NEW DELHI: Breakng all records, India has reported highest single day spike in the world with over 3.49 lakh new covid cases. 2, 767 COVID-19 related deaths and 2, 17, 113 discharges were recorded in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry data.The active COVID-19 cases mounted to 26, 82, 751, while the total tally has reached 1, 69, 60, 172 in the country.
India remains the second-worst coronavirus-hit country in the world after the United States.
New Delhi: In another huge spike in a single day, India registered 3, 49, 691 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the caseload to over 1.69 crore.
As per the Union Ministry of Health data on Sunday (April 25), 2, 767 deaths and 2, 17, 113 discharges were recorded in the last 24 hours. The death toll and total recoveries now stand at 1, 92, 311 and 1, 40, 85, 110, respectively. Meanwhile, the active count has mounted to 26, 82, 751, while the total tally has reached 1, 69, 60, 172 in the country, the data stated.
This is the highest single-day spike so far. As per Saturday figures, India had recorded 3.46 lakh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours that took the country's total caseload to over 1.66 crore. India remains the second-worst coronavirus-hit country in the world after the United States.
Commenting on the deteriorating COVID-19 situation, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had said that this current crisis is a 'devastating reminder' of what the virus can do. He had also said that WHO is 'deeply concerned' about the increasing number of coronavirus cases and deaths in India right now.