Coronavirus: 19 states/UTs report fresh cases, virus confirmed in northeast

NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 contagion was confirmed in northeast India with Manipur and Mizoram registering one case each, even as 19 states and Union territories on Wednesday reported 86 fresh infections — the second highest for a single day after 99 on Monday.

Two more deaths, one of an 85-year-old woman in Ahmedabad and another in Tamil Nadu, took the national toll from the virus to 13. Health ministry clarified that the death it had reported in Delhi on Tuesday was not a Covid-19 case.

Meanwhile, the total coronavirus cases in the country stood at 645, as reported by the states. Between 60 to 100 daily cases have been reported in the past five days. A total of 56 patients have recovered. The health ministry has confirmed 606 cases and 10 deaths so far.

The fresh death in Gujarat came four days after a 67-year-old businessman from Surat, who had no travel history outside India, has succumbed to the infection.

State health & family welfare department officials said the Wednesday’s victim was from Danilimda area and had travelled to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. “She was admitted to the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad with re