06 Mar, 22:21 (IST)

Chhattisgarh Directorate of Public Relations: In view of Coronavirus, General Administration Department has directed all government departments to exempt their employees from marking attendance through biometric attendance system till March 31, 2020.

06 Mar, 20:01 (IST)

Egypt says that it detected 12 new Coronavirus cases on Nile cruise boat.Coronavirus Live Map: How to Track The Spread of COVID-19 Across The Globe With This Dashboard. 

06 Mar, 19:29 (IST)

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA): If any employee of airlines, ground staff provider or Airport Authority of India is detected with symptoms of fever, cough, cold, running nose, congested eyes, they shall be removed from duty&undergo detailed examination. 

06 Mar, 18:50 (IST)

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi writes letters to Chief Ministers of party-ruled states on #Coronavirus. She writes, "We are in the midst of a global health emergency. There is an urgent need for an effective domestic response". 

06 Mar, 17:22 (IST)

Mata Amritanandamayi Math: Due to extremely heightened restrictions specified to the Math as preventive measures by the health department, in view of #Coronavirus, we cannot allow anyone to enter Amritapuri Ashram in Kerala.Coronavirus Live Map: How to Track The Spread of COVID-19 Across The Globe With This Dashboard. 

06 Mar, 17:08 (IST)

Amritsar Dy Commissioner Shivdular Singh Dhillon: Public ceremony at Attari-Wagah border where 20,000 to 25,000 people participate has been put to hold in view of Coronavirus.Coronavirus Live Map: How to Track The Spread of COVID-19 Across The Globe With This Dashboard 

06 Mar, 16:58 (IST)

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal: In view of Coronavirus, morning assembly sessions of Delhi government schools have been stopped and Anganwadis to remain closed. 

06 Mar, 16:27 (IST)

On Friday, 17 new positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in Iran.Coronavirus Live Map: How to Track The Spread of COVID-19 Across The Globe With This Dashboard. 

06 Mar, 16:01 (IST)

The Netherlands has recorded its first death in the novel coronavirus outbreak, Dutch health officials said Friday.

06 Mar, 15:50 (IST)

Muzaffarnagar: District Magistrate Selva Kumari J has issued order to ban sale of meat, semi-cooked meat, fish and chopped vegetable & fruit in open areas in the district in view of Coronavirus.

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New Delhi, March 6: The death toll due to novel coronavirus crossed the 3,200-mark worldwide, with the total number of infected people jumping beyond 95,000. The global epidemic is now turning towards the West, where a spree of cases along with casualties are getting reported. In the United States alone, 107 positive patients and 11 deaths were recorded so far. Stay tuned here for all the live news updates on COVID-19 from all parts of the world.

The World Health Organisation (WHO), in a presser earlier this week, announced the global mortality rate of novel coronavirus as 3.4 percent. The numbers, though lower than what was initially feared, is significantly higher than the common cold and flu which claims less than one percent lives each year among the infected persons.

The coronavirus, similar to other viruses, is largely fatal for those with a weak immune system. A WHO report on age-wise mortality revealed that those under 40 are unlikely to be lethally affected by nCoV. The demographic break-up showed that less than 1 percent of deceased so far are those aged below 40. The maximum are those aged above 80, followed by the victims in 60-79 age group. Coronavirus Live Map: How to Track The Spread of COVID-19 Across The Globe With This Dashboard.

The novel coronavirus emerged in Wuhan city of China's central Hubei province in mid-December. The virus is part of the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) series. In terms of fatalities, however, it has far outweighed both the viruses. While the SARS, during its outbreak in 2002-03, claimed around 800 lives in China-Hong Kong region, the number of fatalities due to coronavirus has already crossed the numbers.

China, the epicentre of COVID-19 outbreak, signalled relief earlier this week after it did not record any positive case for two consecutive days. However, the country's state media on Thursday confirmed the detection of 30 more deaths with fresh infections rising for a second consecutive day. In total 3,042 people have died from the disease in China.