(This story originally appeared in on Mar 15, 2020)

Here are all the latest developments on the spread of novel coronavirus in India and around the world —

Spain counts 1,500 new cases in one day; 76 deaths in a day in Italy

Italy

Number of coronavirus cases worldwide passes 150,000

Coronavirus cases in India at 84

States/UTs Confirmed cases (Indians) Confirmed cases (Foreign nationals) Deaths Delhi 7 0 1 Haryana 0 14 0 Rajasthan 1 2 0 UP 11 1 0 Kerala 19 0 0 Telangana 1 0 0 J&K 2 0 0 Ladakh 3 0 0 Tamil Nadu 1 0 0 Maharashtra 14 0 0 Karnataka 6 0 1 Punjab 1 0 0 Andhra Pradesh 1 0 0

India seals borders with neighbours

Iran announces 97 new coronavirus deaths

Educational institutes, casinos, pubs, multiplexes to remain closed in Goa

Denmark and New York city report their first Covid-19 deaths

PM Modi to lead India at SAARC video conference on Sunday

Kerala, Punjab put curbs on public spaces

Indians in Iran and Italy to be brought back

Padma Award ceremonies postponed due to coronavirus outbreak

China gets a breather as virus heads for the world

335 passengers untraceable: Punjab government

Locking down Wuhan delayed spread of coronavirus outside: Study

Apple stores worldwide go 'online-only'; retail stores in China reopened

Maharashtra orders crackdown on mask and sanitiser irregularities

Government declares COVID-19 a notified disaster

Will participate in Saarc video conference on coronavirus: Pakistan on PM Narendra Modi's proposal

