India reports 1,553 new COVID-19 cases, total count soars to 17,265
A total of 17,265 confirmed cases have been reported in India including 2,546 people have recovered.
New Delhi: With 1,553 fresh cases of coronavirus reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India has reached 17,265, said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, here on Monday.
As many as 2,546 people have recovered from the disease so far, said Aggarwal during the daily media briefing on the coronavirus. “This takes the cure percentage to 14.75 per cent,” he added.
“A total of 17,265 confirmed cases have been reported in India including 2,546 people have recovered. A total of 36 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours,” said Aggarwal.
Since yesterday there have been 1553 additional confirmed #COVID19 cases, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 17265. 36 more deaths also reported in the last 24 hours: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry pic.twitter.com/6EKGeIOWOe
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Mahe in Puducherry, Kodagu in Karnataka and Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand have not reported any COVID-19 case in the last 28 days. “The number of districts where no case has been reported in the last 14 days has increased to 59. Goa is now COVID-19 free,” he added.
India’s doubling rate before the lockdown was 3.4 days, it has now improved to 7.5 days. As per data on April 19, in 18 states, the rate is better than the national average: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry https://t.co/YC4sZJ4Lk8
— ANI (@ANI) April 20, 2020
Aggarwal said that the Health Ministry has expressed its views that India wants to work with G20 nations to develop the vaccine to combat COVID-19.
He further said that ministry has also issued guidelines regarding precautionary measures to be adhered to in government offices. (ANI)