NEW DELHI, Apr 13 (NNN-PTI) – As many as 909 COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of such cases to 8,356 and the death toll to 273 in the country, the Union Health Ministry said. The ministry asserted that the government is “extra prepared,” if there is an exponential rise in the number of patients.
Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the Union health ministry, said, “The good news is that 716 people have recovered and have been discharged so far. Seventy-four people have been cured since Saturday. The government is extra prepared, if the number of cases rises exponentially.”
Maharashtra continued to be the most affected by the disease, as the state reported 134 more cases, taking the total number of cases to 1,895.
Of these, 113 have been found in Mumbai, four in Pune, seven in Mira Bhayandar, two each in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Vasai Virar and one each in Raigad, Amravati, Bhiwandi and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
In Patiala, an officer’s hand was chopped off with a sword, and two other Punjab policemen injured, when a group of Nihangs attacked them, after being asked to show curfew passes at a vegetable market.– NNN-PTI
