AMN / NEW DELHI
With three more cases having been found positive on Saturday, the total number of patients infected by the coronavirus or COVID-19 in India has now increased to 34.
Giving an update on the novel virus, Sanjeeva Kumar, Special Secretary (Health), Union Health Ministry, said two cases are from Ladakh with travel history from Iran & one from Tamil Nadu with travel history from Oman.
Kumar said all the three patients are stable.
With an increase in load of screening samples from suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) cases with symptoms and travel history to affected countries, as many as 52 testing labs have been commissioned across India, including two in Delhi.
The Indian Council of Medical Research — the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research — along with the Department of Health Research has commissioned these 52 laboratories.
Two of the labs in Delhi are at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the National Centre for Disease Control.
Also, 57 other laboratories are helping in sample collection for the nCoV.