More on Covid-19

NEW DELHI: As many as 10 states and Union territories, from Ladakh to Tamil Nadu, reported fresh Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the count in the country so far to 170. This is so far the highest number of states/UTs reporting new cases in a single day. The Union health ministry has confirmed 151 cases so far.In what would be a worrying sign for health authorities battling the spread of the novel coronavirus , 28 new cases were reported on Wednesday from a large geographical area — eight from Telangana alone, three each from Rajasthan and Karnataka , two each from Delhi, UP and Maharashtra and one each from Haryana (Gurgaon), Ladakh, J&K and Tamil Nadu.Of the eight cases in Telangana, seven were from a group of visiting Indonesians. The eighth was an Indian who had visited Scotland . In Rajasthan, a family from Jhunjhunu — husband, wife and three-year-old daughter — tested positive. They had returned from Italy on March 7.In Lucknow, a junior doctor posted at the coronavirus isolation ward at King George’s Medical University tested positive on Wednesday.The number of coronavirus cases in Pune has risen to 18, with one more person testing positive on Wednesday. The person had travelled to France and Netherlands, returned to Mumbai on March 15 and had taken a cab to Pune.In Hyderabad, a British national tested positive, taking the number of Covid-19 cases in Telangana to six. Uttar Pradesh recorded two new cases, one each in Noida and Lucknow. The state’s tally has risen to 17.Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir reported it’s fourth coronavirus case, with a 67-year-old woman, who had returned from Umrah in Saudi Arabia on March 16, testing positive on Wednesday. UT administration spokesperson Rohit Kansal said the case was reported from Khanyar area of Srinagar. The patient has been put in isolation and surveillance has been mounted around a 300-metre area in the neighbourhood.