New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today announced that 21,797 coronavirus positive cases has been recorded in the country till date. The death toll stood at 681, it said.
ICMR said a total of 500,542 samples from 485,172 individuals havde been tested as on 23 April.
At 5,652, Maharashtra has the highest number of cases among Indian states. It is followed by Gujarat (2,407), Delhi (2,248), Rajasthan (1,935), Madhya Pradesh (1,592), Tamilnadu (1,629), and Uttar Pradesh (1,449).
As India’s lockdown comes to complete a month today, the World Bank has said that lockdown in India has impacted 40 million internal migrants.
Globally, the coronavirus has infected over 26 lakh people and killed around 1.83 lakh people. According to data provided by Johns Hopkins University as of 6.30 am today, the global pandemic has infected approximately 26,24,846 people and has taken more than 1,83,120 lives.
Meanwhile, the Union Cabinet in a meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved an ordinance to end violence against doctors and health workers with an amendment to Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.
According to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, the ordinance has been brought as “Health workers who are trying to save the country from this epidemic are unfortunately facing attacks.” The ordinance has been implemented across India.