India confirms first death

India

A 76-year-old man, who was being treated as a suspect to have contracted novel coronavirus (COVID-19), has died. If the tests come out to be positive, it would mark the country’s first fatality due to the deadly virus.

Mohammed Hussain Siddiq was being treated at a hospital in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, for showing symptoms like breathlessness, cold and cough after he returned from Saudi Arabia on 29 February.

The total of number coronavirus cases in India climbed 73 Thursday morning as the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a global pandemic. Last night, India moved towards a lockdown by cancelling most visas issued to foreign nationls.

According to the WHO, globally there currently more than 1,24,000 cases of coronavirus across 118 countries. More than 4,600 people have lost their lives due the virus. For the latest updates on coronavirus outbreak