India reports 918 fresh cases of COVID-19, count hits 8,447: Health Ministry
Lav Aggarwal said that the government is increasing the testing capacity in private and government medical colleges.
New Delhi: With 918 new positive COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours and 31 deaths, the total number of coronavirus cases in India on Sunday climbed to 8447, including 764 cured and discharged, 1 migrated and 273 deaths, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
At present, there are 7409 active COVID-19 cases in the country
The highest number of positive cases of coronavirus was reported from Maharashtra at 1761, including 127 deaths, followed by Delhi (1069 positive cases and 19 deaths), Tamil Nadu (969 positive cases and 10 deaths) and Rajasthan (700 positive cases and 3 deaths).
Increase of 918 new #COVID19 cases and 31 deaths in last 24 hours; India’s total number of #Coronavirus positive cases rises to 8447 (including 7409 active cases, 765 cured/discharged/migrated and 273 deaths): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/UxUGztmPFG
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There are 452 coronavirus positive cases in Uttar Pradesh, including 45 cured and discharged and 5 deaths. The states which have crossed 200-mark for COVID-19 positive cases also include Madhya Pradesh (564), Telangana (504), Gujarat (432), Andhra Pradesh (381) and Kerala (364).
Lav Aggarwal said that the government is increasing the testing capacity in private and government medical colleges. “We have a detailed discussion with the Health Minister and Home Minister according to which we are increasing testing capacity in private and government medical college,” he said.
It is a cause of concern for us too, so we need to make sure that we continue to follow our containment & social distancing measures like we are following today: Joint Secy, Health Ministry on being asked about resurgence in #COVID19 cases in last few days in China, Japan & Korea pic.twitter.com/NJ33iM0qCf
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“To support this effort, 14 mental institutes have been identified including AIIMS and Nimhans, through which we will increase our testing capacity in government medical colleges,” he said.