India's COVID-19 cases reach 606, death toll rises to 10

Police stand guard on a road in Kochi, India's southern state of Kerala, on March 25, 2020. The death toll from COVID-19 in India rose to 10 on Wednesday evening, the health ministry said. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 606. The Indian government Wednesday began a 21-day lockdown across the country in a bid to contain the spread of novel coronavirus. (Str/Xinhua)