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NEW DELHI: Total number of confirmed COVID 2019 cases across India touches 84. Among these patients 67 are Indians, including the 10 people who have been cured and two people who have died , and 17 are foreign nationals who tested positive for coronavirus while their travel to India.The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Lombardy, the Italian region that has been worst affected by the crisis, rose to 966 on Saturday, an increase of 76 from the previous day. On Friday, the-wide death toll stood at 1,266 while latest figures for Saturday are awaited. Meanwhile, Spain confirmed more than 1,500 new cases of coronavirus between Friday and Saturday raising its total to 5,753 cases, the second-highest number in Europe after Italy. Spain reported 183 Covid-19 deaths. Cities in both European countries are turning into ghost towns as government enforce strict restrictions on public movement hoping to contain the virus.The number of coronavirus cases worldwide passed 150,000 on Saturday driven by a spike in infections in Italy, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources. Italy announced 3,497 new cases on Saturday, bringing the global total to 151,797, with 5,764 deaths across 137 countries and territories.Italy, the worst-hit country outside of China where the outbreak began in December, has now registered a total of 21,157 cases and 1,441 deaths.Sanjeeva Kumar, special secretary (health), Union health ministry at a presser on Saturday confirmed that the total number of positive coronavirus cases in India is 84. Out of those who tested positive, ten have been discharged after receiving due treatment, as per the ministry. Moreover, while the ministry has confirmed only 84 cases so far, there are reports of new cases in Maharashtra, Telangana and Punjab. The number of positive cases in these states is likely to go up.All types of passenger movements on Indo-Pak border to be suspended from 00:00 hrs on March 16. Similarly, all types of passenger movement suspended from 00:00 hrs tonight from Indo-Bangla, Indo-Nepal, Indo-Bhutan and Indo-Myanmar border except from specified border checkposts.The death toll from coronavirus infections in Iran rose on Saturday to 611, up nearly 100 from a day earlier, state TV said, while Tehran's governor-general denied plans to impose a lockdown on the capital. A health ministry official put the total number of those diagnosed with the disease at 12,729, in the country which is one of the most affected by the pandemic outside China.The Goa government on Saturday announced the closure of educational institutes and public places including casinos, swimming pools, pubs and multiplexes till March 31. The order will come into force from Sunday (March 15) midnight. No confirmed coronavirus case has been found in the coastal state, yet.An 82-year-old woman who previously suffered from emphysema died at a Manhattan hospital of COVID-19, becoming New York state's first coronavirus-related death, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday. The number of cases throughout the state increased to more than 500, Cuomo told local reporters on a media call. On the other hand in Denmark, on Saturday recorded its first coronavirus fatality. As per Copenhagen health officials, it was a person aged 81 years who was hospitalised for other serious illnesses.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead India at a video conference of all SAARC nations at 5 pm on Sunday to chalk out a joint strategy to fight coronavirus in the region. Calling on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations to set an example for the world, Modi had reached out to the eight-member regional grouping on Friday and pitched for a video conference among its leaders to chalk out a strong strategy to fight coronavirus.Punjab and Kerala government on Saturday imposed restrictions on public gatherings and warned people from venturing outside unnecessarily. A day after closure of all educational institutions in Punjab till March 31, the state government on Saturday ordered a shut down of cinema halls and banned public gatherings including cultural events till further notice. Similarly, Kerala government too imposed restrictions in the capital Thiruvananthapuram on visitors entry at malls, gyms and beaches and warned people not to venture out of their homes unless necessary.A Mahan Air flight will be bringing back Indian passengers from Iran at midnight on Saturday, said Sanjeeva Kumar, special secretary (health), Union health ministry. The flight will land in Mumbai. Meanwhile, another special flight of Air India was flown from Italy at 1630 hours on Saturday to bring back stranded Indian students. The flight will return Sunday morning.The Padma Award ceremonies scheduled to be held on March 26 and April 3 have been postponed in view of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Saturday. The Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian honours of the country, are conferred in three categories -- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Padma Awards were announced on the eve of Republic Day.The number of new cases has dwindled in China, with only 11 new cases reported on Friday, but the virus has in recent weeks spread exponentially in the Middle East, Europe and North America. By Saturday, more than 145,000 infections and over 5,400 deaths had been confirmed worldwide. Europe has now become the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. The US declared a state of emergency on Friday.According to COVID-19 media bulletin released by the Punjab government on Saturday, 335 passengers with travel history to the COVID-19 affected countries are untraceable. As per health and family welfare department of Punjab, a total of 6,011 passengers have been traced till March 13. The bulletin said that the state authorities have screened around 90 people for the virus out of which one tested positive and 85 tested negative. The result of the remaining four is awaited. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh medical and health department officials are on the lookout for 102 persons who came in contact with people who have a travel history to coronavirus-hit nations.As per a research study done by 22 scientists from 15 institutions in China, US and the UK, China's decision to shutdown Wuhan city and the national emergency response delayed the spread of the virus to other Chinese cities by nearly three days. The overall efforts had cut the number of confirmed cases outside the city by 7.44 lakhs in mid-February and the Wuhan travel ban alone had reduced 202,000 cases in China. As per researchers, these decisions delayed the epidemic growth and bought the valuable time for other areas to mobilise and response.Apple CEO Tim Cook on Saturday announced that Apple's retail operation outside of China is going online-only for two weeks as part of efforts to fight the global viral pandemic. Cook said in a tweet that Apple will be temporarily closing all stores outside of Greater China until March 27. He also announced that the tech giant is and $15M to help with worldwide recovery amidst Covid-19 crisis. In a lengthier online statement, Cook said that Apple's stores in China have all now reopened and what the company has learned there has helped it develop "best practices that are assisting enormously in our global response.'' Apple's online stores are still open and workers will continue to be paid, he said.Maharashtra police have been ordered to crack down on black marketing of masks and manufacture of fake sanitiser, said state home minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday. He also said that action will be taken under the Information Technology Act against those who spread fake news or misinformation. Deshmukh said jail authorities have been told to set up isolation wards in case any inmate is suspected to be infected by coronavirus.The government of India decided to treat COVID-19 as a notified disaster for the purpose of providing assistance under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). A state government may use up to 10 per cent of the funds available under the SDRF for providing immediate relief to the victims of an event which is considered to be a ‘disaster’ within the local context in the State. SDRF is used only for meeting the expenditure for providing immediate relief to the victims. The government has also announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 4 lakhs to families of those who die of coronavirus.Pakistan has said it will participate in a video conference of Saarc member countries proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 5,000 people globally. Prime Minister Modi reached out to the eight-member regional grouping on Friday and pitched for a video conference among the leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation to chalk out a strong strategy to combat coronavirus outbreak.A newborn baby has reportedly been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in London, becoming the global pandemics youngest confirmed case, a media report said. The child's mother was reportedly rushed to the North Middlesex Hospital in the borough of Enfield with suspected pneumonia days earlier, the Metro newspaper said in the report on Friday. It is thought that she only learned of her diagnosis right after giving birth. The newborn was thought to have been tested within minutes of being born. Doctors were now trying to establish how the baby caught the disease - either through the womb or during birth.Civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said so far nearly 12 lakh passengers coming from abroad have been screened for coronavirus at various airports across the country. Rajasthan shuts educational institutions, gyms and cinema halls amid coronavirus scare. Himachal Pradesh, too, took similar measures and shut down all government, private colleges and schools, Anganwadi centres and play-way schools till March 31.A 25-year-old Agra woman whose husband, a Google employee, tested positive for novel coronavirus in Bengaluru earlier this week, also tested positive on Friday. According to health officials, the woman, who recently returned from her honeymoon in Italy and was put under quarantine after her husband showed symptoms of the disease, escaped from Bangaluru on March 8, took a flight to New Delhi and travelled to Agra to be with her parents.India reported its second Covid-19 death on Friday, with a 68-year-old woman from Delhi who had tested positive for novel coronavirus succumbing to the infection. The woman's son, who had recently returned from Europe, had earlier tested positive for the virus. Earlier, on March 10, a 76-year-old man from Kalaburagi in north Karnataka with Covid-19 symptoms, had died.Simply put, it means that scientists have been able to obtain a pure sample of the virus that has been contained outside the human body. The scientific success is important because it will help in developing drugs, vaccines and rapid diagnostic test kits, the director-general of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Balram Bhargava, said.Canada shut down Parliament and advised against all nonessential travel outside the country while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau governed remotely from his home, in self-imposed quarantine after his wife tested positive for the new coronavirus.India is in stage II of the Covid-19 outbreak - where disease transmission is limited to those with travel history to the affected countries and others in contact with the infected persons - and government's efforts are geared towards halting or at least delaying the progression to the next stage, Indian Council of Medical Research director-general Balram Bhargava said.The United States declared a state of emergency Friday as many European countries went on a war footing amid mounting deaths as the world mobilized to fight the widening coronavirus pandemic. At the White House, where President Donald Trump made the emergency decree, drug company executives vowed to work together and with the government to quickly expand the country's coronavirus testing capabilities, which are far behind those in many countries.The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a coronavirus aid package early on Saturday that would provide free testing and paid sick leave, in a bid to limit the economic damage from a pandemic that has shuttered schools, sports arenas and offices.