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Sixty-eight people have died after being infected by the novel coronavirus. Across the country, the number of confirmed cases is now 2,908, with 601 new cases detected in the past 24 hours.

Confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported from 211 districts across the country, up from 161 on March 29 and 75 on March 22. Worldwide the number of COVID-19 positive cases has crossed 1 million, with over 50,000 dead. On Thursday the World Bank approved $1 billion in emergency financing for India to tackle the outbreak.