Delhi: The total number of coronavirus positive cases in India has reached 18,601 today.
According to Union Health Ministry data, at least 590 have died due to the disease. While 49 of these deaths happened in the last 24 hours, a record 705 people also recovered in the same time. The tally of those cured, discharged from hospital stands at 3251, the ministry said.
On Monday, the Union Health Ministry said that the COVID-19 ‘doubling rate’ — the pace at which the number of coronavirus cases in India was becoming double in the last one week — has improved to 7.5 days, as against 3.4 days before the nationwide lockdown was imposed.
Ministry of Health and Family Affairs Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said that as per 19 April data, 18 states and UTs have shown an improvement than the national average doubling rate.