A 68-year-old man from Philippines, who tested positive for coronavirus infection and later recovered, has died at a hospital in Mumbai, the city civic body said on Monday.

 The US has seen a significant spike in coronavirus cases with the total confirmed infections jumping to nearly 34,000 while over 400 fatalities were recorded, even as one in every three Americans has been told to stay home.

China has reported no new domestic cases of the novel coronavirus but confirmed 39 imported infections, taking the death toll to 3,270 as the country ramped up measures to strictly quarantine people coming from abroad to prevent a recurrence of the COVID-19 outbreak, health officials said on Monday.

In the wake of spread of Corona Virus in India, a video is being circulated on social media alleging that a few Muslims infected with the deadly virus are licking plates and cutlery with an intention to make non-Muslims eat in it to firther spread the virus among the non-Muslims. Fact Crescendo, a fact-checking website had earlier fact-checked the claim of the video when it was being circulate adding that Muslims were licking plates and cutlery to Hindus to eat in it on Eid.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District Administration has imposed curfew in the District till March 22 midnight and has warned people in the District to not come out of their houses.

Mangaluru: Private bus services in Dakshina Kannada District will remain suspended in the District as the State Government on Sunday afternoon announced nine Districts including Dakshina Kannada will go under lockdown from March 23 till March 31 owing to the spread of Corona Virus.

Kasargod: Local police on Sunday arrested a fake doctor for selling liquid substance that he claimed was allegedly curing the deadly Coronavirus infection.

Mangaluru: In the first positive case of Corona Virus reported in Dakshina Kannada one person who arrived on SpiceJet flight from Dubai to Mangaluru International Airport has tested positive for the virus.