NEW DELHI, Apr 1 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 12,221,665 today, as 72,330 new cases were reported from across the country, according to the latest figures released by the federal health ministry.
Besides, 459 deaths since yesterday morning took the death toll to 162,927.
Both the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths in 24 hours in India, are the maximum this year, so far.
In Jan, the number of daily cases in the country had come down to below 10,000. As many as 9,102 new cases were reported on Jan 25-26, which was the lowest in the previous 237 days.
Prior to that the lowest number of daily new cases were 9,304, registered on June 4, 2020.– NNN-PTI
