With 472 new cases, India's COVID-19 tally surges to 3,374
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- Published: April 5, 2020 18:38
New Delhi: With 472 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 11 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of coronavirus positive cases in the country has gone up to 3,374, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Sunday.
“A total of 3,374 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in India till now as 472 new cases were reported since yesterday. Total of 79 deaths have been reported so far including 11 deaths reported since yesterday,” Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, told media here.
Our doubling rate (in how many days the number of #COVID19 cases gets double) at present is 4.1 days. But if additional cases reported due to the Tablighi Jamaat event, had not taken place, then the doubling rate would have been 7.4 days: Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secy, Health Ministry https://t.co/XZT1DJtf6A
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
As many as 267 persons have recovered from COVID-19 in the country so far, Aggarwal said. “A total of 274 districts across the country have reported coronavirus cases till date,” added Aggarwal. (ANI)