 30 states/union territories have imposed a statewide lockdown covering a total of 548 districts. Inter-state bus services, passenger trains, and metro services remain suspended till March 31 in addition to domestic flights which will be grounded starting Wednesday.
