Coronavirus cases rise to 28 pan India

New Delhi: With 22 more novel coronavirus cases confirmed in the country on Wednesday, taking the total number of infections to 28 so far, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government was proactively engaged in dealing with coronavirus (COVID-19) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was monitoring the situation daily. Giving a breakdown of the number of cases, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, "A total of 28 coronavirus cases have been detected in India so far.

Among them, one person was from Delhi, six of his relatives in Agra, 16 Italians and their Indian driver, one in Telangana and the three earlier cases in Kerala." The Health minister has also said that 27,000 people had been placed under community surveillance.

Over 3,000 people have died of coronavirus worldwide, while some 90,000 people have been infected.

Meanwhile, responding to a question in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said 17 Indians had been infected with coronavirus abroad — 16 cases were reported from Japan on the cruise ship and one from the UAE. He further said that the government evacuated a total of 766 persons — 723 Indian nationals and 43 foreigners — from China. "Air India has raised a bill of Rs 5.98 crore for operating two special flights to China and an Indian Air Force flight carrying relief material to China also carried Indian citizens from Wuhan, China on its return journey," he said. Similarly, 119 Indians have been brought back to India from the cruise ship in Japan, Muraleedharan said.