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Novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 223 on Friday, 20-March-2020.

Latest figures includes 50 more people who were infected with the pandemic virus, says Ministry of Health

Ministry of External Affairs announced Covid Control Center. It contains list of designated officials with their telephone numbers across the globe.

The figure of 223 cases of positive persons include 32 foreign nationals; 17 from Italy, three from the Philippines, two from the UK, 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 India stands at 196 so far,” the ministry said, adding that 23 others have been cured/discharged/migrated while four have died.

Delhi has, so far, reported 17 positive cases, which includes one foreigner, while Uttar Pradesh has recorded 23 cases, including one foreigner.

Maharashtra has 52 cases, including three foreigners, while Kerala has recorded 28 cases which include two foreign nationals.

Karnataka has 15 coronavirus patients. The number of cases in Ladakh rose to 10 and Jammu and Kashmir four. Telangana has reported 17 cases, which include nine foreigners.

Rajasthan has also reported 17 cases, including that of two foreigners. Tamil Nadu has three cases so far while Andhra Pradesh has three.

In Haryana, there are 17 cases, which include 14 foreigners.

Odisha has two cases while Uttarakhand has three cases so far.

West Bengal and Punjab each reported two cases while Puducherry, Chandigarh and Punjab reported one case each.

“A total of 14,376 samples from 13,486 individuals have been tested for SARS-CoV2 as on March 20,” Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Ministry of Health officials said