India reported one more coronavirus death on Sunday, taking the death toll to 5 even as the railways announced suspension of all its passenger services from March 22 midnight to March 31 midnight to help check the spread of the virus.
Bihar also reported its first death due to COVID-19 on Sunday, as a man with a travel history to Qatar died at the AIIMS in Patna, hospital superintendent CM Singh said.
The 38-year-old man, a resident of Munger district, was admitted to the hospital on Friday with a kidney ailment.
However, the Health Ministry was yet to confirm the death due to coronavirus.
In Maharashtra, a 63-year-old coronavirus patient died in Mumbai, taking the death toll in the state to two, a health official said.
The man was admitted to the H N Reliance Hospital in Mumbai on Saturday.
As the country observed 'Janata Curfew' and millions across the country decided to stay indoors to help check the spread of the virus, Punjab became the latest state to decide on a lockdown till March 31.
Rajasthan government had on Saturday night decided on a lockdown to contain the virus