The Delhi government has stopped all sports gatherings, including the Indian Premier League 2020, in the national capital amidst the coronavirus threat, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Friday.

Addressing a press conference, Sisodia said district magistrates have been asked to ensure that all directives pertaining to coronavirus are implemented.

'All sports gatherings will be banned, including the IPL, in wake of the coronavirus threat,' he said.

Health Minister Satyendar Jain said home quarantine is the best solution in case one has any symptom of coronavirus.

Delhi has so far reported six cases of coronavirus, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation.

First death in India on Tuesday

The first death of a coronavirus patient in India was confirmed by the Karnataka health officials on Thursday, saying that a 76-year-old man who died two days ago had tested positive for the virus.

The confirmation came on Thursday after the blood report was received. The patient died on Tuesday night on the way back from a private hospital in Hyderabad.

Thirty of his family members have been quarantined as they are being treated as primary contacts.

Karnataka health minister B. Sriramulu tweeted: “The 76-year-old man from Kalburgi (Gulbarga) who passed away & was a suspected #COVID19 patient has been confirmed for #COVID19. The necessary contact tracing, isolation & and other measures as per protocol are being carried out.”

The patient had travelled to Saudi Arabia on January 29 and returned on February 29.

While he underwent thermal reading at the health desk of the Hyderabad international airport, he was allowed to leave as he had no symptoms of the virus infection.

On March 8, he developed cold and cough and was taken to a private hospital in Gulbarga as an outpatient. A day later, on March 9, he returned to the hospital with further symptoms of flu, after which the mandatory throat swab and blood sample were taken and sent to a virology lab in Bangalore.

His family got him discharged and took him to the Hyderabad hospital but decided to take him home the same evening. He died around 9.30pm, around 90 minutes before reaching Gulbarga.

Health officials had monitored the deep burial as per protocol for all contagious diseases.

Officials said the Telangana government had been informed as the patient had visited the Hyderabad hospital.