NEW DELHI, May 8 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 21,892,676 today, as 401,078 new cases were registered across the country in the past 24 hours, said the federal health ministry.
This is the fourth time this month, when over 400,000 cases have been registered in a single day.
Besides, as many as 4,187 deaths, maximum so far, took place in the country since yesterday morning, taking the total death toll to 238,270.
There are still 3,723,446 active cases in the country, with an increase of 78,282 active cases through yesterday. A total of 17,930,960 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals so far across the country.
The COVID-19 figures continue to peak every day, but the federal government ruled out imposing a lockdown, to contain the worsening situation. Some states imposed night curfews or partial lockdowns.
Earlier this week Principal Scientific Advisor to India’s Federal Government, K. Vijay Raghavan, stated that a third COVID-19 wave was inevitable in the country.
Delhi has been put under a third successive lockdown till May 10. While some school examinations have been cancelled, others have been postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 situation.– NNN-PTI
