Besides this, as many as 19 patients who tested positive for COVID 19 died due to non-COVID 19 causes. However, testing is the way to detect and isolate the positive cases to spread the check of coronavirus, they said. Quoting an order issued by Khajuria, the officials said the step was taken in view of the spurt in COVID-19 cases. Earlier, BJP MPs from Karnal, Hisar and Kurukshetra—Sanjay Bhatia, Brijendra Singh and Nayab Singh Saini- had tested positive for coronavirus. 11.50 amIndia's COVID-19 cases rising quicker than U.S. and spreading beyond citiesIt took 169 days for India to cross the first 1 million COVID-19 cases mark compared to Brazil (115 days) and the U.S. (98 days).

Source: The Hindu August 27, 2020 04:15 UTC