new delhi a woman in delhi became the countrys second victim of coronavirus on friday as several states went into battle mode to contain the spread of covid19 shutting down schools theatres and colleges and many public events including the ipl were postponed the union health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82here is a look at the latest updates europe now epicentre of covid19 pandemic whothe world health organization said on friday that europe was now the epicentre for the global coronavirus pandemic and warned it was impossible to know when the outbreak would peakread alsoleave no stone unturned pm modis appeal to saarc amid coronavirus outbreakpm narendra modi urged all south asian nations to chalk out a joint strategy to fight the coronavirus outbreakour planet is battling the covid19 novel coronavirus at various levels govts and people are trying their best to combat it south asia should leave no stone unturned to ensure ourcovid19 in india govt says not to panic as no community transmission of coronavirus yetindia has so far witnessed local transmission of coronavirus infection where people with travel history have passed on the virus to others who came in contact however a further spread to others in the community is considered critical as it poses greater challenges to contain transmission which haseurope has now become the epicentre of the pandemic who chief tedros adhanom ghebreyesus said in a virtual press conferencehe said the continent had now more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined apart from china2nd coronavirus death in india 69yearold delhi woman diesa 68yearold woman in delhi became the second coronavirus fatality in india officials said the janakpuri resident sucummbed to the illness at rml hospital in delhi with this the total number of confirmed cases in the country has reached 82health ministry and delhi government officials said the woman came in contact with her son the fifth case of coronavirus in the national capital with a history travel history to switzerland and italy between february 5 and 22three more confirmed covid19 cases in kerala number goes up to 19 in the statethree more people including an italian national tested positive for coronavirus in kerala on friday chief minister pinarayi vijayan saidwith the three fresh cases the number of affected people in the state has touched 19 he told reportersan italian tourist who was staying at a resort in nearby varkala has tested positive and is kept in isolation there itself vijayan saidat least 5468 people are under surveillance in the state vijayan said adding that 277 have been lodged in isolation wards at various hospitals across the stategovt notifies hand sanitizers masks as essential commoditiesthe government on friday declared face masks and hand sanitizers as essential commodities for the next 100 days as it stepped up efforts to boost supply and prevent hoarding of these items in its fight to check spread of coronavirus diseasethe centre has also invoked disaster management act to ensure price regulation