NEW DELHI, Apr 28 (NNN-PTI) – India’s death toll due to COVID-19 surpassed the 200,000-mark, reaching 201,187 today, according to the federal health ministry.
As many as 3,293 deaths took place during the past 24 hours, which is the highest for a daily death record, so far.
Besides, as many as 360,960 new cases were registered since yesterday, taking the total tally to 17,997,267, according to the data released by the federal health ministry.
This is the highest single-day spike in cases since the pandemic broke out.
There are still a total of 2,978,709 active cases in the country, with an increase of 96,505 active cases through yesterday, as 14,817,371 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals, so far, across the country.
The COVID-19 figures continue to peak every day, as the federal government has 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.
Delhi has been under a second successive weeklong lockdown till May 3.
The number of daily active cases has been on the rise over the past few weeks. So far, over 147 million vaccination doses (147,827,367) have been administered to the people across the country, since the nationwide vaccination drive was kicked off on Jan 16.
282,703,789 tests have been conducted till yesterday, said the latest data issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research today.
The national capital Delhi, which has been one of the most COVID-19 affected places in the country, witnessed over 24,149 new cases and 381 deaths up to yesterday.
So far, as many as 15,009 people have died in the national capital, confirmed the Delhi’s health department.– NNN-PTI
