HYDERABAD: First confirmed case of novel Coronavirus COVID-19 ) was reported from Hyderabad, on Monday, after the Union ministry of health announced that two new cases were detected in India -- one from Telangana and the other from Delhi."One positive case of COVID-19 has been detected in New Delhi and one has been detected in Telangana. The person from Delhi has a travel history from Italy, and one from Telangana has a travel history from Dubai. Further details are being ascertained," read an official notification from the Union ministry of health.According to officials, the one detected in Telangana has been kept in quarantine at the Gandhi Medical Hospital in Musheerabad. "We have not got any confirmation from the Centre so far. However, four new patients were admitted to Gandhi Medical Hospital in the last two days," said Vijay Kumar, nodal officer for coronavirus in Telangana Among them is social activist, Sunitha Krishnan, who walked into Gandhi Hospital with complaints of cough and fever. She recently returned from Bangkok. Tweeting from the isolation ward at the hospital, Krishnan wrote: "Can I make it very very clear that I am admitted in the isolation ward of Gandhi Hospital for suspected coronavirus infection as I have just come back from Bangkok with a mild cough. The tests have been done & we are awaiting the results."As of February 29, total 16,982 cases have been screened at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. The authorities had sent three samples on February 29, results of which are awaited. So far, 109 have been discharged and counselled for home isolation from three government hospitals.