Man with recent travel history to UK tests positive for novel coronavirus in West Bengal; second confirmed case in the state: Govt official told PTI. The novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 195 on Friday after 22 fresh cases were reported from various parts of the country, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The first coronavirus case in the state was confirmed on March 17 after a man who returned from the United Kingdom tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that the state government has invoked the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, in order to ensure strict quarantine of persons suspected of novel coronavirus infection.
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