Novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 223 on Friday after 50 more people were infected with the fast-spreading virus in various parts of the country, according to Health Ministry data.
Among those found positive for coronavirus are 32 foreignnationals, including 17 from Italy, three from the Philippines, two from theUK, one each belonging to Canada, Indonesia and Singapore.
The figure also includes four deaths reported from Delhi,Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra so far.
“The total number of active COVID-19 cases across Indiastands at 196 so far,” the ministry said, adding that 23 others have beencured/discharged/migrated while four have died.
Delhi has, so far, reported 17 positive cases, whichincludes one foreigner, while Uttar Pradesh has recorded 23 cases, includingone foreigner.
Maharashtra has 52 cases, including three foreigners, whileKerala has recorded 28 cases, which include two foreign nationals.
Karnataka has 15 coronavirus patients. The number of casesin Ladakh rose to 10 and Jammu and Kashmir four. Telangana has reported 17cases, which include nine foreigners.
Rajasthan has also reported 17 cases, including that of twoforeigners. Gujarat has reported five cases so far.
Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand have reportedthree cases each.
West Bengal, Odisha and Punjab each reported two cases whilePuducherry, Chhattisgarh and Chandigarh reported one case each.
In Haryana, there are 17 cases, which include 14 foreigners.”A total of 14,376 samples from 13,486individuals have been tested for SARS-CoV2 as on March 20,” Indian Councilof Medical Research (ICMR) officials said.