New Delhi (NVI): The Union Health Ministry today said that in the last 24 hours, 1,211 confirmed cases and 31 deaths have been reported due to coronavirus across the country.
During the daily press briefing, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare said the fresh number of cases and deaths in the last 24 hours have taken the overall tally to 10,363.
“Yesterday, in a single day, 179 people have been diagnosed and found cured. If we look at the positive cases so far, then 10,363 cases have been found in the country, out of which 1,211 cases were found positive. A total of 31 deaths have been reported since yesterday, leading to an overall tally of 339 deaths,” said the Joint Secretary.
He added that 1,036 cases have recovered so far.
Apart from that, the Joint Secretary said that India has 602 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals having 106,719 isolation beds and over 12,000 ICU beds are ready.
Agarwal said that an evaluation of each district and city will be done till 20 April.
Meanwhile, total Covid-19 cases in India reached 10,815 at the end of the day today, according to the Health Ministry data. The death toll has climbed to 353 cases.
There are 9272 active cases, 1189 cured/discharged and one migrated case.
