India recorded its largest single-day jump of 49,931 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement released Monday.
As of Monday morning, India reported a total of 1,435,453 confirmed coronavirus infections, including more than 485,000 active cases, according to the statement. The total number of recovered patients is 917,568.
The country also registered 708 new Covid-19 related deaths on Sunday, bringing the total death toll to 32,771, the statement added.
As of Monday, more than 16.8 million samples have been analyzed in India, said the Indian Council of Medical Research.
India has the third highest number of virus cases worldwide, after the United States and Brazil.
PM claim: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday that his country’s response to the pandemic has defied world expectations.
“By the way the Indians came together to fight the coronavirus in recent months, we have shown that the world is wrong,” Modi said, delivering his monthly radio address to the nation.
Modi said the coronavirus recovery rate was better in India than in other countries, but warned that the threat of the disease persisted.
“We need to remain vigilant. We must remember that the coronavirus remains as dangerous as it was in the beginning,” he added.
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