NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (NNN-PTI) – India registered 234,692 new COVID-19 cases, the third consecutive day that the country reported over 200,000 new cases, taking the total tally to 14,526,609, according to the data released by the federal health ministry today.
Besides, as many as 1,341 people died since yesterday morning, as the total death toll rose to 175,649.
There are still a total of 1,679,740 active cases in the country, with an increase of 109,997 active cases through Friday, as 12,671,220 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals, so far.
The figures continue to peak every day, as the federal government ruled out imposing a complete lockdown to contain the worsening situation. While some school examinations stand cancelled, others have been postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 situation.
As a precautionary measure the national capital Delhi is witnessing a weekend curfew beginning last night, till Monday morning.
The number of daily active cases has been on the rise over the past few weeks. In Jan the number of daily cases in the country had come down to below 10,000. As many as 9,102 new cases were reported between Jan 25-26, which was the lowest in the previous 237 days.
India’s nationwide vaccination drive kicked off on Jan 16. So far, over 119.93 million people have been vaccinated across the country.
Meanwhile, the federal government ramped up COVID-19 testing across the country, even as over 264 million tests have been conducted so far.
As many as 264,972,022 tests were conducted till yesterday, out of which 1,495,397 tests were conducted yesterday alone, said the latest data issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today.
The national capital Delhi, which has been one of the most COVID-19 affected places in the country, witnessed nearly 19,500 new cases and 141 deaths through yesterday.
So far as many as 11,793 people have died in the national capital, confirmed the Delhi’s health department.– NNN-PTI
