As the number of coronavirus cases in India is on the rise,the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on March 5 issued an alert for six stateswith an advisory on the do's and don't's to stop the spread of the disease. The states West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Sikkim and Uttarakhand were put on alert.

At least 29 cases have been reported, the number includes the three initial cases from Kerala who have since recovered and have been discharged. There is one case each in New Delhi and Hyderabad, six from Agra and 17 people from Jaipur (a group of 16 Italians and one Indian) and a new case of the virus has been reported from UP's Ghaziabad.

While the samples of five out of the six people from Agrahave turned positive. All six are members of the same family and were in contact with one of the earlier reported cases of the virus. They have been admitted at Delhi's Safdarjung hospital.