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The Centre has decided to treat coronavirus as a ‘notified disaster’ for the purpose of providing assistance under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and has announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 4 lakhs to families of those who die of the novel coronavirus.
The disaster management division of the Union Home Ministry has issued a letter to the chief secretaries of all the states. The number of coronavirus-positive cases in the country has risen to 84, which includes the two deaths in Delhi and Karnataka, the Union Health Ministry said.
Seven persons who tested positive, including five from Uttar
