WATCH: Doctor’s appeal to citizens globally, ‘Stay home, stay safe’ to lessen virulence of Coronavirus

Doctors, nurses and medical staff have been leading the fight against the outbreak of Coronavirus around the world. Several of the medical staff have been working long hours and even sleeping in the hospitals. A lot of them are not being able to go home. Many medical staff across India have also complained of shortage of protective gears and masks.

In spite of all this, doctors from India and the world over have requested people across the globe to stay at home in order to contain the pandemic. They have urged the citizens to help them in this fight by staying safe and staying at home.

Meanwhile, The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 1,071 in India on Monday, while the death toll rose to 29, according to the Union Health Ministry.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 942, while 99 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated, the ministry stated.

In its updated data at 10.30 am, it said two fresh deaths were reported from Maharashtra.

Thus, Maharashtra has reported the maximum number of COVID-19 deaths so far at eight, followed by Gujarat (5), Karnataka (3), Madhya Pradesh (2), Delhi (2) and Jammu and Kashmir (2).

Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, West Bengal, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have reported a death each.

The total number of 1,071 cases includes 49 foreigners.

The highest number of confirmed cases of the pandemic has been reported from Kerala (194) so far, followed by Maharashtra at 193.