New Delhi: India today recorded 3,52,991 new Covid-19 cases and 2,812 deaths in the last 24 hours.
India’s total tally of cases has climbed to 1,73,13,163 while active cases have crossed the 28-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll increased to 1,95,123 with a record 2,812 new fatalities.
This is fifth straight day that over three lakh cases have been recorded by the country.
Nearly 10 lakh cases have been reported in the last 72 hours.
The fresh surge takes the country’s caseload to 1.73 crore; 1.95 lakh people have died so far after contracting the virus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the second wave of coronavirus has ‘shaken the country’.
India’s top priority right now is to fight Covid, the Prime Minister said.
Top hospitals, helpless patients and their families and friends have been sending out SOS messages for medical oxygen and medicines on social media.
India saw 22.5 lakh new Covid-19 cases in the last one week, the highest ever the world has seen, pushing India’s health infrastructure to a brim.