Two more including three-year-old test positive in Hyderabad; total cases in India at 606


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▴ Two more including threeyearold test positive in Hyderabad total cases in India at 606
There are at least 606 confirmed coronavirus cases in India as of Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry said


A three-year-old is among two COVID-19 positive cases reported in Telangana on Wednesday, health officials said. The boy recently returned with his parents from Saudi Arabia. He has been admitted to a hospital where his condition is stated to be stable.A 43-year-old woman from Hyderabad with no history of international travel has also tested positive. She is the primary contact of a positive case reported earlier.


There are at least 606 confirmed coronavirus cases in India as of Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. Of this, 553 are active cases, 42 patients have recovered and been discharged from the hospital and 10 people have lost their lives.

The active cases include 563 Indian nationals and 43 foreign nationals.Addressing a press conference, Joint Secretary, Health, Lav Agarwal said: “There are 29 private laboratory chains, accredited by the Indian Council of Medical Research for conducting tests for novel coronavirus.”“These labs have 16,000 collection centres across the country, where at least 12,000 tests can be conducted per day.”Besides private labs, there are 119 government laboratories approved by the ICMR, of which 104 are operational for testing COVID-19 and 15 are in the process of being functional according to ICMR data.

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