With six deaths, coronavirus cases reach 341 in India, says ICMR

The number of coronavirus positive patients in India reached 341 on Sunday (March 22) with the death toll reaching six, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

As per ICMR data, a total of 16,109 from 16,999 individuals have been tested for COVID-19 as of 10 am today.

One man each from Bihar and Maharashtra succumbed to the disease on Sunday.

A 63-year-old man with a chronic history of diabetes, high blood pressure and ischemic heart disease died in a private hospital in Mumbai on Sunday. According to a statement issued by Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation, the patient had developed acute respiratory distress syndrome, which led to his death.

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Maharashtra so far has reported 74 cases of coronavirus, the highest in the country.

Bihar reported its first positive case as well as its first death due to the virus – a 38-year-old man with a recent travel history in Qatar who died of renal failure at Patna’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences, NDTV said. Bihar health secretary Sanjay Kumar said the man had tested positive for coronavirus.

The rise in death toll comes even as the entire country observes a one-day-long Janta Curfew, on the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain the spread of the virus.

(With inputs from agencies.)