Coronavirus cases, India: More than 35,000 deaths have been reported so far.
New Delhi:
India reported another record increase in coronavirus cases this morning as more than 55,000 patients were registered in the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said, adding that more than 6.42 samples from lakh had been tested on Thursday, which is the highest number of samples tested in a day since the start of the pandemic.
The country’s covid tally crossed 16 lakh cases after the last peak, just three days after crossing the 15 lakh mark.
This is the second day in a row that more than 50,000 new infections are reported in 24 hours.
779 COVID-19 patients have died since yesterday, bringing the total number of COVID-19-related deaths to 35,747, the health ministry said.
India took 183 days to go through 16 lakh coronavirus cases. Kerala had reported the country’s first COVID-19 patient on January 30. India had crossed the lakh milestone 110 days later.
