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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says over 1,500 people were evacuated from Nizamuddin centre of which, 441 were hospitalised after they showed coronavirus symptoms.

As many as 72 new coronavirus cases were detected in Maharashtra, 59 of them in Mumbai alone, taking the total number of COVID-19 patients in the state to 302. The BMC said it will use vacant properties in residential buildings, lodges, clubs and exhibition halls to quarantine suspected patients.

Kerala reported seven new positive cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of those affected in the state to 215.

Jharkhand reported its first case of COVID 19 after a Malaysian woman tested positive for the virus.

Two COVID-19 patients, including an elderly man, were discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Chhattisgarh following their recovery.

The total number of coronavirus positive cases in Haryana rose to 25 on Tuesday with fresh cases reported from Hisar, Sirsa and Faridabad.

A 35-year-old man with a travel history to Dubai tested positive for COVID-19, taking the tally of those afflicted in Bihar to 16

Seven people tested positive for coronavrius in Tamil Nadu with the total number rising to 74 and a chunk of the cases having links to a religious congregation held in Delhi's Nizamuddin West.

A 52-year-old man tested positive for COVID-19 in Assam's Silchar, making it the first case of coronavirus infection in the state.

Mizoram health minister Dr R Lalthangliana said 43 of the 44 samples sent from the state have tested negative for novel coronavirus.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has declared 20 villages of Kashmir division as 'red zone'. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed to 55 after 6 more people tested positive.

The number of coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh went up to 66 with 19 new COVID-19 patients being reported on Tuesday, most of them in Indore.